Sept 21st.

Guys Cliffe.
Honey Buzzard x4 over @ mid-day (C Stubbs)

Draycote Water.
Honey Buzzard over south @ 11-00
Shag x2 (Birdguides)
Little Gull (A Pickering)

Exhall Bedworth.
Honey Buzzard south est @ 13-05 (Birdguides).

Long Lawford.
Honey Buzzard (juv dark morph) south @ 17-45 (J Judge).

Sept 20th.

Cliff Pool Kingsbury
Ruff x2 (T Perrins).

Draycote Water.
Common Crane flew over south @ 11-20
Goosander x5
Shag x2
Common Sandpiper (R Mays).

Sept 19th.

Bentley Woods.
Honey Buzzard flew south west @14-45 (B Duckhouse).

Prior's Hardwick
Blackcap 1
Chiff Chaff 6
Yellow Wagtail 1
M.Pipit 14
Redpoll 1 (T Marlow)

Napton
Blackcap 1
Chiff Chaff 4
Spotted Flycatcher 2
M.Pipit 16
Siskin 1
Raven 2
Hobby 1 (T Marlow)

Grandborough
Whinchat 1 imm
Wheatear 1 (T Marlow)

Sept 18th.

Priors Hardwick.
Crossbill x2 flew south. (T Marlow).

Napton.
Raven x2
Hobby x2
Spotted Flycatcher
Chiffchaff x3 (T Marlow).

Grandborough Valley.
Meadow Pipit x17 flew south
Siskin x2 flew south
Cormorant x7 flew south
Whinchat (imm)
Stonechat (fem) (T Marlow)

Draycote Water.
Golden Plover x11 flew south
Y L Gull x1 3rd yr, x1 2nd yr. (T Marlow).

Binley Woods.
Buzzard x15 together over housing est. (J Judge, S Seal).

Seeswood Pool.
Spotted Flycatcher
Chiffchaff x20 (D Hutton).

Sept 16th.

Redstart... Rugby Garden ...photo by R Mays.

Bentley Woods.
Siskin x20 (B Duckhouse).

Draycote Water.
Common Scoter fem
Yellow Wagtail x10
Common Sandpiper
Hobby
Shag x2 (R Mays, M Phillips).
Little Gull 1st winter
Siskin x9
Y L Gull x3 (L Johnson).

Rugby Garden
Redstart (R Mays).

Seeswood Pool.
Redstart
Spotted Flycatcher (D Hutton).

Sept 15th.

Shustoke Res.
Osprey in field south of pool this morning (P Forbes).
Curlew Sandpiper briefly (L Johnson).

Draycote Water.
Osprey
Common Scoter fem
Black Tern
Y L Gull x3 adults (R Mays).
Little Gull x2 (P Hyde G Giles)

Sept 14th.

Long Lawford.
Osprey over south
Shag x2 over south (J Judge).

Shustoke.
Osprey west @ 3-40 (K Wimbush).

Wishaw.
Buzzard x8
Peregrine
Hobby (T Perrins).

Draycote Water.
Greenshank
Common Scoter fem
Common Sandpiper x2
Hobby
Siskin
Little Egret
Shag x4
Yellow Wagtail
Wheatear x2
Common Tern
Goosander x5 (L Johnson, R Mays, et al).

Sept 13th.

Draycote Water.
Osprey (7-00)
Black Tern x6
Common Scoter fem (Birdguiges).

Shustoke Res.
Osprey west at 11-00 (S Seal).

Seeswood Pool.
Spotted Flycatcher x5 (D Hutton).

Sept 12th.

Draycoye Water.
Grey Phalarope (B Hazel)
Common Scoter fem
Osprey (T Marlow)
Black Tern x3
Common Sandpiper
Shag x4
Yellow Wagtail x11
Redstart
Spotted Flycatcher
Wheatear x5 (R Mays).

Sept 11th.

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

Shustoke Res.
Grey Phalarope
Black Tern x4
Arctic Tern
Common Tern x3
Siskin x3 f/o (S Seal, D Hutton, L Johnson).

Draycote Water.
Shag x4
Black Tern x3
Goosander x5
Common Tern x3
Yellow Wagtail x2
Hobby x2
Common Scoter fem (R Mays, T Southgate).

Alvecote Pools.
Redstart x2
Hobby (R Smith).

Canal Pool Kingsbury.
Arctic Tern juv (Birdguides).

Sept 10th.

Shustoke Res.
Grey Phalarope
Osprey (11-25)
Arctic Tern
Wheatear fem (L Johnson, R Eyres).

Seeswood Pool.
Spotted Flycatcher x5 (D Hutton).

Brandon Marsh.
Hobby x2
Green Sandpiper x2 (M Silverman).

Sept 9th.

Shustoke Res.
Grey Phalarope
Black Tern x4
Common Tern x5 (L Johnson).

Sept 8th.

Shustoke Res
Grey Phalarope
Little Gull 1st winter
Yellow Wagtail x5
Hobby (S Seal, L Johnson, D Hutton).

Seeswood Pool.
Green Sandpiper (D Hutton).

Draycote Water.
Osprey (reported)
Black Tern x5
Goosander x5
Common Tern x2
Shag x5
Yellow Wagtail (M Silverman).

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.

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

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).