Tuesday, April 06, 2010

6th Apr 2010


Avocet......Kingsbury WP.....D Hutton

Kingsbury WP
Avocet x 2 on Cliff Pool this afternoon
Sandwich Tern over Broomey Croft @ 16-10.........Birdguides

Draycote Water
Oystercatcher x 2
Yellow Wagtail x 4 .....Bob Hazell

Brandon Marsh
Red Kite over west marsh @ 2pm ,
Sedge Warbler from steetley hide also Yellow Wagtail.....K Yates.

Shustoke Res
Wheatear fem.......L Johnson.

Lea Marston
Little Egret..........J Allen.

Monday, April 05, 2010

5th Apr 2010

Earlswood Lake
Common Tern x 2 this morning..........Birdguides.

Kingsbury WP
Common Tern bodymoor heath water this morning....TP , DH.
Sandwich Tern heading south over Broomey Croft.

Whitacre Heath
Green Sandpiper
Little Egret.....J.Wesson

Brandon Marsh
Lesser-spotted Woodpecker.......Brandon Birding

Alvecote Pools
Kittiwake adult over Mill Pool this evening
Jack Snipe ........Birdguides.

Dosthill Lake
Wheatear (male)
Yellow Wagtail

Saturday, April 03, 2010

3rd April 2010

Shustoke
Wheatear (fem)
White Wagtail
House Martin
Little Ringed Plover over (TVB)

Kingsbury WP
Sandwich Tern reported 12.30 (per TVB)

Dosthill Lake
Wheatear x 2 (m+f)
White Wagtail x 4 (male)

Middleton Hall
Willow Warbler x 2 singing

Earlswood Lakes
Common Tern x 2 (Birdguides)

Burton Dasset CP
Black Redstart opposite the toilet block (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 1 (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Swallow x 3
Sand Martin (dozens)
Willow Warbler x 2
Oystercatcher x 3
Little Ringed Plover x 1
Ringed Plover x 2
Lesser Redpoll x 20 (Colin Green)
Redshank x 3 (Brandon Birding)

Whitacre Heath
Jack Snipe (TVB)

Wedgnock
Red Kite reported near A46 bridge at 11.40am flying south west (Andy Evans)

Friday, April 02, 2010

2nd April 2010

Shustoke
Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail
Wheatear (TVB)

Lea Marston
Green Sandpiper
Little Egret from railway bridge (TVB)

Bubbenhall
Green Sandpiper x 2 at Pagets Lane (D.Ludlow)

Thursday, April 01, 2010

1st April 2010

Shustoke
Red Kite reported 1.15pm
House Martin x 2
Willow Warbler

Middleton
Willow Warbler in Mill Plantation

Ladywalk
Willow Warbler
Goosander x 12
Swallow x 12

Dosthill Pit
Wheatear x 2 males
White Wagtail x 1 male
Swallow x 4

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver
Sparrowhawk x 2
Swallow x c150 .......Bob Hazell
Common Scoter
Wheatear
Yellow Wagtail x 2......S Batt

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

31st March 2010

Shustoke Reservoir
Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail x 2
House Martin x 2
Swallow x 100
Sand Martin x 300 (TVB)

Dosthill
House Martin x 2
Sand Martin x 60
Wheatear x 2

Brandon Marsh
Black-tailed Godwit x 7 (Brandon Birding)
Yellow-legged Gull x 2 (Birdguides)

Earlswood Lakes
Common Tern x 1 from Malthouse Lane causeway. Still present 4:40pm (Matt Griffiths)

Draycote Water @ 7.00pm
Meditteranean Gull (adult)
Swallow (several)
Great Northern Diver x 1 (M.Spirito)

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

30th Mar 2010

Earlswood Lake
Swallow x 10, Sand Martin x 2 (Birdguides)

Middleton Hall
Swallow
Little Egret x 3

Monday, March 29, 2010

29thMarch 2010

Fisher's Mill
Black-Tailed Godwit x 16 flew South (Birdguides)

Ladywalk
House Martin
Swallow x 20
Sand Martin x 50
Green Sandpiper
Golden Plover x 13 over (TVB)

Sunday, March 28, 2010

28th March 2010

Brandon Marsh
Golden Plover x 1 East Marsh Pool at 8.45am (Keith Yates)

Saturday, March 27, 2010

27th Mar 2010.

Brandon Marsh
Sedge Warbler (early record)...behind Wright Hide.....K Yates.

Friday, March 26, 2010

26th March 2010

Nuneaton
Red Kite ... over Camp Hill (R. Dawkins)

Baginton Airfield
Wheatear x 2 by fuel tanks, also two Curlew.......D Ludlow.

Bubbenhall
Green Sandpiper x 2 @ Pagets.........D Ludlow.

Coleshill
Golden Plover x 30 in fields by river Blythe........TVB.

Brandon Marsh
Bittern this afternoon............Birdguides.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

25th March 2010

Brandon Marsh
Willow Warbler (K.Yates)
L R Plover east marsh
Chiffchaff x 7 .............(C Green)

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 2
Common Scoter (drake)
Wheatear x 2
Kingfisher
Willow Warbler x 4 .....Bob Hazell

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

24th Mar 2010.

Fenny Compton
Black Redstart...........between pasture field and playing field for its second day...........Birdguides.

Coton
Wheatear from hide this morning.

Ladywalk
Brambling (fem) still on feeders........TVB.

Hams Hall
Wheatear on Faraday Ave.............TVB.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

23rd Mar 2010.

Draycote Water
Great Skua
Firecrest
Great Northern Diver x 2
Snipe x 2
Ringed Plover over calling
Sparrowhawk..............R Mays, B Hazell

Haunch Lane
Wheatear (male)............JG.

Ladywalk
Brambling (female)
Willow Tit x 2 on feeders............JG.

Monday, March 22, 2010

22nd Mar 2010.

Earlswood Lakes
Swallow x 2
Sand Martin x 2.........M Griffiths.

Ladywalk
Brambling , Willow Tit , 15 x Goosander..........TVB.

Lea Marston
Little Egret...........TVB.

Middelton
Little Egret x 4 ...........TVB.

Draycote Water
No sign of yesterdays Firecrest.......
Wheatear on farnborough bank
Chiffchaff x 7
Sand Martin x 9.............S Batt.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

21st Mar 2010

Napton-on the-Hill
Firecrest .......in small dell to the right of 2nd kissing gate.........Birdguides

Ladywalk
Brambling (fem)....on feeding station...........T Perrins.

Wishaw
Wheatear (male)....Blind Pit Lane............T Perrins.

Morton Baggot
Wheatear x 3 (male), Green Sandpiper , L R Plover x 3 .......JY / RH

Alcester
Wheatear at Kinwarton Dovecote
Black Redstart female still off Tything Road on Arden Forest Industrial Estate this afternoon...Birdguides

Draycote Water
Firecrest
Great Northern Diver x 2
Swallow
Sand Martin x 6 ...............Draycote Birding
Common Scoter drake........Birdguides

Saturday, March 20, 2010

20th Mar 2010

Brandon Marsh
Little Ringed Plover x 2
Redshank x 4
Oystercatcher x 2
Snipe x 45
Cettis Warbler x 5
Water Rail x 2.....................K Yates.

Ladywalk
Sand Martin x2 , Green Sandpiper,
Brambling ( feeding station), Little Egret,
Peregrine x 2 ...................TVB.

Friday, March 19, 2010

19th March 2010

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver
Common Scoter (drake)
Sand Martin
Chiffchaff x 8 (Bob Hazell)

Alcester
Black Redstart female on warehouse roof by Blisshome Ltd off Tything Road on Arden Forest Industrial Estate (Birdguides)

Marsh Farm Quarry
Green Sandpiper no general access (Birdguides)

Ladywalk
Brambling...................TVB.

Shustoke Res
Sand Martin x 4 ................TVB.

Coleshill
Wheatear nr Packington Landfill site..........TVB.

Brandon Marsh
Little Ringed Plover x 3 .............R Mays.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

18th Mar 2010

Kingsbury WP.
Smew (redhead) on Cliff Pool yesterday evening (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 2
Common Scoter (drake)
Grey Wagtail
Chiffchaff
Sand Martin x 2 (Bob Hazell / Richard Mays)
Caspian Gull 1st-winter and Mediterranean Gull adult (Birdguides)

Earlswood Lakes
Sand Martin x 2 over engine Pool (Matthew Griffiths)

Morton Bagot
Wheatear x 1 (Birdguides)

Coton
Sand Martin x 6 late afternoon........TVB.

Kingsbury WP (southern end).
Sand Martin x 10 late afternoon........TVB.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

17th March 2010

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 2
Common Scoter (drake)
Red-crested Pochard (drake)
Barnacle Goose x 4
Snipe (Bob Hazell)


Ladywalk
Green Sandpiper (Colin Green)

Napton Res
Cettis Warbler
Goosander (fem)
Med Gull (adult)..............R Mays.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

16th March 2010

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 2
Scaup (female)
Oystercatcher x 2
Goosander 6 female, 1 male.....Bob Hazell
Sand Martin 8.30am....D Johnston

Ladywalk NR
Curlew
Redshank (Lee Johnson)

Lea Marston
Little Egret
Curlew by river (L Johnson)

Monday, March 15, 2010

15th Mar 2010


Ladywalk
Bittern (hide B), also 3 x Woodcock, Green Sandpiper, 2 x Curlew, 12 x Goosander and 5 x Oystercatcher's (TVB)
Jack Snipe (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Kittiwake in gull roost
Great Northern Diver x 2 (Birdguides)

Sunday, March 14, 2010

14th Mar 2010

Whitacre Heath
Little Egret (NT)

Saturday, March 13, 2010

13th Mar 2010

Dosthill
Med Gull (adult) and Y L Gull (2ndw) on main lake........TVB.

Friday, March 12, 2010

12th March 2010

Kingsbury WP
Smew redhead on Cliff Pool (Birdguides)

Thursday, March 11, 2010

11th March 2010

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 2
Goosander (2 male, 1 female)
Lesser Redpoll x 4 (Bob Hazell)

Kingsbury WP
Smew (drake), though elusive and Green Sandpiper on Cliff Pool (TVB)

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

10th Mar 2010.

Lea Marston
Curlew x 4 also Little Egret by river (TVB)

Ladywalk NR
Bittern (Birdguides)

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

9th March 2010

Ladywalk NR
Little Ringed Plover x 1, Goosander x 31 (Birdguides)
Green Sandpiper, Jack Snipe (TBV)

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x2 (Birdguides)