31st December - Sightings

Lea Marston - Long-Tailed Duck (1st Win Male) still on railway side (Many Obs)
Shustoke - 1 Great-Northern Diver still (Birdguides)

30th December - Sightings

Lea Marston - Long-Tailed Duck (1st Win Male) still (J Allen, A Archer)
Shustoke - 2 Great-Northern Diver still (J Allen)
Kingsbury South - Ferruginous hybrid still, c70 Pochard, 5 Goldeneye Hemlingford Water (J Allen) The hybrid appears to be a different bird to the Dosthill one.
Alvecote - 22 Tree Sparrow (A Archer)
Dosthill (Warks) - 2 Goosander but no sign of Long-Tailed Duck (J Allen)

29th December - Sightings

Alvecote - 18 Tree Sparrows in stubble field at the junction of Linden Lane & Polesworth Lane (A Archer) Do not enter field.
Kingsbury - Little Egret in flood near railway bridge on Coventry road (P Perry)

28th December - Sightings

Lea Marston - Long-Tailed Duck (1st Win Male) still (A Archer, TP) [Not on Coton as Birdguides suggests!] Also 142 Gadwall (A Archer)
Shustoke - 2 Great-Northern Diver, 21 Goosander, Canada/Barnacle hybrid (TP)
Kingsbury South - Ferruginous x Pochard Hybrid, 61 Pochard Hemlingford Water (TP)

27th December - Sightings

Shustoke - 2 Great-Northern Diver still (Many Obs)
Coton - Long-Tailed Duck still (Birdguides)
Hams Hall - 5 Chiffchaff Edison Road Outfall (D Hutton)
Tamworth - 23 Waxwing  Overwoods Road, Hockley this afternoon (Birdguides)

26th December - Sightings

Tamworth - 12 Waxwing Wilnecote at Shelton Street/Tinkers Green Road Roundabout (P Burton)
Ladywalk - 30 Waxwing near Car Park this morning (S Cawthray)
Shustoke - 2 Great-Northern Diver still (J Allen)
Dosthill (Warks) - Long-tailed Duck still, Ferruginous x Pochard hybrid (J Allen)
Lea Marston - Long-Tailed Duck still viewable from Traffic Light Bridge. Also 2 Green Sandpiper (J Allen)
Coton - Yellow-Legged Gull(ad) in roost (J Allen)

25th December - Sightings

Tamworth - 39 Waxwing 14:00hrs Wilnecote at Shelton Street/Tinkers Green Road Roundabout for 2nd Day (P Burton, TP) Waxwings have been seen here in previous years. Also 9 Waxwing Dumolo's Lane, Glascote on 24/12 (P Burton)
Shustoke - 2 Great-Northern Diver still (J Harris)
Dosthill (Warks) -  Long-tailed Duck still, Ferruginous x Pochard hybrid, 52 Pochard, 14 Goldeneye (J Harris)
Lea Marston - Long-Tailed Duck still viewable from Traffic Light Bridge (J Harris)
Coton - Chiffchaff (J Harris)

23rd December - Sightings

Lea Marston -  Long-Tailed Duck still mid- morning on lakes (Many obs)
Shustoke - 2 Great-Northern Diver(juvs) still (Many obs)
RSPB - Water Rail under Heronry Feeders (TP)

HAPPY 50th Birthday Julian Allen

 

 

 

Anyone got a caption for the above featuring Jules and Adam Archer?

 

22nd December - Sightings

Shustoke - 2 Great-Northern Diver still (J Allen)
Hams Hall - 2 Waxwing Faraday Avenue opposite junction of Canton Lane 14:00hrs (K Wimbush, P Forbes)

21st December - Sightings

Hams Hall - 2 Chiffchaff sewer outfall. 17 Waxwing, 2 Peregrine over Faraday Ave by Wincanton warehouse (J Harris)
Ladywalk -  21 Goosander, Willow Tit and Chiffchaff (J Harris)
Lea Marston -  Long-tailed Duck (fem/imm) still (P Forbes)
Dosthill(Warks) - Long-tailed Duck still,  Ferruginous x Pochard hybrid (J Harris)

20th December - Sightings

Ladywalk - Bittern (S Cawthray)
Shustoke - 2 Great-Northern Diver still (M Doughty)

18th December - Sightings

Lea Marston - Long-Tailed Duck still viewable from road bridge (Birdguides)
Dosthill(Warks) -  Long-Tailed Duck still on Main Lake (J Harris)
Coton - Mediterranean Gull(ad) in roost (per J Harris)
Shustoke - 33 Goosander at dusk (W Eley)

16th December - Sightings

Shustoke - 2 Great-Northern Diver still (Many Obs)

15th December - Sightings

Long-Tailed Duck - Dosthill - Bob Duckhouse

Lea Marston - hybrid Canada/Barnacle goose still from Railway Bridge (D Hutton) Also Long-Tailed Duck still mid- morning on lakes (J Harris)
Dosthill (Warks) - Long-Tailed Duck, Ferruginous hybrid still (Many Obs)
Tamworth - 20+ Waxwing Jonkel Avenue, Hockley (per Birdguides) 39 waxwings this morning, tinkers green rd on island top of shelton st, also 9 more dumulos lane by belgrave lake  (P Burton)
Shustoke - 2 Great-Northern Diver(juvs) still (Many Obs)

Ladywalk - 2 Mealy Redpoll on Friday still on feeders (Sandy Wood)
RSPB - Bittern on 13/12 Dosthill NR (per J Harris)

13th December - Sightings

Lea Marston - hybrid Canada/Barnacle goose from Railway Bridge (Bobby D) Also Long-Tailed Duck still this morning on lakes and also on Coton (Ron Thomas per J Harris)
Shustoke - 2 Great-Northern Diver still, 24 Goosander (Many Obs)
Dosthill (Warks) - Long-Tailed Duck still this morning but flew off (G Williams) Ferruginous hybrid still (Many Obs) Pics here. Also 190 Coot, 6 Goldeneye, 2 Green Sandpiper (J Harris)
RSPB - 19 Goldeneye, 150 Coot, 2 Goosander (G Williams)
Tamworth - Waxwing over Railway Station early am (TP)

12th December - Sightings

Lea Marston - Long-Tailed Duck (fem/imm) viewable from road on pool furthest fromk railway (S Haynes et al) This is a different bird on plumage to that at Dosthill.
Shustoke - 2 Great-Northern Diver still. 34 Goosander at dusk (S Haynes)
Hams Hall - 10 Waxwing in flight Canton Road towards BMW factory (S Cawthray)
Ladywalk - Mealy Redpoll on Sainsbury's Hide feeders (S Cawthray)
Tamworth - 18 Waxwing French Avenue, Mile Oak (per Birdguides)

11th December - Sightings

Shustoke - 2 Great-Northern Diver, 9 Goosander (K Wimbush)

10th December - Sightings

Ladywalk - 2 Mealy Redpoll Riverwalk Copse (S Cawthray)
RSPB - 2 Whooper Swan (imm) over to South 13:45hrs. Green Sand, Shelduck, 2 Little Egret North Pit (J Harris)
Shustoke - 2 Great-Northern Diver, 5 Goosander (J Harris)
Hams Hall - 20 Waxwing on Canton Lane (per Birdguides)
Dosthill (Warks) -  Long-tailed Duck, Ferruginous X Pochard hybrid, Chiffchaff, 10 Reed Bunting (J Harris)
Coton - Mediterranean Gull(ad), Yellow-Legged Gull(ad) in roost (A Dean)

9th December - Sightings

Dosthill (Warks) - Water Pipit again flew from NE side towards Dosthill NR (A Archer) Long-Tailed Duck (imm), Pochard x Ferruginous hybrid still (A Archer et al)
Tamworth - 15 Waxwing Glascote Heath flew from Bancroft to Dumolo's Lane 13.20hrs (A Archer)

8th December - Sightings

Dosthill - Long-Tailed Duck (imm), Ferruginous x Pochard hybrid still (J Allen, P Jeynes et al) Jack Snipe (G Williams)
Coton - Caspian Gull (1st Win), 2 Mediterranean Gull (ads) in roost (TP, J Allen et al)
Shustoke - 2 Great-Northern Diver still (Many Obs)

7th December - Sightings

Coton - 2 Caspian Gull (ad, 1st Win), 2 Mediterranean Gulls (ad, 1st Win) in roost (A Dean, P Hyde)

6th December - Sightings

Shustoke - Great-Northern Diver, 20 Goosander (per Birdguides)
Dosthill - Long-Tailed Duck still (Bobby D)

5th December - Sightings

Dosthill(Warks) - Pochard x Ferruginous hybrid, Long-Tailed Duck (P Hyde et al) 2 Water Pipit on East side (S Cawthray)
Shustoke - 2 Great-Northern Diver still (Many Obs)
Coton - Caspian Gull (1st Win), Mediterranean Gull(ad) in roost. Woodcock at dusk (A Dean, P Hyde)

4th December - Sightings

Great-Northern Diver - Dave Hutton

Dosthill(Warks) - Ferruginous Duck(or hybrid), Long-Tailed Duck again (G Williams)
Shustoke - 2 Great-Northern Diver still (Many Obs)

3rd December - Sightings

Shustoke - 2 Great-Northern Diver still (Many Obs)

2nd December - Sightings

Long-Tailed Duck - Dave Hutton

Dosthill (Warks) - Long-Tailed Duck on main pit until mid-afternoon when flew to RSPB reserve (J Morgan et al) The Long-Tailed Duck appears to be a different bird to the one last month based on a darker plumage.No sign of presumed hybrid Ferruginous Duck x Pochard (Many Obs)
Shustoke - 2 Great-Northern Diver (both juvs) still but no sign of Common Scoter (Many Obs) Goosander(m) over (TP)
Kingsbury South - Yellow-Legged Gull(ad) still Bodymoor Heath Water (TP, J Allen)
Coton - Smew(m) mid morning but not later (per TP) Yellow-Legged Gull(ad) in pre-roost (TP, J Allen)
Tamworth - 35 Waxwing Hockley on Overwoods Road (per Birdguides) These are probably some of the Dosthill birds which weren't seen today as far as I know despite looking.

1st December - Sightings

Great-Northern Diver - Paul Lathbury

Ferruginous Duck (or hybrid) - Dosthill - Adam Archer

Dosthill(Warks) - prob Ferruginous Duck (or hybrid) on Main Pit (G Williams) Still present 13:20 but asleep and hybrid not ruled out (A Archer, G Williams)
Dosthill(Staffs) -  up to 60 Waxwing in village this morning (Many obs) 50+ Waxwing Cadogan Road this afternoon (J Allen et al)
Shustoke - 2 Great-Northern Diver, Common Scoter(fem) still (Many Obs)

 

Tamworth - 10 Waxwing Hockley on Overwoods Road (per Birdguides)