31st July - Sightings

RSPB - PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER still Jubilee Wetlands (Many Obs) Also Hobby, 12 Dunlin, 4 Ringed Plover (D Baker) Turnstone (Black Audi Birding)

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30th July - Sightings

RSPB - PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER still Jubilee Wetlands this morning on western scrape (S Atkinson et al) Common Sandpiper (C Doyle)
Alvecote - 2 Redstart Teal Pool hedge (Bobby D)


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29th July - Sightings

RSPB - PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER still Jubilee Wetlands (Many Obs) Also 4 Green Sandpiper Hall Lake. Garganey North Pit. Black-Tailed Godwit Jubilee Wetlands. Also on reserve 2 Dunlin,4 Wigeon, 15 Teal, 8 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 40 Common Tern, 2 Little Egret, 4 Clouded Yellow (J Morgan, F Mosey et al)

28th July - Sightings

Pacifc Golden Plover - Dave Hutton (from Saturday)

RSPB - PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER (ad sum plum) still Jubilee Wetlands all day (Many Obs) 2 Garganey North Pit this evening. Mandarin (ecl m) Jubilee Wetlands (TP, J Allen, M Bruce) Ring-Necked Parakeet reported (heard only) (per logbook) Also 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Wigeon, 15+ Shoveler, 20 Teal ( TP, J Allen)

Some video footage of the star attraction by Sean Allison here. Also an article from the Tamworth Herald here.

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27th July - Sightings

RSPB - PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER (ad sum plum) still Jubilee Wetlands all day. Also 2 Black-Tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin, 6 Snipe Jubilee Wetlands. Garganey, 5 Black-Tailed Godwit, 2 Wigeon, c20 Teal, Ring-Necked Parakeet over North Pit. 6 Green Sandpiper Hall Lake (Many Obs)

26th July - Sightings

Pacific Golden Plover - Dave Hutton

Pacific Golden Plover - Steve Nuttall

RSPB - PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER (ad sum plum) Jubilee Wetlands this evening at least (G Williams et al) Also 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, 2 Wigeon (Many Obs)


If RSPB car park is full then please park along main entrance track and not around the car park entrance gates.

25th July - Sightings

RSPB - 2 Green Sandpiper, LRP, Snipe Hall Lake (Chris Doyle)

24th July - Sightings

Ladywalk - 5 Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, 5 Teal, Willow Tit (imm), 2 Peregrine (Ad,imm) (P Lichfield)
RSPB - Clouded Yellow butterfly North Pit. 7 Raven over. Also 3 LRP, Redshank, Green Sandpiper (G Williams)

23rd July - Sightings

RSPB - 6 Black-tailed Godwit North Pit. Also Redshank, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 10 Ringed Plover, 6 Oystercatcher, Hobby, Wigeon, 2 Pochard, 8 Teal, 10 Little Egret around reserve. 3 Green Sandpiper Hall Lake (G Williams, Staffs Birding)

22nd July - Sightings

RSPB - 3 Black-tailed Godwit, Ringed Plover, Redshank Jubilee Wetlands.  Redshank, a family of 4 Oystercatcher, Greenshank, 5 Little Egret, Wigeon and 4 Teal North Pit. 2 Green Sandpiper Hall Lake (G Williams)
Shustoke - 3 Common Sandpiper, LRP (S Cawthray)

21st July - Sightings

RSPB - Wigeon, 6 broods of Tufted Duck (34 young) North Pit. Also Ringed Plover. Water Rail Silt Pool (G Williams)

20th July - Sightings

RSPB - No sign of Great-White Egret today. Water levels up. Greenshank flew North 11.00am. Common Sandpiper, 2 Grasshopper Warbler Jubilee Wetlands. 9 Little Egret Hall Lake. LRP Bodymoor Pit (D Hutton, TP, K Thorpe)

19th July - Sightings

RSPB - Great White Egret, 7 LRP, 2 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 3 Snipe, 2 Redshank, Oystercatcher, 5 Little Egret, 1 reeling Grasshopper Warbler (Matt Hall) Whimbrel (per Birdguides)

18th July - Sightings

RSPB - Great-White Egret still 8.45pm at least Jubilee Wetlands. Also seen on New Reedbed Pit and Fisher's Mill (Many Obs) Also Ruff(ad m), Black-Tailed Godwit, 8 Dunlin, 11 LRP, Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 4 Little Egret, 6 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 3 broods Gadwall (2 new from last week), 2 Grasshopper Warbler (TP, J Allen, J Morgan, K Thorpe, J & P Hughes et al)

17th July - Sightings

RSPB - Great-White Egret New Reedbed Pit/Jubilee Wetlands with 4 Little Egret (J Harris per S Haynes)

16th July - Sightings

RSPB - Juv Marsh Harrier over North pit  10am. Also 6 Little Egret, 2+ LRP with at least 1 juv, 2+ Ringed Plover with 2-3 juv,  Redshank, Snipe (C Cook)

15th July - Sightings

Ladywalk - 5 Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, 3 Wigeon (2m,1f), Teal (m), Hobby,Common Tern, 2 broods of Gadwall (5 & 8), brood of 6 Tufted Duck (P Lichfield)

14th July - Sightings

Ladywalk - 5 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Teal (2m,1f), Shoveler (f), Willow Tit (Imm) (P Lichfield)
Kingsbury - Hobby, 3 Little Egret (L Davis)

7th - 12th July - Sightings

12th July


RSPB - Common Sandpiper, 2 broods of Gadwall (3,5), 11 Teal North Pit. 3 Snipe, Ringed Plover, LRP + 3 young, 4 Shoveler, Cuckoo, Grasshopper Warbler Jubilee Wetlands. 13 Oystercatcher Bodymoor Pit. Little Egret Hall Lake (J Allen, TP)


11th July


RSPB - 4 Redshank, Ringed Plover Jubilee Wetlands. LRP and 100 Mute Swan North Pit. Also 3 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, Cuckoo, Grasshopper Warbler (G Williams)
10th July
RSPB - 2 Greenshank, 2 Curlew Jubilee Wetlands. Ruff, Mediterranean Gull, Common Sandpiper North Pit (G Williams et al)
7th July
RSPB - 6 Oystercatcher, 2 LRP, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin on reserve. 3 Green Sandpiper Hall Lake (G Williams)
Ladywalk - 3 Little Egret, 2 Common Tern, 4 Shoveler (1m,3f), Wigeon (m), 6 Teal (3m,3f), Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Cuckoo (P Lichfield)

6th July - Sightings

Black-Tailed Godwits - Karl Sargent

RSPB - 22 Black-Tailed Godwit Jubilee Wetlands this morning then flew off. Also Grasshopper Warbler (K Sargent) A further 17 Black-Tailed Godwit 7.30pm (D Baker)
Ladywalk - 2 Little Egret,Green Sandpiper, Redshank, Oystercatcher, Common Tern, Shelduck, 2 Teal (M&F), 4 Shoveler (1m,3f), Hobby, Cuckoo (P Lichfield)


Please note this blog will now not be updated until 12th July.

5th July - Sightings

RSPB - Green Sandpiper Hall Lake. Common Sandpiper, LRP, 13 Oystercatcher, 52 Lapwing Bodymoor Pit (TP)

3rd July - Sightings

Ladywalk - 4 Little Egret, 2 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Common Term, Pr of Wigeon,

7 Teal(2m,5f), 2 Shoveler(m), Peregrine (imm), Hobby (P Lichfield)
Alvecote - Redstart Mill Pool (Bobby D)

2nd July - Sightings

Ladywalk - 4 Little Egret, Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, Wigeon(f) (P Lichfield)
RSPB - 5 Snipe, 4 Ringed Plover Jubilee Wetlands. c20 Common Tern on reserve (S Pick)

1st July - Sightings

Ladywalk - 2 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 3 Little Egret, Peregrine (P Lichfield)