30th December - Sightings

Shustoke - Scaup, Red-Crested Pochard, Common Sandpiper still (Bobby D)

29th December - Sightings

Ladywalk - Bittern from Riverwalk Hide till dusk (P Lichfield et al) Also Jack Snipe (S Cawthray)
Shustoke - Scaup, Red-Crested Pochard, Common Sandpiper still. Also Tree Sparrow (first here for 3 years), 12 Yellowhammer (P Forbes)
RSPB - 13 Snipe, Stonechat Fisher's Mill. Water Rail by feeders (S Pick) 5 Little Egret, 13 Snipe, Dunlin on North Pit, Chiffchaff, 3 Stonechat (G Williams)
Wishaw - 17 Grey Partridge - 9 Blindpit Lane, 8 Hempit Lane. Also large Golden Plover flock Grove Road/Lane. 4 Corn Bunting Hempit Lane (D Hutton, D Mallon)
Hams Hall - unconfirmed report of Siberian Chiffchaff along the river this morning (per Birdguides)
Alvecote - 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Pintail, 30 Common Snipe (A Archer)

28th December - Sightings

Whooper Swans - Mark Priest

Coton - 7 Whooper Swan (3ads, 4 imm) (S Haynes et al) Also 2 Yellow-Legged Gull (M Priest)
Shustoke - Scaup still (Many Obs)

27th December - Sightings

Shustoke - Scaup, Red-Crested Pochard still (Many Obs)
Ladywalk - Peregrine (S Pick)
RSPB - 10 Little Egret roosted in Heronry (S Pick)

26th December - Sightings

Ladywalk  - report of Siberian Chiffchaff (Birdguides)

25th December - Sightings

Ladywalk - possible Siberian Chiffchaff (P Lichfield)
Coton - Red-Crested Pochard(m) (S Haynes)
Shustoke - Scaup(m) still (S Haynes)

24th December - Sightings

Alvecote - report of 5 Brent Geese  "on small pool in field at 1.30pm" (per Staffs Birding)
Shustoke - Scaup, Red-Crested Pochard still (S Haynes)
Kingsbury - 310 Wigeon, Goosander, 7 Goldeneye, 4 Little Egret (TP)
Kingsbury South - Yellow-Legged Gull Bodymoor Heath Water. 106 Shoveler Hemlingford Water. 12 Goldeneye Swann Pool (TP)

23rd December - Sightings

Ladywalk  - report of Siberian Chiffchaff (Birdguides)
Whitacre Heath - Merlin, 1750 Woodpigeon over (S Haynes, P Sofley)

22nd December - Sightings

Ladywalk - 2 Brambling over Wood Yard (P Sofley)
Shustoke - Scaup, Common Sandpiper still (S Haynes)
Kingsbury - Scaup (ad fem) still (S Haynes)
Tamworth - 4 Goosander on river at Ladybridge (S Allison)

21st December - Sightings

Wishaw - Merlin(fem) flew low over Blindpit Lane 12.15pm (TP) c1000 Golden Plover in flight, 4 Corn Bunting, 5 Grey Partridge Hempit Lane area (C Hiles et al)
Ladywalk - 21 Goosander this evening (S Pick)

20th December - Sightings

Alvecote - Presumed hybrid Ring-Billed x LBB Gull Gilmans Pool late morning (AArcher)
Wishaw - 6 Grey Partridge Hempit Lane (D Hutton)
RSPB - 17 Little Egret rooster in heronry. 3 Stonechat, 8 Shelduck, 4 Goldeneye (S Pick)
Shustoke - Scaup, Red-crested Pochard on Small Pool still. Also Common Sandpiper still on main reservoir (P Forbes)

19th December - Sightings

Wishaw - 600 Golden Plover Wishaw Lane (C Hiles)

18th December - Sightings

Shustoke - Red-Crested Pochard, Common Sandpiper, Peregrine (S Cawthray)
Ladywalk -  4 Chiffchaff (S Cawthray)

17th December - Sightings

Wishaw - 3 Corn Bunting (S Haynes) Merlin(m) (Bobby D)
Shustoke - Scaup still (S Haynes)

15th December - Sightings

RSPB - Red C Pochard Dosthill Main Pit. Pintail Dosthill NR (G Williams)
Wishaw - Merlin, 5 Corn Bunting near Hempit Cottage (S Haynes et al)

13th December - Sightings

Shustoke - Common Sandpiper, Red-Crested Pochard, Scaup still (Bobby D)

12th December - Sightings

RSPB - 800+ Golden Plover, Pintail(m), 7 Shelduck, 6 Stonechat , 4 Goosander, 200+ Lapwing (K Thorpe, D Roberts)

11th December - Sightings

RSPB - 18 Little Egret roosted in heronry (K Thorpe)
Kingsbury - Scaup(fem) Cliff Pool still. prob hybrid Ferruginous Duck Broomey Croft Pool (S Wood)

8th December - Sightings

RSPB - Merlin(m) over Car Park this morning. Red-Crested Pochard(m) Fisher's Mill. Peregrine North Pit (S Cawthray)
Wishaw - 500 Golden Plover (S Cawthray)
Kingsbury - Scaup(fem) again Cliff Pool (S Haynes)
Shustoke - Red-Crested Pochard, Scaup still (S Haynes)

7th December - Sightings

Wishaw - 2+ Merlin - Male Curdworth Lane; Female in tree between Hempit Cottage and canal.with two seen flying over Kingsbury Road towards Minworth sewage treatment works 4pm. c654 Golden Plover in field on Wishaw Lane (C Hiles)
Shustoke - Red-Crested Pochard(m), Scaup (1st Win Male) still (TP)
RSPB - Pintail(m) Fisher's Mill. 3 Shelduck, 2 Stonechat Jubilee Wetlands (J Allen)

6th December - Sightings

Shustoke - Scaup (1st Win Male) on Small Pool. Red-Crested Pochard(m) on main reservoir (J Allen)
Wishaw - 2 Corn Bunting, 4 Grey Partridge, 29 Golden Plover, Little Owl (M Griffiths)
Coton - Water Rail (M Griffiths)

5th December - Sightings

RSPB - Pintail, 3 Goosander North Pit. 520 Golden Plover Jubilee Wetlands. Tawny Owl at dusk in Mill Plantation. 12+ Little Egret roosting in the heronry (G Williams)

3rd December - Sightings

Kingsbury - Merlin, 7 Goosander Cliff Pool area (S Cawthray)
Shustoke - Common Sandpiper, Woodcock, Red-Crested Pochard, Scaup, 10 Goosander (P Forbes et al)
Coton - Scaup (ad fem) (S Haynes)
Wishaw - c200 Golden Plover in field by golf course. 30 Meadow Pipit, 11 Grey Partridge, 41 Skylark (G Robinson, D Baker)
RSPB - 2 Redshank, 342 Golden Plover, 3 Chiffchaff , 4 Stonechat (G Williams) On 1/12 - 9 Shelduck, 9 Snipe and a Willow Tit. On 2/12 - 9 Shelduck, 500 Golden Plover and a Grey Wagtail (G Williams)

2nd December - Sightings

Shustoke - Merlin, Red-Crested Pochard, Scaup (imm m), Dunlin, Common Sandpiper (P Forbes)