Oct 5th

Draycote Water
1st winter Little Gull
Shag (M & J Phillips)

Oct 4th.

Draycote Water.
Black Redstart
Shag x 2
Common Scoter drake
Little Gull x2 1w (R Mays).
Rock Pipit (Kay & Max)

Brandon Marsh.
Black-tailed Godwit

Oct 3rd.

Brandon Marsh.
Black-tailed Godwit
Hobby (J Wesson).

Whitacre Heath.
Spotted Flycatcher
Lesser Redpoll
Siskin x2
Curlew x6 (J Wesson).

Draycote Water.
Shag x2
Common Scoter drake
Wheatear
Goosander
Little Gull 1w (L Johnson).

Oct 2nd.

Black-tailed Godwit...Brandon Marsh....photo by J Wesson.

Brandon Marsh.
Black-tailed Godwit (J Wesson).

Draycote Water.
Common Scoter drake
Common Sandpiper
Little Gull 1w
Y L Gull adult
Wheatear
Shag juv (J Oates, L Johnson).

Henley-in Arden
Gannet x2 juvs flew south west @ 16-00 (A R Dean).

Oct 1st

Draycote Water.
Marsh Harrier flew through early morning
Grey Plover
Little Gull 1w (R Mays).
Common Scoter drake
Little Gull x2 1st winter (L Johnson).






Mancetter Quarry.
Stonechat (J Harris).

Sept 30th,

Draycote Water.
Common Scoter (drake)
Shag x2
Y L Gull adult
Pintail x2
Goosander x3
Common Sandpiper x2
Wheatear (J Oates).

Sept 29th.

Draycote Water.
Common Scoter drake (Birdguides)
Rock Pipit
Shag (S Seal, D Hutton).

Draycote Gull Roost.
Kittiwake 1w
Med Gull 1w
Y L Gull 2w (R Mays).

Sept 28th.

Napton on the Hill.
Spotted Flycatcher x4 (R Mays, D Cox)


Brandon Marsh.
Black-tailed Godwit
Siskin x20 (R Mays, D Cox)

Sept 27th.

Draycote Water.
Shag x2
Rock Pipit x2
Buzzard x5
Raven x2
Goosander x3
Wheatear x2 (S Seal, D Hutton, R Dawkins, R Mays).

Sept 26th.

Rock Pipit....Draycote Water.


Rugby.
Common Crane over heading east @ 18-55 (M Phillips).

Draycote Water.
Rock Pipit x2 (possibly x3)
Shag x2
Raven x2
Goosander x3
Wheatear (S Seal, J Judge, B Hazel).

Rugby
Osprey over heading south @14-10 (D Hall).

Napton.
Blackcap x1
Chiffchaff x6
Meadow Pipit x23 south
Peregrine
Raven x3 (T Marlow).

Napton Res.
Gadwall x2
Shoveler x4
Wigeon x6
Redpoll x2
Raven x3 (T Marlow).

Brandon Marsh.
Red Kite over @ 12-30 (M Silverman).

Sept 25th.

Draycote Water.
Honey Buzzard dark phase south at 15-00
Raven
Shag x2
Goosander x3
Rock Pipit (R Mays, K Grewcock).

Flecknoe
Rock Pipit
Jack Snipe (R Mays).


Middelton Hall.
Hen Harrier ringtail 12-20 (J Harris).

Brandon Marsh.
Common Snipe x55
Siskin x50
Wigeon x10
Green Sandpiper (A Johnson).

Sept 24th.

Draycote Water.
Goosander x3
Common Sandpiper
Yellow Wagtail
Wheatear (L Johnson).
Shag x2
Redshank
Med Gull (1st w)
Y L Gull (R Mays).

Sept 23rd.

River Leam
Bar-tailed Godwit x3
Little Egret x2 (R Mays).

Draycote Water.
Shag x2 imms
Common Sandpiper x2
Ringed Plover x2
Goosander x3 (R Mays).

Nearby Reports Sept 23rd.

Sandwell Valley W. Mids.
Yellow Browed Warbler

Drayton Bassett Pits Staffs.
Sandwich Tern x2
Little Stint
Black-necked Grebe
Little Egret x5

Switherland Res Liecs.
Red-necked Grebe

Eyebrook Res Leics.
Slavonian Grebe

Upton Warren Worcs.
Little Stint

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

Steve Seal

Sept 22nd.

Leam Valley.
Little Egret x2 east of Draycote, (T Marlow, J Judge).

Draycote Water.
Shag x2 imm (J Judge).

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).