Last update: Fri 3rd July 2009 at 21:05


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Species shown in red on this page are BBRC rarities or species recorded on less than ten occasions in the county and those in blue are county rarities (generally between 10 and 50 records since 1941). Visit the 'LROS News' page - updated 22nd June

Included with this month's newsletter is a leaflet giving details of the Society's long-awaited book The Birds of Leicestershire and Rutland. It is hoped that this will be launched at the Rutland Water Birdfair in August. LROS members can take advantage of a pre-publication offer, saving £12.50 off the RRP of £45. Click here for further details (opens in new window). A reminder that, as always, no rare or scarce breeding birds will be reported during the breeding season. Photo Gallery finally updated 20th June 2009. Apologies for any I've forgotten/lost since the last update. Listing page updated 28th June 2009.

JULY

Friday 3rd

Rutland Water: Wood Sandpiper & Greenshank, Lagoon 4.

Eyebrook Res: 1 Little Egret.

Thursday 2nd

Cossington Meadows: Wood Sandpiper & 5 Green Sandpipers still on Upper Marsh this afternoon.

Oakham: Turtle Dove singing from wires at Brook Road allotments this morning.

Wednesday 1st

Rutland Water: Wood Sandpiper, 13 Green Sandpiper & 1 Ruff, Harrier hide; 1st-summer Black Tern, Black-tailed Godwit & 2 Green Sandpipers, Lagoon 4; Whimbrel reported North Arm.

Eyebrook Res: Avocet, 2 Greenshanks & 2 Little Egrets at the inlow end this morning.

Cossington Meadows: report of Wood Sandpiper this evening, but no further details.

JUNE

Tuesday 30th

Rutland Water: report of Wood Sandpiper, Lagoon 4, also 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 3 Green Sandpipers & 1 Ruff.

Eyebrook Res: Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Greenshanks, Common Sandpiper & Little Egret.

Saltby: 1 Turtle Dove singing near the old airfield.

Monday 29th

Groby/Anstey: still 1 Quail singing by footpath near the fishing lakes.

Sunday 28th

Eyebrook Res: 2 Sandwich Terns at the inflow, early morning only, also Little Egret & Green Sandpiper.

Rutland Water: 1st-summer Little Gull, Lagoon 3; Turtle Dove singing by Redshank hide; Little Egret, North Arm; 3 Green Sandpipers, Lagoon 4.

Brascote Pits: no sign of Wood Sandpipers today.

Saturday 27th

Brascote Pits: 2 Wood Sandpipers still present this evening.

Rutland Water: 1 Little Tern, Lagoon 1.

Sence Valley FP: 1 Green Sandpiper.

Groby/Anstey: 1 Quail singing by footpath near the fishing lakes this morning, and 1 seen in flight at 21:30.

Friday 26th

Rutland Water: 2 Little Terns, Little Gull & Green Sandpiper, Lagoon 4 ; 3 Little Egrets, Manton Bay; Turtle Dove, Lagoon 1.

Groby: 1+ Quail still this morning along the footpath to Anstey, east of the fishing lakes.

Eyebrook Res: 1 Ruff & 2 Green Sandpipers.

Thursday 25th

Rutland Water: 3 Greenshanks, 6 Black-tailed Godwits & 1 Ruff.

Eyebrook Res: 2 Ruff.

Wednesday 24th

Eyebrook Res: 3 Little Terns at the island; still present at 19:30.

Tuesday 23rd

Rutland Water: 3 Green Sandpipers, Lagoon 1, plus 2 Little Egrets.

Monday 22nd

Rutland Water: 2 Cranes at Manton Bridge till c.08:15 when they flew off west. Presumably the same two birds then flew west-north-west over Groby Pool at 11:15. Also 3 Quail still singing by the footpath between Anstey and Groby, east of the fishing lakes.

near Enderby: probable Great White Egret flew over the B4114 near Grove Park at c.08:15, heading towards Aylestone Meadows. Seen from moving car so albino Grey Heron not completely ruled out.

Sunday 21st

Groby: 2 Quails singing in fields east of the fishing lakes, heard from the public footpath. Possibly present since last Friday.

Saturday 20th

Fort Henry Ponds: report of Honey Buzzard this afternoon - flew west at c15:45.

Eyebrook Res: 1 Little Egret.

Friday 19th

Eyebrook Res: 1 Green Sandpiper at the inflow.

Tuesday 16th

Eyebrook Res: 1 Little Egret.

Monday 15th

Rutland Water: ringtail Montagu's Harrier flew low south past the Egleton Visitor Centre at 21:00 (Matthew Berriman). Also 1 Little Egret, North Arm.

Eyebrook Res: 2 Little Egrets.

Friday 12th

Rutland Water: 1st-summer Little Gull, Lagoon 4; 2 Little Egrets, Manton Bay.

Thursday 11th

Eyebrook Res: drake Garganey on north-east shore this evening.

Tuesday 9th

Rutland Water: Bar-tailed Godwit, Avocet, 1st-summer Little Gull & Yellow-legged Gull, Lagoon 4.

Monday 8th

Rutland Water: 13 Black-tailed Godwits, Lagoon 1.

Sunday 7th

Rutland Water: 2 Spoonbills, Lagoon 4.

Saturday 6th

Rutland Water: Bar-tailed Godwit, Knot, Sanderling, Grey Plover, 2 1st-summer Little Gulls, 12 Ringed Plover & 2 Dunlin.

Brascote GP: 1 Sanderling.

Thursday 4th

Eyebrook Res: Little Stint & Dunlin at the north end mid afternoon, but no sign later.

Rutland Water: 1 Black Tern, North Arm; Little Stint, 6 Dunlin, 8 Ringed Plover & 2 1st-summer Little Gulls, Lagoon 4.

Wednesday 3rd

Rutland Water: 2 Avocets, 1 Sanderling, 8 Dunlin & 9 Ringed Plovers, Lagoon 4; adult Arctic Tern & 2 Greenshanks, North Arm.

Monday 1st

Rutland Water: 23 Black Terns, South Arm III; 2 1st-summer Little Gulls, Lagoon 4/South Arm III; drake Garganey, Lagoon 1; 3 Sanderlings, Lagoon 4 in the evening.

MAY

Sunday 31st

Eyebrook Res: 5 Black Terns, but no sign of Red-necked Phalarope today.

Rutland Water: 8 Black Terns, South Arm III; 2 1st-summer Little Gulls still on Lagoon 4.

Saturday 30th

Eyebrook Res: female Red-necked Phalarope on the east shore at the inflow this afternoon.

Rutland Water: 2 Black Terns, Lapwing hide; 2 1st-summer Little Gulls, Turnstone, Dunlin & 12 tundrae Ringed Plovers, Lagoon 4; Turtle Dove, Fieldfare hide.

Friday 29th

Rutland Water: 2 Black-necked Grebes, North Arm, from the fishermen's car park.

Stanford Res: 2 Little Terns.

As most birders will probably be aware by now, we are currently experiencing an unprecedented influx of Painted Lady butterflies into the UK. To try and assess the scale of this immigration, Butterfly Conservation has organised a co-ordinated count for tomorrow, Saturday 30th May. This basically involves counting Painted Ladies either migrating through your garden or crossing a 20m wide stretch of countryside from 11:00 - 13:00. Please click here to download full instructions on how to take part in the survey (pdf file). Further information on the Painted Lady influx can be found on the Butterfly Conservation website.

Painted Lady © Andy Mackay