31st August - Sightings

RSPB - 2 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, 6 Snipe Hall Lake. 4 Ruff, Black-Tailed Godwit, Greenshank, 2 Dunlin, LRP, 3 Common Tern Jubilee Wetlands. 5 Little Egret, 3 Hobby in area. Green Sandpiper New Reedbed Pit. 16 Wigeon North Pit (TP et al) Whinchat between Jubilee Wetlands and New Reedbed Pit (S Pick)

24-30th August Sightings

24th August

RSPB - Osprey over Hall Lake 09:59 (A Archer) GREAT-WHITE EGRET still Jubilee Wetlands. Also Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Hobby, Yellow-Billed Teal (not Ringed Teal), 5 Little Egret. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker again by farm (A Archer et al)
Alvecote - 2 Greenshank Mill Pool (A Archer)
Coton - Black-Necked Grebe still from hide (D Hutton)


25th August

Shustoke - 2 Black Tern, Common Tern, 2 Swift (S Haynes et al)
RSPB - Black Tern Dosthill Nr/Jubilee Wetlands (J Morgan et al) Also Common Tern (11), Garganey, 2 Ruff, Greenshank, 2 Dunlin, 2 Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 4 Ringed Plover, 5 Common Snipe, 2 Little Egret, 2 Hobby on reserve (K Wimbush, P Forbes)
Whitacre Heath - 4 Swift (K Wimbush)

26th August

Shustoke - Greenshank over (D Hutton, S Haynes)
RSPB -  2 Ruff (juv), Greenshank, 3 Common Tern, 2 Dunlin, 6 Ringed Plover, Black Tern(juv) (M Pollock et al) GREAT-WHITE EGRET Hall Lake. 3 Whinchat (per Birdguides)

27th August

RSPB - 9 Ruff, 2 Greenshank, Dunlin, Ringed Plover Jubilee Wetlands (D Hutton)
Alvecote - Redstart(m) Teal Pool Hedge (J Morgan)
Shustoke - Swift, Common Sandpiper (P Forbes)

28th August

Kingsbury - Osprey over Cliff Pool 11:30 (K Sargent)
Kingsbury South - Arctic Tern Bodymoor Heath Water with Common Tern (K Sargent)
RSPB - GREAT-WHITE EGRET still Jubilee Wetlands (K Sargent) Also 5 Ruff , 2 Redshank, Greenshank, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, LRP, 3 Little Egret Hobby. 3 Little Egret Fisher's Mill. Peregrine in area (K Sargent, S Pick, J Harris)
Shustoke - Yellow-Legged Gull (nr Adult) (P Forbes, K Wimbush)

29th August

Ladywalk - Ruff, 3 Snipe, Hobby (P Lichfield) Picture of Ruff above by Peter.
Shustoke - 6 Wigeon, 2 Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail (P Forbes)

30th August

Ladywalk - Ruff, 4 Snipe (P Lichfield)
RSPB - 2 Wigeon, 5 Pochard Fisher's Mill. 5 Little Egret North Pit. 2 Ringed Plover, 3 Snipe, 3 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin Jubilee Wetlands. Up to 3 Hobby in area (G Williams)

23rd August - Sightings

Great-White Egret - Dave Hutton

RSPB - GREAT-WHITE EGRET still. Up to 7 Little Egret Hall Pool. 3 Curlew,6 Pochard Fisher's Mill. 2 Ruff,  2 Dunlin, 17 Ringed Plover, 2 LRP, 5 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper Jubilee Wetlands. 3 Yellow Wagtail Play Meadow  (D Hutton, J Harris, Birdforum)


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22nd August - Sightings

RSPB - GREAT-WHITE EGRET still all day. This evening it was on the New Reedbed Pit (TP et al) 5 Ruff, 3 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover, 3 LRP, 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper Jubilee Wetlands this evening (TP) Garganey North Pit earlier (per J Harris) No sign later but 5 Little Egret (TP) 9 Curlew flew south (J Harris)

21st August - Sightings

RSPB - GREAT-WHITE EGRET, 3 Little Egret North Pit. 2 Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper Jubilee Wetlands. 10 Common Tern (A Anscomb)
Ladywalk - 2 Black-Tailed Godwit, 6 Green Sandpiper, 8 Snipe, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Cuckoo, Water Rail with young (P Sofley)

20th August - Sightings

RSPB - GREAT-WHITE EGRET still this morning at North End (K Sargent, A Dean et al) Also 1 Garganey North Pit still (A Dean) Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover Jubilee Wetlands (K Sargent et al)

19th August - Sightings

RSPB - GREAT-WHITE EGRET still but more mobile (Many Obs) 2 Garganey North Pit (G Williams) 2 Black-Tailed Godwit North Pit (J Allen) 7 Dunlin, 3 Common Sand, 2 LRP, Ringed Plover, 2 Little Egret Jubilee Wetlands (J Allen, G Williams et al) Spotted Flycatcher somewhere (per Staffs Birding) 4 Little Egret Hall Lake (Many Obs)