Friday, 25 November 2011

25th November - Sightings

Shustoke - 3 Red-Crested Pochard still (M Hodson)

Wednesday, 23 November 2011

23rd November - Sightings

Shustoke - 3 Red-Crested Pochard (m,2f) (A Dean) see here.
Bodymoor Heath -100 Golden Plover, 200 Lapwing (S Cawthray)
Kingsbury - 13 Little Egret roosted, Barn Owl, 400 Fieldfare roosted (S Cawthray)
Ladywalk - Bittern, 2 Water Rail, 7 Snipe, 2 Peregrine, Tawny Owl (S Cawthray)

Tuesday, 22 November 2011

22nd November - Sightings

Middleton - Short-Eared Owl hunting Play Meadow (by RSPB Car Park) (K Sargent)
RSPB - 109 Golden Plover, 3 Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 20 Redpoll, 5 Goldeneye, Stonechat (K Sargent et al)  Ruff (C Cook)
Alvecote - Pintail(f), 5 Goosander, Marsh Tit (S Haynes)
Coton - Aythya hybrid resembling Lesser Scaup, 1020 Tufted Duck, 606 Coot (S Haynes)
Dosthill - Short-Eared Owl (C Cook)

Monday, 21 November 2011

21st November - Sightings

Alvecote - Scaup still, Mandarin (m), 3 Goosander Mill Pool (J Morgan)
Water Orton - 13 Goosander on River Tame (S Haynes)
RSPB - 6 Dunlin, 47 Golden Plover, redshank, 6 Little Egret (S Cawthray)
Ladywalk - Bittern, 8 Goosander, Little Egret (S Cawthray, D Daniel)
Kingsbury - up to 13 Little Egret in roost Cliff Pool in recent days (W J Eley)
Coton - Chiffchaff (K Wimbush) presumed Asio Owl sp on Sunday hunting rough grassland adjacent to lake (per K Wimbush)

Saturday, 19 November 2011

19th November - Sightings

RSPB - Hen Harrier again 12.30pm over Meadow Trail (Birdguides) Later Hen Harrier over North Pit (S Haynes) 4 Dunlin, 51 Golden Plover New Reedbed Pit. Pintail North Pit.Woodcock lakeside wood. 600 Fieldfare along entrance road (J Allen, S Haynes, G Williams)

18th November - Sightings

Wishaw - 6 Grey Partridge, 100 Linnet (S Cawthray)
Dosthill - 200 + Golden Plover f/o (S Cawthray)
RSPB - 5 Dunlin, 1 Redshank, 19 Golden Plover, 8 Little Egret,200 +Lapwing. 1 Short-Eared Owl hunting Fishers Mill Meadow. 3 Woodcock flew into cow field at dusk Tawny Owl calling (S Cawthray, G Williams)

Thursday, 17 November 2011

17th November - Sightings

Ladywalk - Bittern, Jack Snipe, Little Egret, 2 Water Rail, 140 Lapwing, 200 Wigeon (S Cawthray)
RSPB - up to 110 Golden Plover circling in the area, Green Sandpiper, 3 Dunlin,189+ Lapwing, Peregrine, 3 Goldeneye, 2 Stonechat, Little Egret, 9 Goosander dropped on the river at dusk (P Hyde,J Harris)