Friday 31 August 2012

31st August - Sightings

Kingsbury South - Roseate Tern (ad) briefly c1.30pm but no further sign (S Cawthray). Also Black tern(juv), Arctic Tern (juv), 8 Common Tern  Bodymoor Heath Water (S Cawthray et al) Arctic and Black Tern still this evening. Also Yellow-Legged Gull(ad), Common Sandpiper (TP)
RSPB - Green Sandpiper Hall Lake. 17 Snipe flew over Car Park (TP)
Whitacre Heath - Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Yellow Wagtail along path to Flashes (P Casey)

Thursday 30 August 2012

30th August - Sightings

Whitacre Heath - Redstart, 7 Yellow Wagtail (P Casey)
RSPB - Garganey North Pit (G Williams)

Wednesday 29 August 2012

29th August - Sightings

Ladywalk - 2 Hobby, Swift, 250 House Martin, 9 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Goosander, 4 Wigeon (P Sofley)

28th August - Sightings

Alvecote - Greenshank Teal Pool.  Redstart in hedge (Bobby D)

Monday 27 August 2012

26th August - Sightings

Kingsbury South - 25+ Common Tern Bodymoor Heath Water (TP)
RSPB - Wigeon, Hobby (J Allen)
Kingsbury - Hobby (J Allen) 3 Black-Tailed Godwit, Wheatear, 3 Hobby (A Archer)

Saturday 25 August 2012

25th August - Sightings

Wilnecote - Red-Crested Pochard(f) on StoneyDelph Lake this morning (per Birdguides)

Friday 24 August 2012

24th August - Sightings

Kingsbury - 9 Black-Tailed Godwit Cliff Pool (S Cawthray)
RSPB - Hobby Fisher's Mill (Bobby D) 2 Green Sandpiper, 31 Teal Hall Lake (TP)
Kingsbury South - Yellow-Legged Gull(ad) is still in residence at Bodymoor Heath Water. Also 15 Common Tern (TP)

Thursday 23 August 2012

23rd August - Sightings

Kingsbury - Black-Tailed Godwit Cliff Pool (Bobby D) c50 Teal (TP)
RSPB - 4 Green Sandpiper Hall Lake (TP)

Tuesday 21 August 2012

21st August - Sightings

RSPB - Garganey, 3 Wigeon, 20 Swift North End (TP) Green Sandpiper Hall Lake (TP)
Alvecote - Greenshank Teal Pool. Redstart Teal Pool Hedge (J Morgan)

Monday 20 August 2012

20th August - Sightings

RSPB - Spotted Flycatcher by canal north of Fisher's Mill Bridge (J Harris)
Alvecote - Hobby Orchard (TP)

Sunday 19 August 2012

19th August - Sightings

RSPB - 2 Garganey North Pit (G Williams) 1 Garganey still early evening though elusive (TP) 4 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 32 Teal Hall Lake (TP)
Whitacre Heath - 7 Swift over (K Wimbush)
Alvecote - 7 Little Egret Mill Pool/Railway Pool. Redstart Teal Pool Hedge. 5+ Redstart Old Orchard area (J Morgan)
Whitacre Heath NR - Greenshank flew over flashes (J Wesson)

Saturday 18 August 2012

18th August - Sightings

Kingsbury - Garganey (imm fem), 2 Wigeon, 7 Little Egret, Swift, (K Sargent, TP)
Alvecote - Greenshank over towards Pretty Pigs. Redstart Mill Pool (Bobby D)
RSPB - 5 Green Sandpiper Hall Lake (TP)

17th August - Sightings

Kingsbury - 14 Little Egret roosted (W Eley, S Cawthray)

Thursday 16 August 2012

16th August - Sightings

RSPB - 3 Black-Tailed Godwit (J Morgan) 5 Little Egret, Mandarin(ecl m), Wigeon (J Allen)

Wednesday 15 August 2012

15th August - Sightings

RSPB - 6 Garganey, Black-Tailed Godwit North Pit this morning (G Williams) 3 Black Tern (2ads, Juv) this evening at North End (J Harris) 5 Green Sandpiper Hall Lake (G Williams)
Kingsbury - 13 Little Egret roosted (15 in previous 2 days) (W Eley) 3 are colour ringed as below:

Right leg/ Left Leg
1. Yellow O White P
2. Yellow D White S
3. Yellow N White L

I have sent off for information on these and will report any findings.

Tuesday 14 August 2012

14th August - Sightings

RSPB - 5+ Garganey, Mandarin (ecl m) North Pit this evening (TP) Marsh Harrier Fisher's Mill till 5pm (A Grice, D Grice) Also Black-Tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, Yellow-Legged Gull, 20 Snipe, 2 Little Egret North End (TP, J Morgan) 3 Green Sandpiper Hall Lake (TP) report of Hen Harrier(m) (per noticeboard)
Lea Marston - Green Sandpiper from Railway bridge (TP)

Sunday 12 August 2012

12th August - Sightings

RSPB - 2 Little Egret, 2 Wigeon, Green Sandpiper North Pit (J Allen) 3 Green Sandpiper Hall Lake (J Allen)
Kingsbury - Garganey still, 15 Little Egret in evening, Curlew over (J Allen)

Saturday 11 August 2012

11th August - Sightings

RSPB - Garganey North Pit. Whinchat Middleton Farm. 3 Green Sandpiper, 12 Teal Hall Lake (TP, J Allen) Osprey over farm 12.45pm (per TP)
Kingsbury - Garganey(fem/imm), Wigeon, 30+ Teal, 10+ Shoveler Cliff Pool (TP, J Allen)

Wednesday 8 August 2012

8th August - Sightings

Ladywalk - Marsh Harrier(f) this evening till 6.40pm when flew south (P Sofley)

Tuesday 7 August 2012

7th August - Sightings

RSPB - 3 Black-Tailed Godwit North End (S Cawthray)

Sunday 5 August 2012

5th August - Sightings

RSPB - Gadwall (2 Broods), Wigeon, 6 Shoveler North End (TP) 2 Dunlin, Green Sandpiper over (G Williams)
Kingsbury - Garganey Cliff Pool in evening (S Cawthray)

4th August - Sightings

Whitacre Heath - Hobby (K Wimbush)

Thursday 2 August 2012

2nd August - Sightings

Alvecote - 2 Redstart (juvs) (S Allison)
RSPB - up to 3 Green Sandpiper Hall Lake (Many Obs) 2 Green Sandpiper Bodymoor Pit (G Williams) SHoveler + 4 Young, 4 Little Egret North End. LRP Yesterday (G Williams)

1st August - Sightings

Kingsbury - 203 Gadwall, 212 Lapwing, 32 Teal, 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Little Egret (W Eley)