31st January - Sightings

Kingsbury - Smew (redhead) Broomeycroft Pool on island (K Sargent)
Fisher's Mill - Lesser-Spotted Woodpecker in hedge between canal and river(Paul Harper)
Bassett South - 3 Smew (2m) on pool near river, 2 Little Egret (P Harper)
Bassett North - Stonechat, 3 Redshank, Goosander (P Harper)

30th January - Sightings

Jack Snipe - Kingsbury - Mark Smiles

Bassett South - 2 Smew (m,rh), 3 Pintail(2m,f), 2 Little Egret (TP, A Archer)
Bassett North - 3 Green Sandpiper, 7 Redshank, 14 Shelduck (TP, A Archer)
Bodymoor - 4 Little Egret in ditch near Villa training ground (TP)
Kingsbury South - Goosander(f) Bodymoor Heath Water (TP)
Kingsbury - Barn Owl Richard's Meadow (A Archer) Jack Snipe Cliff Pool (M Smiles)

Yesterday's Glaucous Gull report may have referred to a pale Herring Gull. See here for discussion. The bird on Thursday was an undoubted Glauc.

29th January - Sightings

Bassett North - 2 Green Sandpiper on North Pit (K Sargent)
Ladywalk - Bittern, Mealy Redpoll (S Cawthray)
Fisher's Mill - Hen Harrier (Ringtail) reported independently by 2 birders between 3-4pm (per WJ Egmont) 2nd Win Glaucous Gull still (K Sargent)
Bassett South - Smew(m) (G Williams)
Middleton - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Mill Plantation near farm (G Williams)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TAME VALLEY BIRDING - 1 TODAY!!!

28th January - Sightings

Glaucous Gull - Fisher's Mill - Bob Duckhouse

Fisher's Mill - Glaucous Gull (2nd Win) till 2.15pm at least (J Mallinson et al). This is probably the bird seen intermittantly at Albert Lake, Leics this winter. Also Pintail (m) (G Williams)
Bassett North - 5 Redshank, 21 Golden Plover (G Williams)

27th January - Sightings

Kingsbury - No sign of Mealy redpolls in good search around area but 3 Lesser Redpoll(L Johnson)
Fisher's Mill - Pintail(m) (G Williams) 5 White-Fronted Geese over to North, 3 Little Egret, Yellow-Legged Gull (S Cawthray)
Bassett - 2 Pintail (2m) , 3 Dunlin, 2 Redshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 17 Shelduck (S Cawthray, G Williams)
Middleton - 6 small geese over Silt Pool (J Fincham per G Williams) Stand a good chance of being White-Fronts. Also 6 small geese seen in flight on 19th Jan.
Kingsbury South - Redhead Smew Hemlingford Water, Goosander, Yellow-Legged Gull(2nd Win) Bodymoor Heath Water (A Dean)
Dosthill - Yellow-Legged Gull(ad) on main lake (A Dean)

26th January - Sightings

White Fronted Geese - nr Kingsbury WP - 22nd Jan - Ken Mather

Bassett North - Grey Plover till 12pm then flew North, Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshank(G Williams)
Fisher's Mill - Grey Plover flew in from South at 11am then later at Bassett North till 12pm. A further 2 Grey Plover flew in from south 12.45pm (G Williams) Also 2 Little Egret, Goosander (S Cawthray)
Kingsbury - 2 Mealy Redpoll with Lesser Redpoll, Siskin and Goldfinch along track at side of caravan park. Redhead Smew Cliff Pool. Barn Owl, Stonechat Richard's Meadow (S Cawthray, C Cook) Unconfirmed report of Great White Egret still (per S Cawthray)
Ladywalk - Blackcap still (C Cook) No sign of yesterday's reported Merlins but 2 Sparrowhawks around feeding station (Many Obs)

Late news for Friday 22nd January - 4 White-Fronted Geese from Bodymoor Heath Road in winter wheat fields south of M42 (K Mather per S Nuttall)

25th January - Sightings

Ladywalk - 2 Merlin (m,f) reported attacking feeding station (D Daniel et al) No sign of merlins this afternoon but 2 Lesser-Spotted Woodpeckers(pr) behind Sainsbury's Hide. Bittern roosted main reedbed. 2 Peregrines on Pylons (P Sofley et al)
Bassett North - Redshank (C Cook)
Bassett South - Goosander(f) (C Cook)
Fisher's Mill - 2 Little Egret (C Cook)
Kingsbury - Barn Owl Richard's Meadow, Smew (Redhead) Cliff Pool (W Egmont, C Cook)
Bodymoor - Redpoll flock still by canal (C Cook)