Saturday 31 March 2012

31st March - Sightings

Shustoke - Scaup(m) still on small pool. Also Willow Warbler, Swallow (Many Obs)
RSPB - 26 Teal Middleton Hall Lake (TP, J Allen)
Coton - 10 Sand Martin (TP, J Allen)
Coleshill - Wheatear Packington Lane (S Haynes)
Kingsbury - 60+ Sand Martin in evening (W Eley)

Friday 30 March 2012

30th March - Sightings

Shustoke - Scaup(m) still (Many Obs)
RSPB - Merlin(m) briefly along approach road (S Haynes)
Kingsbury South - House Martin, 44 Sand Martin  Bodymoor Heath Water. 2 Blackcap (S Cawthray, S Haynes)
Kingsbury - Swallow (S Cawthray)
Wishaw - Corn Bunting Blindpit Lane (S Cawthray)

Thursday 29 March 2012

29th March - Sightings

Shustoke - Scaup(m), Sand Martin, Blackcap, Willow Warbler (Many Obs)
RSPB - Smew (redhead) on North Pit. 2 Green Sandpiper Middleton Hall Lake (G Williams)

Wednesday 28 March 2012

28th March - Sightings

Shustoke - Scaup(m) still (per Birdguides) 6 Sand Martin (P Forbes et al)

Tuesday 27 March 2012

27th March - Sightings

Shustoke - Scaup(m) still (many obs) Red Kite over (S Haynes)
RSPB - Garganey (m) still + female reported (Many Obs)

Monday 26 March 2012

26th March - Sightings

RSPB - Garganey still Hall Lake (K Sargent)
Shustoke - Scaup(m) (S Haynes)

Sunday 25 March 2012

25th March - Sightings

RSPB - Garganey still Middleton Hall Pool (J Allen et al)
Whitacre Heath - Osprey north over Station Road 13.50 hrs (K & L Wimbush et al)

Saturday 24 March 2012

24th March - Sightings

RSPB - Garganey(m) still Hall Lake. No sign of Avocets North Pit (TP)
Coton - Blackcap (Bobby D)

Friday 23 March 2012

23rd March - Sightings

RSPB - 2 Avocet again North Pit (P Hyde et al) Goosander river (J Harris) Garganey(m) still on Hall Lake (Many Obs)

Thursday 22 March 2012

22nd March - Sightings

RSPB - Garganey(m) still on Hall Lake (Many Obs) 2 Avocet reported recently on North Pit (per D Hutton)

Tuesday 20 March 2012

20th March - Sightings


Garganey - Sean Allison

RSPB - Garganey(m) still Middleton Hall Lake (Many Obs)

Monday 19 March 2012

19th March - Sightings

RSPB - Garganey(m) still on Hall Lake (many obs) Dunlin, LRP North Pit (B Jones, J Harris)

Sunday 18 March 2012

18th March - Sightings

RSPB - Garganey(m) on Hall Lake (P Hyde et al) 3 Wheatear (all m), LRP (G Williams, D Hutton et al) Short-Eared Owl Fisher's Mill in evening + 12 Little Egret over (W Eley)
Wishaw - 2 Wheatear (S Cawthray)
Kingsbury - Curlew, 3 Little Egret Cliff Pool(S Allinson, S Cawthray)

Saturday 17 March 2012

17th March - Sightings




Wishaw - Wheatear (m) Wishaw Lane in layby opposite large green barrier (TP et al) Pics above by Dave Hutton.
Coton - 2 Sand Martin (S Haynes)
Shustoke - Sand Martin, Peregrine (S Haynes)
RSPB - Dunlin, Blackcap (C Cook)

Friday 16 March 2012

16th March - Sightings

Coton - Swallow, 4 Sand Martin (Bobby D)
RSPB - 2 Dunlin (K Sargent) Brambling Mill Plantation (per G Williams)
Kingsbury - Black-Tailed Godwit on river then flew North (K Sargent) Marsh Harrier reported flew North.

Thursday 15 March 2012

15th March - Sightings

RSPB - Bittern Dosthill NR. Jack Snipe North Pit (J Harris) Short-Eared Owl (G Williams)
Middleton - 21 Little Egret roosted in heronry by 6.30pm (G Williams)

Wednesday 14 March 2012

14th March - Sightings

Whitacre Heath - Blackcap(m) on garden feeders (K Wimbush)
RSPB - Black-Tailed Godwit (2nd Day) but flew South late morning, 2 Dunlin North Pit. Goosander, Little Egret, Barn Owl (G Williams, W Egmont)

12th March - Sightings

RSPB - 4 Jack Snipe, 9 Common Snipe (G Williams et al)

Sunday 11 March 2012

11th March - Sightings

Ladywalk - Mealy Redpoll, 10 Lesser Redpoll on feeders from Sainsbury's Hide (TP, J Allen)

Thursday 8 March 2012

8th March - Sightings

RSPB - 2 Avocet North Pit. One of which flew to Fisher's Mill for a while before flying off (S Haynes)

Wednesday 7 March 2012

7th March - Sightings

Kingsbury South - 4 Sand Martin Swann Pool (A Dean) 2 Sand Martin Hemlingford Water (S Haynes)
RSPB - GREEN-WINGED TEAL (m) on North Pit 6pm.- Seen from the "wildlife only please" sign far up west track (Chris Cook) 

Tuesday 6 March 2012

6th March - Sightings

RSPB - Bittern over Fisher's Mill high to North 18.20. Also Barn Owl (S Haynes)

Monday 5 March 2012

5th March - Sightings

Coton - Black-Tailed Godwit from Road Bridge (Bobby D)
Alvecote - Jack Snipe, 9 Common Snipe Mill Pool (Bobby D)
Kingsbury - Curlew Cliff Pool (Bobby D)

4th March - Sightings

Kingsbury - Curlew, 2 Goosander Cliff Pool (K Sargent)

On 3rd March:

RSPB - 2 Little Egret, 1 drake Pintail, 15 Shelduck, , 21 Golden Plover, 2 Dunlin, Green Sandpiper.(G Williams)

Thursday 1 March 2012

1st March - Sightings

RSPB - Avocet, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin North Pit (per Bobby D et al)

29th February - Sightings

Kingsbury - 2 Short-Eared Owl still (Bobby D)