Thursday, March 31, 2011

31st March 2011

Draycote Water
Little Gull first summer
Yellow Wagtail x 6 (RBA)

Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve - Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Members
White Wagtail x 1 (Birdguides)

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

30th March 2011

Earlswood Lakes
Mandarin drake on Windmill Pool (Martin Lindop)

Ladywalk NR
Waxwing x 60 in car park at 1.00pm (Birdguides)

Warwick
Waxwing x 12 outside A&E at Warwick Hospital feeding on berries (Birdguides)

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

29th March 2011

Brandon Marsh
Spotted Crake
still from East Hide (Paul Lathbury, Max Silverman)
Osprey
over at 10:00am (Birdguides)

Stratford-upon-Avon

Waxwing
x 4 in private garden (Birdguides)

Draycote Water

Little Gull
x 2 adult and 1st summer off Farborough Bank (Birdguides)


Spotted Crake at Brandon by Max Silverman

Spotted Crake at Brandon by Paul Lathbury

Monday, March 28, 2011

28th March 2011

Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve - Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Members
Spotted Crake again from East Marsh Hide early morning
Willow Warbler (RBA)

Draycote Water
Black Redstart still around boats at sailing club (RBA)

Alvecote Pools
Waxwing x 27 flew south west over Mill Pool Bank at 5.35pm (A Archer)
Shelduck x 8 on Mill Pool
Willow Tit x 2 at Gilman's Pool

Sunday, March 27, 2011

27th March 2011

Brandon Marsh
Spotted Crake on East Marsh left of the hide (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Black Redstart x 1 by sailing club
Little Gull x 2
Sand Martin x 100 (Steve Valentine)
Rock Pipit (Birdguides)

Ladywalk NR
Waxwing x 8 in car park (Birdguides)


Black Redstart at Draycote by Steve Valentine
http://stevevalentine.co.uk

Saturday, March 26, 2011

26th March 2011

Shustoke Reservoir
Little Gull x 1 (Birdguides)

Ladywalk
Waxwing x 22 by the car park (Birdguides)

Friday, March 25, 2011

25th March 2011

Ladywalk NR
Waxwing x 13 (Birdguides)

Rugby
Waxwing x 45 still on Lawford Lane (Birdguides)

Thursday, March 24, 2011

24th March 2011

Ladywalk NR
Waxwing x 8 near car park at 5:30pm (Tony Hyde)
Mealy Redpoll
Wheatear (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Scaup 1st-winter drake still off Hensborough Bank mid-morning (Birdguides)

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

23rd March 2011

Ladywalk Nature Reserve - WMBC Permit Holders Only
Little Egret x 3
Green Sandpiper
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Waxwing x 6
Blackcap (S Haynes & J Wesson)
Mealy Redpoll (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Greater Scaup first winter male still this afternoon

Longford
Waxwing 30+ in trees by canal at 6.00am, later moved up to Salem Baptist Church in Lady Lane (Ian Gardner)

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

22nd March 2011

Alvecote Pools
Waxwing x 5 in birches west of mound at Pooley Fields Country Park early afternoon
Little Egret on Mill Pool (A Archer & J Harris)

Ladywalk Nature Reserve - WMBC Permit Holders Only
Pintail male & female
Goosander x 38
Green Sandpiper
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming
Waxwing x 8
Mealy Redpoll x 3
Lesser Redpoll x 30 (S Cawthray)

Rugby
Waxwing x 70 on Cawston Estate (RBA)

Draycote Water
Greater Scaup first winter male
Mediterranean Gull x 4 adults in the roost (RBA)

Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve - Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Members
Little Ringed Plover still this afternoon (RBA)

Henley-in-Arden
Red Kite at Ullenhall circling over Henley Road at 3.00pm (RBA)

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker by Max Silverman

Monday, March 21, 2011

21st March 2011

Ladywalk Nature Reserve - WMBC Permit Holders Only
Waxwing x 8 from car park behind railway
Green Sandpiper x 2 (D Daniel)

Draycote Water
Greater Scaup first winter male off Hensborough Bank still
Mediterranean Gull adult in Biggin Bay (RBA)

Earlswood Lakes
Mandarin male (Max Silverman)

Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve - Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Permit Holders
Little Ringed Plover x 3 (RBA)

Alvecote Pools
Shelduck x 8 on Mill Pool
Goosander female on Mill Pool
Little Egret on Teal Pool (A Archer)


Drake Mandarin at Earlswood Lakes by Max Silverman



Sunday, March 20, 2011

20th March 2011

Rugby
WHITE STORK flew west just north of junction 1 of the M6 motorway at 12.14pm (RBA)

Coton Lakes
Sand Martin x 4 (RBA)

Draycote Water
Greater Scaup first winter male still near the overflow (RBA)

Kingsbury Water Park
Yellow-legged Gull fourth calendar year bird still at Bodymoor Heath Water (T Perrins)

Earlswood Lakes
Mardarin drake (Birdguides)

Saturday, March 19, 2011

19th March 2011

Whitacre Heath Nature Reserve - Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Members Only
Mealy Redpoll with Lesser Redpoll from Feeder Hide (D Hutton)

Ladywalk Nature Reserve - WMBC Permit Holders Only
Pintail pair from River walk Hide
Mealy Redpoll & Lesser Redpoll x 12 at the Sainsburys Hide feeding station (J Wesson)

Kingsbury Water Park
Yellow-legged Gull 4th calendar year coming to bread at Bodymoor Heath Water. (A Archer) A photographic study of this bird can be found on Alan Dean's website
Oystercatcher x 4 on Cliff Pool
Shelduck x 2 on Cliff Pool

Middleton Lakes RSPB
Curlew x 2 at Fisher's Mill Pit
Redshank at Fisher's Mill Pit (M Hodgson)

Nuneaton
Little Egret x 1 at the Weddington Flood Alieviation, between Higham Lane and Weddington Road SP366930 (Birdguides)

Friday, March 18, 2011

18th March 2011

Earlswood Lakes
Little Egret roosting in a tree at the Terry's Pool end of Engine Pool (Martin Lindop)

Draycote Water
Smew drake
Scaup drake
Rock Pipit at Farborough Bank (Birdguides)

Thursday, March 17, 2011

17th March 2011

Brandon Marsh
Waxwing 20+ at West Marsh Pool (Birdguides)

Whitacre Heath
Mealy Redpoll x 1 (Birdguides)

Draycote Water
Smew drake
Waxwing x 5 north over Farborough Spit (Birdguides)

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

16th March 2011

Draycote Water
Smew drake (Birdguides)

Whitacre Heath
Mealy Redpoll x 1
Lesser Redpoll x 17 (Birdguides)

Monday, March 14, 2011

14th March 2011

Draycote Water
Scaup x 1 drake
Smew x 1 drake (Birdguides)

Kingsbury WP
Smew x 3 on Otter Pool (per John Harris)

Middleton Hall Lakes
Chiffchaff x 3 singing on reserve
Redshank
Ringed Plover (John Harris)

Whitacre Heath
Mealy Redpoll x 1
Lesser Redpoll x 17 (Birdguides)

Sunday, March 13, 2011

13th March 2011

Hartshill Hayes CP
Common Crossbill x 1 over
Waxwing x 18 over (Birdguides)

Shustoke Reservoir

Swallow x 2
Sand Martin x 1 (P.Forbes)
Chiffchaff x 4 (D.Hutton)

Draycote Water

Smew x 1 Drake
Sand Martin x 4

Nuneaton
Stonechat x 1 male at Attleborough Fields (P.Lathbury)

Rugby
Waxwing x 20 on Boughton Road (M.Ahmed)

Whitacre Heath
Mealy Redpoll x 1 (Birdguides)

Brandon Marsh
Waxwing x 3 (Birdguides)

Saturday, March 12, 2011

12th March 2011

Nuneaton
Waxwing x 10 Kingswood Rd (Birdguides)

Hartshill

Waxwing x 32 Oldbury Rd flying west (Birdguides)

Stratford-upon-Avon
Waxwing x 4
in tall tree 100m southwest of Bishopton Lane canal bridge mid-morning (Birdguides)

Rugby
Waxwing x 40 still on Boughton Road this morning (Birdguides)

Friday, March 11, 2011

11th March 2011

Bidford on Avon
Red Kite over flying from north to south at 3pm (Ann & Noel Hand)

Ladywalk NR
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker x 1
Waxwing x 1 in car park (Dan Daniel)

Leamington Spa
Waxwing x 3 by canal at Althorp Street at 8.40am & x 17 by canal late afternoon (RBA)
Waxwing x 17 in Althorpe Street mid-afternoon (Birdguides)

Rugby
Waxwing x 29 on Boughton Road at 4.30pm (RBA)

Wednesday, March 09, 2011

9th March 2011

Earlswood Lakes
Mandarin Duck drake still at Windmill Pool mid-morning (Birdguides)

Whitacre Heath NR
Mealy Redpoll x 1 (Birdguides)

Draycote Water

Smew drake
Scaup 1st-winter drake (Birdguides)


Male and female Scaup at Draycote by Max Silverman

Tuesday, March 08, 2011

8th March 2011

Whitacre Heath NR
Mealy Redpoll x2
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1 male (D.Hutton)

Draycote Water
Smew drake
Scaup x 2 (Birdguides)

Earlswood Lakes
Mandarin Duck
drake still on Windmill Pool (Birdguides)

Monday, March 07, 2011

7th March 2011

Brandon Marsh
Avocet x 15 flew over at 13.20 going NNE (Colin Potter)

Draycote Water
Avocet one off the Valve Tower
Smew x 1 drake
Scaup x 2 (Birdguides)

Leamington Spa
Waxwing x 1 still at top of Allthorp Street by canal this morning (Birdguides)

Sunday, March 06, 2011

6th March 2011

Ladywalk NR
Lesser Redpoll x 1 from Sainsbury Hide
Brambling x 1 from Sainsbury Hide
Little Egret x 1 from Hide B
Tawny Owl x 1 from Hide B
Curlew x 1 from Riverwalk Hide
Goosander x 25 from Riverwalk Hide
Pintail pair from Riverwalk Hide (Colin Green)

Leamington Spa
Waxwing x 20 on Althorp Street by the health centre (RBA)

Lea Marston
Pink-footed Goose
Little Egret
Oystercatcher x 2
Green Sandpiper (D Baker)

Draycote Water
Greater Scaup male & female
Smew male
Yellow-legged Gull (RBA)

Stratford-upon-Avon
Green Sandpiper on pool between railway and canal just north of A46, viewed from canal towpath (Birdguides)

Saturday, March 05, 2011

5th March 2011

Earlswood Lakes
Mandarin drake on Windmill Pool (Birdguides)

Warwick
Waxwing 16-18 still around Chase Meadow commuting between Moorcroft Drive and the trees along the cycle path on Verden Avenue (Birdguides)

Leamington Spa
Waxwing 60+ still by the canal at the top of Althorpe Street this afternoon (Birdguides)

Friday, March 04, 2011

4th March 2011

Draycote Water
Smew male
Greater Scaup 1st winter male & female (B.Hazell, D.Hutton, B.Duckhouse)
Caspian Gull adult in the roost (RBA)

Earlswood Lakes
Mandarin drake showing very well at Engine Pool near the engine house late afternoon (Matt Griffiths)


Male and Female Scaup at Draycote
By Dave Hutton




Thursday, March 03, 2011

3rd March 2011

Ladywalk NR
Lesser Redpoll x 5 at feeding station
Mealy Redpoll x1 at feeding station
Chiffchaff x 1
Goosander x 9
Little Egret x 1
Siskin c12
Oystercatcher x 2
Pintail pair (Colin Green & Brian Manners)

Leamington Spa
Waxwing 50+ at top of Allthorp Street by canal this morning (Birdguides)

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

2nd March 2011

Draycote Water
Smew x 1 drake
Scaup x 2 (Birdguides)

Ladywalk NR
Mealy Redpoll x 1
Lesser Redpoll x 20 (Birdguides)

Tuesday, March 01, 2011

1st March 2011

Draycote Water
Glaucous Gull 2nd-winter in roost
Rock Pipit
Smew
Scaup (Birdguides)