8th March - Sightings

Whitacre Heath - Short-Eared Owl still Birmingham Road (M Pollock)
Alvecote - Whooper Swan again Pretty Pigs Pool. Also hybrid Whooper/Mute still (R Smith) The hybrid is into its 17th year in area (per A Archer)!

7th March - Sightings

Starlings - Middleton - Andy Russell

Whitacre Heath - Short-Eared Owl Birmingham Road (M Pollock)
RSPB - Great-White Egret still Hall Lake in morning (per RSPB) 2 Curlew Jubilee Wetlands (S Hollyoake) Short-Eared Owl Dosthill NR. 2 Barn Owl Dosthill/Dosthill NR (A Russell)
Ladywalk - 2 Short-Eared Owl (P Sofley)

6th March - Sightings

RSPB - Avocet Jubilee Wetlands/North Pit (S Atkinson et al) Also Dunlin, 10 Ringed Plover, Pink-footed Goose, Egyptian Goose,4 Stonechat on reserve. 2 Barn Owl Fisher's Mill. 4 Redpoll Feeders (S Atkinson et al) Short-Eared Owl, 32 Goldeneye "Dosthill" (J Whitehurst)
Ladywalk - Bittern, Short-Eared Owl, Siberian Chiffchaff (D Baker, S Cawthray et al)

For a map of the RSPB reserve see here. Note Dosthill NR is incorrectly labelled Dosthill Lake. Dosthill Lake is the water ski pit which is not part of the official reserve.

5th March - Sightings

RSPB - Great-White Egret roosted. 3 Redpoll, Water Rail on Feeders. Egyptian Goose, Pink-Footed Goose, c800 Golden Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 5 Goosander, Barn Owl on reserve (J Allen et al) Short-Eared Owl reported (per J Allen) 13 Goldeneye Dosthill NR. 2700 Starling roosted Silt Pool (S Pick)
Hams Hall - Common Sandpiper on river (D Hutton)
Ladywalk - Siberian Chiffchaff still (D Hutton)

4th March - Sightings

Ladywalk - 2 Bittern, Short-Eared Owl,Water Rail, Willow & Marsh Tit all from B- pools. 9 Goosander, c40 Wigeon Main Pool (P Lichfield)

3rd March - Sightings

RSPB - Great-White Egret Silt Pool and later in roost (P Forbes, S Pick) Short-Eared Owl, Barn Owl Fisher's Mill. Another Short-Eared Owl Play Meadow. 8 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 5 Ringed Plover, 991 Golden Plover Jubilee Wetlands. Egyptian Goose, Pink-Footed Goose on West Side of North Pit still. 8 Goosander North Pit. 2250 Starling roosted Silt Pool (S Pick)
Ladywalk - 3 Bittern again (2 "B" Pools, 1 Main Pool). 2 Curlew flew over (P Sofley)
Lea Marston - 2 Curlew from Railway Bridge could be the same as RSPB and Ladywalk (S Cawthray)

2nd March - Sightings

Ladywalk - Bittern still (J Morgan et al)
RSPB - Great-White Egret Hall Lake. Green Sandpiper in Horse Paddock opposite Car Park. 2 Curlew, 400 Golden Plover Jubilee Wetlands. 20 Goosander on river (S Pick, RSPB et al) 5 Dunlin yesterday (G Williams)