September 2026

This page is no longer being updated, due to the disproportionate amount of work involved and the almost total lack of interest by anybody in sending in sightings and photos for it. For several years, almost everything on this page has been taken from the various...

August 2026

Monday 31st August Rutland Water: Knot & 2 Garganey, Goldeneye hide; 4 Little Stints still, North Arm; 5 Wood Sandpipers, South Arm 3; 3 Black Terns & Spotted Redshank, Lagoon 3. Swithland Res: Pied Flycatcher behind the dam, but no sign after c15:30, also...

July 2026

Monday 27th July Stanford Res (permit holders only): 2 Black-necked Grebes. Sunday 26th July Rutland Water: Garganey, North Arm. Sunday 19th July Swithland Res: Sandwich Tern on north side this morning before flying off NE at 09:35. Saturday 18th July Eyebrook Res: 50...

June 2026

Tuesday 30th June Groby Pool: Garganey left of the island, also 3 Common Sandpipers. Sunday 28th June Cossington Meadows: 6 Green Sandpipers, Lower Moor pool, and a further 3 on Upper Marsh. Also some free Leics & Rutland Bird Reports (2017 – 2022) have been...

May 2026

Sunday 31st May Rutland Water: 1 Little Stint, Lagoon 4 still. Saturday 30th May Rutland Water: 3 Little Stints, Lagoon 4. Friday 29th May Eyebrook Res: Hoopoe flew across the reservoir towards Stoke Dry and 08:49, but no further sign. Rutland Water: Black Tern,...

April 2026

Wednesday 29th April Rutland Water: Spoonbill, Lagoon 3; Cattle Egret, Wet Meadow; Wood Sandpiper & 2 Grey Plovers, Lagoon 4. Cossington Meadows: 5 Wood Sandpipers on Lower Moor pool till 19:30 when they flew off north. Watermead CP North: 3 Arctic Terns, King...