Guidance on submitting news for inclusion on the Latest Sightings Pages

 
The list provided below represents species that appear more or less annually across the Midlands region and are worthy of inclusion on the latest sightings pages. In addition to this list, all vagrant species will also feature including regular vagrants such as White-winged Black Tern to extreme vagrants such as Rufous Turtle Dove.

Please note that amongst the more regularly reported species that are NOT featured on the news pages are the following:

Peregrine - due to the risk of revealing nesting sites - this species continues to suffer from persecution.

Little Owl, Tawny Owl, Barn Owl - due to the risk of revealing nesting sites.

Cetti's Warbler
 - due to the risk of revealing nesting sites.


Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs, Siskins and Lesser Redpolls including those in private gardens.

Known escapes of birds on and not on the British List.

With regard to common summer and winter migrants, these will be broadcast for a period of around one week following the first arrivals of each species. Please note in particular that Little Ringed Plover is a Schedule 1 breeding species and as such will no longer be reported from remote gravel pit workings - only early/late records from 'controlled' locations such as Upton Warren or Brandon Marsh will be published.

To submit bird news for inclusion on the latest sightings pages please click here.
Please note: we are unable to reply to individual emails/submission forms unless we require additional information.
Thank you in advance for all news submitted.

Please also submit all records of common and rare birds to your local county recorder.
Contact details can be found
here.

The list below comprises those species featured on the latest sightings pages (with exceptions where applicable)

 Bewick's Swan - all records
 Whooper Swan - all records
 Bean Goose - all records
 Pink-footed Goose - all records
 White-fronted Goose - all records
 Barnacle Goose - all records
 Brent Goose - all records
 Egyptian Goose - all records
 Mandarin Duck - all records
 American Wigeon - all records
 Green-winged Teal - all records
 Pintail - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Garganey - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Red-crested Pochard - all records
 Ring-necked Duck - all records
 Ferruginous Duck - all records
 Greater Scaup - all records
 Lesser Scaup - all records
 Eider - all records
 Long-tailed Duck - all records
 Common Scoter - all records
 Velvet Scoter - all records
 Goldeneye - all records
 Smew - all records
 Red-breasted Merganser - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Goosander - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Red Grouse - all records
 Grey Partridge - all records except between April and July
 Quail - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Red-throated Diver - all records
 Black-throated Diver - all records
 Great Northern Diver - all records
 Red-necked Grebe - all records
 Slavonian Grebe - all records
 Black-necked Grebe - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Fulmar - all records
 Manx Shearwater - all records
 Storm Petrel - all records
 Leach's Petrel - all records
 Gannet - all records
 Shag - all records
 Bittern - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Cattle Egret - all records
 Little Egret - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Great White Egret - all records
 Purple Heron - all records
 White Stork - all records
 Spoonbill - all records
 Honey Buzzard - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Red Kite - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Marsh Harrier - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Hen Harrier - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Montagu's Harrier - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Goshawk - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Rough-legged Buzzard - all records
 Osprey - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Merlin - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Hobby - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Spotted Crake - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Corncrake - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Common Crane  - all records
 Avocet - all records
 Stone Curlew - all records
 Dotterel - all records
 European Golden Plover  all records
 Grey Plover - all records
 Knot - all records
 Sanderling - all records

 Little Stint - all records

 Temminck's Stint - all records
 Pectoral Sandpiper - all records
 Curlew Sandpiper - all records
 Purple Sandpiper - all records
 Buff-breasted Sandpiper - all records
 Ruff - all records
 Jack Snipe - all records
 Woodcock - all records
 Black-tailed Godwit - all records
 Bar-tailed Godwit - all records
 Whimbrel - all records
 Green Sandpiper - all records
 Spotted Redshank - all records
 Greenshank - all records
 Wood Sandpiper - all records
 Turnstone - all records
 Red-necked Phalarope - all records
 Grey Phalarope - all records
 Pomarine Skua - all records
 Arctic Skua - all records
 Great Skua - all records
 Sabine's Gull - all records
 Kittiwake - all records
 Little Gull - all records
 Mediterranean Gull - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Ring-billed Gull - all records
 Yellow-legged Gull - all records
 Caspian Gull - all records
 Iceland Gull - all records
 Glaucous Gull - all records
 Little Tern - all records
 Black Tern - all records
 Sandwich Tern - all records
 Arctic Tern - all records
 Turtle Dove - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Ring-necked Parakeet - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Long-eared Owl - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Short-eared Owl - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Nightjar - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Bee-eater - all records
 Hoopoe - all records
 Wryneck - all records
 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Woodlark - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Shorelark - all records
 Richard's Pipit - all records
 Tree Pipit - all records
 Rock Pipit - all records
 Water Pipit - all records
 Yellow Wagtail - all records except those at known nesting sites
 White Wagtail - all records
 Waxwing - all records
 Dipper - all records except between April and July
 Nightingale - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Black Redstart - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Redstart - all records
 Whinchat - all records
 Wheatear - all records
 Ring Ouzel - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Grasshopper Warbler - all records

 Dartford Warbler - all records except those at known nesting sites

 Yellow-browed Warbler - all records

 Wood Warbler - all records
 Firecrest - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Spotted Flycatcher - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Pied Flycatcher - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Bearded Tit - all records
 Willow Tit - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Red-backed Shrike - all records
 Great Grey Shrike - all records
 Tree Sparrow - all records except between April and July
 Brambling - all records
 Twite - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Mealy Redpoll - all records
 Common Crossbill - all records
 Hawfinch - all records except those at known nesting sites
 Lapland Bunting - all records
 Snow Bunting - all records
 Corn Bunting - all records except between April and July

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