Sunday 28 June 2009

28th June - Sightings

Fisher's Mill - Green Sand 3, Teal 6, Shoveler (TP)

27th June - Sightings

Ladywalk - 3 Little Egret (S Pick)

Saturday 27 June 2009

26th June - Sightings

Ladywalk - 2 Spotted Flycatcher recently along river. 7 Teal, 5 Shoveler, 5 Pochard, 2 Wigeon, Little Egret (P Sofley)

Tuesday 23 June 2009

23rd June - Sightings

Middleton - Green Sand Silt Pool (K Sargent, J Harris)
Bassett North - 2 Pochard (J Harris)

Monday 22 June 2009

22nd June - Sightings

Bassett Area - 2 Common Cranes over "Middleton Pools" flew towards Kingsbury WP at 12pm (per WMBC). Also Wood Sand reported (per WMBC) Any further info on these gladly received? The two cranes left Groby Pools, Leics at 11.20am, and arrived at Belvide, Staffs at 2.05pm.
Fisher's Mill - 5 Green Sands (Anon)
Middleton - Green Sand on Silt Pool (Anon)

21st June - Sightings

Ladywalk - possible Wood Sandpiper from Hide B (per RBA)

Saturday 20 June 2009

20th June - Sightings

Bassett North - 2nd Sum Yellow-Legged Gull still (per RBA)

Friday 19 June 2009

19th June - Sightings

Alvecote - Black-Tailed Godwit Mill Pool (A Archer)
Bassett North - 2 Yellow-Legged Gulls (per RBA)

Thursday 18 June 2009

18th June - Sightings

Bassett North - 2nd Sum Yellow-Legged Gull still (J Oates)
Kingsbury - 2 Shoveler (K Sargent)

Tuesday 16 June 2009

15th June - Sightings

Bassett North - Ruddy Shelduck (J Harris)

Sunday 14 June 2009

14th June - Sightings

Bassett North - 2 Dunlin on Spoonbill Pit. 6 Shoveler, 2 Teal North Pit (TP, J Allen)
Kingsbury - 1st Sum Great Black-Backed Gull, Teal, Shoveler, Pochard, 53+ Gadwall (up to 69 recently) on Cliff Pool (TP, J Allen)

Saturday 13 June 2009

13th June - Sightings

Bassett North - 2nd Sum Yellow Legged Gull, 2 Teal, 3 Shoveler (TP)
Kingsbury - Possible Marsh Harrier (f) reported from "Canal" hide (per RBA). Any further details gratefully received.

Thursday 11 June 2009

11th June - Sightings

Bassett North - 2nd Sum Yellow-Legged Gull, Curlew (J Allen)
Bassett South - 3rd Sum Yellow-Legged Gull (J Allen)

Tuesday 9 June 2009

9th June - Sightings

Dosthill - 2 Black Terns still on Main Pit (per RBA)
Dosthill NR - Med Gull ad (per RBA)
Bassett North - Knot (ad Sum Plum) Spoonbill Pit. Also Med Gull (Ad prob unringed) (J Harris) No sign this evening but 2nd Sum Yellow Legged Gull on North Pit (TP)
Middleton - Green Sand near Silt Pool (J Harris)

Monday 8 June 2009

8th June - Sightings

Dosthill - 2 ad Black Terns on main lake (M Pollock et al)
Dosthill NR - Med Gull adult Green Ringed still (J Harris). This is a French bird.

Sunday 7 June 2009

7th June - Sightings

Fisher's Mill - 2 Garganey (m,f), 4 Ringed Plover (TP)

Saturday 6 June 2009

6th June - Sightings

Fishers Mill - 2 Garganey (m,f) (J Oates)
Bassett North - Yellow Legged Gull (2nd Sum) still (TP, JOates). Water level is rising rapidly here again.

Friday 5 June 2009

5th June - Sightings

Bassett North - 2 Garganey (m,f), 21 Black Tailed Godwit, Greenshank this morning (per RBA) 25-28 Black-Tailed Godwits Early Afternoon (J Harris) The godwits flew north at 6.20pm (Preusumably to Alvecote). No sign of Garganey or Greenshank this evening, but 2nd Sum Yellow-Legged Gull, Green Sandpiper, 6 Teal, 2 Shoveler (J Allen)
Shustoke - Reed Warbler. The second site Record (L Johnson)
Alvecote - 16 Black-Tailed Godwit this morning increasing to 42 this evening (A Archer et al)

Thursday 4 June 2009

4th June - Sightings


Black-Tailed Godwit (A Archer)

Bassett North - Osprey Late afternoon then flew East, Greenshank (per RBA) Med Gull (ad Green Ringed), 6 Teal, 2 Shoveler (P Forbes)
Alvecote - 18 Black-Tailed Godwits (A Archer et al)

Wednesday 3 June 2009

3rd June - Sightings


Med Gull (ad) - A Archer


Bassett North - Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Med Gull (ad unringed), YL Gull (2nd Sum), 2 Ringed Plover, 6 Teal, 2 Shoveler all present 8.00pm (J Allen, A Archer, TP et al) Ruddy Shelduck till 2pm but not later, also 2 Greenshank earlier (K Sargent et al)
Kingsbury - Shoveler Cliff Pool (K Sargent) 2 Hobby over Brick Kiln Lane (K Sargent)

Tuesday 2 June 2009

2nd June - Sightings

Bassett North - Wood Sandpiper, Avocet, Ruddy Shelduck, YL Gull (2nd Sum) ,Greenshank, 8 Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Med Gull(ad Green Ringed again), 3 Teal (J Oates, D Hutton, J Allen et al)

Monday 1 June 2009

1st June - Sightings

Kinsgbury - 2 Pintail (m+f), Pochard (m) (K Sargent)