Below is a draft list of birds seen at Middleton Lakes/Drayton Bassett Pits. This does not include birds only seen at Dosthill Ski Pit, Middleton Hall Lake or Kingsbury North Pit (now filled in).
It includes birds fully verified (photographed, multiple observer) which largely (but not exclusively) follows what has been accepted by Warks/Staffs rarity committees.
Please let me know of any missing given criteria above.
1:- Great Northern Diver
2:- Little Grebe
3:- Great Crested Grebe
4:- Black-necked Grebe
5:- Northern Gannet
6:- Atlantic Gt Cormorant
7:- Bittern
8:- Cattle Egret
9:- Little Egret
10:- Great White Egret
11:- Grey Heron
12:- Glossy Ibis
13:- Spoonbill
14:- Mute Swan
15:- Bewick's Swan
16:- Whooper Swan
17:- Pink-footed Goose
18:- White-fronted Goose
19:- Greylag Goose
20:- Canada Goose
21:- Barnacle Goose
22:- Dark-bellied Brent Goose
23:- Egyptian Goose
24:- Shelduck
25:- Mandarin
26:- Eurasian Wigeon
27:- Gadwall
28:- Common Teal
29:- Green-winged Teal
30:- Mallard
31:- Northern Pintail
32:- Garganey
33:- Northern Shoveler
34:- Red-crested Pochard
35:- Northern Pochard
36:- Tufted Duck
37:- Greater Scaup
38:- Long-tailed Duck
39:- Common Scoter
40:- Goldeneye
41:- Smew
42:- Bufflehead
43:- Red-breasted Merganser
44:- Goosander
45:- Ruddy Duck
46:- Red Kite
47:- Pallid Harrier
48:- Marsh Harrier
49:- Hen Harrier
50:- Goshawk
51:- Sparrowhawk
52:- Common Buzzard
53:- Osprey
54:- Kestrel
55:- European Merlin
56:- Hobby
57:- Peregrine
58:- Red-legged Partridge
59:- Grey Partridge
60:- Common Quail
61:- Common Pheasant
62:- Water Rail
63:- Moorhen
64:- Coot
65:- Common Crane
66:- Oystercatcher
67:- Black-winged Stilt
68:- Pied Avocet
69:- Little Ringed Plover
70:- Ringed Plover
71:- Pacific Golden Plover
72:- Eurasian Golden Plover
73:- Grey Plover
74:- Lapwing
75:- Red Knot
76:- Sanderling
77:- Little Stint
78:- Temminck's Stint
79:- Least Sandpiper
80:- White-rumped Sandpiper
81:- Pectoral Sandpiper
82:- Curlew Sandpiper
83:- Dunlin
84:- Broad-billed Sandpiper
85:- Ruff
86:- Jack Snipe
87:- Common Snipe
88:- Woodcock
89:- Black-tailed Godwit
90:- Bar-tailed Godwit
91:- Whimbrel
92:- Common Curlew
93:- Spotted Redshank
94:- Common Redshank
95:- Greenshank
96:- Green Sandpiper
97:- Wood Sandpiper
98:- Common Sandpiper
99:- Ruddy Turnstone
100:- Red-necked Phalarope
101:- Grey Phalarope
102:- Mediterranean Gull
103:- Little Gull
104:- Black-headed Gull
105:- Common Gull
106:- Lesser Black-backed Gull
107:- Herring Gull
108:- Yellow-legged Gull
109:- Caspian Gull
110:- Iceland Gull
111:- Glaucous Gull
112:- Great Black-backed Gull
113:- Kittiwake
114:- Caspian Tern
115:- Sandwich Tern
116:- Common Tern
117:- Arctic Tern
118:- Little Tern
119:- Black Tern
120:- White-winged Black Tern
121:- Rock Dove
122:- Stock Dove
123:- Woodpigeon
124:- Collared Dove
125:- Turtle Dove
126:- Ring-necked Parakeet
127:- Common Cuckoo
128:- Barn Owl
129:- Little Owl
130:- Tawny Owl
131:- Long-eared Owl
132:- Short-eared Owl
133:- Common Swift
134:- Kingfisher
135:- Wryneck
136:- Green Woodpecker
137:- Great Spotted Woodpecker
138:- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
139:- Skylark
140:- Sand Martin
141:- Barn Swallow
142:- House Martin
143:- Tree Pipit
144:- Meadow Pipit
145:- Rock Pipit
146:- Water Pipit
147:- Yellow Wagtail
148:- Grey Wagtail
149:- Pied Wagtail
150:- Bohemian Waxwing
151:- Wren
152:- Dunnock
153:- European Robin
154:- Common Redstart
155:- Whinchat
156:- Stonechat
157:- Northern Wheatear
158:- Ring Ouzel
159:- Blackbird
160:- Fieldfare
161:- Song Thrush
162:- Redwing
163:- Mistle Thrush
164:- Cetti's Warbler
165:- Grasshopper Warbler
166:- Sedge Warbler
167:- Blyth's Reed Warbler
168:- Reed Warbler
169:- Lesser Whitethroat
170:- Common Whitethroat
171:- Garden Warbler
172:- Blackcap
173:- Yellow-browed Warbler
174:- Common Chiffchaff
175:- Willow Warbler
176:- Goldcrest
177:- Firecrest
178:- Spotted Flycatcher
179:- Pied Flycatcher
180:- Bearded Tit
181:- Long-tailed Tit
182:- Marsh Tit
183:- Willow Tit
184:- Coal Tit
185:- Blue Tit
186:- Great Tit
187:- Nuthatch
188:- Common Treecreeper
189:- Northern Grey Shrike
190:- Eurasian Jay
191:- Magpie
192:- Western Jackdaw
193:- Rook
194:- Carrion Crow
195:- Common Raven
196:- Common Starling
197:- House Sparrow
198:- Tree Sparrow
199:- Chaffinch
200:- Brambling
201:- Greenfinch
202:- Goldfinch
203:- Siskin
204:- Linnet
205:- Lesser Redpoll
206:- Mealy Redpoll
207:- Common Crossbill
208:- Bullfinch
209:- Hawfinch
210:- Yellowhammer
211:- Reed Bunting
212:- Corn Bunting
213:- Red-Backed Shrike (29/06/23)
214:- Savi's Warbler (01/05/24)
(White-tailed Eagle - reintroduced bird)
