5th December 2010

Alvecote
Goosander now up to 12
Wigeon 200+ flew in at 13.45 (Paul Lathbury)
Pink-footed Goose in field just west of the M42 (Birdguides)

Lea Marston & Coton
Scaup fem or immature on river north of road bridge
Smew redhead in front of hide Late afternoon
Yellow-legged Gull x 2 in roost (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh NR
Bittern
Short-eared Owl over Newlands at 14.30 (Birdguides)

Rugby
Waxwing x 9 at Addison Road/May Lane junction mid-afternoon (Birdguides)

Earlswood Lakes
Waxwing 25+ in oak tree at Warings Green Wharf briefly then flew off (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Smew drake (Birdguides)

4th Dec 2010

Alvecote Pools
Caspian Gull 3rd-winter
Pink-footed Goose x 6
Shelduck x 13
Goosander x 6
Grey Partridge x 4
Brambling (Adam Archer)

Brandon Marsh NR
Short-eared Owl still at Newlands (Birdguides)

Rugby
Black Redstart adult male in a private garden
Waxwing x 2 flew over Sainsbury's this morning (Birdguides)

Napton-on-the-Hill
Waxwing x 1 near the windmill briefly today (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Common Redpoll x 1 in wind surfing car park (Birdguides)

Lea Marston
Smew redhead
Yellow-legged Gull x 2 (Birdguides)

3rd Dec 2010

Draycote Water
Sanderling x 1 in windsurf area
Smew x 1 drake
Goosander x 73
Yellow-legged Gull (Birdguides)

2nd Dec 2010

Lea Marston & Coton
Smew x 2 redheads this morning (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Waxwing x 1 flew over Farborough Spit followed by another 58 which landed in trees near Thurlaston
Iceland Gull juvenille
Glaucous Gull
Yellow-legged Gull x 5
Smew x 1 drake

Dosthill Lake
Water Pipit on the mound on the main lake this morning (Birdguides)

Alvecote
Pink-footed Goose x by M42 (Birdguides)

1st Dec 2010

Alvecote
Pink-footed Goose x 6 by M42 (Birdguides)

Dosthill Lake
Yellow-legged Gull x 2 in roost (Birdguides)

Kingsbury WP
Hen Harrier x over meadow (Birdguides)

Shustoke Reservoir
Knot x 1
Grey Plover x 3 over (Birdguides)

Moreton Morrell
Waxwing x 8 in college grounds (Birdguides)

Lea Marston & Coton
Smew drake (Birdguides)

29th Nov 2010

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Caspian Gull
Yellow-legged Gull x 4 (Birdguides)

28th Nov 2010

Nuneaton
Waxwing 15+ in private garden in Vale View area this morning, flew off in direction of Haunchwood Road (Yvonne Everitt)



Draycote Water
Glaucous Gull in roost
Smew redhead (Birdguides)

Lea Marston & Coton Lakes
Waxwing x 5 midday then flew north (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Short-eared Owl still from Carlton Hide
White-fronted Goose x 5 over SW this morning (Birdguides)

27th Nov 2010

Mill Pool, Alvecote Pools
Scaup female
Little Egret x 3
Goosander x 2
Shelduck x 9 (Adam Archer)

Shustoke Reservoir
Smew redhead (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Short-eared Owl still from Carlton Hide (Birdguides)

Stratford-upon-Avon
Waxwing x 2 on Blackthorn Road (Birdguides)

Kingsbury WP
Common Redpoll x 1 at Swann Pool car park (Birdguides)

26th Nov 2010

Draycote Water
Common Scoter female x 2 (Birdguides)

Alvecote Pools
Scaup female on Mill Pool
Woodcock Upper Pool (Jon Morgan)

25th Nov 2010

Nuneaton
Ring Ouzel in a private garden from 21st-25th November (Peter Evans)



Draycote Water
Common Scoter female x 2
Whooper Swan x 2 flew west (Birdguides)

Alvecote Pools
Red-breasted Merganser x 1, Goosander x 5, Little Egret x 2, Shelduck x 5 on Mill Pool
Scaup female on Pretty Pigs Pool (Jon Morgan)

23rd Nov 2010

Alvecote Pools
Scaup juv/fem on Pigs Lake (Laundry Lane end) (Jon Morgan)

Brandon Marsh NR
Short-eared Owl over East Marsh and Teal Pool
Jack Snipe (Birdguides)

22nd Nov 2010

Draycote Water
Common Scoter x 2 females still off the inlet
Yellow-legged Gull adult (Birdguides)

21st Nov 2010

Brandon Marsh NR
Short-eared Owl over sheepfield from railway bridge this afternoon
Waxwing x 8 behind visitor centre
Bittern
Little Egret (Birdguides)

19th Nov 2010

Draycote Water
Common Scoter x 2 females of inlet (Birdguides)

18th Nov 2010

Draycote Water
Common Scoter x 2 female
Yellow-legged Gull x 3 (Birdguides)

17th Nov 2010

Brandon Marsh
Short-eared Owl still viewable from the railway bridge this morning
Bittern still at East Marsh (Birdguides)

16th Nov 2010

Draycote Water
Caspian Gull near adult
Yellow-legged Gull x 3
Common Scoter x 2
Rock Pipit
Red-crested Pochard (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Bittern (Birdguides)

Shustoke
Red-breasted Merganser still by jetty (Max Silverman)

15th Nov 2010

Alvecote Pools
Goosander on Mill Pool
Peregrine over Laundry Lane
Chiffchaff at Alvecote Priory (Jon Morgan)

Brandon Marsh
Short-eared Owl in the sheep field by Brandon Lane viewed from the railway bridge (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Caspian Gull in roost
Yellow-legged Gull x 4
Common Scoter x 2 (Birdguides)

Shustoke
Red-breasted Merganser still (Dave Hutton)

Images of Red-breasted Merganser by Dave Hutton
http://davehutton.fotopic.net/

14th Nov 2010

Shustoke Reservoir
Red-breasted Merganser still showing well (Adam Archer)
Little Gull in gull roost & Goosander x 6 over (Matthew Griffiths)

Brandon Marsh
Bittern on Teal Pool (Birdguides)

Earlswood Lakes
Pintail x 1 female
Goosander up to 10 on Terry's Pool early afternoon (Matthew Griffiths)

Kingsbury WP
Red-crested Pochard from Sita Hide (Birdguides)

Images of Red-breasted Merganser by Max Silverman

13th Nov 2010

Shustoke Reservoir
Red-breasted Merganser female still on north shore (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Bittern still on East Marsh Pool to 12:10 when it flew towards Carlton Hide (Birdguides)

12th Nov 2010

Shustoke
Red-breasted Merganser still off north bank (Birdguides)

Dosthill Lake
Caspian Gull
Yellow-legged Gull x 7
Hen Harrier also seen over Cliff Pool Kingsbury WP
Peregrine (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Common Scoter x 2 (Birdguides)

Shustoke
Red-breasted Merganser still off the north bank this morning (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Dark-bellied Brent Goose x 1 over
Kittiwake x 1
Snow Bunting flew from Rainbow corner to picnic area (Birdguides)

Shustoke Reservoir
Red-breasted Merganser fem/juv showing very well along North/West bank (John Galletly)

Earlswood Lakes
Smew redhead at Windmill Pool for a few minutes before flying towards Terry's Pool, but no further sign (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Glaucous Gull
Yellow-legged Gull x 2 3rd winter (Birdguides)

Kingsbury WP
Hen Harrier ringtail (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Bittern on West Marsh Pool (Birdguides)

9th November 2010

Two more images of the recent Great Grey Shrike at Napton from Max Silverman.

7th Nov 2010

Fishers Mill
Hen Harrier ringtail (Birdguides)

Napton-on-the-Hill
Great Grey Shrike (Birdguides)

Rugby
Whooper Swan x 2 west over the cement works (Birdguides)

6th Nov 2010

Napton-on-the-Hill
Great Grey Shrike still by the old brickworks this morning........Birdguides.

Nuneaton
Waxwings x 6 between St Nicolas Par Drive and Clay Avenue this morning....Birdguides.

5th Nov 2010

Napton-on-the-Hill
Great Grey Shrike still by the canal at old brickworks early afternoon.......Birdguides.

3rd Nov 2010

Another stunning image taken by Pete Walkden.

Napton-on-the-Hill
Great Grey Shrike still on old road to Industrial Est near brick works this morning.....Birdguides.