Leicestershire and Rutland Birding/Local Patches (1 Viewer)

[Neil Hagley]

Thanks Dave
Sorry it didn't give you a fighting chance. Even a TS in November would be a good bird but this could have been the one that got away!
By the way, hope the scumbags who ruined your week bump in to PC plod sometime soon.

 

[davidearlgray]

Cheers Neil

 

[Steve Lister]

Finding a Temmink's Stint at Swithland Reservoir this morning rounded off a good local week with some surprising new arrivals for the time of year

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  Great White Egret at Frisby and Priory Water
  Long-tailed Duck at Rutland Water
  Grey Phalarope also at Rutland Water

The Temminck's could well be the unID bird that Dave had at Cossington last month. And if so it could well stay around a while longer yet.

Steve

 

[Steve Lister]

The Temminck's is still at Swithland but very easy to miss - as I have done on two visits this week. When it is seen it is always on the bit of shore between the piled up stones and the rocky promontory, often near a narrow log on the shore.

It would be a good New Year's day bird.....

Steve

 

[Neil Hagley]

poss adult Baltic Gull

Possible ad Baltic Gull seen at Albert Village tip yesterday teatime (so likely to be seen on the lake if still present). Bird information.

 

[davidearlgray]

Had 6 Common Scoters (4 males and 2 females) this afternoon at Swithland Res (North Section) and the summer plumaged Black-necked Grebe.

Cheers,
Dave.

 

[ADRIANS PHOTOGRAPHY]

I will be visiting Rutland Water Reserve on the 7th July just for the day and would love someone to give me a list of ALL species found around Rutland Water including the regular all year round species like Blackbirds, Starlings ect, ect

You can e-mail me a list at [email protected]

I have been on the site but I have found no complete list of species seen at the reserve just updates and waterfowl so any help would be extremely gratefully received

Kind Regards

BCB

 

[Steve Lister]

I will be visiting Rutland Water Reserve on the 7th July just for the day and would love someone to give me a list of ALL species found around Rutland Water including the regular all year round species like Blackbirds, Starlings ect, ect

You can e-mail me a list at [email protected]

I have been on the site but I have found no complete list of species seen at the reserve just updates and waterfowl so any help would be extremely gratefully received

Kind Regards

BCB

email sent
Steve

 

[hillwatcher]

It may be of interest to some of you that I've created a list of the birds seen in what I consider to be south-west leicestershire. The border of the area can be seen on the map included with the list. Considering the fact that most of the sites are quite small and that there are only a few areas of water and most of them are either very deep or just sandpits, I think it is a pretty good list. There is a link below to page where the list can viewed and also one to my blog -enjoy.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzD5Kb1tTX-ORXlidFNsSGxoaVE

http://bagawildone.blogspot.co.uk/

Carl Baggott

 

[ADRIANS PHOTOGRAPHY]

Many thanks Steve

 

[ADRIANS PHOTOGRAPHY]

EDIT - This is a more upto date list I have found taken from the list on the Rutland Water Reserve web site and sorry about the confusion before as I think I uploaded the wrong species list as I had not deleted the 4 location tables I mixed together so I uploaded that one instead.

Here is a link to the web site and page I required this information from -

http://www.rutlandwater.org.uk/complete-bird-list/


Species Latin Name
Alpine Swift Apus melba
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
American Wigeon Anas americana
Arctic Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni
Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Bean Goose Anser fabalis
Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Black-billed Magpie Pica pica
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
Brent Goose Branta bernicla
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
Carrion Crow Corvus corone
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Coal Tit Periparus ater
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Common Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Common Coot Fulica atra
Common Crane Grus grus
Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Common Eider Somateria mollissima
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Common Linnet Carduelis cannabina
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Common Pochard Aythya ferina
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Common Swift Apus apus
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis
Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula
Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
European Robin Erithacus rubecula
European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
Gadwall Anas strepera
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
Garganey Anas querquedula
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
Goldcrest Regulus regulus
Goosander Mergus merganser
Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Great Egret Ardea alba
Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
Great Northern Diver Gavia immer
Great Skua Stercorarius skua
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Great Tit Parus major
Greater Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Greater Scaup Aythya marila
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Greylag Goose Anser anser
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Hedge Accentor Prunella modularis
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
Hoopoe Upupa epops
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
House Martin Delichon urbicum
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
Leach’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Little Auk Alle alle
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Little Gull Larus minutus
Little Owl Athene noctua
Little Plover Charadrius dubius
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
Long-eared Owl Asio otus
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus
Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus
Merlin Falco columbarius
Mew Gull Larus canus
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus
Mute Swan Cygnus olor
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
Red Kite Milvus milvus
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
Redhead Aythya americana
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Redwing Turdus iliacus
Reed Bunting mberiza schoeniclus
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
Rook Corvus frugilegus
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Sabine’s Gull Larus sabini
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Sanderling Calidris alba
Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
Savi’s Warbler Locustella luscinioides
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Sky Lark Alauda arvensis
Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus
Smew Mergellus albellus
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Stock Pigeon Columba oenas
Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
Tawny Owl Strix aluco
Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
Twite Carduelis flavirostris
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
White / Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
Willow Tit Poecile montanus
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
Wood Lark Lullula arborea
Wood Nuthatch Sitta europaea
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis

Kind Regards

BCB

 

[Adey Baker]

There are a number of anomalies in that Rutland Water list, Adrian.

Australian Shelduck and Emperor Goose, for instance won't get onto any 'proper' list and there are a lot of duplications boosting the total because of alternative names for the same species - Little Plover/Little-ringed Plover; Avocet/Pied Avocet; Leaches Petrel/Leach's Storm Petrel; Turnstone/Ruddy Turnstone; etc., etc.

It takes quite a while and a lot of research to compile an accurate and full list (Carl's SW Leics list mentioned in Post # 349 for instance has taken quite a time to organise - and even longer to amass )

 

[ADRIANS PHOTOGRAPHY]

@Adey Baker

Many thanks for pointing out the error I had uploaded the wrong table have now uploaded the correct one I hope

Kind Regards

BCB

 

[Adey Baker]

@Adey Baker

Many thanks for pointing out the error I had uploaded the wrong table have now uploaded the correct one I hope

Kind Regards

BCB

That's more like it!

You may wish to change 'Latin' name to 'Scientific' name if you want to be strictly accurate (a lot of the names are derived from Greek as well as Latin)

 

[ADRIANS PHOTOGRAPHY]

I am quite surprised that there are not many more responses to this thread as I thought Rutland was one of the top Birding reserves or is it a case that it is reported on other forums so people think better of putting there accounts and sightings on here.

I will be visiting this Sat (29th) after a few abborted days so will put a full report and review of the reserve here for all to read and hopefully reply to

Kind Regards

Adrian

 

[GoldenI]

rutland is the top birding place in the midlands - no doubt about that

ive noticed most of the better bird sites have littel coverage on birdforum

 

[ADRIANS PHOTOGRAPHY]

I wonder why this is you would think reserves like Rutland and other top reserves would like the coverage and other people on here would like to know what they are watching where and when.

 

[Neil Hagley]

There are so many alternative repositories for information that folks are probably unlikely to cross post.

For RW the LROS site often has a daily summary http://www.lros.org.uk/News.htm
Tim 'tweets' live from the field. tim appleton@Rutlandbirds
If there is anything special Andy will 'tweet' stuff too Andy Mackay@lrosbirdnews

Twitter is not as mysterious as folks often think, it's easy to get set up and then to get tweets from a specific account texted to you mobile, even if you don't have a smart phone.

 

[Neil Hagley]

Gannet EBR

LROS web site has Juv Gannet EBR 'awaiting further details'. anyone on here know anything? A few county low listers like me need the big bird!
Thanks

 

[Neil Hagley]

Just for completeness and rather self consciously following up my own question, ... all that's known is the juv Gannet flew through being mobbed by gulls and headed off towards Uppingham probably over flying the Falcon Hotel which does a very nice lunch and a decent pint