7th May - Sightings

Shustoke - B;ack-Necked Grebe at East End (P Forbes)
RSPB - 8 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover North End. Short-Eared Owl again (J Harris)
Kingsbury - Little Gull (1st Sum), Hobby, Little Egret (S Cawthray)
Bodymoor Heath - 2 Wheatear, Common Sandpiper (S Cawthray)
Ladywalk - 2 Greenshank, 2 Little Egret, 3 Hobby, Goosander + 7 young this weekend (S Cawthray et al)

6th May - Sightings

RSPB - 2 Little Gull (both 1st Sum) at Fisher's Mill/South Pits, 2  Short-Eared Owl, 3 Grasshopper Warbler (per Comments, W Eley)

RSPB Day List

List of birds seen today on RSPB all-day count:

1) Mute Swan
2) Greylag Goose
3) Canada Goose
4) Shelduck
5) Wigeon
6) Gadwall
7) Teal
8) Mallard
9) Shoveler
10) Tufted Duck
11) Red-Legged Partridge
12) Pheasant
13) Cormorant
14) Grey Heron
15) Little Grebe
16) Great-Crested Grebe
17) Black-Necked Grebe
18) Sparrowhawk
19) Buzzard
20) Kestrel
21) Hobby
22) Moorhen
23) Coot
24) Oystercatcher
25) Little-Ringed Plover
26) Ringed Plover
27) Grey Plover
28) Lapwing
29) Whimbrel
30) Curlew
31) Common Sandpiper
32) Redshank
33) Black-Headed Gull
34) Little Gull
35) Lesser Black-Backed Gull
36) Herring Gull
37) Common Tern
38) Feral Pigeon
39) Stock Dove
40) Woodpigeon
41) Collared Dove
42) Cuckoo
43) Barn Owl
44) Tawny Owl
45) Short-Eared Owl
46) Swift
47) Kingfisher
48) Green Woodpecker
49) Great-Spotted Woodpecker
50) Skylark
51) Sand Martin
52) Swallow
53) House Martin
54) Meadow Pipit
55) Yellow Wagtail
56) Pied Wagtail
57) Wren
58) Dunnock
59) Robin
60) Wheatear
61) Blackbird
62) Song Thrush
63) Mistle Thrush
64) Cetti's Warbler
65) Grasshopper Warbler
66) Sedge Warbler
67) Reed Warbler
68) Blackcap
69) Garden Warbler
70) Lesser Whitethroat
71) Whitethroat
72) Chiffchaff
73) WIllow Warbler
74) Goldcrest
75) Long-Tailed Tit
76) Willow Tit
77) Blue Tit
78) Great Tit
79) Nuthatch
80) Treecreeper
81) Jay
82) Magpie
83) Jackdaw
84) Rook
85) Carrion Crow
86) Raven
87) Starling
88) House Sparrow
89) Chaffinch
90) Greenfinch
91) Goldfinch
92) Linnet
93) Bullfinch
94) Yellowhammer
95) Reed Bunting

5th May - Sightings

RSPB - 2 Black-Necked Grebe (Sum Plum) (S Cawthray et al) Also around reserve Grey Plover (Sum Plum), Curlew, 8 Wheatear (2 at North End, 6 Entrance Track), Common Sandpiper, Short-Eared Owl, Little Gull (1st Sum), Whimbrel over, Hobby (G Williams, S Cawthray, J Harris, TP, J Allen, P Hyde et al)

In total at least 95 species today seen on RSPB reserve during all-day count.

Kingsbury South - Common Sandpiper Hemlingford Water (TP, J Allen)

4th May - Sightings

RSPB - Grey Plover (sp) all day  at North Pit(Many Obs) Also 2 Dunlin, Curlew, 2 Wheatear, 12 Yellow Wagtail, Short-Eared Owl, Whimbrel (heard only) (S Cawthray, S Haynes et al) Little Gull (1st Sum) still on river by Fisher's Mill (G Williams)
Kingsbury - Greenshank Cliff Pool (S Cawthray) report of Kittiwake (per Birdguides)
Whitacre Heath NR - Hobby, Cuckoo (K Winbush)

3rd May - Sightings

RSPB - Grey Plover (sp) on North Pit this evening. Also 3 Dunlin, White Wagtail, 3 Yellow Wagtail (D Baker) Little Gull (1st Sum) New Reedbed Pit (D Baker)
Shustoke - Common Sandpiper, Garden Warbler, 200 Swallow, 100 Swift, 50 House Martin, Teal (K Wimbush)

2nd May - Sightings

Ladywalk - Bar-Tailed Godwit, Dunlin (Steve Cawthray)