May 10th.

White winged Black Tern....Draycote......Photo,s by (S Seal).

Draycote Water.
White winged Black Tern
Black Tern x5
Arctic Tern x2 (P&L Price)

Nearby Reports May 9th.

Red-footed Falcon Selston Notts.

Red Kite Cannock Chase Staffs.

Wood Sandpiper Willington GPs Derbys.

Knot Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.

Black Tern x5 Stanwick GPs Northants.
Black Tern x1 Kemerton Lake Worcs.
Black Tern x2 Upton Warren Worcs.
Black Tern x5 Belvide Staffs.
Black Tern x14 Blithfield Staffs.
Black Tern x21 Rutland Water Leics.
Black Tern x1 Grimley Worcs.

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May 9th.

Black Tern...Canal Pool Kingsbury.....Photo by (S Seal).

Draycote Water.
Black Tern x23
Common Tern x16
Arctic Tern x2
Little Gull x2
Red Kite (over east)(L Johnson)

Canal Pool Kingsbury.
Black Tern x2
LR Plover x2 (cliff pool)
Hobbies x3 (Fishers Mill) (S Payne)

Shustoke Res.
Black Tern x4
Common Tern x7
Common Sandpiper x1 (S Seal)

Dosthill Lake.
Black Tern x2 (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports May 8th.

Wood Sandpiper Cossington Meadows Leics.
Wood Sandpiper Willington GPs Derbys.

Knot Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.

Black Tern x16 Upton Warren Worcs.
Black Tern x8 Belvide Staffs.
Black Tern x20 Rutland Water Leics.
Black Tern x9 Throckmorton Worcs.
Black Tern x3 Attenborough NR Notts.
Black Tern x3 Kilvington Notts.

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May 8th.

Canal Pool Kingsbury.
Black Tern x12 (J Oates)

Draycote Water.
Black Tern x24
Common Sandpiper x2 (B Hazell)

Shustoke.
Common Sandpiper (J Harris)

Cliff Pool / Canal Pool Kingsbury
Black Terns x15 (this evening)
Common Sandpiper x6 (S Cawthray)

Nearby Reports May 7th.

Annesley Notts.
Honey Buzzard x2

Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.
Grey Plover
Sanderling
Knot
Turnstone
Greenshank
Ruff
Little Gull

Willington GPs Derbys.
Avocet

Black Tern x3 Upton Warren Worcs.
Black Tern x5 Eyebrook Res Leics.
Black Tern x3 Long Eaton GPs Derbys.
Black Tern x3 Cropston Res Leics.
Black Tern x6 Stanwick GPs Northants.

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May 7th.

Black Tern......Kingsbury......Photo,s by (S Seal).

Boodymoor Heath Water Kingsbury.
Black Tern x3 (J Harris)

Brandon Marsh.
Black Tern x5 (Birdguides)

Cliff Pool Kingsbury.
Sanderling (WJE)

May 6th.

Alvecote Pools.
Spoonbill x2 flew off at 11-40 (Birdguides)

Draycote Water.
Black Tern x14
Common Tern x7
Common Sand x2 (M Doughty)

Canal Pool Kingsbury.
Black Tern x3 (J Harris)

Whitacre Heath.
Common Tern x3 (J Wesson)

Earlswood Lakes.
Black Tern x10 (Birdguides)

Nearby Reports May 5th.

Stone Curlew Summerfield Worcs.

Honey Buzzard x2 Sawley Derbys.

Spoonbill x2 (over) Willington Gps Derbys (18-45).

Little Tern Marsh Lane W.Mids.

Sandwich Tern Belvide Staffs.

Kittiwake Belvide Staffs.

Black Tern x7 Blithfield Staffs.
Black Tern x5 Aqualate Park Staffs.

Wood Sandpiper Summer Leys NR Northants.
Wood Sandpiper Whitemoor Haye Staffs.
Wood Sandpiper Rutland Water Leics.

Temmincks Stint Wanlip GPs Leics.

Little Stint Summer Leys NR Northants.

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May 5th.

Alvecote Pools.
Spoonbill x2 (R Smith) flew off @ 16-22

Draycote Water.
Black Tern x29 (Birdguides)
Fem Common Scoter (D Cox)
Common Tern x8
Arctic Tern x8
Yellow Wagtail x3 (J Judge, J Richardson)

Brandon Marsh.
Black Tern x4 (Birdguides)
Cuckoo
Hobby
Barn Owl (D Steeley)

Kingsbury WP.
Turtle Dove
Cuckoo (Birdguides)

Ladywalk.
Ruff (B Eaton)

Nearby Reports May 4th.

Bee-eater at 15-30 (over) Marsh Lane W.Mids. (P Johnson)

Wryneck Kirkby in Ashfield Notts.

Honey Buzzard Holme Pierrepont Notts.

Temmincks Stint Wanlip GPs Leics.

Dotterel x4 Lamport Northants.

Turnstone x2 Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.

Black Tern x55 Rutland Water Leics.
Black Tern x3 Attenborough NR Notts.
Black Tern x2 Chasewater Staffs.
Black Tern x1 Boddington Res Northants.
Black Tern x1 Marsh Lane W.Mids.
Black Tern x2 Daventry Res Northants.
Black Tern x19 Bredons Hardwick Worcs.
Black Tern x6 Kilvington Notts.
Black Tern x8 Long Eaton GPs Derbys.
Black Tern x5 Cropston Res Leics.
Black Tern x3 Aston-on-Trent Derbys.
Black Tern x2 Belvide Res Staffs.
Black Tern x8 Stanwick GPs Northants.
Black Tern x2 Hoveringham GPs Notts.

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May 4th

Black Tern......Kingsbury......Photo by (S Seal).

Black Tern......Kingsbury......Photo by (D Hutton).

Black Tern......Shustoke......Photo by (P Goode).

Earlswood Lake.
Black Tern (Birdguides)

Shustoke Res.
Black Tern x9 (T Perrins et all).

Hemlingford Water / Bodymoor Heath Water Kingsbury.
Black Tern x2 (S Seal, D Hutton)

Brandon Marsh.
Garganey (B Duckhouse)

Whitacre Heath NR.
Spotted Flycatcher (J Wesson)

Seeswood Pool.
Common Sandpiper x2 (D Hutton)

Nearby Reports May 3rd.

Annesley Tip Notts.
Montagu,s Harrier

Attenborough NR Notts.
Cattle Egret

Rutland Water Leics.
Black Tern x17
Grey Plover

Eyebrook Res Leics.
Green-winged Teal

Chasewater Staffs.
Ring Ouzel

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Mar 3rd.

Brandon Marsh.
Barn Owl
Hobbies x2
Cuckoo (M Silverman)

May 2nd.

Shustoke Res.
Whinchat (male)
Cuckoo
Common Tern x4 (S Seal)

Shipston-on Stour
Hobby (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh.
Hobbies x2 ( B Duckhouse)
Cuckoo (K Donaghy)

Grandborough Valley.
Wheatear x5 (R Mays, D Cox)

Nearby Reports May 1st.

Summer Leys NR Northants.
Black-winged Stilt x2 (mid-morning)

Willington GPs Beds.
Black-winged Stilt x2 (late-evening)

Ogston Res Derbys.
Honey Buzzard

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May 1st.

Draycote Water.
Black Tern x1
Arctic Tern x1
Common Tern x7
Common Sand x2
Yellow Wagtail x2
Hobby
Peregrine
Lesser Whitethroat (L Johnson).

Willoughby / Sawbridge
Wheatear x10
Yellow Wagtails x2
White Wagtail x1 (R Mays, D Cox).

Brandon Marsh.
Hobbies x2
Cuckoo
Barn Owl (M Silverman)

Nearby Reports Apr 30th.

Honey Buzzard (fem) Boddington Res Northants.

Wood Sandpiper Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.

Little Gull x3 Branston GPs Staffs.

Black Tern x2 Rutland Water Leics.
Black Tern x2 Willington Derbys.
Black Tern x1 Sandwell Valley RSPB W.Mids.

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Apr 30th.

Lea Marston, Coton Lakes.
Little Gull (1s) (Birdguides).

Seeswood Pool.
Lesser Whitethroat
Reed Warbler x3 (D Hutton)

Whittleford CP.
Grasshopper Warbler (D Hutton)

Nearby Reports Apr 29th.

Wood Sandpiper x2 Rutland Water Leics.

Avocet x2 Carsington Water Derbys.

Sanderling Summer Leys NR Northants.

Sanderling Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.

Black Redstart Sandwell Valley RSPB W.Mids.

Black Tern x3 Long Eaton GPs Derbys.
Black Tern x1 Upton Warren Worcs.
Black Tern x1 Holme Pierrepont Notts.
Black Tern x1 Groby Pool Leics.

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Wood Warblers in Warks.

Wood Warbler......Seeswood Pool......Photo by (D Hutton).

Wood Warbler ......Seeswood Pool......Photo by (S Seal).

Wood Warblers are a species on the decline and have become a scarce passage migrant through Warwickshire, with only one or two birds noted annualy. They arrive during late April early May from their wintering grounds in Africa, and are soon on return passage by late July early August. Its song is the give away with its characteristic sibilant trill, the delivery of which sets the whole bird quivering. The West Midlands area is very much on the edge of the Wood Warblers range, and they have become absent as a breeding species in Warwickshire. Two birds were found this weekend, the first on 27th in song at Draycote Water briefly early morning (J Richardson). The second showed well all day at Seeswood Pool 28th (D Hutton) and was well photographed.

Apr 29th.

Church Lawford.
Hobby (J Judge)

Broomey Croft Kingsbury.
Hobby (B Duckhouse)

Seeswood Pool.
Lesser Whitethroat
Common Sandpiper
Yellow Wagtail
Garden Warbler (D Hutton)

Brandon Marsh.
Lesser Whitethroat x2
Cuckoo (M Silverman)
LR Plover x2
Barn Owl (A Johnson)

Draycote Water
Hobby
Swift 1000+
500 Swallow
House Martins 200
Artic Tern 6
Common Tern 8
Black Tern 2
Ruff
Dunlin
Lesser Whitethroat (R Mays)

Nearby Reports Apr 28th.

Ring Ouzel x1 Fineshade Wood Northants.
Ring Ouzel x4 Bredon Hill Worcs.
Ring Ouzel x1 Clent Hills Worcs.
Ring Ouzel x1 Chapel Chorlton Staffs.

Great Northern Diver Chasewater Staffs.

Black Tern x1 Rutland Water Leics.

Iceland Gull (1s) Ditchford GPs Northants.

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Apr 28th.

Wood Warbler....Seeswood Pool.....Photo,s by (D Hutton).

Seeswood Pool .
Wood Warbler
Swift x4
Swallow x 100+
Lesser Whitethroat (D Hutton)

Nearby Reports Apr 27th.

Black Kite Islip Northants.

Sandwich Tern Blithfield Staffs.
Sandwich Tern Summer Leys NR Northants.

Black Tern x10 Blithfield Staffs.
Black Tern x5 Rutland Water Leics.

Little Tern x2 Carsington Water Derbys.
Little Tern Summer Leys NR Northants.
Little Tern Annesley Notts.

Sanderling Carsington Water Derbys.
Sanderling Marsh Lane W.Mids.
Sanderling Rutland Water Leics.

Garganey x2 Upton Warren Worcs.
Garganey Grimley New Workings Worcs.
Garganey x2 Rutland Water Leics.

Turnstone x3 Edgebaston Res W.Mids.

Whimbrel Marsh Lane W.Mids.

Whinchat x2 Willington GPs Derby.
Whinchat Blithfield Staffs.
Whinchat Grimley New Workings Worcs.
Whinchat Foremark Res Derbys.
Whinchat Berry Hill Fields Staffs.
Whinchat Cossington Meadows Leics.
Whinchat x2 Upper Bittell Res Worcs.

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Apr 27th.

Draycote Water.
Wood Warbler (J Richardson, D & B Hunt)
Sanderling
Arctic Tern
Little Tern (Flew through)
Whimbrel
Little Gulls x3
L R Plovers x2 (A Archer).

Bodymoor Heath Water Kingsbury.
Black Tern (T Perrins)
Osprey over (L Johnson) 15-00

Cliff Pool Kingsbury.
Swift x2
LR Plover x2
Dunlin x1 (T Perrins).

Haunch Lane Floods.
LR Plover x1
Redshank x2 (T Perrins).

Middelton.
Hobby (T Perrins).

Coton Lake.
Garden Warbler x3 (T Perrins).

Brandon Marsh.
Grasshopper Warbler x1
Lesser Whitethroat x1
Garden Warbler x4
Whimbrel
Common Tern x2 (R Mays, D Cox).
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (A Walsh).

Nearby Reports Apr 26th.

Sandwich Tern x1 Blithfield Res Staffs.
Sandwich Tern x1 Stanwick GPs Northants.

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Apr 26th.

Grasshopper Warbler....Brandon Marsh....Photo by (S Seal).

Birch Coppice Dordon.
Black Redstart male (Birdguides)

Cliff Pool Kingsbury.
Sanderling (T Perrins)

Long Lawford
Red Kite (J Judge)

Draycote Water.
Honey Buzzard
Black Tern x3
Arctic Tern x2
Swift x60 (R Mays).
Black-necked Grebe (Birdguides).


Brandon Marsh.
Garganey x2
Hobby
Cuckoo
Whinchat (male)
Barn Owl
Grasshopper Warbler x2 (S Seal et all).

Earlswood Lakes.
Common Sandpiper x3