28th February - Sightings

Dosthill (Warks) - 2 Long-Tailed Duck (m,f) still (Bobby D)
Kingsbury - 2 Bittern reported Cliff Pool (per S Cawthray)

27th February - Sightings

Shustoke - 2 Mediterranean Gull (ad sum, 1st Win), 37 Common Gull, 1500 Black-Headed Gull in roost (K Wimbush, P Forbes)
Dosthill (Warks) - 2 Long-Tailed Duck (m,f) still (Birdguides)

25th February - Sightings

Whitacre Heath - Brambling(m) again in garden. Barn Owl nearby (K Wimbush)
Dosthill (Warks) - 2 Long-Tailed Duck (m,f) still (G Williams)

24th February - Sightings

Dosthill (Warks) - 2 Long-Tailed Duck (m,f) again (RBA)

23rd February - Sightings

RSPB - 1+ Green Sandpiper, 4 Ringed Plover North Pit (S Atkinson, G Williams) Also Tree Sparrow on feeders (G Williams)

21st February - Sightings

Whitacre Heath - Brambling(m) in garden (K Wimbush)

20th February - Sightings

Shustoke - Mediterranean Gull (ad sum plum) again in roost (Many Obs)
RSPB - 6 Pintail, Ringed Plover North Pit (G Williams)

19th February - Sightings

Ladywalk - 3 Siberian Chiffchaff, 4 Chiffchaff, Jack Snipe, 35 Common Snipe, 2 Mealy Redpoll, Water Rail, Little Egret, 38 Goosander (K Sargent, S Cawthray, D Hutton) Bittern reported (per K Sargent)
RSPB - Ringed Plover North Pit (G Williams)

Hams Hall - Corn Bunting opp farm at Hams Lane (S Cawthray)

Kingsbury - 2 Green Sand, 2 Little Egret Cliff Pool (S Cawthray)

Shustoke - Sum Plum Mediterranean Gull (ad) still (S Cawthray)
Kingsbury South - Long-Tailed Duck(f) Hemlingford Water (A Dean)

18th February - Sightings

Shustoke - 2 Mediterranean Gull (2 ads) this evening (S Cawthray, S Haynes) One was a flecked headed small bird (seen last week as well) and the other a full summer plumaged bird.

17th February - Sightings

Hams Hall - Firecrest, pale Chiffchaff ssp still by Edison Road bridge (Birdguides)
Kingsbury - Goosander, 2 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, bposs hybrid aythya Cliff Pool but no sign of Long-Tailed Duck (K Sargent)

16th February - Sightings

Kingsbury - Long-Tailed Duck(m) Cliff Pool (Bobby D) Little Egret on Coventry Road (P Perry)
Dosthill (Warks) - 1 Long-Tailed Duck still, 2 Oystercatcher (G Williams)

15th February - Sightings

Kingsbury (Village) - Little Egret in roadside ditch on Tamworth Road, Kingsbury this morning (K Wimbush)
Ladywalk - 2 Siberian Chiffchaff still. Also 2 Chiffchaff, Peregrine, Water Rail, Oystercatcher, 2 Little Egret, 23 Snipe, Mealy Redpoll, 30 Lesser Redpoll (S Cawthray)

14th February - Sightings

Shustoke - Mediterranean Gull (ad) this afternoon. Also seen on nearby fields (S Haynes)

9th February - Sightings

Dosthill (Warks) - 2 Long-Tailed Duck (m,f), 53 Goldeneye, 124 Shoveler (P Burton)

8th February - Sightings

Ladywalk - Lesser-Spotted Woodpecker, Jack Snipe, Mealy Redpoll still (J Allen, D Hutton et al) Also Siberian Chiffchaff (ringed) today and heard to call like a Siberian (J Allen, D Hutton)
Dosthill(Warks) - 2 Long-Tailed Duck still (Mik Clarke)

Alan Dean comments - "Unless someone hears any ‘adverse’ call, it seems reasonable now to regard the ringed bird as ‘fulvescens’ (i.e. westerly form of tristis, which do have some ‘additional’ olive and yellow)."

7th February - Sightings

Ladywalk - Jack Snipe, Mealy Redpoll still (K Sargent)

6th February - Sightings

Ladywalk - Siberian Chiffchaff, Mealy Redpoll, Jack Snipe, Little Egret (J Allen)
Dosthill (Warks) - at least 1 Long-Tailed Duck reported still (per Birdforum)

3rd February - Sightings

RSPB - Bittern again Dosthill NR on Northern pit (J Morgan)
Ladywalk - 2 Siberian Chiffchaff still. Also ringed Siberian (or integrade) still present but not calling (Many Obs) Jack Snipe with 12 Common Snipe below Riverwalk hide (S Cawthray)
Dosthill (Warks) - 2 Long-Tailed Duck (m,f) still (A Archer)

2nd February - Sightings

Lesser-Spotted Woodpecker - David Taylor

RSPB - Bittern still Dosthill NR on northern pit in reeds nearest river (TP, J Allen) 11 Little Egret roosted Middleton Heronry (J Allen)
Dosthill (Warks) - 2 Long-Tailed Duck (m,f) still, 120 Shoveler (TP, J Allen)
Ladywalk - 2 Siberian Chiffchaff, 4 Common Chiffchaff, Lesser-Spotted Woodpecker. Also Mealy Redpoll at Sainsbury's Hide feeders (Many obs)
Wishaw - 30 Grey Partridge Wishaw Lane (G A Williams)
Hams Hall - Firecrest still near Edison Roasd bridge (RBA)

 

1st February - Sightings

Hams Hall - Firecrest still near Edison Road bridge (Bobby D)
RSPB - Bittern flushed from the river bank late morning and landed in Dosthill NR (S Atkinson) Bittern Fisher's Mill Noon (J Fincham). 6 Little Egret, Shelduck North Pit. Also Stonechat, Woodcock, Oystercatcher  (S Atkinson, G Williams)
Dosthill(Warks) - 2 Long-Tailed Duck still (S Atkinson, G Williams)

If anyone has unequivocally heard the ringed Siberian-type Chiffchaff at Ladywalk - could they pass on the details to me. This will help in determining its ID. The 2 unringed birds have been heard and sound recorded. For an update from Alan Dean on the Ladywalk Chiffchaffs see here.