11th Jan

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe 1st-winter
Shag
Smew drake (Birdguides)

Middelton Lake.
Glaucous Gull juv, flew towards Dosthill Lake (Birdguides).

West Midlands

Brownhills
Waxwing x 2 (Silver Court) (Birdguides)

Staffordshire
Croxhall GPs.
Smew drake (Birdguides)

Belvide Reservoir (PERMIT ONLY)
Mediterranean Gull (Birdguides)

Whitemoor Haye
Waxwing x 11 (Birdguides)

Chasewater
Waxwing x 50
Glaucous Gull
Smew drake (Birdguides)

Doxey Marshes
Red-breasted Goose
White-fronted Geese
Barnacle Geese (Birdguides)

Coldmeece Pools
Iceland Gull (Birdguides)

10th Jan

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 4
Red-necked Grebe
Red-throated Diver
Shag
Smew
Mediterranean Gull (Birdguides)

Priors Hardwick
Peregrine Falcon x 2 (Birdguides)

West Midlands

Shirley
Waxwing x 11 (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Whitemoor Haye
Waxwing x 10
Whooper Swan x 2
Bewick's Swan x 2 (Birdguides)

Madeley
Hawfinch x 6 (Birdguides)

Drayton Bassett Pits
Bewick's Swan x 3
Pink-footed Geese (Birdguides)

Chasewater
Waxwing x 6
Smew drake (Birdguides)

Park Hall CP
Long-eared Owl x 2 (Birdguides)

Doxey Marshes
White-fronted Goose x 17
Barnacle Goose x 3
Red-breasted Goose (Birdguides)

9th Jan

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Smew drake
Red-necked Grebe
Red-throated Diver
Merlin
Common Sandpiper x 2
Shag
Blackcap male (K.Groocock)


Ladywalk
Bittern x 1 (J.Harris)

Kingsbury Water Park
Hen Harrier (Birdguides)

West Midlands

Shirley
Waxwing x 27 (Stratford Road/Shakespeare Drive) (M.Griffith)

Sandwell Valley RSPB
Common Redpoll (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch (Coppice Hill) (Birdguides)

Belvide Reservoir (PERMIT ONLY)
Common Redpoll x 3
Yellow-legged Gull (Birdguides)

Park Hall CP
Long-eared Owl x 1 (Birdguides)

Hixon
Waxwing x 11 (Birdguides)

Whitemoor Haye
Whooper Swan x 2
Merlin (Birdguides)

Longton
Waxwing x 5 (Birdguides)

Madeley
Hawfinch x 4 (Birdguides)

Doxey Marshes
White-fronted Goose x 20
Barnacle Geese x 2 (Birdguides)

Chasewater
Smew drake (Birdguides)

8th Jan

West Midlands

Shirley
Waxwing x 25+ (Stratford Road/Shakespeare Drive)(Birdguides)

Birmingham
Waxwing 16+ (Garretts Green Lane) (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Whitemoor Haye
Whooper Swan x 2
Bewick's Swans x 2 (Birdguides)

Doxey Marshes
White-fronted Goose x 28
Red-breasted Goose (escapee)
Barnacle Goose x 6 (Birdguides)

Madeley
Hawfinch x 5 (churchyard) (Birdguides)

7th Jan

Warwickshire

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Iceland Gull adult in the roost (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Smew drake
Red-throated Diver
Great Northern Divers x 2
Red-necked Grebe
Shag
Iceland Gull juvenile in the roost
Caspian Gull adult
Little Gull
Mediterranean Gull x 3 (Birdguides)

Rugby
Waxwing, x 1 (Birdguides)

Shustoke Reservoir
Yellow-legged Gull x 2
Green Sandpiper
Dunlin (Birdguides)

West Midlands

Birmingham
Waxwing x 16 (Garretts Green) (Birdguides)

Sandwell Valley RSPB
Waxwing x 3 (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Belvide Reservoir (PERMIT ONLY)
Iceland Gull juvenile in roost
Waxwing (Shutt Green Lane)(Birdguides)

Chasewater
Waxwing x 75 (Birdguides)

Madeley
Hawfinch x 2 (Birdguides)

Newcastle-under-Lyme
Waxwing x 25 (Meremore Drive) (Birdguides)

6th Jan

Red-necked Grebe (Draycote water)

Red-throated Diver (Draycote water)

Warwickshire

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Baltic Gull possible in roost (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Red-throated Diver
Great-northern Diver x 4
Red-necked Grebe
Smew male
Scaup 1st winter male
Whooper Swan x 2
Shag x 2
Peregrine
Merlin male
Pintail male
Goosander x 47
Med Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper (R.Mays/D.Hutton)

West Midlands

Wednesfield
Hawfinch x 1 (behind Cineworld at Bentley Bridge) (Birdguides)

Birmingham
Waxwing x 17 (Garrett's Green) (Birdguides)

Stubber's Green
Caspian Gull 3rd-winter (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Madeley
Hawfinch x 4 (Birdguides)

Newcastle-under-Lyme
Waxwing x 7 (Birdguides)

Chasewater
Iceland Gull
Smew drake
Waxwing x 40 (Birdguides)

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch female (Coppice Hill feeding station) (Birdguides)

5th Jan

Hawfinch (female at Coppice Hill feeding station)

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Caspian Gull adult in the roost
Yellow-legged Gull x 5
Mediterranean Gull x 1 adult
Red-necked Grebe
Red-throated Diver
Great Northern Diver x 4
Smew drake
Shag x 2 juv
Scaup imm drake
Common Sandpiper (Birdguides)

West Midlands

Birmingham
Waxwing x 17 (Garrett's Green) (M.Griffith)

Staffordshire

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch female (Coppice Hill feeding station) (Birdguides)

Madeley
Hawfinch x 1 (church car park) (Birdguides)

Croxall GP
Smew drake (Birdguides)

Doxey Marshes
Red-breasted Goose
White-fronted Goose x 2 (Birdguides)

Newcastle-under-Lyme
Waxwing x 18

Chasewater
Iceland Gull adult in roost (Birdguides)

4th Jan

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Great Northern Diver x 4
Red-throated Diver
Smew drake
Goosander 43 (Birdguides)

West Midlands

Birmingham
Waxwing x 17 (Garretts Green Lane) (Kay.D)

Sandwell Valley
Goosander x 14
Mealy readpoll
Mandarin Duck female (Fritz)

Staffordshire

Madeley
Hawfinch, x 8 (churchyard) (Birdguides)

Whitemoor Haye
Whooper Swan x 2 (Birdguides)

Chasewater
Caspian Gull 3rd-winter in the roost
Yellow-legged Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Waxwing x 30
Smew (Birdguides)

Park Hall CP
Long-eared Owl x 4 (Birdguides)

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch (Coppice Hill) (Birdguides)

3rd Jan

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Red-throated Diver
Red-necked Grebe
Smew drake
Great Northern Diver x 4
Shag x 2 juv (Birdguides)

Coton Lakes
Little Egret x 1 (J.Wesson)

Fishers Mill
Black-tailed Godwit (Birdguides)

West Midlands

Birmingham [A]
Waxwing x 5 (Garrett's Green) (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Madeley
Hawfinch x 4 (church) (Birdguides)

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch x 1 (Coppice Hill)(Birdguides)

Leek
Waxwing x 1 (Birdguides)

Trentham
Hawfinch x 2 (Birdguides)

Whitemoor Haye [A]
Bewick's Swan x 3 (2 adults and 1 juv)
Whooper Swan x 2
Ruff x 2 (Birdguides)

2nd Jan

Warwickshire

Draycote Water
Red-throated Diver
Red-necked Grebe
Smew drake
Great Northern Diver x 4
Shag (Birdguides)
Mediterranean Gull x 2 adults x 2 1st-winter (Birdguides)

Birchmoor
Golden Plover x 200 (J.Harris)

West Midlands

Walsgrave
Red Kite (M6/M69 jn) (B.Hickman)

Staffordshire

Westport Lake
Iceland Gull (Birdguides)

Park Hall CP
Long-eared Owl x 3 (Birdguides)

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch (Coppice Hill feeding station) (Birdguides)

Swallow Moss
Hen Harrier male
Short-eared Owl x 4
Barn Owl

1st Jan

Happy New Year

Warwickshire

Coton Lakes
Iceland gull (T.Perrins)

Ladywalk NR (Permit Only)
Pintail female
Willow Tit
Goosander (J.Wesson)

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Great Northern Diver x 4
Red-throated Diver
Smew drake (Birdguides)

Raven
Common Sandpiper
Shag x 1
Goosander x 20 (Kay.D)

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Scaup x 4
Little Egret
Iceland Gull adult in roost (Birdguides)


Earlswood Lakes
Mandarin Duck drake on Enginehouse Pool (Birdguides)

Bishop's Tachbrook
Peregrine Falcon (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Chasewater
Mediterranean Gull
Smew
Waxwing x 90 (Hednesford Road/Albutts Road) (Birdguides)

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch (Coppice Hill feeding station) (Birdguides)

Hanchurch Woods
Jackdaw nordic-race (Birdguides)

Whitemoor Haye
Whooper Swan x2
Corn Bunting x 60
Bewick's Swan x 3 (2 ad 1 juv) (Birdguides)

Great Wyrley
Waxwing x 3 (Birdguides)

Norton Canes
Waxwing x 80 (Birdguides)

31st Dec

Warkwickshire

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 4
Red-throated Diver
Smew drake
Red-necked Grebe
Shag x 2
Waxwing x 5 (Birdguides)
Pintail (R.Mays)

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Iceland Gull, adult in the roost

Dosthill Lake
Caspian Gull, adult

Ryton on Dunsmore
Waxwing x 1 (St. Leonards Walk) (Birdguides)

Rugby
Waxwing x 12 (Addison Rd/May Lane) (R.Mays)

Staffordshire

Cannock Chase
Waxwing x 16 (Penkridge Bank)(Birdguides)

Chasewater
Waxwing x 80 (Hednesford Road/Albutts Road) (Birdguides)

West Midlands

Walsall
Waxwing x 2 (Caldmore/Highgate border)(Birdguides)

30th Dec

Warwickshire

Brandon Marsh
Waxwing x 1
No sign of yesterdays SE Owl (Dog)

Draycote Water
Red-throated Diver
Great Northern Diver x 4
Red-necked Grebe
Smew drake
Shag juv
Mediterranean Gull 1st winter in roost (Birdguides)

Hartshill
Jack Snipe on river Anker this morning (J.Harris)

Mancetter Quarry
Common Redpoll x 2
Lesser Redpoll x 8 (J.Harris)

West Midlands

Wolverhampton
Waxwing x 2 (Old Lane, Wightwick) (Birdguides)
Waxwing x 22 (off North Road behind Asda) (Birdguides)

Aldridge
Waxwing x 20 (Stonnall Road) (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Chasewater
Smew drake
Waxwing x 74
Mediterranean Gull (Birdguides)

Whitemoor Haye
Whooper Swan x 2 (Birdguides)

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch (Coppice Hill feeding station)(Birdguides)

Cotes Heath
Iceland Gull juv x 2
Yellow-legged Gull x 2 (Birdguides)

Brookleys Lake
Mandarin Duck x 14
Goosander x 16 (Birdguies)

Brewood
Waxwing x 16 (Shutt Green Lane) (Birdguides)

Dec 29th

Warwickshire

Draycote
Smew drake
Great Northern Diver
Shag juv
Yellow-legged Gull (Birdguides)

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Scaup x 4
Iceland Gull adult from the hide this evening
Yellow-legged Gull x 3
Little Egret
PochardXFerruginous Duck hybrid (female) (J.Oates)

Rugby (Addison Road)
Waxing x 4 (K.Groocock) 10am
Waxwing c.10 flyover late evening (P.Hodges)

Staffordshire

Chasewater
Caspian Gull probable 3rd-winter in the roost
Mediterranean Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Smew drake (Birdguides)

Cannock Chase (Coppice Hill Feeding Station)
Northern Bullfinch, possible male yesterday
Hawfinch (Birdguides)

Shutt Green Lane
Waxwing x 8 (Birdguides)

Cop Mere
Iceland Gull juv. x 2 (Birdguides)

Westport Lake
Yellow-legged Gull 4th winter (Birdguides)

West Midlands

Wolverhampton
Waxwing x 14 (off North Road behind Asda) (Birdguides)

Dec 28th.

Red-throated Diver Draycote.........Photo by John Judge

Waxwing Belvide..........Photo by S Seal.



Warwickshire
Draycote Water
Red Necked Grebe
Red-throated Diver
Great Northern Diver x3
Smew drake
Shag juv (Birdguides).

Rugby.
Waxwings x8 addison Rd.

Hams Hall
Cetti's warbler
Chiffchaff x5
Green Sandpiper (J.Harris)

Ladywalk NR (Permit Only)
Little Egret
Goosander x3 (J.Harris)

Coton Lakes
Caspian Gull 3rd winter in roost (Birdguides)

Willoughby
Waxwing x2 (Birdguides)

Staffordshire
Belvide.
Waxwings x10 (S Seal).

Cannock Chase.
Hawfinch (Birdguides).

Baggeridge CP
Waxwing x 3 (Birdguides)

Cop Mere
Iceland Gull juv. x 2 in roost (Birdguides)

27th Dec

Staffordshire

Belvide Reservoir (PERMIT ONLY)
Waxwing x 16
Brambling (Birdguides)

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch (Coppice Hill) (Birdguides)

Warwickshire

Rugby.
Waxwings x5 (Addison Rd) (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Red-necked Grebe
Great Northern Diver x 2
Smew drake
Shag juv (Birguides)

26th Dec

Waxwing - Brewood (Staffs) (c) J Wesson
Warwickshire

Rugby (May Lane)
Waxwing x5 (R.Mays)

Draycote Water
Great-northern Diver
Shag
Red-necked Grebe
Smew male (R.Mays)

Lawford Heath
Merlin (R.Mays)

Brandon Marsh
Coal Tit (3)
Goldeneye (R.Mays)

West Midlands

Stubber's Green
Caspian Gull 3rd-winter (Birdguides)

Staffordshire

Brewood
Waxwing x 12 (Birdguides)

Cannock Chase
Waxwing x 4 (Birdguides)

Belvide Reservoir (PERMIT ONLY)
Ring-necked Parakeet
Mealy Redpoll x 3
Lesser Redpolls x 11 (Birdguides)

Newcastle-under-Lyme
Waxwing x 17 (Birdguides)

Doxey Marshes
White-fronted Goose x 15 (Birdguides)

25th December

Warwickshire:

Rugby
Waxwing x 1 (T.Fountain)

Ladwalk NR (Permit Only)
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper x 2
Chiffchaff (Birdguides)

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Scaup x 3 (Birdguides)

Fisher's Mill meadow
Hen Harrier - male (B.Kington)

Staffordshire:

Whitemoor Haye
Water Pipit x 1 (Birdguides)

Cannock Chase
Hawfinch female at Coppice Hill feeding station
Waxwing (Birdguides)

Blithfield Reservoir
Common Scoter x 4 (Birdguides)

Belvide Reservoir (PERMIT ONLY)
Waxwing x 24 (Birdguides)

24th Dec

Warwickshire:

Alvecote Pools
Jack Snipe
Goosander x 4 (Birdguides)

Draycote Res.
Snipe x 5
Smew
Great Northern Diver x 3
Yellow-legged Gull
Common Sandpiper (Mark)

West Midlands:

Sutton Park NNR
Waxwing x 30 (Birdguides)

Tipton
Waxwing x 2 (Birdguides)

Staffordshire:

Brewood
Waxwing x 26 (Birdguides)

Codsall
Waxwing x 1 (Birdguides)

Newcastle-under-Lyme
Waxwing x 7 (Birdguides)

Dec 23rd

Warwickshire:

Coton Lake
Caspian Gull (Birdguides)

West Midlands:

Stubbers Green
Caspian Gull 3rd winter (Birdguides)

Staffordshire:

Chasewater
Caspian Gull 3rd winter (Birdguides)

Swynnerton
Med Gull 1st winter (Birdguides)

Belvide Res - Permit Only
Waxwing x 26 (Birdguides)

Silverdale Colliery
Snow Bunting (Birdguides)

Doxey Marsh
Red Breasted Goose (Birdguides)
Barnacle Goose x 12

Dec 22nd.

Draycote Water.
Great Northern Diver x4
Red Necked Grebe
Smew drake
Shag x2
Common Sandpiper
Oystercatcher
Goosander x27 (R Mays).

Drec 16th.

Coton Lake.
Caspian Gull 3rd winter (Birdguides).
Black Necked Grebe (S Haynes).

Lea Marston Lake.
Scaup x3 (S Haynes).
Poss Lesser Scaup 1st winter.

Dec 12th

Brandon Marsh.
Bittern (D Spencer).

Draycote Water.
Great Northern Diver x3
Med Gull adult
Common Sandpiper
Goosander x23 (R Mays, D Cox).

Dec 10th.

Draycote Water.
Great Grey Shrike (M Phillips, F Farrington)
Great Northern Diver x2
Shag
Glaucous Gull 1st winter (M Doughty).

Dec 9th.

Coton Lakes.
Black Necked Grebe
Little Egret (Birdguides).

Draycote Water.
Iceland Gull 1st winter
Glaucous Gull 1st winter
Med Gull adult
Y L Gull x2 adults
Great Northern Diver x4
Red Necked Grebe
Goosander x 13
Pintail female
Common Sandpiper (R Mays).

Dec 8th.

Draycote Water.
Great Northern Diver x4
Goosander x8 (R Mays, D Cox).

Dec 7th.

Brandon Marsh.
Bittern (R Mays).

Draycote Water.
Great Northern Diver x3 (R Mays).

Dec 2nd

Brandon Marsh.
Bittern (A Johnson).

Coton.
Caspian Gull 4th winter
Yellow Legged Gull adult (Birdguides).

Alvecote Pools.
Yellow Legged Gull 1st winter (Birdguides).