Thursday 31 December 2015

31st December - Sightings

Ladywalk - Great-Northern Diver still Whitacre Pool (Many Obs) Also Bittern again 12.30pm from Feeding Station Hide (P Lichfield)

30th December - Sightings

Ladywalk - Great-Northern Diver still Whitacre Pool (Many Obs)

Tuesday 29 December 2015

29th December - Sightings



Bittern - Adam Archer

RSPB - Great-White Egret left roost this morning and returned this evening. Also Short Eared Owl Fisher's Mill and later over Play Meadow (Many Obs)
Ladywalk - Great-Northern Diver still Whitacre Pool. Also Bittern again from Riverwalk Hide. 2 Short-Eared Owl North End(Many Obs)
Alvecote - Short Eared Owl Mill Pool area late afternoon (R Smith, T Barter)

Monday 28 December 2015

28th December - Sightings

RSPB - Short-Eared Owl (G Prescott, G Williams) Great-White Egret left roost 7.56am with 42 Little Egret (S Pick, T Barter) Also around reserve Pink-Footed Goose, Barnacle Goose (or hybrid), 3 Stonechat, Green Sandpiper, Goosander. 200+ Golden Plover over (S Atkinson, G Williams et al)
Ladywalk - Great-Northern Diver still Whitacre Pool (Many Obs) report of Siberian Chiffchaff along entrance track this morning (per Twitter) Also Short-Eared Owl, Peregrine, 2 Woodcock, Green Sandpiper, 3 Goosander, Shelduck (P Sofley et al)
Wishaw - 6 Grey Partridge Wiggins Hill Road (P Casey)

Sunday 27 December 2015

27th December - Sightings

Ladywalk - Great-Northern Diver still Whitacre Pool (Many Obs)
RSPB - 26 Golden Plover (G Williams)

26th December - Sightings



Great-Northern Diver - Dave Hutton

Ladywalk - Great-Northern Diver still Whitacre Pool (Many Obs) Also Great White Egret over reserve (K Whiston et al). Bittern from Riverwalk Hide. Willow Tit "B" Feeders (P Lichfield)
RSPB - Pink-Footed Goose still with Greylags along with escaped Snow Goose and Bar-Headed Goose. Also 8 Shelduck, 3 Stonechat (R Strong, G Williams)

Thursday 24 December 2015

24th December - Sightings

Ladywalk - Great-Northern Diver(juv) still Whitacre Pool (TP et al) From reserve Car Park walk down Fishery Lane and view Diver from bridge over river Blythe and look over to fishing pools. 2 Short-Eared Owl still (S Allison)
RSPB - Great-White Egret flew into roost 4.15pm. Also Short-Eared Owl 3.45pm (G Williams)

Wednesday 23 December 2015

23rd December - Sightings

Ladywalk - Great-Northern Diver Whitacre Pool (J Harris per P Sofley) From reserve Car Park walk down Fishery Lane and view Diver from bridge over river Blythe and look over to fishing pools. Possibly present several weeks (per S Haynes)

Also 2 Short-Eared Owl at North End this evening. 2 Woodcock, Marsh Tit, Chiffchaff (per P Sofley)

RSPB - Great-White Egret left roost 7.49am with 43 Little Egret (S Pick) Also Pink-Footed Goose, Snow Goose with Greylags on stubble at North End of reserve. Green Sandpiper North Pit. Stonechat, 5 Shelduck Jubilee Wetlands (S Pick)

Tuesday 22 December 2015

22nd December - Sightings

RSPB - Great-White Egret, 46 Little Egret left roost this morning (S Pick)

21st December - Sightings

Wishaw - c600 Golden Plover (C Hiles)
RSPB - Great-White Egret, 36 Little Egret roosted (W Eley) Short-Eared Owl Play Meadow 3.40pm (R Davis)
Ladywalk - Long-Eared Owl, 2 Short-Eared Owl, 6 Woodcock in evening (S Cawthray)

Sunday 20 December 2015

20th December - Sightings

RSPB - 3 Short-Eared Owl hunting Play Meadow (per RBA) Great-White Egret reported leaving roost in morning (per S Pick) Also 2 Stonechat, 2 Goosander, 2 Shelduck Jubilee Wetlands. c20 Meadow Pipit North Pit on potatoes (S Pick, TP)
Ladywalk - 2 Short-Eared Owl viewable over Whitacre Heath NR. Willow Tit, Marsh Tit on 'B' Feeders. 4 Goosander on Main Pool (P Lichfield et al)

19th December - Sightings

RSPB - 28 Little Egret to roost. Also 2 Peregrine (per RSPB)

18th December - Sightings

Dosthill - Green Sandpiper (S Atkinson)
RSPB - 2 Stonechat (S Atkinson)

16th December - Sightings

Ladywalk - 2 Lesser-Spotted Woodpecker (m,f).  9 Goosander, 2 Pochard, 106 Teal, 84 Wigeon, 41 Shoveler, 7 Little Egret. Also 2 Barn Owl, 2 Woodcock at dusk (per P Sofley)
Wishaw - 27 Golden Plover (C Hiles)

15th December - Sightings

Ladywalk - Peregrine, 5 Little Egret (per P Sofley)
RSPB - Pink-Footed Goose at dusk still.Also 4 Little Egret, 2 Shelduck (S Atkinson) Barn Owl North Pit (per RSPB)

Monday 14 December 2015

14th December - Sightings

RSPB - Great-White Egret, Pink-Footed Goose, Barn Owl, 350+ Greylag Goose, 243 Teal, 223 Mallard, 127 Tufted Duck, 157 Coot, 41 Shoveler, 6 Goldeneye, 4 Shelduck, Green Sandpiper, Woodcock (S Cawthray, G Williams, RSPB et al)
Wishaw - 46 Golden Plover (C Hiles)
Ladywalk - Short-Eared Owl at North End. Also seen at Whitacre Heath (per P Sofley)

Sunday 13 December 2015

13th December - Sightings

Coleshill GPs - Great-White Egret flew South down River this afternoon. Also Short-Eared Owl still (G J Mant, M Radford)
Kingsbury South - 9 Little Egret (TP)

12th December - Sightings

RSPB - 33 Little Egret in roost (S Pick)
Coleshill GPs - Short-Eared Owl, Barn Owl (Many Obs)

Friday 11 December 2015

11th December - Sightings

RSPB - Great-White Egret, 35 Little Egret left roost this morning (S Pick)
Coleshill GPs - Short-Eared Owl still 3.30pm (S Wood)

9th December - Sightings

Wishaw - 250 Golden Plover, 8 Grey Partridge (D Baker)

Tuesday 8 December 2015

8th December - Sightings

RSPB - Great-White Egret left roost at 7.42am. Also Woodcock (S Pick)
Coleshill GPs - 2+ Short-Eared Owl still (Bobby D)

Monday 7 December 2015

7th December - Sightings

Shustoke - Common Sandpiper, Woodcock (P Forbes)
Coleshill GPs - 3 Short-Eared Owl, 2 Barn Owl (Many Obs)
Wishaw - 600 Golden Plover (G A Williams)
RSPB - Great-White Egret roosted at 4.45pm with 40 Little Egret (C Cook, W Eley)

Kingsbury - Merlin Richard's Meadow last week (S Cawthray)

Sunday 6 December 2015

6th December - Sightings

RSPB - Great-White Egret flew into roost from East 4.16pm. Also 25+ Little Egret,  1+Woodcock, Green Sandpiper, Water Rail, 400+ Greylag Goose over with the escaped Snow Goose (TP, J Allen, S Cawthray)
Coleshill GPs - Short-Eared Owl still (D Hutton et al)
Hams Hall - Woodcock (D Mallon, D Hutton)

Saturday 5 December 2015

5th December - Sightings

Alvecote - Great-White Egret on floods between Mill Pool and Railway Pool. Also Peregrine, 2 Stonechat (A Archer)
Hams Hall - Siberian Chiffchaff Hams Hall by Outfall (D Hutton, D Mallon0
Coleshill GPs - Jack Snipe (D Hutton, D Mallon)
RSPB - No sign of the reported Mergansers (G Williams)

Friday 4 December 2015

4th December - Sightings

RSPB - Great-White Egret left roost to East at 7.25am with 37 Little Egret (S Pick) It roosted in evening with 33 Little Egret (K Thorpe) report of 2 Red-Breasted Merganser (pr) in afternoon on Jubilee Wetlands (per A Archer)
Coleshill GPs - Short-Eared Owl still (A Russell)
Alvecote - 2 Pink-Footed Goose again(R Smith)

Thursday 3 December 2015

3rd December - Sightings

Coleshill GPs - Short-Eared Owl still (S Atkinson)
RSPB - Stonechat, 2 Shelduck (S Atkinson)

Just out of area: the Great-White Egret flying over Hopwas bridge over the Tame flying towards Tamworth 3pm at 30m ahead just above car height (P Jenkins)

Wednesday 2 December 2015

2nd December - Sightings

RSPB - Great-White Egret roosted in heronry from 4.18pm. It had earlier left the roost 7.24am. Also up to 36 Little Egret, 3 Woodcock (S Pick) The GWE also roosted the last two nights but didn't arrive until c4.45pm when basically dark! (S Pick)

Tuesday 1 December 2015

1st December - Sightings

Coleshill GPs - 3 Short-Eared Owl, Barn Owl in evening (S Cawthray)

30th November - Sightings

RSPB - 2000+ Starling roosted Jubilee Wetlands (per RSPB) Snow Goose (blue phase) again with c100 Greylag Goose on potato field (G A Williams)

29th November - Sightings

Wishaw - 550 Golden Plover (C Hiles)

28th November - Sightings

RSPB - 2 Shelduck Jubilee Wetlands. Stonechat, Peregrine North Pit (S Pick)

27th November - Sightings

Wishaw - 300 Golden Plover (C Hiles)