19th April - Sightings

Dosthill (Warks) - 4 Black-Necked Grebe still (Many Obs)
RSPB - 2 Grey Partridge entrance Track. 4 Little Egret Heronry. Reed Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, Grasshopper Warbler, 9 Wheatear, White Wagtail, 2 Yellow Wagtail on reserve (Many Obs)
Kingsbury South - 16 Yellow Wagtail Mill Field (TP et al)
Kingsbury - 5 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper Cliff Pool (S Cawthray)
Shustoke - Kittiwake, 3 Common Sandpiper (P Forbes)

Nearby 25 Wheatear, Whinchat around Baxterley (S Cawthray) 21 Wheatear Seckington (A Archer)

18th April - Sightings

Ladywalk - Whimbrel 6pm at least(S Cawthray et al)
Middleton - Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail in field behind Sewage Works. Also 8 Wheatear in field on other side of road (C Cook)
Kingsbury South - 9 Yellow Wagtail., 40 Swallow Mill Field (M Pollock)
Shustoke - Kittiwake, 18 Common Tern, Common Sandpiper (K Wimbush, P Forbes) 2+ Arctic Tern, 20+ Common Tern (Bobby D)
Dosthill (Warks) - 4 Black-Necked Grebe (Bobby D)

17th April - Sightings

RSPB - 2 Avocet North Pit (J Fincham, J Harris) still present this evening (TP) On the New Scrapes 3 Dunlin, Ringed Plover (J Harris) Whitethroat (P Hyde)
Shustoke - 3 Arctic Tern, Kittiwake, 12 Common Tern, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 House Martin (S Cawthray et al)
Kingsbury South - 9 Yellow Wagtail Mill Meadow (D Baker, TP) 2+ Arctic Tern, 10+ Common Tern, Swift, 200 Swallow, 100 Sand Martin Bodymoor Heath Water (TP)
Dosthill (Warks) - 4 Black-Necked Grebe, Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail (J Harris) 50 Swallow, 2 House Martin Hall Lake (TP)

16th April - Sightings

Shustoke - 2 Sandwich Tern late afternoon at least (S Cawthray) Also Kittiwake, c20 Common Tern (Many Obs) Wheatear (J Galletly)
Kingsbury - LRP, Green Sandpiper Cliff Pool (Bobby D)
Kingsbury South - Arctic Tern, 7 Common Tern, 2 Yellow Wagtail Bodymoor Heath Water (Bobby D)
RSPB - Sedge Warbler (per J Harris)
Dosthill (Warks) - 4 Black-Necked Grebe still (J Fincham)

15th April - Sightings

Shustoke - Arctic Tern, 3 Common Tern, Kittiwake, 4 Common Sandpiper (D Hutton) 10 Common Tern this evening. Kittiwake still present but looking ill (S Haynes)
Dosthill(Warks) - 3 Black-Necked Grebe on East side (J Harris) 4 Black-Necked Grebe present late afternoon (D Hutton et al) 2 Long-Tailed Duck still (C Cook et al)
Alvecote - 2 Redstart(m,f) Teal Pool Hedge (J Morgan)
RSPB - Common Sandpiper Hall Lake (J Harris) Wheatear(m) Fisher's Mill (P Price) Also 2 Dunlin on reserve (J Harris)

14th April - Sightings

 

Arctic Tern - Shustoke - Dave Hutton

Sandwich Tern - Alvecote - Adam Archer

Shustoke - Arctic Tern  mid-afternoon at least. Kittiwake (2nd Sum) still (D Hutton et al) No sign of Arctic Tern late afternoon but Common Tern, Common Sandpiper (S Haynes) This evening 2 Arctic Tern, Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail (S Cawthray et al)
Ladywalk - Scaup(m), Dunlin, 6 Redshank, Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 21 Goosander (K Sargent)
RSPB - up to 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper Hall Lake (TP, J Allen) 6 Ringed Plover North Pit (D Baker)
Kingsbury South - 6 Common Tern (J Allen)
Kingsbury - 2 Common Sandpiper, LRP Cliff Pool (J Allen)
Alvecote - Sandwich Tern Mill Pool for c45min this evening but then flew off (A Archer et al)

13th April - Sightings

Common(left) and Arctic Terns - Shustoke - Dave Hutton

Shustoke - Arctic Tern, Common Tern, Kittiwake, 4 Common Gull,  Yellow Wagtail, 100+ Sand Martin, 30+ Swallow, House Martin(D Hutton, TP et al)  The terns left early afternoon but a new Arctic Tern at c2.40pm (S Haynes) The first Arctic Tern (pic above) unusually had a small black tip but was otherwise a typical Arctic (TP, D Hutton, S Haynes)
Coton - 5+ Willow Warbler, House Martin (D Hutton, TP)
Ladywalk - 2 Pintail(pr), Scaup(m), 24 Goosander, 2 LRP, Common Sandpiper, 6 Redshank, Curlew (P Sofley)
Kingsbury - Common Sandpiper, LRP, 25+ Sand Martin, 10+ Swallow Cliff Pool (K Sargent)
Kingsbury South - 2 Common Tern (J Allen) 2 Common Sandpiper Mill Meadow (A Barnsley)