West Midland Bird Club
Ladywalk Reserve Latest News
Unless otherwise stated, reports on this page are anecdotal, and have not been verified by the relevant country recorder or rarities committee.
For the scientfic names of these birds, and their local status, see our county lists.
The latest update covers 25 April–4 May 2008.
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May 2008
- 4th: 2 Hobby, Cuckoo, 3 Redshank, 3 Goosander.
- 3rd: Little Egret, 2 Hobby, Cuckoo, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Redshank.
- 2nd: 2 Red-legged Partridge.
April 2008
- 30th: Redshank.
- 29th: Dunlin, 2 Little Ringed Plover.
- 28th: Dunlin, Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, Cetti's Warbler.
- 27th: Possible Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, Common Sandpiper.
- 26th: 5 Shelduck, Garden Warbler.
- 25th: Green Sandpiper, Snipe.
- 23rd: Jack Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Redpoll.
- 22nd: Reed Warbler, Cuckoo, Cetti's Warbler, Little Egret, 2 Redshank, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Snipe.
- 21st: Little Ringed Plover, Little Egret.
- 19th: Cetti's Warbler.
- 18th: Brambling, Cetti's Warbler.
- 17th: Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler, Curlew.
- 16th: Male White Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Snipe.
- 15th: Little Egret, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Tawny Owl.
- 14th: Marsh Harrier seen from Hide B to fly in from north and drop out of view, Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper.
- 13th: Green Sandpiper.
- 12th: Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Green Sandpiper.
- 11th: 4 Redshank, Greenshank, 11 Redpoll.
- 9th: Cetti's Warbler, Redshank, 4 Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper.
- 8th: Cetti's Warbler, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Willow Warbler.
- 7th: Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 18 House Martins.
- 6th: Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 5 Snipe.
- 5th: Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper.
- 4th: Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Curlew, Redshank.
- 3rd: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, Green Sandpiper.
- 2nd: Cetti's Warbler, Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 4 Oystercatcher, Water Rail.
- 1st: Cetti's Warbler, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Blackcap.
Further Information
Information supplied by Steve Cawthray (Ladywalk Reserve Hon. Warden) and (from 2008) David Eaton; ringing news by Dave Clifton.
Ladywalk Nature Reserve lies on the site of the old Hams Hall power station, situated in the valley of the River Tame, in the borough of North Warwickshire, England, some ten miles from Birmingham city centre, at grid reference SP212917 
, in Warwickshire, England.
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