Sept 7th.

Grey Phalarope ...Shustoke...photo by S Seal..

Shustoke Res
Grey Phalarope
Black Tern x2
Arctic Tern
Little Gull 2x 1st winters
Common Scoter (M Scott)
Peregrine
Hobby
Common Sandpiper
Yellow Wagtail (S Seal, D Hutton, et al).

Draycote Water.
Great Skua (RBA).
Shag x4 juvs
Arctic Tern
Wheatear x4
Yellow Wagtail x2 (K Donaghy).
Yellow Wagtail x30
Wheatear x10
Osprey
Crossbill x3
Black Tern x5 (R Mays).

Fishers Mill
Little Egret x6
Hobby
Black Tern (J Oates).

Sept 6th.

Shustoke Res.
Osprey
Grey Phalarope
Arctic Tern x12
Black Tern x2
Common Tern x56
Hobby
Common Sandpiper (L Johnson, S Seal, D Hutton, T Perrins, S Cawthray et al).

Draycote Water.
Common Scoter drake
Shag x4
Whimbrel
Black Tern (M Doughty).
Arctic Tern x4
Little Tern
Yellow Wagtails x10
Wheatear
Common Tern x8 (R Mays).

Bodymoor Heath Water Kingsbury.
Arctic Tern x3
Common Tern x10 (T Perrins).

Priors Hardwick.
Redstart male (Birdguides).

Nearby Reports Sept 5th.

These weather conditions have brought a mixture of birds into nearby counties.
White Winged Black Tern Blithfield Staffs.
Sabines Gull x2 (morning only) Clifford Hill GPs Northants.
Sandwich Tern x2 Belvide Staffs.
Grey Phalarope Chasewater Staffs.
Black Tern x3 Westwood Pool Worcs.
Black Tern x6 Cropston Res Liecs.
Shag Hollowell Res Northants.
Shag Clifford Hill GPs Northants.

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Steve Seal

Sept 5th.

Grey Phalarope...Shustoke Res...photo by S Seal..

Shustoke Res.
Grey Phalarope (P Softly)
Hobby x2
Arctic Tern x5 (S Seal, L Johnson, T Perrins ,et al).

Draycote Water.
Black Tern x59
Shag x3
Wheatear
Yellow Wagtail
Y L Gull
Hobby
Common Sandpiper
Spotted Flycatcher (R Mays, J Judge, L Johnson).

Sept 4th.

Little Gull (juv)...Kingsbury WP...Photo by S Seal.

Cliff Pool Kingsbury.
Little Egret (Birdguides).

Mill Pool Kingsbury.
Little Gull (juv)
Black Tern (juv)
Hobby (S Seal, D Hutton).

Lea Marston Lake.
Red Crested Pochard fem (Birdguides).

Priors Hardwick.
Short-eared Owl
Redstart male (Birdguides).

Draycote Water.
Shag x8
Arctic Tern x1
Goosander x5
Y L Gull adult
Yellow Wagtail x11
Wheatear fem (R Mays).

Flecknoe.
Raven x4
Wheatear
Redstart male (R Mays).

Sept 3rd.

Seeswood Pool.
Whinchat
Spotted Flycatcher x3
Yellow Wagtail (D Hutton).

Mill Pool Kingsbury WP.
Black Tern juv
Little Gull juv (A Dean).

Lea Marston Lake.
Red Crested Pochard (Birdguides).

Sept 2nd

Seeswood Pool.
Spotted Flycatcher x3
Hobby (D Hutton).

Shustoke Res.
Common Sandpiper
Hobby
Little Owl x2 (S Seal).

Brandon Marsh.
Little Egret x3 (A Johnson).
Hobby
Buzzard x2 (M Silverman).

Coleshill GPs.
Greenshank x2
Green Sandpiper x3
Hobby x3 (R Dryden)

Draycote Water.
Black Tern x2 juv
Arctic Tern x1 juv
Shag x2
Yellow Wagtail
Wheatear x2
Common Sandpiper x2 (L Johnson)
Turnstone x9
Redstart fem (R Mays).

Sept 1st.

Shustoke Res.
Black-tailed Godwit x5 flew through east at 10-20.
Hobby
Common Sandpiper (S Seal, L Johnson).

Draycote Water.
Knot
Turnstone
Sanderling x2
Dunlin x8
Shag x5
Y L Gull x6
Common Sandpiper x2
Goosander x3 (R Mays).

Aug 31st.

Kingsbury WP.
Little Gull juv (Birdguides).

Coton Lake
Black Tern x2 (Birdguides).

Alvecote Pools.
Little Gull x2 juvs (Birdguides).

Aug 30th.

Shustoke Res.
Arctic Tern x20
Black Tern x6
Sanderling
Hobby (L Johnson, S Seal).
Arctic Tern x5 more later in the day (B Duckhouse).

Draycote Water.
Black Tern x62 (J Judge).
Shag x2
Wheatear
Common Sandpiper x6
Pintail
Hobby (R Mays, D Cox)

Alvecote Pools.
Black Tern x3
Arctic Tern x1
Little Egret x2
Hobby (Birdguides).
Redstart male (T Perrins).

Coleshill GPs.
Green Sandpiper x2
Little Egret (T Perrins, B Duckhouse).

Grandborough Valley.
Marsh Harrier (imm)
Whinchat
Wheatear x2 (R Mays).

Aug 28th

Bilton Road Rugby
2 Crossbill (J Judge)

Draycote Water
Tree Pipit
4 juv Shag
2+ Raven
Wheatear
Hobby (R Mays B Hazell K Groocock)

Aug 26th.

Draycote Water.
Wood Sandpiper
Shag x5
Common Tern x5
Ringed Plover
Yellow Wagtail x6
Goosander x5
Wheatear (R Mays).

Aug 25th.

Draycote Water
Shag 5 juv ( M Doughty)
Med Gull 2w
Y L Gull x5
Goosander x5
Little Owl
Barn Owl
Common Tern x4 (R Mays).

Alvecote Pools.
Redstart
Spotted Flycatcher x2
Little Egret (T Perrins).

Aug 24th.

Draycote Water.
Shag x5 (Juv)
Common Tern x5
Wheatear x4
Common Sandpiper x2 (R Mays, D Cox).

Alvecote Pools.
Redstart x2
Whinchat
Spotted Flycatcher x4 (Birdguides).

Ladywalk.
Hobby x2
Green Sandpiper x6
Snipe x4
Lapwing x70
Goosander (S Cawthray).

Aug 23rd.

Draycote Water.
Osprey
Med Gulls x2
Hobby x2
Wheatear x4
Knot
Peregrine
Shag x6
Curlew x3 (B Duckhouse, R Mays).

Ladywalk / Shustoke.
Marsh Harrier (S Cawthray).

Coleshill GPs.
Little Egret x3
Green Sandpiper x3
Buzzard x12 (S Seal, B Kington).

Ladywalk.
Marsh Harrier
Spotted Flycatcher x4
Crossbill x1 f/o
Hobby x2
Common Sandpiper (S Cawthray).

Aug 22nd.

Coleshill GPs.
Spotted Redshank (B Kington).

Draycote Water.
Shag (juv)
Arctic Tern x1
Common Tern x2
Wheatear x3
Goosander x5 (M Silverman).

Aug 21st.

Draycote Water.
Raven x2
Shag (L Johnson).
Ringed Plover
Wheatear x4
Yellow Wagtail x2
Lesser Whitethroat x2
Spotted Flycatcher
Common Sandpiper x2
Common Tern x3
Goosander x5 ( S Seal, D Hutton, R Mays, B Hazel).

Coleshill GPs.
Spotted Redshank (B Kington).

Brandon Marsh.
Black-tailed Godwit x3
Dunlin
Green Sandpiper x4
Siskin x2 (A Johnson).

Aug 20th.

Brandon Marsh.
Green Sandpiper x5
Barn Owl
Common Sandpiper (M Silverman).

Coleshill GPs.
Spotted Redshank (Birdguides).

Nearby Reports Aug 19th.

Gailey Res.
Black-necked Grebe x4.

Blithfield Res.
Little Stint.

Belvide Res.
Black Tern x34.

Rutland Water.
Wood Sandpiper
Garganey x8
Greenshank x5
Arctic Tern
Little Egret x18
Black Tern x8
Ruddy Shelduck x2
Little Stint
Ruff x9.

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Steve Seal

Aug 19th.

Coleshill GPs.
Spotted Redshank (B Kington).
Green Sandpiper x8
Little Egret x1 (T Perrins).

Shustoke Res.
Black Tern x3 ( S Seal, D Hutton, L Johnson).

Draycote Water.
Sanderling x2
Wheatear x3
Arctic Tern
Common Sandpiper
Dunlin (R Mays).

Aug 18th.

Shustoke Res.
Black Tern x3 (S Seal, D Hutton).

Edgebaston Res.
Turnstone (Birdguides).

Coleshill GPs.
Green Sandpiper x13
Snipe x5
Redshank x1
Little Egret x1 (S Cawthray).

Draycote Water.
Yellow Wagtail x1
Common Sandpiper x2
Wheatear (fem)
Willow Tit (L Johnson).
Goosander x5 (R Mays).

Aug 17th.

Black Tern ...Bodymoor Heath Water...Photo by S Seal.

Draycote Water.
Black Tern x22
Common Tern x1
Oystercatcher x2
Hobby
Arctic Tern x7 (R Mays).

Lea Marston Lake.
Red Crested Pochard x2 (S Haynes).

Coton Lake.
Redstart fem/ imm (T Perrins).

Boodymoor Heath Water Kingsbury.
Black Tern x5
Arctic Tern x1(T Perrins, S Seal, S Cawthray, J Oates).

Shustoke .
Raven
Common Sandpiper
Common Tern x39 (S Seal, L Johnson).

Morton Baggott.
Garganey in flooded field, (Birdguides).

Aug 16th.

Draycote Water.
Arctic Skua heading west mid-morning (R Mays).
Yellow Wagtails x4
Y L Gull x1
Wheatear (fem)
Goosander x5 (Kay & Max).

Coton Lakes.
R C Pochard x2 (Birdguides).
Goldeneye (T Perrins).

Brandon Marsh.
Hobby
Green Sandpiper x2 (Kay & Max).

Aug 14th.

Brandon Marsh.
Med Gull (juv)
Dumlin x5 (P Norman).

Shustoke Res.
Redstart (fem)
Common Sand x2
No sign of B N Grebe (S Seal. B Dukhouse).

Draycote Water.
Whinchat
Common Sandpiper x2
Wheatear x2
Greenshank
Common Tern x2 (R Mays).

Nearby Reports Aug 13th.

Blithfield Res Staffs.
Osprey x2
Garganey x3
Knot x2
Black-tailed Godwit x4
Greenshank x4
Little Egret
Hobbies x2.

Rutland Water Leics.
Garganey x2

Willington GPs Derbys
Garganey
Greenshank x2

Ogston Res Derbys.
Turnstone
Black-tailed Godwit x2
Greenshank.

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Steve Seal

Aug 13th.

Bentley Woods.
Crossbill x2
Siskin x5 (B Duckhouse).

Draycote Water
Black Tern
Common Sandpiper
Redshank
Oystercatcher
Y L Gull adult (R Mays).

Aug 12th.

Shustoke Res
Arctic Tern x12 through @ 19-30 (K Wimbush).
Also B N Grebe still present.

Draycote Water.
Arctic Tern x1
Common Tern x3
Pintail (fem)
Hobby
Wheatear (male) (R Mays).

Aug 11th.

Coleshill GPs.
Green Sandpiper x10
Redshank x1 (B Duckhouse)

Shustoke Res.
B N Grebe (juv)
Common Tern x1
Common Sandpiper x1 (L Johnson)