Monday, May 31, 2010

31st May 2010

Draycote Water
Common Scoter female off Rainbow Corner (Birdguides)

Friday, May 28, 2010

28th May 2010

Draycote Water
Sanderling one between Farnbrough Bank and Sailing Club
Birdguides.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

27th May 2010

Radway
Red Kite over Radway at 15:45, Circling and drifting SE (Steve Arnold)

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

26th May 2010

Rugby
Red Kite over Bilton heading South at 15.15 (Mark Phillips)

Draycote Water
Black-necked Grebe x 2 mid-afternoon (Birdguides)

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

25/05/2010

Shustoke Reservoir
Honey Buzzard flew NW this evening (Birdguides)

Monday, May 24, 2010

24/05/2010

Coventry
Peregrine x 2 on Coventry Cathedral 2.30pm (Jon Vincent)

Saturday, May 22, 2010

22nd May 2010

Coleshill GPs
Wood Sandpiper this morning (Birdguides)

Ladywalk
Spotted Flycatcher (S Cawthray)

Friday, May 21, 2010

21st May 2010

Draycote Water
Black Tern x 2 early morning also Common Sandpiper in
Toft Bay and Hobby over..............R Mays.

Brandon Marsh
L R Plover x 6 , Ringed Plover x 2 , Redshank x 2 ,
no sign of yesterdays Temmincks Stint............R Mays.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

20th May 2010

Brandon Marsh NR
Temminck's Stint x 1 on East Marsh Pool (Birdguides)

Sunday, May 16, 2010

16th May 2010

Coleshill GPs
Ringed Plover x 4 (J Allen)

Saturday, May 15, 2010

15th May 2010

Coleshill GPs
No sign of the Temminck's Stints (Birdguides)
Dunlin x 3 (TVB)

Friday, May 14, 2010

14th May 2010

Temminck's Stints at Coleshill GPs by Dave Hutton





Coleshill GPs

Temminck's Stint x 2
Whinchat briefly (Dave Hutton)

Thursday, May 13, 2010

13th May 2010

Coleshill GPs
Temminck's Stint x 2 this morning; view from end of Gorsey Lane from A446 south of the railway bridge (Birdguides)

Kenilworth
Hobby at 8am over Abbey Fields (Jon Vincent)

Draycote Water
Garganey (drake) in Rainbow Corner
Whimbrel
Dunlin
Common Sandpiper
Wheatear
Yellow Wagtail x 4 (Draycote Birding)

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

12th May 2010

Brandon Marsh
Hobby
Dunlin
Ringed Plover x 2 (Alan Anscomb)


Coleshill GPs

Temminck's Stint x 3
Wood Sandpiper

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

11th May 2010

Draycote Water
Gargeney (drake) in Toft Bay
Arctic Tern x 3
Curlew Sandpiper x 2 in Toft Bay 2.00pm (Birdguides)

Coleshill GPs
Wood Sandpiper
Grey Plover
Marsh Harrier through, also seen along R.Blythe (Birdguides)

Monday, May 10, 2010

10th May 2010

Coombe Abbey CP
Hobby x 7 over lake (Birdguides)

Sunday, May 09, 2010

9th May 2010

Coleshill GPs
Grey Plover x 1 (Birdguides)

Saturday, May 08, 2010

8th May 2010

Earlswood Lakes
Arctic Tern x 4
Whimbrel x 10 through NE (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Wood Sandpiper x 2 on East Marsh Pool (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Whimbrel x 4 through (Birdguides)

Friday, May 07, 2010

7th May 2010

Brandon Marsh
Wood Sandpiper x 1 on East Marsh (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 1 (Birdguides)

Thursday, May 06, 2010

6th May 2010

Brandon Marsh
Greenshank
Peregrine
Common Sandpiper x 2 (K.Yates)

Cuckoo
Grasshopper Warbler (A Anscomb)

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 2
Garganey
Yellow Wagtail x 4 (Birdguides)

Wednesday, May 05, 2010

5th May 2010

Leek Wootton
Osprey, over golf course this morning. (T.Laverick)

Brandon Marsh
Whinchat x 2 (P.Casey/R.Hopkins)

Hatton Locks, Warwick
Little Egret again over (Arther and Tianna Mclean)

Saturday, May 01, 2010

1st May 2010

Ladywalk
Wood Warbler in riverwalk copse 100 yds from hide (S Cawthray)

Earlswood Lakes
White Wagtail x 1 on Windmill Pool
Whinchat x 1 (male) along Springbrook Lane (Matt Griffiths)

Thursday, April 29, 2010

29th Apr 2010

Brandon Marsh
Black-tailed Godwit x 5 still on Teal pool (Birdguides)

Bearley
Wheatear x 5 ( 3 male ,2 female ) on old airfield site (D.Ludlow)

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

28th April 2010

Draycote Water
Garganey x 1 (probably 2) drake
Wheatear x 4 (Alan Anscomb)

Brandon Marsh
Marsh Harrier
Black-tailed Godwit x 5
Grasshopper Warbler x 1 (Alan Anscomb)

Hatton Locks, Warwick
Little Egret x 1 at 11.45am (Arther and Tianna Mclean)

Kingsbury WP
Sandwich Tern 6.45am - 6.55am on Cliff Pool then flew East (TVB)

Shustoke Reservoir
Sandwich Tern c10.30am then flew North
Swift x 80
Common Sandpiper x 7 (TVB)

Ladywalk NR
Marsh Harrier c7pm (TVB)

Napton Reservoir
Peregrine over towards Stockton
Grasshopper Warbler along footpath towards Napton
Cuckoo all this evening (Martyn Adkins and Ian "Sid" Dobson)

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

27th April 2010

Brandon Marsh
Black-tailed Godwit x 5 still on River Pool
Marsh Harrier (fem) over Newlands 16:00-19:00 (Birdguides)

Monday, April 26, 2010

26th April 2010

Draycote Water
Great Northern Diver x 2
Wheatear (male)
Yellow Wagtail x 2
Common Tern x 2 (Bob Hazell)

Caldecote
Blue-headed Wagtail briefly at Caldecote Hall (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Black-tailed Godwit x 5 (Birdguides)

Sunday, April 25, 2010

25th April 2010

Baddesley Ensor
Wood Warbler singing in wood at top of hill off waste lane (Dave Hutton)

Warwick
Red Kite over Guys Cliffe moving south mid-afternoon (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Little Tern x 4 early morning
Great Northern Diver x 2
Whimbrel x 6
Bar-tailed Godwit x 6 (Birdguides)

Coombe Abbey CP
Whinchat x 1 (Birdguides)

Saturday, April 24, 2010

24th April 2010

Garganey at Draycote Water by Dave Hutton



Draycote Water
Blue-headed Wagtail (m) with Yellow Wagtails on Farborough Bank
Garganey (drake) off Hensborough Bank
Garden Warbler
Black Tern x 1, Arctic Tern x 4
Little Gull x 15+ (Birdguides)

Kingsbury WP
Grasshopper Warbler reeling to left of path to Sita Hide early morning (Colin J Green)

Fishers Mill
Lesser Whitethroat (Colin J Green), Cuckoo, Little Egret x 2, Garden Warbler (TVB)