12th September 2011

Draycote Water
Gannet (RBA)

Earlswood Lakes (RBA)
Arctic Tern (4)

Shustoke Reservoir (RBA)
Black tern
Arctic Tern (2)

11th September 2011

Draycote Water
Little Stint Farborough Spit (RBA)
Red Crested Pochard (3) Rainbow Corner (RBA)
Wheatear Farborough Spit
Curlew Sandpiper Farborough Spit

Priors Hardwick (Nr sheepwash) @ 0830 (RBA)
Yellow Legged Gull (2)
Redstart

Seeswood Pool @ 1130 (RBA)
Osprey (over)

Whitacre Heath (M Pollock)
Redstart (1m 1juv)
Swallow (c200)
Yellow Wagtail (c40)
Blackcap (6)
Siskin (5) (over)

10th September 2011

Draycote Water
Black Tern
Little Stint
Greenshank
Dunlin (c15)
Ringed Plover (7)
Common Sandpiper
Wheatear (5)
Yellow Wagtail (4)
Reported by J Wesson on Draycote Birding  www.draycotebirding.co.uk

9th September 2011

Draycote Water (RBA)
Curlew Sandpiper
Arctic Tern
Black Tern
Little Stint
Shag
Common Tern
Imm Kittiwake
Imm Little Gull
No reports of Manx Shearwater

8th September 2011

Draycote Water
Manx Shearwater
Curlew Sandpiper
Little Stint
Knot
Turnstone
Ruff
Greenshank (3)
Little Ringed Plover (3)
Dunlin (c26)
Ringed Plover (9)
Common Sandpiper (3)
Little Gull (3)
Black tern (3)
Common tern
Yellow Legged Gull
Wheatear (3)
Yellow Wagtail (c12)
Kingfisher
Raven (2)
Swift (c30)
J Judge; T Marlow; R Mays; B Hazell; M Phillips; K Groocock; D Hutton.

7th September 2011

Draycote Water
Manx Shearwater
Knot
Little Stint
Turnstone
Ruff
Wheatear
Swift
Black Tern
Little Gull
Greenshank
Common Sandpiper
Dunlin
Yellow Wagtail
Curlew Sandpiper
K Groocock; T Marlow; R Mays; C Potter.

4th September 2011

Brandon Marsh
Whinchat
Carlton Hide (RBA)

Draycote Water
Little Stint
Ruff
Greenshank
Farborough Bank @ 1030 (RBA)

Middleton Lakes
Merlin
On heather by wetland walk @ 1649 (RBA)

Morton Bagot
Ruff
Tree Pipit (over)
This morning (RBA)

Priors Hardwick
Redstart
At SP455568 @ 0800 (RBA)

Warwick
Whinchat (2)
In scrub at centre of Warwick Racecourse (RBA)

3d Sept 2011

Middleton Lakes
Greenshank Bassett North
Little Egret Fishers Mill
Hobby From car park (Colin Green)

28th August 2011

Draycote Water
Little Stint (Ad) Between sailing club and Hensborough Bank at 1235 (RBA)

Salford Priors Gravel Pit
Little Stint At Marsh Farm Quarry in afternoon (RBA)


Shustoke Reservoir
Black Necked Grebe (Juv) South end of reservoir, though elusive at 1021 (RBA)
Ruff Evening (RBA)
Black Tailed Godwit Evening (RBA)
Hen Harrier Evening (RBA)
No further sign of the Black Necked Grebe (RBA)

26th August 2011

Wormleighton Reservoir
Black Tern briefly a.m. (Jon Bowley)

25th August 2011

Earlswood Lakes
Garganey eclipse male, Terry's Pool (Matt Griffiths)
Further sightings: http://earlswood.blogspot.com

20th August 2011

Seckington
Hobby x 2
Yellow Wagtail x 2
Little Owl
Wheatear (A Archer)

Middleton Hall
Wood Sandpiper (Birdguides)

11th August 2011

Earlswood Lakes
Mandarin Duck female/juvenile at Engine Pool (Matt Griffiths)

10th August 2011

Earlswood Lakes
Greenshank over Engine Pool, c. 9:15 am (Matt Griffiths)

9th August 2011

Draycote Water
Wood Sandpiper (Toft shallows)
Black Tailed Godwit (of the race Islandica)
Sanderling (Farborough bank)
All off Hensborough Bank at 1300 (RBA)

(Images by Dave Hutton)

1st August 2011

Draycote Water
Red Breasted Merganser still off Farborough Point (Dave Hutton)

31st July 2011

Draycote Water
Red Breasted Merganser off Farborough Point (Kevin Groocock)
Goosander (1f) off Draycote Bank near valve tower (Kevin Groocock)

Fishers Mill
Wood Sandpiper on Reedbed Pool (RBA)

21st July 2011

Earlswood Lakes
4 Black-tailed Godwits circled over c. 5:25 am, left NE (Matt Griffiths)

16th July 2011

Brandon Marsh
Red Kite - over East Marsh at 1805 (Steve McAusland)

Fishers Mill
Quail - male singing in cornfield this afternoon (RBA)

13 July 2011

Earlswood Lakes
1 Whimbrel c. 5:50 - 6:20 am only,
4 Black-tailed Godwits briefly early morning (Matt Griffiths)

8th July 2011

Earlswood Lakes
1 Black-tailed Godwit during afternoon (Matt Griffiths)

5th July 2011

Earlswood (W.Mids)
No sign of yesterday's Hoopoe (Matt Griffiths)

4th July 2011

Earlswood (W.Mids)
Hoopoe in private horse fields at 11am then flew off (RG)
No further sign but juv Wheatear in area (Matt Griffiths, RG)

Hartshill
Stone Curlew low over heading east 11:40 pm (John Harris)

24th June 2011

Flecknoe
Corncrake Calling early evening. In bean field at Flecknoe turning off A425. (RBA)

Now reported as erroneous on RBA!!! (KJG)


Alcester
Red Kite over NE to SW at 16:45 (Mary Lindsey)

20th June 2011

Draycote Water
Oystercatcher
Redshank
Little Ringed Plover (Keith Foster)

15th June 2011

Fishers Mill
Caspian Gull (2 both 1s) on reedbed pool at 1510hrs. (RBA)

13th June 2011

Fishers Mill
Caspian Gull (2 both 1s) (RBA)
Yellow Legged Gull (1 2s) (RBA)

7th June 2011

Coventry
Red Kite over Walsgrove area at 2:30pm (Pablo Gardner)