The systematic list of the birds recorded at Draycote Reservoir based on

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The systematic list of the birds recorded at Draycote Reservoir based on

Individual Birders field notes/diaries

Draycote Logbook

West Midland Bird Club reports

The Birds of Draycote Water by R. E. Harbird (1992)

List total

Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata

Scarce winter visitor and passage migrant

Monthly arrivals

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
3	4	1			1		1		1	5	7

Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica

Very scarce winter visitor and passage migrant

Monthly arrivals

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
5	1			1	1					4	2

Great Northern Diver Gavia immer

Scarce winter visitor and storm-driven visitor

Monthly arrivals

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
6	2		1						7	27	20

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis (B)

Resident usually one or two birds present depending on water levels

Highest counts

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
30	30	16	10	8	8	16	33	44	100	40	38

Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena

Very scarce winter visitor and passage migrant

Monthly arrivals

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
5	11	3	3	1			1	3	4	3	4

Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus (B)

Resident birds present all year

Highest counts

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
180	247	169	100	72	79	86	137	177	287	269	270

Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus
Very scarce winter visitor and passage migrant

Monthly arrivals

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
8	3	3	5						6	23	7

Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis

Scarce visitor but increasing autumn passage migrant

Monthly arrivals

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
		4	21	4		2	8	7	4	4	4

Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis

Very rare visitor

8 Records

June 3^rd	1977
April 26^th	1981
July 20^th	1985
September 10^th	1989
August 29^th	1994
May 13^th	2001
Jan 1^st	2004
September 13^th	2004

Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus

Rare storm-driven visitor

11 Records

September 10^th	1974
September 4^th	1983
September 22^nd	1984
September 3^rd	1985
September 4^th	1988	2 Birds
September 7^th	1988
September 12^th	1988
August 29^th	1994
August 29th	1997
September 9^th	2000
September 12^th	2004

Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus

Very rare storm-driven visitor

1 Record

September 17^th

1970

Leach's Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa

Rare storm-driven visitor

8 Records

September 3^rd	1983	2 Birds
September 20^th	1987
September 10^th	1989
December 29^th	1994
September 24^th	2003
September 18^th	2005
December 8^th	2006	2 Birds
October 19^th	2007

Gannet Sula bassana

Very rare visitor

3 Records

September 3^rd	1983
June 6^th-8^th	1999

[A bird found at Little Kineton on Sept 5^th1974 Released at Draycote and present till Sept 8^th]

Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

Mainly winter visitor, increasing

Highest counts

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
567	300	217	117	108	10	38	40	68	171	338	377

Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis

Scarce visitor

Maximum numbers each year

1971	1974	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1984	1987	1989	1991
1	8	2	1	4	7	4	2	1	2	2	2	3
1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1998	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2008
13	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	2	6

Little Egret Egretta garzetta

Rare vagrant

8 Records

July 27^th-August 18^th	1996
August 13^th	2000
April 13^th	2001
July 23^rd-September 15^th	2001
August 27^th-September 15^th	2001
July 15^th- 22^nd	2002
August 8^th	2002
July 15^th-16^th	2003	6 Birds 1 remaining on 16^th

Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

Resident usually a few birds around the Reservoir sometimes in a small group below Draycote Bank

Highest counts

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
31	18	12	12	23	28	36	48	35	37	24	22

Bittern Botaurus stellaris

Rare vagrant

1 Record

December 22^nd

1996

White Stork Ciconia ciconia

Very rare vagrant

3 Records

April 21st	1996	Leamington Hastings bird
July 14^th	1997
September 25^th	2000	Rugby-Northants (AX) bird

Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

Rare vagrant

3 Records

October 19^th - 20^th	1972	4 Birds
May 25^th – June 2^nd	1979
August 23^rd	2005

Mute Swan Cygnus olor (B)

Resident birds present throughout the year in double figures previously a rare visitor

Highest counts

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
71	42	14	14	34	48	87	96	101	114	112	108

Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus

Scarce winter visitor

13 Records

November 7^th	1974	3 Birds
October 10^th	1975	3 Birds
November 28^th	1976	imm
December 28^th	1978	3 Birds
December 2^nd	1980	9 NW over
November 20^th	1983
January 28^th	1984	7 Adults
November 25^th	1984	2 Adults 3 juv
January 8^th	1985	8 Birds
October 28^th	1991	Adult
January 14^th	1996	12 Birds
January 21^st	1997	2 Birds
October 20^th	1997	2 Adults 3 juv
December 25^th	2000	2 Birds

Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus

Winter visitor recorded most years

Maximum 95 February 23^rd 1980

Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus

Scarce visitor

February 2^nd	1981	4 flew over
December 3^rd	1982	1 with Whitefronts
September	1991	Prob feral

Bean Goose Anser fabalis

Rare visitor

1 Record of the race rossicus

January 1^st - 2^nd

1996

White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons

Rare visitor mostly flying over

Maximum 64 December 18^th 1983

Greylag Goose Anser anser

Occasional visitor most probably feral

Maximum 15 March 1^st-4^th 1969

Snow Goose Anser caerulescens

Rare visitor most are probably feral

Canada Goose Branta canadensis (B)

Widespread and fairly numerous species

Highest counts

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
277	204	104	32	24	56	436	878	1044	890	400	317

Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis

Occasional visitor most probably feral

Brent Goose Branta bernicla

Rare visitor mostly in winter and hard weather with some obvious feral records in summer

November 10^th	1983
January 22^nd	1984	2 Birds
November 18^th	1985	10 Birds
January 1^st-4^th	1989
July 8^th	1989
December 1^st	2002

Egyptian goose Alopochen aegyptiacus

Very scarce visitor

2 Records

December 17^th	1995
March 6^th	2004	3 Birds

Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea

Rare vagrant

2 Records

August 5^th	1991
July 29^th	1993	2 Birds

Shelduck Tadorna tadorna

Passage migrant can occur any month

Highest counts

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
5	17	7	15	9	1	22	18	14	4	11	13

Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata

Scarce visitor

Wood Duck

Wigeon Anas penelope

Fairly numerous winter visitor

Highest counts

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
1700	800	409	46	2	1	1	20	580	1260	1406	1360

Gadwall Anas strepera

Mainly winter visitor

Highest counts

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
140	62	39	13	9	21	3	18	68	128	146	159

Teal Anas crecca

Fairly numerous winter visitor

Highest counts

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
1500	348	200	58	2	2	8	27	471	566	683	318

Green-winged Teal Anas crecca carolinensis

Rare vagrant

3 Records

February 4^th	1990	Ad ♂
March 30^th - April 14^th	2009	Ad ♂
November 14^th -Dec 10^th	2009	Ad ♂

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos (B)

Widespread and numerous resident species

Maximum 1,600 November 15^th 1970

Pintail Anas acuta

Scarce winter visitor

Maximum 40 February 23^rd-March 2^nd 1969

Garganey Anas querquedula

Scarce summer and autumn visitor

Maximum 7 June22nd 1969

Shoveler Anas clypeata

Passage migrant and winter visitor

Highest counts

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
76	33	8	8	170	3	11	21	73	116	137	43

Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina

Rare visitor decreasing against national trend

Maximum 4 August 17^th-October 26^th 1973

Pochard Aythya ferina

Fairly numerous winter visitor

Highest counts

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
1255	661	109	11	3	7	13	30	200	350	800	670

Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris

Very rare vagrant

5 Records

December 24^th - Feb 22^nd	1977 / 78	1^st w ♂
November 5^th	1994	♀
May 16^th	1999	Ad ♀
January 6^th-8^th	2001	♀
November 17^th	2001	1^st w ♂

Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca

Very rare vagrant

5 Records

December 9^th	1972	imm ♂
November 12^th – Dec 16^th	1978	imm ♂
December 26^th	1979	imm ♂
December 9^th	1980	imm ♂
August 26^th	1991	Ad ♂

Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula (B)

Widespread and fairly numerous breeding and winter visitor

Highest counts

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
2000	1200	300	150	123	100	128	230	969	1400	1300	1243

Scaup Aythya marila

Scarce winter visitor and passage migrant

Maximum 10 December 1978-January 1979

Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis

Very rare vagrant

2 Records

November 27^th-March 4^th	2007/2008	1st winter ♂
October 1^st-November 2^nd	2009	Eclipse drake

Eider Somateria mollissima

Very rare winter visitor with an exceptional influx in 1993

13 Records

November 14^th – Dec 16^th 1978 ♀/imm

December 5^th - 8^th
1982 1 imm ♂ 3 ♀

December 8^th – April 14^th
1982 / 83 1 imm ♂ from 1982

October 31^st 1993 1 imm ♂ 3 ♀/imm

November 1^st 1993 2 imm ♂ 2 ♀/imm

November 3^rd 1993 1 Ad ♂ 1 imm ♂ 4 ♀/imm

November 5^th
1993 1 Ad♂1imm ♂ 4 ♀/imm

November 9^th
1993 1 Ad ♂ 1 imm ♂ 2 ♀/imm

November 13^th
1993 3 imm ♂

November 15^th
1993 2 ♀/imm

November 19^th

1993

4 imm ♂ 14 ♀/imm

November 20^th
1993
1 imm ♂

October 9^th 1997 ♀

Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis

Very rare winter visitor

14 Records

November 25^th 1970

June 13^th-16^th 1973 ♂

December 1^st 1973 ♂

December 21^st-Jan 11^th 1975/76 ♀

January 11^th 1983 ♂

April 14^th-16^th 1983 ♀

January 28^th 1985 ♀

December 3^rd-Feb 18^th 1985/86 ♀

April 29^th 1988 ♀

January 1^st - Feb 9^th 1991

October 29^th-January 26^th

1991/92
♀

December 26^th
1993 ♀

December 1^st 1996
♀

December 2^nd-April 18^th 2001/02 1^st w ♂

November 1^st-March 31^st 2002/03 1^st w ♂

Common Scoter Melanitta nigra

Scarce passage migrant

Maximum 72 November 20^th 1988

Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata

Very rare and exceptional inland vagrant

1 Record

October 26^th 1986 Ad ♂

Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca

Rare winter visitor and passage migrant

15 Records

February 7^th 1970

February8^th                                  1976                1 Ad ♂

January 6^th                                    1982                 1 Ad ♂

November 13th –15^th                   1983             1 Ad ♂ 1 ♀/imm

May 1^st                                         1984                  7 Ad ♂

April 20^th –28^th                             1985                 1 Ad ♀

November 19^th –Dec 25^th
1985
4 imm

January – April 9^th
1986                 1 imm from 1985

April 8^th-9^th
1989                   1 ♂ 2 ♀

December 31^st- Feb 15^th
1989/90            1 imm ♀

December 2^nd
1992    2 ♂

February 9^th

1995

1 ♀

December 26^th
1995               1 imm ♀

December 24^th - April 15^th    2000/01
1 ♀

December 12^th-14^th 2001 Ad ♂

Goldeneye Bucephala clangula

Regular and increasing winter visitor

Highest counts

J

F

M

A

M

J

J

A

S

O

N

D

169

114

134

67

2

1

1

1

28

155

160

Smew Mergus albellus

Scarce winter visitor

Maximum 8 1985, 1987, 1988

Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator

Scarce winter visitor and passage migrant

Goosander Mergus merganser

Regular and increasing winter visitor

Highest counts

J

F

M

A

M

J

J

A

S

O

N

D

174

120

76

16
1
16

32

74

Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis

Regular visitor

Highest counts

J

F

M

A

M

J

J

A

S

O

N

D

119

72

19

7

4

2

2

5

20

6

10

31

Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus

Very rare visitor

2 Records

Red Kite Milvus milvus

Rare visitor

3 Records

November 27^th-Dec 26^th 1993 Thurlaston bird seen intermittently

April 25^th 1999

November 25^th 2000

Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus

Scarce passage migrant

8 Records

April 23^rd
1976

May 15^th
1976

April 8^th
1988 ♀

April 10^th
1988 ♀

May 8^th
1988

April 17^th
1995 ♀

July 30^th
1995 ♂

May 5^th
2000 ♂

Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus

Very scarce winter visitor

5 Records

April 28^th
1981 (Ring-tail)

November 6^th
1982 (Ring-tail)

October 9^th 1983 (Ring-tail)

October 20^th

1996
♂

January 17^th 1999 ♂

Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus

Regular visitor

Goshawk Accipiter gentilis

Very scarce passage migrant

3 Records

August 29^th 1988

March 19^th

1995

December 26^th 2000

Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

Regular visitor

Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus

Very rare vagrant

2 Records

October 29^th 1974

October 26^th 1984

Osprey Pandion haliaetus

Scarce passage migrant

Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

Resident

Maximum 6 September 9^th 1978

Merlin Falco columbarius

Winter visitor in small numbers

Hobby Falco subbuteo

Scarce passage migrant

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

Mainly winter visitor but non-breeding birds can be encountered at any time of the year

Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa (B)

Scarce resident

Maximum 36 December 18^th 1982

Grey Partridge Perdix perdix (B)

Scarce resident, decreasing in line with national picture

Maximum 24 September 2^nd 1970

Quail Coturnix coturnix (B)

Very scarce passage migrant

2 Records

June 14^th-28^th
1992

June 2^nd-August 11^th 1995 Pair bred 3 young

Pheasant Phasianus colchicus (B)

Resident

Golden Pheasant

Water Rail Rallus aquaticus

Winter visitor

Spotted Crake Porzona porzona

Very scarce passage migrant

1 Record

October 5^th-23^rd
1974

Moorhen Gallinula chloropus (B)

Resident

Coot Fulica atra (B)

Resident

Highest counts

J

F

M

A

M

J

J

A

S

O

N

D

1000

600

400

110

65

280

140

280

400

500

1000

2100

Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus (B)

Scarce passage migrant bred when Reservoir was constructed

Maximum 14 August 1987

Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta

Very scarce visitor

9 Records

November 1^st
1973

May 9^th
1976

May 18^th 1976 3 flying West

May 7^th
1983

March 9^th
1991

November 19^th
1991

August 14^th
1994 juv

May 19^th

1996

5 Birds

August 20^th
1996 3 imm

Collared Pratincole Gareola pratincola

Very rare vagrant

1 Record

May 12^th-13^th
1996

Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria

Regular passage migrant and winter visitor

Highest counts

J

F

M

A

M

J

J

A

S

O

N

D

1500

900

965

142

1

2

17

250

400

1600

3000

American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica

Very rare vagrant

1 Record

October 22^nd - 23^rd
1991

Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola

Scarce passage migrant

Maximum 12 September 22^nd 1990

Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula (B)

Regular passage migrant

Maximum 44 June 1990

Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius (B)

Regular passage migrant

Maximum 20 July 1^st 1993

Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus

Very scarce migrant

3 Records

August 21^st
1974

April 22^nd
1976 ♀

May 14^th - 15^th
1993 ♂

Lapwing Vanellus vanellus

Fairly widespread passage migrant, winter visitor

Highest counts

J

F

M

A

M

J

J

A

S

O

N

D

7000

3000

200

600

100

500

500

800

1600

1000

3800

6000

Woodcock Scolopax rusticola

Rare winter visitor

Snipe Gallinago gallinago

Regular winter visitor

Maximum 40 Autumn 1969 February 1979

Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus

Rare winter visitor

Exceptional count of 20 February 1^st 1976

Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa

Regular passage migrant in small numbers

Maximum 11 September 3^rd 1989

Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica

Scarce passage migrant

Maximum 54 April 27^th 1976

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

Regular passage migrant mainly fly-overs

Maximum 9 May 3^rd 1978

Curlew Numenius arquata

Regular passage migrant

Maximum 21 August 19^th 1983

Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus

Scarce passage migrant

Maximum 10 September 4^th 1976

Redshank Tringa totanus

Regular passage migrant

Maximum 25 September 11^th 1992

Greenshank Tringa nebularia

Regular passage migrant

Maximum 21 August 22^nd 1976

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus

Scarce passage migrant

Maximum 7 August 1979

Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola

Scarce passage migrant

Maximum 6 August 7^th 1975

Common Sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos

Regular passage migrant

Maximum 33 July 18^th 1993

Spotted Sandpiper Tringa macularia [hypoleucos

Very rare vagrant

4 Records

May 8^th - 10^th
1977

September 10^th - 25^th
1980

May 29^th - 30^th
1990

July 20^th 2007

Turnstone Arenaria interpres

Scarce passage migrant

Maximum 27 August 17^th 1993

Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus

Very rare vagrant

2 Records

November 10^th
1983

August 23^rd - 26^th
1990

Knot Calidris canutus

Very scarce passage migrant

Maximum 9 flying east May 11^th 1985

Sanderling Calidris alba

Scarce passage migrant

Maximum 14 May 15^th 1976

Little Stint Calidris minuta

Scarce passage migrant

Maximum 25 September 22^nd 1993

Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii

Rare vagrant

5 Records

May 26^th
1976

May 5^th
1988

May 20^th
1989

May 27^th
1992

May 18^th
1996

Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii

Very rare vagrant

1 record

September 28^th
1996

Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos

Very rare vagrant

7 Records

August 30^th-September 18^th

1973

October 4^th
1973

September 25^th-Oct 2^nd
1988

September 26^th-28^th
1993

September 7^th 2005

September 22^nd-23^rd 2005

September 12^th- 23^rd 2009

Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima

Very rare passage migrant

6 Records

August 4^th
1978

August 29^th
1983

October 30^th
1987

September 3^rd
1988

September 18^th-26^th
1988

September 4^th 1993

September 24^th
1991

Dunlin Calidris alpina

Regular passage migrant

Maximum 110 January 1976

Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea

Scarce passage migrant

Maximum 13 September 9^th 1988

Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis

Very rare vagrant

3 Records

September 26^th -October 9^th

1993

September 2^nd - 16^th
1994

September 7^th
1995

Ruff Philomachus pugnax

Regular passage migrant

Maximum 45 September 11^th 1993

Wilson's Phalarope Steganopus tricolor

Very rare vagrant

2 Records

September 12th-23^rd
1988

October 1^st
1996

Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus

Very rare passage migrant

1 Record

August 26^th
2000 juv

Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicaria

Rare passage migrant

9 Records

November 13^th
1977

November 16^th
1978

September 28^th-October 4^th
1982

November 23^rd 1986

October 18^th -20^th
1987

October 7^th 1988 2 Birds

September 25^th
1988 2 Birds

September 24^th
1995

October 2^nd 2007

Great Skua Catharacta Skua

Rare storm-driven visitor

Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus

Very rare storm-driven visitor

Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus

Rare storm-driven visitor

Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus

Very rare storm-driven visitor

1 Record

September 29^th 1995 Ad

Common Gull Larus canus

Passage migrant and common winter visitor

Maximum 10,000 March 24^th 1979

Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis

Very rare vagrant

4 Records

April 13^th - 15^th & 21^st
1991 2nd w

27^th -31^st 1993 1st w

February 1^st 1995 1st w

March 30^th 1998 Ad

Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus

Widespread winter visitor

Maximum 114 December 1989

Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus

Scarce winter visitor

Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides

Scarce winter visitor in recent years more regular than Glaucous

Kumlien's Gull Larus glaucoides kumlieni

Very scarce visitor

2 Records

January 1^st 2001 Adult

February 6th-9th and 12th 2008 juv

Herring Gull Larus argentatus

Widespread winter visitor

Maximum 5,000 November 11^th 1973

Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis

Scarce vagrant becoming more regular due to better understanding of identification

Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans

Very scarce vagrant becoming more regular due to better understanding of identification

Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus graellsi

Numerous in winter and regular passage migrant small numbers in summer

Maximum 12,000 December31st 1974

Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus

Very rare visitor almost certainly an escapee

1 Record

September 1^st 1997 Ad

Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus

Resident and common winter visitor

Maximum c100, 000 winter 1973

Bonaparte's Gull Larus phildelphia

Very rare vagrant

2 Records

March 18th-29^th
1990 1st w

May 24^th
1992 1st summer

Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus

Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor becoming more regular

Laughing Gull Larus atricilla

Very rare vagrant

1 Record

A bird thought to be of this species was seen on

January 6^th
1997

Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan

Very rare vagrant

2 Records

November 6^th
2002 Adult

April 16^th- 2008 2nd summer

Little Gull Larus minutus

Scarce but regular passage migrant

Maximum 20 May 17^th 1975

Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini

Very rare vagrant

3 Records

September 30^th
1981

August 25^th 1987

September 10^th

1989

Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla

Scarce passage migrant and storm-driven visitor

Maximum 84 March 27^th 1988

Caspian Tern Sterna caspia

Very rare vagrant

1 Record

June 23^rd
1976

Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis

Rare passage migrant

Maximum 40 September 25^th 1974

Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii

Very rare passage migrant

1 Record

May 4^th
1969

Common Tern Sterna hirundo (B)

Regular passage migrant

Maximum 45 May 4^th 1974

Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea

Annual passage migrant

Maximum 110 May 5^th 1991

Little Tern Sterna albifrons

Rare passage migrant

Maximum 4 June 21^st 1975, May 25^th 1976

Whiskered Tern Childonias hybridus

Very rare vagrant

1 Record

May 24^th
1976

White-winged Black Tern Childonias leucopterus

Rare vagrant

8 Records

August 24^th-25^th
1970

September 18^th
1982 juv

September 24^th
1983 juv

July 26^th
1996 Adult

July 29^th-31^st 2001 2nd Summer

July 15^th 2003 Adult

August 23^rd 2005 juv

May 10^th 2008 Adult

Black Tern Childonias niger

Regular passage migrant

Maximum 350 September 11^th 1992

[Little Auk Alle alle]

Very rare storm-driven visitor

November 9^th 1984 A bird released at the Reservoir from Bodymoor Heath

Stock Dove Columba oenas (B)

Resident

Maximum 200 January 11^th 1971, winter 1990

Wood Pigeon Columbia palumbus (B)

Resident

Maximum 700 January 6^th 1988

Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur (B)

Summer visitor becoming increasingly scarce

Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto (B)

Resident

Maximum 62 February 20^th 1982

Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri

Rare visitor

2 Records

March 23^rd
1993

May 19^th
1994

Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

Scarce summer visitor

Barn Owl Tyto alba

Scarce visitor

Tawny Owl Strix aluco

Scarce visitor

Little Owl Athene noctua (B)

Resident

Long-eared Owl Asio otus

Very scarce winter visitor

September 10^th
1988

December-March
1991/92 3 Birds

Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus

Scarce winter visitor

Maximum 4 winter 1978/79

Alpine Swift Apus melba

Very rare vagrant

1 Record

A very high bird moving fast was presumed to be of this species on

April 20^th 1995

Swift Apus apus

Summer visitor

Maximum c 10,000 May 17^th 1975

Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

Resident

Wryneck Jynx torquilla

Scarce vagrant

1 Record

September 9^th-10^th 1994

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor

Very scarce resident

Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major (B)

Resident

Green Woodpecker Picus viridis (B)

Resident

Skylark Alauda arvensis

Scarce resident

Maximum 160 January 24^th 1987

Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris

Scarce vagrant

Sand Martin Riparia riparia

Summer visitor

Maximum 100 April 29^th 1989, March 24^th 1990

Swallow Hirundo rustica

Summer visitor

Maximum 500 September 9^th 1989

Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica

Rare vagrant

1 Record

May 27^th
1972

House Martin Delichon urbica (B)

Summer visitor

Maximum 1,500 September 9^th 1989

Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis

Very scarce passage migrant

Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis

Widespread passage migrant and winter visitor

Maximum 250 October 26^th 1989

Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus [spinoletta]

Scarce passage migrant

Maximum 8 October 14^th 1978

Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta

Scarce passage migrant

Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrelli (B)

Widespread resident

Maximum 57 March 15^th 1987

White Wagtail Motacilla alba

Regular passage migrant

Maximum 14 April 23^rd 1988

Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava

Widespread summer visitor

Blue-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava flava

Scarce passage migrant

Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea (B)

Resident

Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus

Rare winter visitor

2 Records

December 9^th
1973

December 26^th 2000

Dipper Cinclus cinclus

Rare visitor

1 Record

January 8^th
1985

Wren Troglodytes troglodytes troglodytes (B)

Resident

Dunnock Prunella modularis (B)

Resident

Robin Erithacus rubecula (B)

Resident

Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos

Scarce passage migrant

3 Records

May 3^rd
1969

May 9^th
1978

April 23^rd
1994

Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros

Scarce passage migrant

Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Very scarce passage migrant

Whinchat Saxicola rubetra

Scarce passage migrant

Stonechat Saxicola torquata

Regular passage migrant and winter visitor

Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe

Regular passage migrant

Maximum 18 April 9^th 1973

Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus

Scarce passage migrant

9 Records

March 29^th
1976

November 1^st
1979

October 8^th
1986

October 8^th
1983

April 2^nd -3^rd
1987

October 4^th
1992

April 22^nd 1995

November 7^th 2000

April 18^th 2004

Blackbird Turdus merula (B)

Resident

Fieldfare Turdus pilaris

Regular winter visitor

Maximum 1,000 November 1981, January 1988

Redwing Turdus iliacus

Regular winter visitor

Maximum 300 October 1983, January 1990

Song Thrush Turdus philomelos (B)

Scarce resident

Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus (B)

Scarce resident

Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti

Scarce vagrant

1 Record

October 24^th 1987

Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia

Scarce summer visitor

Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus (B)

Regular summer visitor

Maximum 15 May 8^th 1981

Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus (B)

Regular summer visitor

Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla (B)

Regular summer visitor

Garden Warbler Sylvia borin (B)

Regular summer visitor

Whitethroat Sylvia communis (B)

Regular summer visitor

Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca (B)

Regular summer visitor

Maximum 12 May 8^th 1981

Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus (B)

Regular summer visitor

Maximum 30 April 29^th 1990

Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita (B)

Regular summer visitor and winters occasionally

Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix

Scarce migrant

6 Records

May
1977

April 26^th 1984

April 26^th 1992

May 6^th
1995

September 2^nd
2000

April 24^th 2003

Goldcrest Regulus regulus

Widespread resident

Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus

Very scarce passage migrant

3 Records

November 1^st
1981

September 24^{th -}27^th 1988

February 15^th-March 7^th 2002

Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata (B)

Widespread summer visitor possibly decreasing

Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca

Scarce passage migrant

8 Records

September 23^rd
1976

September 16^th
1979

August 4^th
1985

August 13^th
1985

May 2^nd
1990

May 29^th
1991

April 22^nd
1995

May 3^rd 2003

Bearded Tit Panurus biamicus

Rare winter visitor previously regular at favoured sites

4 Records

November 4^th-December 3^rd
1981 4♂ 4♀

November 19^th 1985

December 17^th-Jan 19^th
1985/86 1♂ 1♀     (♀ till Feb 9^th)

November 3^rd
1993 1♂

Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus (B)

Widespread resident

Marsh Tit Parus palustris

Rare visitor

Willow Tit Parus montanus (B)

Scarce resident

Coal Tit Parus ater

Scarce resident

Great Tit Parus major (B)

Resident

Blue Tit Parus caeruleus (B)

Resident

Nuthatch Sitta europaea

Very scarce visitor

2 Records

November 19^th
1982

August 7^th 2005

Treecreeper Certhia familiaris (B)

Scarce resident

Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus

Rare passage migrant

1 Record

September 20^th
1988

Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor

Rare passage migrant

5 Records

October 1^st
1973

February 15^th-28^th
1976

December 18^th-26^th
1976

May 6^th
1979

December 9^th-26^th
1983

Jay Garrulus glandarius

Scarce visitor

Maximum 12 October 25^th 1983

Magpie Pica pica (B)

Resident

Maximum 30 December 1990, November 21^st 2000

Jackdaw Corvus monedula (B)

Resident

Rook Corvus frugilegus (B)

Resident

Carrion Crow Corvus corone corone (B)

Resident

Maximum 100 November 14^th 1988

Hooded Crow Corvis corone cornix

Scarce visitor

2 Records

January 25^th-March 31^st
1969 4 Birds

December 11^th
1977

Raven Corvus corax

Very scarce visitor

Starling Sturnus vulgaris (B)

Resident

Maximum 10,000 January 12^th 1988

House Sparrow Passer domesticus (B)

Resident numbers decreasing

Maximum 400 September 1^st 1976

Tree Sparrow Passer montanus

Scarce visitor

Maximum 1,000 December 23^rd 1976 now 1 a year if were lucky!

Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs (B)

Resident

Maximum 225 February 7^th 1970

Brambling Fringilla montifringilla

Scarce winter visitor

Maximum 200 January 25^th 1992

Greenfinch Carduelis chloris (B)

Resident

Siskin Carduelis spinus

Regular winter visitor

Maximum 82 December 5^th 1981

Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis (B)

Resident

Maximum 350 September 21^st 1974

Redpoll Carduelis flammea cabaret

Scarce winter visitor

Maximum 35 December 6^th 1981

[Mealy Redpoll]

Very scarce winter visitor

2 Records

December 24^th 1980

February 12^th 1982

Twite Carduelis flavirostris

Scarce passage migrant

Linnet Carduelis cannabina (B)

Resident

Maximum 1,200 September 1976

Crossbill Loxia curvirostra

Very scarce visitor

5 Records

October 18^th
1970

August 9^th
1997 2♀

August 20^th
1997 ♂

September 18^th 2002 4

November 2^nd 2002

Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula (B)

Scarce resident

Maximum 40 in two flocks January 27^th 1979

Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Very scarce visitor

Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella (B)

Resident

Maximum 350 December 28^th 1970

Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus (B)

Resident

Maximum 50 December 28^th 1970

Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra

Scarce resident

Maximum 10 January 6^th 1990

Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus

Very rare winter visitor

1 Record

January 17^th
1981

Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis

Scarce visitor

Maximum 7 January 10^th 1971

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November 14^th – Dec 16^th	1978	♀/imm
December 5^th - 8^th	1982	1 imm ♂ 3 ♀
December 8^th – April 14^th	1982 / 83	1 imm ♂ from 1982
October 31^st	1993	1 imm ♂ 3 ♀/imm
November 1^st	1993	2 imm ♂ 2 ♀/imm
November 3^rd	1993	1 Ad ♂ 1 imm ♂ 4 ♀/imm
November 5^th	1993	1 Ad♂1imm ♂ 4 ♀/imm
November 9^th	1993	1 Ad ♂ 1 imm ♂ 2 ♀/imm
November 13^th	1993	3 imm ♂
November 15^th	1993	2 ♀/imm
November 19^th	1993	4 imm ♂ 14 ♀/imm
November 20^th	1993	1 imm ♂
October 9^th	1997	♀

November 25^th	1970
June 13^th-16^th	1973	♂
December 1^st	1973	♂
December 21^st-Jan 11^th	1975/76	♀
January 11^th	1983	♂
April 14^th-16^th	1983	♀
January 28^th	1985	♀
December 3^rd-Feb 18^th	1985/86	♀
April 29^th	1988	♀
January 1^st - Feb 9^th	1991
October 29^th-January 26^th	1991/92	♀
December 26^th	1993	♀
December 1^st	1996	♀
December 2^nd-April 18^th	2001/02	1^st w ♂
November 1^st-March 31^st	2002/03	1^st w ♂

February 7^th	1970
February8^th	1976	1 Ad ♂
January 6^th	1982	1 Ad ♂
November 13th –15^th	1983	1 Ad ♂ 1 ♀/imm
May 1^st	1984	7 Ad ♂
April 20^th –28^th	1985	1 Ad ♀
November 19^th –Dec 25^th	1985	4 imm
January – April 9^th	1986	1 imm from 1985
April 8^th-9^th	1989	1 ♂ 2 ♀
December 31^st- Feb 15^th	1989/90	1 imm ♀
December 2^nd	1992	2 ♂
February 9^th	1995	1 ♀
December 26^th	1995	1 imm ♀
December 24^th - April 15^th	2000/01	1 ♀
December 12^th-14^th	2001	Ad ♂

November 27^th-Dec 26^th	1993	Thurlaston bird seen intermittently
April 25^th	1999
November 25^th	2000

April 23^rd	1976
May 15^th	1976
April 8^th	1988	♀
April 10^th	1988	♀
May 8^th	1988
April 17^th	1995	♀
July 30^th	1995	♂
May 5^th	2000	♂

April 28^th	1981	(Ring-tail)
November 6^th	1982	(Ring-tail)
October 9^th	1983	(Ring-tail)
October 20^th	1996	♂
January 17^th	1999	♂

August 29^th	1988
March 19^th	1995
December 26^th	2000

June 14^th-28^th	1992
June 2^nd-August 11^th	1995	Pair bred 3 young

November 1^st	1973
May 9^th	1976
May 18^th	1976	3 flying West
May 7^th	1983
March 9^th	1991
November 19^th	1991
August 14^th	1994	juv
May 19^th	1996	5 Birds
August 20^th	1996	3 imm

August 21^st	1974
April 22^nd	1976	♀
May 14^th - 15^th	1993	♂

May 8^th - 10^th	1977
September 10^th - 25^th	1980
May 29^th - 30^th	1990
July 20^th	2007

May 26^th	1976
May 5^th	1988
May 20^th	1989
May 27^th	1992
May 18^th	1996

August 30^th-September 18^th	1973
October 4^th	1973
September 25^th-Oct 2^nd	1988
September 26^th-28^th	1993
September 7^th	2005
September 22^nd-23^rd	2005
September 12^th- 23^rd	2009

August 4^th	1978
August 29^th	1983
October 30^th	1987
September 3^rd	1988
September 18^th-26^th	1988
September 4^th	1993
September 24^th	1991

September 26^th -October 9^th	1993
September 2^nd - 16^th	1994
September 7^th	1995

November 13^th	1977
November 16^th	1978
September 28^th-October 4^th	1982
November 23^rd	1986
October 18^th -20^th	1987
October 7^th	1988	2 Birds
September 25^th	1988	2 Birds
September 24^th	1995
October 2^nd	2007

April 13^th - 15^th & 21^st	1991	2nd w
27^th -31^st	1993	1st w
February 1^st	1995	1st w
March 30^th	1998	Ad

January 1^st	2001	Adult
February 6th-9th and 12th	2008	juv

March 18th-29^th	1990	1st w
May 24^th	1992	1st summer

September 30^th	1981
August 25^th	1987
September 10^th	1989

August 24^th-25^th	1970
September 18^th	1982	juv
September 24^th	1983	juv
July 26^th	1996	Adult
July 29^th-31^st	2001	2nd Summer
July 15^th	2003	Adult
August 23^rd	2005	juv
May 10^th	2008	Adult

September 10^th	1988
December-March	1991/92	3 Birds

May 3^rd	1969
May 9^th	1978
April 23^rd	1994

March 29^th	1976
November 1^st	1979
October 8^th	1986
October 8^th	1983
April 2^nd -3^rd	1987
October 4^th	1992
April 22^nd	1995
November 7^th	2000
April 18^th	2004

May	1977
April 26^th	1984
April 26^th	1992
May 6^th	1995
September 2^nd	2000
April 24^th	2003

November 1^st	1981
September 24^{th -}27^th	1988
February 15^th-March 7^th	2002

September 23^rd	1976
September 16^th	1979
August 4^th	1985
August 13^th	1985
May 2^nd	1990
May 29^th	1991
April 22^nd	1995
May 3^rd	2003

November 4^th-December 3^rd	1981	4♂ 4♀
November 19^th	1985
December 17^th-Jan 19^th	1985/86	1♂ 1♀ (♀ till Feb 9^th)
November 3^rd	1993	1♂

October 1^st	1973
February 15^th-28^th	1976
December 18^th-26^th	1976
May 6^th	1979
December 9^th-26^th	1983

January 25^th-March 31^st	1969	4 Birds
December 11^th	1977