30th April - Sightings

Whinchat - Mike Pollard

Ladywalk - Pied Flycatcher (fem) 120m down from Car Park 18:40 at least (S Haynes et al) Also Spotted Flycatcher from "B" Hide (per P Sofley)
RSPB - Whinchat(m) by Canal Screen this morning (M Parnell et al) Also 3 Black-Tailed Godwit, 18 Dunlin, 7 Ringed Plover (S Atkinson, S Pick) Cuckoo Fisher's Mill (G Williams)
Alvecote - 2 Hobby Mill Pool (R Smith)

29th April - Sightings

RSPB - Garganey (male) North Pit.. Also 6 Avocet, 6 Ringed Plover, 8 LRP, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 18 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 4 Mediterranean Gull, 6 Swift, 9 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Garden Warbler, Redpoll (A Archer, T Barter, S Pick)
Ladywalk - White Wagtail, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 LRP, Common Sandpiper, Shelduck, 5 Teal, 3 Wigeon (m) (P Lichfield)

28th April - Sightings

Black-Tailed Godwit - Karl Sargent

RSPB - 18 Dunlin, Black-Tailed Godwit, 5 Avocet, 3 Mediterranean Gull (K Sargent, S Pick)
Ladywalk - Osprey over 08:45. Red Kite low South over Whitacre Pool 17:05. Also 2 Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 3 LRP, White Wagtail, 6 Wigeon (5m,f) (P Sofley et al)

27th April - Sightings

RSPB - report of Pied Flycatcher(m) Mill Plantation (per RSPB) possible Goshawk over high to North (G Williams) Also 2 Garganey(pr), 6 Avocet, 3 Black-Tailed Godwit, 7 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Mediterranean Gull (G Williams, S Atkinson et al)
Ladywalk - Wood Warbler briefly Angling Pool 11.10am (P Sofley)
Wishaw - Wheatear Blindpit Lane. 2 Wheatear Wishaw Lane (C Hiles)
Alvecote - Arctic Tern Mill Pool briefly. Also Hobby, Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler (A Archer)

26th April - Sightings

Shustoke - 38 Common Tern 3pm (S Haynes) Also 20+ Arctic Tern reported are presumed erroneous.
RSPB - 2 Garganey (pr) still Jubilee Wetlands at North End. Also 4 Black-Tailed Godwit, 6 Dunlin, 5 Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, 4 White Wagtail Jubilee Wetlands. White Wagtail, 30 Pied Wagtail Play Meadow. 3 Little Egret roosted (TP, S Pick, K Sargent)
Wishaw - 2 Wheatear Blindpit Lane (C Hiles)

25th April - Sightings

RSPB - Arctic Tern thru this morning (K Thorpe) Also 2 Garganey(pr), Black-Tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 4 Mediterranean Gull, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail (G Williams)
Alvecote - Common Sandpiper, 4 Swift Mill Pool (Bobby D)
Ladywalk - 2 Swift, 15 House Martin, Ringed Plover (P Sofley)
Wishaw - 3 Wheatear Blindpit Lane (C Hiles)
Tamworth - Hobby Amington (TP)

24th April - Sightings

RSPB - 2 Black-Tailed Godwit, 3 Common Sandpiper, 13 LRP, Goosander Jubilee Wetlands/North Pit. Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper Play Meadow (TP, D Hutton et al)
Shustoke - 4 Arctic Tern, 20 Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper (A Archer et al)
Wishaw - Wheatear Blindpit Lane (Many Obs)
Ladywalk - Redstart by Rudd Pool - different area to yesterday's birds (S Cawthray)
Alvecote - Whimbrel briefly back of Pretty Pigs Pool. Also 2 Common Sandpiper, Whinchat (male), Redstart (female), Grasshopper Warbler, 10 Lesser Whitethroat in the area (A Archer)
Whitacre Heath NR - Redstart (f), Willow Tit, 2 Lesser Redpoll (P Casey)

 Large arrival of warblers today particular Whitethroat and Lesser Whitethroat.