30th November

KWP Hemlingford/Bodymoor Heath Water - 55 Little Egret (T Hyde).
Alvecote - Great White Egret  (R Smith).

29th November

Shustoke Res - 2 Goldeneye & Pochard (R Walker).

28th November

RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 64 Little Egrets left the Heronry roost this morning.
RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Short-Eared Owl North end of Jubilee Wetlands 10:45am (J Fincham).
Alvecote - 3 Whooper Swan [Pretty Pigs Pool], 2 possibly 3 Great White Egret (R Smith).

27 November

KWP Hemlingford/Bodymoor Heath Water - 45 Little Egret (T Hyde).
Alvecote - 2 Brambling [Laundry Lane], Great White Egret  (R Smith).
RSPB Middleton - 3 Stonechat, Peregrine, 2 Goldeneye & 2 Raven (G Williams).
KWP Field 500 yards South East of Main Entrance - 15 Egyptian Geese & Ruddy Shelduck (A Dean).
Coton - Adult Mediterranean Gull (A Dean).

26th November

KWP Field 500 yards South East of Main Entrance - 15 Egyptian Geese & Ruddy Shelduck.
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - Goldeneye, 5 Pochard [Fishers Mill], mix flock of Siskin, Redpoll & Goldfinch [Mill Plantation].

25th November

KWP Field 500 yards South East of Main Entrance - 15 Egyptian Geese & Ruddy Shelduck (T Perrins).
Alvecote - Great White Egret [Mill Pool] Goldeneye [Pretty Pigs Pool] (R Smith).

24th November

Alvecote - Great White Egret [Mill Pool] Goldeneye [Pretty Pigs Pool] (R Smith).

KWP - c.15 Little Egrets (T Hyde).

23rd November

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 13 Goldeneye [Jubilee Wetlands], Great White Egret [Reedbed Pool], zero Egrets [Riverside roost] (S Atkinson).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 62 Little Egrets & Great White Egret [Heronry roost], Barn Owl [Play Meadow].
KWP (Assumed Cliff Pool and surrounding area) -  Hen Harrier, Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper, 120 Wigeon, 8 Goldeneye & 2 Raven (S Cawthray).
KWP Hemlingford/Bodymoor Heath Water - 10 Little Egret (T Hyde).
Alvecote - 2 Great White Egret [1 on Pretty Pigs Pool] (R Smith).

22nd November

RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 2 Great White Egret and c.49 Little Egret left the Heronry roost this morning (LE's scattered by Buzzard so not an accurate count). Barn Owl hunting Play Meadow.
Alvecote - Great White Egret [Mill Pool] (R Smith).

21st November

Alvecote - Great White Egret (R Smith).

20th November

KWP Hemlingford/Bodymoor Heath Water - 21 Little Egret (T Hyde).
Alvecote - Great White Egret [Pretty Pigs Pool], Ring-Necked Parakeet flew SW (R Smith).
Whitacre Heath - Woodcock [Coton Rd] (J Kenny).

19th November

Alvecote - Great White Egret [Pretty Pigs Pool], 2 Stonechat [Teal Pool] (J Morgan).
Old Warks Moors - Barn Owl and 2 Water Rail (S Allison).
RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 4 Stonechat, 2 Goldeneye & 11 Shelduck [Jubilee Wetlands], 6 Goldeneye [Dosthill NR] and 2 Great White Egret roosted riverside with just 3 Little Egret.

18th November

KWP Hemlingford/Bodymoor Heath Water - 38 Little Egret & Great White Egret (T Hyde).
Marston Gravel Pit - 18 Egyptian Geese (J Allen).
KWP Field 500 yards South East of Main Entrance - 13 Egyptian Geese & Ruddy Shelduck (J Allen).

17th November

RSPB Middleton (Warks) - Hen Harrier [Fishers Mill] 3 Brambling [Dosthill Lake] (J Harris). Hawfinch [Car Park] (RSPB).
RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 2 Raven, Chiffchaff &120 Fieldfare [Dosthill NR], 2 Stonechat [Jubilee Wetlands], Goosander [North Pit] (J Harris). 3 Great White Egret, 10 Goldeneye & 300 Wigeon (RSPB).
Alvecote - Great White Egret [Pretty Pigs Pool], 3 Brambling [Laundry Lane] (R Smith).
KWP - 12 Little Egret (T Hyde).

16th November

KWP Hemlingford Water - 26 Little Egret (T Hyde).
Alvecote Teal Pool - 2 Stonechat (R Smith).
RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 2 Great White Egret, Dunlin, Egyptian Goose, Goosander & 4 Goldeneye (S Atkinson).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - Goldeneye (S Atkinson). 56 Little Egret left the Heronry roost this morning. Woodcock tonight - flew from small wood between the RSPB and Courtyard car parks.

14th November

Alvecote (Warks) - 2 Stonechat [Teal Pool] (J Morgan), Egyptian Goose [Raiway Pool] (R Smith).
KWP Various Pools - 31 Little Egret (T Hyde).
RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Stonechat [Jubillee Wetlands], c. 400 Starling [Fishers Mill] and Tawny Owl calling [Doshill NR] (S Atkinson).

13th November

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 2 Hawfinch [West screen hedge], 9 Golden Plover, 2 Goldeneye, 4 Snipe, Egyptian Goose and 2 Great White Egret (R Thomas).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 53 Little Egret and 1 Great White Egret left the Heronry roost this morning. GWE back in there tonight.
KWP Hemlingford/Bodymoor Heath Water - 26 Little Egret (T Hyde).
Alvecote Pretty Pigs Pool - Egyptian Goose (R Smith).
Marston Fields - 13 Egyptian Geese & Ruddy Shelduck (G A Williams).

12th November

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Common Sandpiper [East Scrape] (A Tongue). 3 Great White Egret roosted riverside with 9 Little Egret. Egyptian Goose & 2 Goldeneye(m) [Jubilee Wetlands], 2 Goldeneye(f) [Dosthill NR]. Starling numbers low <150.

11th November

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 3 Great White Egret [1 JW & 2 NP] (S Atkinson). 418 Golden Plover, 7 Stonechat, Snipe, Egyptian Goose & 2 Goldeneye [Jubilee Wetlands], 11 Redpoll, 3 Goosander & Goldeneye [North Pit].
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 2 Willow Tit [FM Bridge] (A Tongue). 12 Brambling [Fishers Mill/Canal Meadow] (M Priest). Brambling [Hall Garden] & 5 Pochard [Fishers Mill].
KWP Cliff Pool - Great White Egret & 249 Lapwing (S Cawthray). Green Sandpiper & Goldeneye
KWP Field 500 yards South East of Main Entrance - 15 Egyptian Geese & Ruddy Shelduck (uringed & unhybridised).

Marston Fields - 18 Egyptian Geese (S Cawthray). Highly likely the 15 above + 3 - also seen later flying over Ladywalk towards Shustoke Res.

Ruddy Shelduck - Sean Allison

Brambling - Mark Priest

10th November

Alvecote Mill Pool - Great White Egret (R Smith).
KWP Bodymoor Heath Water - Ruddy Shelduck, 13+ Egyptian Geese & Yellow-legged Gull back in winter residence (A Dean).
Middleton House Farm - Buzzard with lettered wing tag "CT"  - This bird was rehabilitated by the RSPCA after being found in poor health. Looking well tonight and has travelled some 186km from where it was tagged. Full details below thanks to Kevin Leighton (Ringer).

GV13122  CT
2nd year 15/07/2017   near North Tuddenham: 52°40'N 1°2'E (TG0512) (Norfolk)
Sighting  10/11/2017   Middleton House Farm, Sutton Coldfield, Warks: 52°34'N 1°43'W (SP1996)
186km W 118 days

9th November

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Jubille Wetlands 416 Golden Plover, 50+ Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Peregrine, 10 Meadow Pipit, 9 Stonechat (RSPB). 3 Dunlin, 4 Shelduck, Egyptian Goose, Goldeneye (S Atkinson). 2 Great White Egret [1 JW & 1 NP] (G Williams).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - Hawfinch [Hall Car Park], Brambling, Siskin [Canal Meadow] & Water Rail [feeders] (RSPB). 39 Little Egret roosted in the Heronry.
KWP Hemlingford Water - 10 Little Egret (T Hyde).

8th November

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - Jack Snipe, c. 300 Golden Plover, c. 200 Lapwing, 3 Dunlin & Egyptian Goose on Jubilee Wetlands (RSPB). 2 Great White Egret roosted with just 13 Little Egret riverside. Goldeneye, 2 Stonechat JW and 4 Goosander through.
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 2 Hawfinch over car park (RSPB). 4 Goldeneye & Goosander river, 550 Starling roosted Fishers Mill Pool.
Alvecote Mill Pool - Great White Egret & Goldeneye (R Smith).

7th November

KWP Hemlingford Water - 39 Little Egrets (T Hyde).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 20 Siskin, 20 Redpoll and Brambling - Canal Meadow (RSPB).

6th November

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 3 Great White Egret about the reserve also good numbers of Siskin and Redpoll (RSPB). 66+ Golden Plover, 6 Goosander, 3 Stonechat, 2 Goldeneye, Egyptian Goose & 3 Snipe (G Williams).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - c.2000 Starlings Fishers Mill & Water Rail feeders (RSPB). 32 Little Egret roosted in the Heronry - the majority came in from the South (KWP). There are now 60+ birds on the reserve with 30+ also roosting riverside (Staffs).
Old Warks Moors - Barn Owl and small flocks of Fieldfare.

5th November

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 36 Golden Plover and 2 Stonechat Jubilee Wetlands, 3 Great White Egret (JW, NP & DNR) although only 2 seen going to roost with 28 Little Egret (riverside). 2 Goldeneye River plus a 3rd & Peregrine Dosthill NR. 3 Goosander North Pit plus 9 through JW heading that way to roost (S Atkinson, M Priest, et al).
Tameside NR & Borrow Pit - 11 Snipe, 2 Cetti's Warbler and Water Rail (S Allison).

4th November

KWP Hemlingford Water - 8 Little Egret (T Hyde).
KWP Cliff Pool - 22 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret through (S Cawthray). Goldeneye and 2 Goosander.
KWP Otter Pool - 2 Water Rail (S Cawthray).
Dosthill - c. 300 Golden Plover over (S Cawthray).
Old Warks Moors - 70+ Redwing & 1 Fieldfare (S Allison).
Tameside NR - 3 Little Egret, 2 Cetti's Warbler and 18 Lapwing (S Allison).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - Swallow Silt Pool (K White).

3rd November

KWP Hemlingford Water - 32 Little Egret (T Hyde).
KWP Cliff Pool - Great White Egret (Y Moore).
RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 150-200 Golden Plover circled Jubilee Wetlands and touched down briefly (J&P Hughes). 3 Great White Egret and 31 Little Egret roosted riverside.

2nd November

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - 80 Golden Plover and Great White Egret Jubilee Wetlands (RSPB).
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - 3 Hawfinch through South Fishers Mill (RSPB).

1st November

RSPB Middleton (Staffs) - c.80 Golden Plover (RSPB Vols). 3 Great White Egret & 29 Little Egret roosted riverside.
RSPB Middleton (Warks) - Short-Eared Owl dropped vertically in over Jubilee Wetlands and then headed South through Fishers Mill and deep into Warks  airspace. Reports of 2 Hawfinch over RSPB car park and a further 5 over canal.