May 25th.

Draycote Water.
Dunlin x2
Yellow Wagtail x2
Common Tern
Swift 400+
Common Sandpiper (R Mays)

Shustoke.
Swift 1600+
House Martin 200+
Common Tern x3 (B Kington)

Nearby Reports May 24th.

Red-footed Falcon Ingleby Derbys.

Temmincks Stint Cossington Meadows Leics.

Sandwich Tern Summer Leys NR Northants.

Garganey Belvide Staffs.

Kittiwake Blithfield Staffs.
Arctic Tern x3

News taken from Birdguides @
http://www.birdguides.com/
Phone reports to 0800 0431003
or email to sightings@birdguides.com

Steve Seal

May 24th.

Draycote Water.
Little Tern
Hobbies x3
Grey Plover (R Mays).

Brandon Marsh.
Hobby (C Irwin).

Nearby Reports May 23rd.

Red-footed Falcon (fem) Ingleby Derbys.

Little Tern Summer Leys NR Northants.

Garganey Belvide Staffs.

Grey Plover Cossington Meadows NR Leics.

Sanderling Rutland Water Leics.

News taken from Birdguides @
http://www.birdguides.com/
Phone reports to 0800 0431003
or email to sightings@birdguides.com

Steve Seal

May 23rd.

Shustoke.
Common Sandpiper
Cuckoo (J Harris)

Nearby Reports May 22nd.

Ingleby Derbys.
Red-footed Falcon (f)

Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.
Temmincks Stint x2
Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper

Eyebrook Res Leics.
Grey Plover

News taken from Birdguides @
http://www.birdguides.com/
Phone reports to 0800 0431003
or email to sightings@birdguides.com

Steve Seal

May 22nd.

Brandon Marsh.
Grasshopper Warbler
Hobby
Spotted Flycatcher (D Hunt)

Whitacre Heath NR.
Hobby
Cuckoo x2
Oystercatcher x2 (J Wesson)

Canal Pool Kingsbury.
Turnstone (S Cawthray)

May 21st.

Draycote Water.
Common Scoter x pair
Common Tern x4
Greenshank (R Mays)

Whittleford CP.
Raven (R Dawkins)

Nearby Reports May 20th.

Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.
Turnstone x2
Avocet
Garganey
Wood Sandpiper

Northampton Northants.
Wryneck

Marsh Lane W.Mids.
Little Egret x3

News taken from Birdguides @
http://www.birdguides.com/
Phone reports to 0800 0431003
or email to sightings@birdguides.com

Steve Seal

May 20th.

Seeswood Pool.
Red Kite
Common Tern x2 (D Hutton)

Fishers Mill.
Turtle Dove (S Payne)

May 19th.

Curdworth.
Harrier sp over M42 @ 9-15 (Birdguides).

Haunch Lane.
Greenshank

Nearby Reports May 18th.

Purple Heron Rutland Water Leics.

Honey Buzzard Willington GPs Derbys.

Wood Sandpiper Holt Prairie Worcs.

Turnstone x2 Rutland Water Leics.
Turnstone Throckmorton Worcs.

Sanderling Stanwick GPs Northants.

Avocet x3 Willington GPs Derbys.
Avocet Croxall GPs Staffs.

Grey Plover Uttoxeter Quarry Staffs.

Knot Marsh Lane W.Mids.

News taken from Birdguides @
http://www.birdguides.com/
Phone reports to 0800 0431003
or email to sightings@birdguides.com

Steve Seal

May 18th.

Greenshank....Haunch Lane....Photo,s by (S Seal).

Draycote Water
Turnstone
Dunlin
Common Sandpiper (J D and P Hall)

Cliff Pool Kingsbury.
Turnstone x2
LR Plover x5
Common Sandpiper x2
Yellow Wagtail (T Perrins, G Rowling).

Haunch Lane.
Greenshank
Redshank x2
LR Plover (S Seal, D Hutton)

Nearby Reports May 17th.

Purple Heron Rutland Water Leics.

Great White Egret Blithfield Staffs.

Roseate Tern Doxey Marshes Staffs.

Temmincks Stint Kilvington Notts.

Avocet Drayton Bassett Staffs.

Grey Plover Whitemoor Haye Staffs.

Curlew Sandpiper Summer Leys NR Northants.

News taken from Birdguides @
http://www.birdguides.com/
Phone reports to 0800 0431003
or email to sightings@birdguides.com

Steve Seal

May 17th.

Haunch Lane.
Greenshank x1 (J Galletly)

Coleshill GPs.
Wood Sandpiper (T Perrins)

Nearby Reports May 16th.

Whimbrel x8 Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.

Temmincks Stint Kilvington Notts.

Sanderling x2 Willington GPs Derbys.
Sanderling x2 Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.
Sanderling Grimley New Workings Worcs.

Little Tern Rutland Water Leics.

Ruff Marsh Lane W.Mids.

News taken from Birdguides @
http://www.birdguides.com/
Phone reports to 0800 0431003
or email to sightings@birdguides.com

Steve Seal

May 16th.

Greenshank......Haunch Lane......Photo by (S Seal).

Greenshank......Haunch Lane......Photo by (S Seal).

Greenshank......Haunch Lane......Photo by (S Seal).

Draycote Water

Black Tern

Common Tern x 26 (J Judge)

Haunch Lane.
Greenshank x3
LR Plover x2
Redshank x2 (T Perrins)

Coleshill GPs.
Wood Sandpiper (B Kington)

Brandon Marsh.
Barn Owl (K Groocock)

Nearby Reports May 15th.

Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.
Little Stint
Greenshank
Turnstone x2
Ringed Plover x9

Rutland Water Leics.
Wood Sandpiper

Summer Leys NR Northants.
Wood Sandpiper

Kilvington Notts.
Temmincks Stint

Marsh Lane W.Mids.
Ruff

Doxey Marshes Staffs.
Wood Sandpiper

News taken from Birdguides @
http://www.birdguides.com/
Phone reports to 0800 0431003
or email to sightings@birdguides.com

Steve Seal

May 15th.

Whittleford Nuneaton.
Peregrine
Raven (D Hutton)

Shustoke Res.
Common Sandpiper
Common Tern x4 (B Kington)

Nearby Reports May 14th.

Thrapston GPs Northants.
Black Kite

Summer Leys Northants.
Black Kite
Wood Sandpiper

Malvern Hills Worcs.
Honey Buzzard

Rutland Water Leics.
Avocet
Wood Sandpiper

Upton Warren Worcs.
Wood Sandpiper x4

Marsh Lane W.Mids.
Ruff

News taken from Birdguides @
http://www.birdguides.com/
Phone reports to 0800 0431003
or email to sightings@birdguides.com

Steve Seal

May 14th.

Brandon Marsh.
Cuckoo
Hobby (C Irwin)

Nearby Reports May 13th.

Doxey Marshes Staffs.
Wood Sandpiper

Summer Leys CP Northants.
Wood Sandpiper

Watermead CP Leics.
Temmincks Stint

News taken from Birdguides @
http://www.birdguides.com/
Phone reports to 0800 0431003
or email to sightings@birdguides.com

Steve Seal

May 13th.

Brandon Marsh.
Hobbies x3
Ringed Plover x2 (S Greer)

Nearby Reports May 12th.

Doxey Marshes Staffs.
European Bee-eater (this evening)

News taken from Birdguides @
http://www.birdguides.com/
Phone reports to 0800 0431003
or email to sightings@birdguides.com

Steve Seal

May 12th.

Draycote Water
Sanderling (JD Sells)
Common Tern x20 (B Hazell)

Long Compton.
White Stork (over east) (Birdguides)

Cliff Pool Kingsbury.
Wood Sandpiper (B Duckhouse)

Fishers Mill
Hobbies x2
Turtle Dove (B Kington)

Nearby Reports May 11th.

Black-necked Grebe Belvide Staffs.

Wood Sandpiper Marsh Lane W.Mids.
Wood Sandpiper Summer Leys NR Northants.

Garganey x2 Doxey Marshs Staffs.
Garganey x2 Upton Warren Worcs.
Garganey x2 Attenborough NR Notts.
Garganey Whitemoor Haye Staffs.
Garganey Carsington Water Derbys.
Garganey Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.

News taken from Birdguides @
http://www.birdguides.com/
Phone reports to 0800 0431003
or email to sightings@birdguides.com

Steve Seal

May 11th.

Draycote Water.
Black Tern x1 (Birdguides)

Shustoke Res.
Common Sandpiper x2
Hobby x1
Common Tern x5 (S Seal)

Fishers Mill
Turtle Dove
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (G Williams)

W.W.B. Tern Draycote May 10th.

White winged Black Tern...Draycote...Photo by (B Duckhouse).


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

An adult White winged Black Tern was present for most of the day at Draycote Water viewed from farnborough bank , this was Draycote,s 8th record. White winged Black Terns breed in Hungary and Bulgaria eastwards into Asia and winter in Africa south of the Sahara. On migration a few join parties of Black Terns and are some-times displaced westwards as far as Britian.
Previous Warwickshire records,
Alvecote Pools 12-07-69
Draycote 24-08-70
Kingsbury WP 27-06-81
Draycote 18-09-82
Kingsbury WP 21-08-83
Draycote 24-09-83
Draycote 26-07-96
Draycote 29-07-01
Kingsbury WP 26-08-01
Draycote 15-07-03
Draycote 23-08-03
Dosthill 01-08-05.

S Seal.........