Aug 10th.

Shustoke Res.
B N Grebe (juv)
Hobby
Redshank
Common Sandpiper
Buzzard x5 (L Johnson , S Seal).

Aug 9th.

Coleshill GPs.
Green Sandpiper x6
Greenshank x1 (T Perrins)

Haunch Lane.
Green Sandpiper (T Perrins)

Ladywalk.
Crossbill (reported) WMBC line

Shustoke.
Common Tern x5
Common Sandpiper x1 (S Seal)

Aug 9th. Ladywalk

Some recent Ladwalk sightings.
August 2008
5th: 2 Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 4 Ruddy Duck (3 male, 1 female).
4th: Little Egret, 3 Snipe, 2 Ruddy Duck, 2 Water Rail, Goosander.
3rd: Redstart, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper.
2nd: Probable 8 Crossbill flew over, Barn Owl, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper.

Nearby Reports Aug 8th.

Leics
Rutland Water.
Spoonbill
Ruddy Shelduck x2
Sanderling
Little Stint.

Eyebrook Res.
Garganey
Little Egret x2
Turnstone.

Notts
Annesley
B N Grebe (juv)
Greenshank.

Staffs
Blithfield
Wood Sandpiper
B N Grebe (summer plumage)
Garganey x2
Black-tailed Godwit x7
Sanderling
Greenshank x7.

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Steve Seal

Aug 8th.

Coleshill GPs.
Sanderling
Greenshank
Green Sandpiper x4
Little Egret (Birdguides).

Shustoke Res.
B N Grebe (juv)
Hobby x3
Common Tern x8
Common Sandpiper ( L Johnson , S Seal).

Dosthill Lake.
Y L Gull
Little Egret x2
Hobby (Birdguides).

Draycote Water.
Common Sandpiper x2
Dunlin x2
Y L Gull
Wheatear x2 (M Silverman).

Aug 7th.

Shustoke Res
Black-necked Grebe (juv)
Common Sandpiper
Common Tern x2
Hobby x2 (L Johnson).

Kingswood Nuneaton
Hobby over (D Hutton).

Draycote Water
Turnstone
Common Sandpiper x4
Redshank
Common Tern x2 (R Mays).

Aug 6th.

Shustoke Res.
Marsh Harrier west @ 10-40
Black-necked Grebe (P&L Price).

Brandon Marsh.
Hobby
Green Sandpiper x8
Dunlin x2 (S Chapman).

Nearby Reports Aug 5th.

Rutland Water
Spotted Redshank.

Eyebrook Res
Wood Sandpiper
Greenshank x3.

Summer Leys NR
Garganey x2 (eclipse drakes).

Upton Warren
Green Sandpiper x4.

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Aug 5th.

Draycote Water.
Ruff
Common Tern x3
Y L Gull (sub-adult)
Grasshopper Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat x2
Common Sandpiper x4 (R Mays).

Hartshill
Raven over (J Harris).

Aug 4th.

Coleshill GPs.
Green Sandpiper x4
Greenshank x2
Little Egret x3
Curlew
Runged Plover ( B Kington).

Shustoke Res.
Black-necked Grebe (juv)
Common Tern x2 (L Johnson).

Ladywalk NR. (permit only)
Little Egret x3. (Birdguides).

Aug 3rd.

Shustoke Res.
Black-necked Grebe (juv)
Common Tern x2 (L Johnson).

Whitacre Flashes.
Green Sandpiper
Hobby (J Wesson).

Camp Hill Nuneaton.
Whimbrel x3 over this evening (R Dawkins).

Nearby Reports Aug 2nd.

Leics.
Rutland Water.
Greenshank
Green Sandpiper x13
Wood Sandpiper
Scaup
Black Tern

Eyebrook Res.
Wood Sandpiper

Cropston Res.
Black-tailed Godwit x3

Worcs.
Upton Warren.
Black-tailed Godwit
Green Sandpiper x9

Notts.
Kilvington.
Black-necked Grebe (adult)

Northants.
Daventry Res.
Black-tailed Godwit x2

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Aug 2nd.

Wood Sandpiper ...Alvecote Pools..Photo by J Wesson.

Wootton Wawen.
Wood Sandpiper (flew off north west @ 8-00)

Shustoke Res.
Black-necked Grebe (juv)
Common Tern x1
Common Sandpiper x5 (S Seal ).

Alvecote Pools.
Redstart (male)
Wood Sandpiper (unfortunatly on the Staffs side).(T Perrins)

Earlswood Lake.
Turnstone
Arctic Tern (Birdguides).

Nearby Reports Aug 1st.

Leics.
Rutland Water
Wood Sandpiper
Turnstone
Grey Plover.

Eyebrook Res
Wood Sandpiper x2.

Cropston Res.
Little Egret x6.

W Mids.
Sandwell Valley RSPB
Black-tailed Godwit x3.

Staffs.
Alvecote Pools
Wood Sandpiper.

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Aug 1st.

B N Grebe Shustoke (juv) still present today....Photo by S Seal.

Shustoke Res.
Black-necked Grebe (juv)
Common Sandpiper x3
Dunlin
Hobby (S Seal)

Whitacre Area
Red Kite seen again yesterday (K Wimbush).

Haunch Lane.
Green Sandpiper (S Seal).

Draycote Water.
Hobby
Wheatear
Common Tern x2 ( D Cox,R Mays).

Nearby Reports July 31st.

Black Tern x18 Belvide Staffs.
Black Tern x14 Pitsford Res Northants.
Black Tern x3 Uttoxeter Quarry Staffs.

Garganey Ditchford GPs Northants.
Garganey Upper Bittell Res Worcs.
Garganey Blithfield Staffs.

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July 31st.

B N Grebe (juv) at Shustoke Res ... Photo by L Johnson.

B N Grebe (juv) at Shustoke Res ...Photo by D Hutton.

Draycote Water.
Black Tern x5
Marsh Harrier (juv)
Hobby
Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper x14
Y L Gull x7
Wheatear juv
R C Pochard (fem) R Mays, J Judge.

Grandborough Valley
Marsh Harrier (juv) during afternoon.

Bodymoor Heath Water Kingsbury.
Black Tern x1 ( S Seal, D Hutton).

Shustoke.
Black-necked Grebe juv (L Johnson)
Common Tern x7
Common Sandpiper x5 (S Seal, D Hutton).

Nearby Reports July 30th.

Staffs.
Belvide.
Black Tern x3
Little Egret x2.

Blithfield.
Osprey x2.

Drayton Bassett Pits.
Black-necked Grebe.

Northants.
Earls Barton GPs.
Cattle Egret.

Leics.
Rutland Water.
Wood Sandpiper
Little Egret x19.


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July 30th.

Brandon Marsh.
Green Sandpipers x11
Common Sandpiper
Hobby (M Silverman).

Rugby.
Red Kite over @ 8-45 this morning.

Late News.
Late report from Monday.
Red Kites x2 around Whitacre area. (J Hoyle).

Nearby Reports July 29th.

Leics.
Twycross
Hen Harrier (male) over @ 9-30 this morning.

Eyebrook Res
Spoonbill
Little Egret x4
Med Gull

Worcs.
Grimley New Workings.
Wood Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper x2.

Derbys.
Carsington Water.
Black Tern x1
Common Scoter x5.

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July 29th.

Brandon Marsh.
Little Egret x3
Green Sandpiper x10 (A Johnson).

Shustoke.
Hobby 13-30 (L Johnson).

Draycote Water.
Little Tern
Black Tern x5
Common Tern x4
Y L Gull (adult)
Common Sandpiper x2
Oystercatcher (R Mays, B Hazel).

Nearby Reports July 28th.

Staffs
Blithfield.
Osprey x2
Marsh Harrier (juv)
Red Kite.

Leics
Rutland Water.
Wood Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper x2
Green Sandpiper
Ruff x4
Black-tailed Godwit
Greenshank.

West Mids
Hampton in Arden
Red Kite.

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Nearby Reports July 27th.

Staffs.
Blithfield.
Osprey.

Drayton Bassett Pits.
Little Egret.

Leics.
Rutland Water.
Wood Sandpiper
Black Tern.

Eyebrook Res.
Little Egret x5

Staunton Harold Res.
Little Tern.

Cropston Res.
Little Egret x5.

Worcs.
Upton Warren.
Black-tailed Godwit x3.



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Steve Seal

July 27th.

Coleshill GPs.
Green Sandpiper x13
Greenshank
Little Egret x3
Curlew x3
Ringed Plover (S Cawthray).

Haunch Lane.
Curlew x5 (T Perrins).

Middelton Flashes.
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper x2 (T Perrins).

Middelton Hall Lake.
Green Sandpiper (T Perrins).

Brandon Marsh.
Little Egret x2
Green Sandpiper x4 (Birdguides).

Whitacre Heath NR.
Curlew x7 (J Wesson).

Coton Lake.
Black-necked Grebe (juv)
Green Sandpiper ( T Perrins, S Cawthray).

Draycote Water.
Osprey
Greenshank
Dunlin
Common Sandpiper x2
Lesser Whitethroat x2
Y L Gull x5 (R Mays).

Ladywalk.
Little Egret over (K Donaghy).

Alvecote Pools.
Little Egret (A Archer).

Nearby Reports July 26th.

Staffs
Blithfield.
Osprey
Arctic Tern
Black-tailed Godwit.

Branston GPs.
Avocet
Green Sandpiper X4.

Croxhall GPs.
Little Egret x6

Drayton Bassett Pits.
Black-necked Grebe
Little Egret x2

Derbys
Ogston Res.
Whimbrel x2
Little Egret x3
Green Sandpiper.

Notts
Black-tailed Godwit x2.

Worcs
Upton Warren.
Black-tailed Godwit x3
Greenshank
Green Sandpiper x6.

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July 26th.

Coleshill GPs.
Greenshank
Green Sand x2
Little Egret x2 (T Perrins).

Draycote Water.
Common Tern x2
Common Sandpiper x4
Yellow-legged Gull x2 (R Mays).

Nearby Reports July 24th.

Leics
Sanderling
Ruff x8
Black-tailed Godwit x4 @ Rutland Water.

Derbys
Curlew Sandpiper @ Ogston Res .

Worcs
Little Stint @ Upper Bittell Res.

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Steve Seal

July 24th.

Middelton Lake.
Green Sandpiper x1 (T Perrins).

Brandon Marsh.
Hobby
Green Sandpipers x5 (A Anscomb).

Alvecote Pools.
Common Tern x5
Hobby (A Archer).