Rare and Scarce Birds in Warwickshire (3 Viewers)

[Kevin Groocock]

Draycote Water this morning

Red Breasted Merganser (1) off Farborough Point

Goosander (1f) off Draycote Bank by valve tower

Little Egret (1) Rainbow Corner

Yellow Legged Gull (2)

Dunlin (3)

Little Ringed Plover (3)

Images on my blog - link below.

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

1/8/11 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Middleton Hall. Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

1/8/11 Wood Sand Fisher's mill Regards, John

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

1/8/11 Fisher's mill WJE 4 Whimbrel South 8 p.m
2/8/11 Chris Cook Wood Sand still new reed bed pool.

Regards, John

 

[schiffornis]

Hi all,

I'm from Nuneaton, Warwickshire. My parents still live there and I got an email tonight via them from a family friend with a bird to ID that had spent the evening in their garden.

The bird in question was a Black Redstart. The bird was present in a private garden in Weddington, Nuneaton, Warwickshire today.

Cheers, Andy

 

[draycotebirding]

Draycote 4th August

Wood Sandpiper Farborough Spit lunchtime and again this evening (via Hippo :t Red-breasted Merganser still there.

Regards

John

 

[MrBruce]

RBA website reported a black redstart in warwickshire yesterday? any details on this?

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

7/8/11 Hartshill, Tree pipit flew over Oldbury Fort heading South West 17:19. Regards, John

 

[draycotebirding]

RBA website reported a black redstart in warwickshire yesterday? any details on this?

See post 325

Regards

John

 

[Iceberg slim]

Summer plumage Black Tailed Godwit,fem Wheatear ,6 Dunlin Draycote this morning (cheers Bear ;-) )

 

[mickbe74]

I'm pretty sure i saw an Osprey dead on the central reservation of the northbound M40 today about a mile past Warwick services,anyone seen any in the area recently?

 

[Iceberg slim]

Spotted flcatcher(s) Ufton fields,this afternoon(family party)

 

[senatore]

Draycote Water is livening up now with the low water levels giving waders some places to stop and feed.

Last Tuesday I had the Wood Sandpiper,several Dunlin,Common Sandpipers,Ringed and Little Ringed Plovers,a Wheatear and a Black Tailed Godwit.The best area was the Farborough bank spit.

Well worth a visit at the moment.

Max.

 

[midlands birder]

I know it hardly classes as a Rare bird, but the juv Dunlin at Earlswoood lakes deserves mention!

More photo's will be on blog eventually
MB

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

19/8/11 Fisher's mill 2 juv Woodsand New reedbed pool. Regards, John

 

[Matt Griffiths]

Eclipse male Garganey at Terry's Pool, Earlswood Lakes this morning, still present when I left. It had earlier been feeding on the "mudflats" at Engine Pool!
Matt

 

[djludlow]

A Whincat was present yesterday [3rd Sep] at Wincot farm ,Campden rd,Stratford.

 

[JHDraytonbassettpits]

5/9/11 Shustoke SMH & SLC Black Tern, 2 Peregrine, 2 Hobby and 3 Swift. Regards, John

 

[Kevin Groocock]

Draycote Water this morning

A walk to Farborough spit was very productive:

Manx Shearwater (1) Centre of reservoir;
Little Stint (1) Farborough Spit;
Ringed Plover (2) Farborough Spit:
Little Ringed Plover (2) Farborough Spit;
Dunlin (c11) Farborough Spit;
Turnstone (1) Farborough Bank;
Greenshank (2) Farborough Bank;
Ruff (1) Farborough Bank;
Swift (5) Over;
Yellow Wagtail (c7) Farborough Bank;
Wheatear (1) Farborough Bank.

Also reported but not seen by me:
Little Gull
Black Tern

 

[gareth_blockley]

Manx Shearwater (1) Centre of reservoir;

No pictures Kevin? Some crackers on the blog but no Manxie?

Gareth