Mid August sightings at the pits

Spotted Flycatcher (Bidford)

Spotted Flycatcher (Bidford)

Juvenile Sparrowhawk

Main pit

Common Buzzard (Mark Clarke)

Sparrowhawk (Mark Clarke)

31st July - 2 Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 15 Little Grebe, Raven & male moulting Common Redstart.

Sunday 6th August - Ringed Plover, 2 juvenile Shelduck, juvenile Pochard, Red Kite, 17 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Redstart, Sedge Warbler & Raven

Saturday 12th August - Garden Warbler (130) discovered on willows on north side of main pit. Black-tailed Godwit, female Mandarin,  2 juvenile Shelduck, 2 Teal, Snipe, 2 Redstart, 8 Willow Warbler and young Sparrowhawks now flying around main pit.

Also of note, a family of Spotted Flycatchers were present for one day in Bidford Cemetery.

Sunday 12th August - Low flying Whimbrel (131), 4 Mandarin ducks, 3 Teal, 4 Shoveler, Peregrine, 3 juvenile Shelduck, 31 Little Grebe (plus 6 broods including one on Pophills), 8 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 14 Gadwall, 370 Mallard, 65 Tufted Ducks (now 15 broods), brood of Kestrel & Sparrowhawks, 14 Moorhen, 187 Coot,  13 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 20 Black-headed Gulls, Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Sedge Warbler, 350 House Martin, 20 Sand Martin, 4+ Lesser Whitethroats, 8 Common Whitethroats, 9+ Willow Warbler, good numbers of Chiffchaff & Blackcaps, 20 Reed Warblers  & 2 Common Redstart.

Thanks to Jon Bowley, Mark Clarke, Paul Hands, Ann & Noel & Mike Inskip for their sightings.