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SIGHTINGS E-Mail---kenreeves@shorelarks.freeserve.co.uk Local Sightings. (Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council Area) February 2012 Local Sighting Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Burbage Common Woods 5th
Out Of Area Bean Goose Dolydd Hafren 1st Brian Pollard Tundra Bean Goose Cossington North Lake 4th European White Fronted Geese " January 2012 Local Sighting Barn Owl Earl Shilton 4th Iceland Gull 2nd winter Shawell 7th SEOwl Shenton on post from canal towpath am 8th Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Far Coton in copse by canal bridge 8th Tree Sparrow (7) Stanford Res 8th Red Kite Sapcote 26th over at 14:30 Tree Sparrow (4) Bosworth Hall Hotel 27th Dunlin (2) Brascote Pits 27th R Barn Owl Elmesthorpe Lane 29th
Out Of Area Black Redstart Heacham 1st Ken R, Malc A, Geoff & Carol B Redpoll sp (2) Titchwell " Ringtail Harrier " Yellow Legged Gull " Mandarin " Snow Buntings (17) Holme Beach 1st " Great Northern Diver Hunstanton 2nd Ken R Red Breasted Merganser " Med Gull (4) " Waxwing (2) briefly in bush at South Beach Rd the flew towards Heacham Manor 14:20hrs Ken R SEOwl Maidwell 2nd Dave Mason. SEOwl @ Maidwell. Check this link ! http://youtu.be/zNpdGjD0KDo Rough Legged Buzzard Burnham Dunes 22nd Ken R & Malc Almey Lapland Buntings (60+) “ Spoonbill Thornham “ December 2011 Local Sighting Brambling (2) Stanford Res by top gate feeding with Chaffinch 17th Goosander (17) Stanford Res 17th White Wagtail (5) " Treecreeper Groby Pool Car Park 18th Great Spotted Woodpecker " Peregrine Swithland Res " Kingfisher Brook from Burgess to the Lime Kilns 24th, 26th. Bullfinch (2) Troon Way 31st
Out Of Area Western Sandpiper Cley 4th Ken R, Malc A, Geoff B, et al. Rough Legged Buzzard Freshmarsh " Marsh Harrier (9) Titchwell " Black Throated Diver Cley " Great Northern Diver " Goosander " Red Breasted Merganser " SEOwl Thornham " Smew (3) Eyebrook Res 18th Fred & Linda B, Charlie D & Diane M. White Fronted Geese "
November 2011 Local Sighting Ring Ouzel (male) Croft Quarry Trail 13th 09:45 then towards Sharnford Ken R , Fred B & Brian Pollard Redpoll (8) " Kingfisher " Treecreeper (2) " Fieldfare 60+ Stanford Res 13th Golden Plover (5) " Golden Plover Trinity Marina 18th Sparrowhawk " Fieldfare 100+ Stanford Res 20th Pintail (2) " Euro White Fronted Geese (5) " Tree Sparrows ( 20+ ) " Yellowhammer ( 40 ) " Kingfisher " Out Of Area Bittern London Wetland Centre 12th Ken R, Fred & Linda B, Brian & Sue P, Nev & Veron , David & Joan C Ring Neck Parakeets " Jack Snipe " Green Winged Teal Cley 27th Carol & Geoff Busby Mealy Redpoll Titchwell " Hen Harrier Burnham Market 28th " + Malc Almey
October 2011 Local Sighting Crossbill (4) Twycross 6th Northern Wheatear (1) Frolesworth lake 8th Out Of Area Burbagebirders on the Scillies 13th / 21st Northern Waterthrush Upland Sandpiper Subalpine Warbler American Golden Plover Red Throated Pipit Olive Backed Pipit Least Sandpiper Spotted Crake Red Backed Shrike Yellow Browed Warbler Firecrest Pied Flycatcher Raddes Warbler Bluethroat Wilsons Snipe Black Redstart Brent Goose Sandwich Tern Great Northern Diver Hen Harrier Spoonbill Jack Snipe Black Kite (3) Wryneck Melodious Warbler
September 2011 Local Sighting Whinchat (2) Frolesworth Lake 4th Yellow Wagtail " Common Redstart Brascote Pits 3rd Common Sandpiper " Chiffchaff ( 13 ) This Morning in trees around Market Bosworth Station 7th Mistle Thrush (25+) On Meadow by railway bridge Burbage Common. 16th Garganey (4) Stanford Res 18th Ken R, Fred B, Dave & Joan C, Nev & Yvon W, The Viking, Sue B & Ann G Black Tern " Greenshank (5) " Dunlin (9) " Hobby , Peregrine, Common Buzzard in the air together "
Out Of Area Greenshank (3) Willington Pits 4th Fred & Linda Burton Black Tailed Godwit " Spotted Redshank (2) " Cattle Egret Titchwell 11th Ken R, Malc Almey. Little Bittern " Merlin " Turtle Dove Dersingham Rd at Toilet Block Pull In 11th Ken R Pec Sand Idle Valley 21st The Viking + His dad. Little Stint " Hobby " Hobby Brandon 22nd Linda & Fred Burton Kingfisher " Fieldfare Small flock over ( R) "
August 2011 Local Sighting Crossbill's (7) Station Garage (over) 2nd Harrier (ringtail ) heading S/E Between Desford & Newbold 9th ? Osprey Fosse Meadows (over) 17th Common Swift Market Bosworth Water Park 31st Out Of Area Spoonbill Titchwell 1st Ken R Montague's Feeding Young North Norfolk 1st Ken R & Malc Almey White Rumped Sandpiper Snettisham 1st Ken R Common Redstart Ceri 7th Fred & Linda Burton Yellow Wagtail Titchwell 14th Ken R @ Malc Almey Curlew Sand " Lesser Whitethroat Holme " Black Tern Juv Eyebrook Res 21st Ken R , Malc Almey , Fred & Linda B, Geoff & Carol B Cattle Egret " " Osprey " " Western Boneo Warbler Warren Woods 28th Malc A, Ken R, Beoff B, John ? Little Stint (5) Titchwell 28th Malc A, Ken R Hobby " Curlew Sandpiper (13) " Long Tailed Duck " Arctic Tern (3) "
July 2011 Local Sighting Curlew (3) Brascote Pits 1st Little Ringed Plover (3) " Common Tern " Dunlin (2) " Peregrine (2) Mill Close Sapcote on roof apex 15th Grey Wagtail (4) Far Coton Lane 15th Osprey Bosworth Water Park over 15th Out Of Area Honey Buzzard Bunker Hill Norfolk 3rd Malc Almey Montague's Harriers M/F North Norfolk 10th SPOTTED SANDPIPER Manton Bridge 16th Ken R & Fred Burton Osprey ( 5 ) " June 2011
Local Sighting Quail ( Calling ) Market Bosworth between Market Bosworth canal bridge and 2nd field to Carlton 18th Spotted Flycatcher Station Garage 21st feeding young. Grey Wagtail " Lesser Whitethroat Fosse Meadows 21st Quail ( Calling ) possibly 3 in fields between Bagworth and Nailstone 24th Reed Warbler Trinity Marina 25th Red Kite Barton In The Beans to Nailstone Rd 09:30hrs 28th Out Of Area Red Footed Falcon Horsey 20th Malc A, Geoff Busby, Jim and Ken R Spoonbill Titchwell 20th Goeff Busby, Jim Bittern " little Gull (2) " The Hebrides-- Storm Petrel ( Off Ferry ) Golden Eagle (6 so far ) Lewis 4th 18 Members Great Skua (20+) " Arctic Skua (10+) " Long Tailed Skua (3) " Black Guillemot " Puffin " Razorbill " Corncrake (8) " Manx Shearwater ( 100+) Butt Of Lewis " Whooper Swan " Red Throated, Black Throated & Great Northern Divers " Red Necked Phalarope (3) " Iceland Gull Stornoway 4th & 5th White Tailed Sea Eagle ( feeding young ) Benbecula 8th Short Eared Owl " Corncrake ( seen ) " Twite " Hen Harrier " Merlin " Little Stint " Storm petrel ( 40+ ) Off ferry from Lochboisdale to Oban 10th Pom Skua playing the spoons " Scaup (Drake) Morecombe Bay 10th
May 2011 Local Sighting Common Swift Stoney Stanton 5th Artic tern (2) Thornton Res Whimbrel Brascote Pits 10th R Spotted Flycatcher Fosse Meadows 17th Grey Wag's (2) Station Garage Market Bosworth 18th Cuckoo (4) Bosworth Water Park 18th Quail Bosworth Water Park 30th (Calling) Out Of Area Nightingales Paxton Pits 1st Dave Mason Turtle Dove " Hobby " Temmincks Stint Summer Leys 1st " Wood Sandpiper " Baleric Shearwater Off Valencia 5th Eileen Abell Tree Pipit (6) Beacon Hill 15th 7 members of Burbage Bird Club Cuckoo (2) " Spotted Flycatcher Titchwell 22nd Ken R @ Malc Almey Montague's Harrier North Norfolk on nest 22nd Ken R & Malc Almey. New site discovered and reported. Med Gulls (5) Snettisham RSPB 29th Ken R & Malc Almey Montague's Harrier " Marsh Harrier (4) " Red Kite Abbey Farm 29th " Curlew Sandpiper Titchwell 30th Ken R & Malc Almey Cuckoo M & F Holme Dunes / Marsh Reserve " April 2011 Local Sighting Osprey (2) Market Bosworth over 13:20 and 15:05 2nd Barn Swallow (1) Market Bosworth Water Park 2nd Yellow Wagtail (2) Burbage Common Rd in horse field at Elmesthorpe end 2nd House Martin Cadeby 7th Osprey Market Bosworth Heading N/E @ 18:35 9th Yellow Wagtail Brascote Pits 10th Northern Wheatear " Curlew " Little Ringed Plover " Raven " Redstart ( Male ) Billa Barra Hill 15th R Osprey Kirkby Mallory 23rd Grasshopper Warbler Kelham Bridge 23rd Cuckoo " Whitethroat " Out Of Area Little Gull Titchwell 10th Ken R. Malcome Almey Spotted Redshank " Yellow Wag's (9) " Ring Ouzel " Woodlark Dersingham " Common Tern Eyebrook 12th David M Sand Martin " Slav Grebe " Golden Pheasant Skulthorpe 15th Maureen Johnstone Hobby Ladywalk 20th David & Joan Carman Fred & Linda Burton's sightings report Click Here Citrine Wagtail East Runton 24th Ken R , Malc Almey Dotterel (3) Choseley Rd " Whimbrel Holme NOA 25th " Bean Goose " " Common Swift Titchwell 25th "
March 2011 Local Sighting Sorry for the lack of sightings over the last 2 weeks. I've spent long hours working on the trips but I will enter them this week! Waxwings (17) Sapcote 4th, ( 21 ) Burbage 7th, (4) Trinity Marina 8th Wheatear Bagworth Heath 11th R Sand Martin (1) Fosse Meadows 12th Barnacle Goose Thornton 12th Iceland Gull 1st Winter Shawell Pits 20th Shoveler (6) Shawell Pond 20th Waxwings (3) Burbage around Hastings School 20th LRP Brascote Pits 22nd Stonechat " Chiffchaff " Blackcap Hinckley Clarendon Park 26th Yellow Wagtails (2) Billa Barra Hill near Car Park. 29th Out Of Area Forest Of Dean 13th Goshawk (9) New Fancy View 13th Ken R Fred B, Heather Z, Ellen S, Graham & Wendy D, Liz P, David C, Mike H,David & Joan C. Crossbill Speech House " Hawfinch (3) " Mandarin (19) Cannop Ponds 13th " Peregrine (2) Symonds Yat " Great Grey Shrike Houghton On The Hill R 27th 16 Buzzard, 2 Goshawk, 2 Great Spotted WP, 54 Crossbills, 100+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Siskin, 2 Redkite, 2 Skylark, 1 Curlew, 1 Redwing, 15 Brambling, 2 Mistle Thrush,
1 Sparrowhawk, 8 Reedbunting Kerry Ridgeway Powys 26th Brian Pollard
February 2011 Local Sightings Little Egret (3) Bosworth Water Park 2nd Blackcap ( pair ) Mill Close Sapcote 9th Waxwings (9) Stoney Stanton around church 10th Raven (2) Burbage Common 16th lesser Redpoll (5) Burbage Common Visitor Centre 16th Chiffchaff calling at rear Sedgemere Market Bosworth 19th Waxwings (19) Desford around the libery 27th
Out Of Area Waxwings (13) Whetstone on Victoria Rd 4th Ken R Common Crane (3) Hickling 13th Ken R, Malcom Almey & Zot Black Throated Diver Sea Palling " Red " " Great Northern Diver " Guillemot " Hawfinch (6) Clumber 2 by church, 4by east field, 17th Fred B, Neil P, David M. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Rufford CP around car park 17th "
January 2011 Local Sightings Extra news from December Little Egret Maple Way Earl Shilton in fields towards Clickers Way 28th.R Brambling Sapcote 4th Raven (3) Stoney Stanton 4th Hen Harrier (Ringtail) Shawell heading over A5 towards Lutterworth 6th Waxwings (23) Murray Close Broughton Astley 8th Waxwings (25) Midday Trinity Marina 9th Waxwings (19) Still around Trinity Motors area today. 13th Waxwings (15) Mill Close Sapcote in Rowan Next door to me. 19th Med Gull adult Shawell Pits 23rd in morning Yellow Legged Gull (1) " Fieldfare (350+) Stanford Res 23rd Redwing (2000+) Sopers Bridge Stoney Stanton 26th Out Of Area Northern Harrier Thornham Ken R, Geoff & Carol B, Malc A, 1st Med Gull Heacham " Long Tailed Duck (20+) Gore Point " Snow Buntings (80+) " Velvet Scoter " Red Breasted Merganser " Shorelark (9) Holkum Gap Ken R, Geoff & Carol B, Malc A, David & Joan C. The Osborne's. 2nd Lady A's Pheasant Houghton Hall " Whooper Swan Titchwell " Spot Shank " Barn Owl " Hen Harrier " Smew Abrahams Bosom " Goosander " " A GREAT TWO DAYS BIRDING WITH EXCELLENT COMPANY AROUND NORFOLK. (109 SPECIES ) Rough Legged Buzzard Norfolk Geoff & Carol B, Malc A. 3rd Lesser White Fronted Goose " Ross's Goose " Common Crane " American Wigeon
" Goshawk Empingham Fred B 9th Slavonian Grebe (3) Rutland Water Fred B 9th
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