Friday, 12 April 2013

12th April - Sightings

Kingsbury - Common Sandpiper Cliff Pool (Bobby D)
Shustoke - Kittiwake still (D Hutton)
RSPB - 2 Long-Tailed Duck still Dosthill NR (G Williams)
Kingsbury South - 2 Common Tern (C Cook)
Coton - Willow Warbler, 30 Sand Martin, Swallow, 3 Goldeneye (C Cook)
Minworth -  200 Golden Plover Wishaw Lane (C Cook)
Wishaw - 500+ Filedfare (C Cook)

Thursday, 11 April 2013

11th April - Sightings

Kingsbury - House Martin, Swallow, 30 Sand Martin Cliff Pool. Green Sandpiper on river (Bobby D)
Shustoke - Kittiwake (2nd Sum) still this morning but not later(Many Obs) Also Common Tern, 2 Lesser-Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Swallow (P Casey et al)
Coton - 50 Sand Martin (Bobby D)

Wednesday, 10 April 2013

10th April - Sightings

Shustoke - Kittiwake still this evening (TP et al)
Coton - c30 Sand Martin this evening (TP)
RSPB - 2 Long-Tailed Duck Dosthill NR (Many Obs)
Ladywalk - Willow Warbler (C Cook)

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

9th April - Sightings

Dosthill - Long-Tailed Duck, 11 Oystercatcher, 3 Redshank (Paul Jenkins) Bearded Tit still present this morning at least (per D Hutton)
Shustoke - Kittiwake, 3 Sand Martin, Swallow this morning (P Jenkins)

Monday, 8 April 2013

8th April - Sightings

Dosthill(Warks) - Bearded Tit (fem) still in small reedy pool between Dosthill Main Pit and Dosthill NR though elusive. Bird was seen to fly towards Dosthill NR at 1.00pm and not seen in 2 hours mid-afternoon (Many Obs) 7 Sand Martin, 13 Oystercatcher (Bobby D)
RSPB - Long-Tailed Duck, 22 Goldeneye Dosthill NR (K Sargent et al) Wheatear, Swallow North End (per J Harris)
Shustoke - 2 Swallow, 6 Sand Martin but no sign of Kittiwake or Little Gull this morning (S Haynes) Kittiwake again this evening. 8 Sand Martin through (J Harris, D Taylor et al) 4 Swallow, 10 Sand Martin late evening (K Wimbush)
Kingsbury - 25+ Sand Martin through Cliff Pool (K Sargent)
Kingsbury South - 9 Sand Martin (Bobby D)

Sunday, 7 April 2013

7th April - Sightings




Bearded Tit and Kittiwake - Dave Hutton

Dosthill - Bearded Tit (fem/imm) in small reedy pool between Dosthill Main Pit and Dosthill NR and showing very well (M Yapp, K Donaghy et al) Red Kite over Main Pit (G Mant) Long-Tailed Duck (fem) Main Pit. Long-Tailed Duck (m) Dosthill NR (J Allen, TP et al)
Shustoke - Kittiwake (2nd Win) still (Many Obs) Little Gull(ad) this afternoon, 2 Sand Martin (P Andrews et al)
Alvecote - Barn Owl at Decoy Pool. Redshank in area (S Allison)
Kingsbury - Green Sandpiper, 2 Goosander Cliff Pool (K Sargent)
Ladywalk - Scaup(m) still (M Yapp, K Donaghy)

Saturday, 6 April 2013

6th April - Sightings

Shustoke - Kittiwake (2nd Win) still at West End and showing very well (Many Obs) Also Wheatear(m) on North shore briefly (per TP) Lesser-Spotted Woodpecker (G A Williams)
Ladywalk - Scaup(m), Curlew, Lesser-Spotted Woodpecker (Bobby D)