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, Manton Bay; 3 Sanderlings, Lagoon 4.
Wednesday 27th May
Rutland Water: 2 Little Terns, Lagoon 4 this afternoon, also Greenshank & adult Whooper Swan.
Eyebrook Res: 2 Black Terns & 3 drake Red-crested Pochards south of the island.
Tuesday 26th May
Eyebrook Res: 2 Cattle Egrets at the island.
Monday 25th May
Rutland Water: no sign of Kentish Plover today. Glossy Ibis & 5 Sanderling still, Lagoon 4.
Shawell Sand Pit: female Common Scoter.
Sunday 24th May
Rutland Water: male Kentish Plover, Lagoon 4 still, also Glossy Ibis & 5 Sanderlings; Black Tern, South Arm from Goldeneye hide.
Stanford Res (permit holders only): drake Garganey at the dam.
Saturday 23rd May
Rutland Water: male Kentish Plover, Lagoon 4 still, also Glossy Ibis & 8 Sanderlings.
Friday 22nd May
Rutland Water: male Kentish Plover, Lagoon 4 still, distantly from Plover hide, also Glossy Ibis & 3 Sanderlings.
Thursday 21st May
Rutland Water: male Kentish Plover, Lagoon 4, distantly from Plover hide (wholly unconfirmed report that it may have initially been seen on Tuesday), also Glossy Ibis, Sanderling & pair of Garganey still.
Barrow-upon-Soar: a very late Fieldfare at a private site.
Wednesday 20th May
Rutland Water: Glossy Ibis, Sanderling & drake Garganey still, Lagoon 4.
Tuesday 19th May
Rutland Water: Glossy Ibis still Lagoon 4 this morning at least, also 4 Sanderlings, Arctic Tern & pair of Garganey still.
Monday 18th May
Rutland Water: Glossy Ibis still, Lagoon 1; Sanderling & pair of Garganey still, Lagoon 4.
Sunday 17th May
Rutland Water: Glossy Ibis, Sanderling & pair of Garganey still, Lagoon 4.
Swithland Res: Osprey on the south side this morning.
Saturday 16th May
Rutland Water: pair of Garganey, Lagoon 4, but no sign of White-winged Black Terns (the same two birds were seen at three different sites in Yorkshire today).
Friday 15th May
Rutland Water: 2 White-winged Black Terns, Lagoon 4 this evening, also Grey Plover still.
Wednesday 13th May
Rutland Water: Sanderling, Turnstone & Grey Plover, Lagoon 4.
Swithland Res: drake Common Scoter on north side.
Monday 11th May
Rutland Water: Black Tern, Lagoon 3; Grey Plover still, Lagoon 4.
Sunday 10th May
Rutland Water: Temminck’s Stint & Turnstone briefly on Lagoon 4 late morning, but no sign of either after c12:20. Also Grey Plover & 2 Bar-tailed Godwits there; 2 Wood Sandpipers, Lagoon 8; Black Tern still, Lagoon 1.
Saturday 9th May
Empingham: Night Heron sound-recorded flying over at 01:15.
Rutland Water: Wood Sandpiper, Lagoon 3; Grey Plover & 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, Lagoon 4.
Eyebrook Res: juv Whooper Swan still at the island.
Thursday 7th May
Eyebrook Res: 3 Cattle Egrets on the north side of the island this morning.
Rutland Water: Wood Sandpiper, Lagoon 8; 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, Lagoon 4.
Wednesday 6th May
Eyebrook Res: 1 Black Tern, 3+ Arctic Terns, 2 Dunlin & 1 Common Sandpiper.
Stanford Res: no sign of Ring-necked Duck today.
Tuesday 5th May
Stanford Res (permit holders only): drake Ring-necked Duck still, also Black Tern.
Rutland Water: 3 Bar-tailed Godwits, Lagoon 4; Wood Sandpipers on Lagoons 4 & 5.
Wanlip Scrape: Wood Sandpiper.
Monday 4th May
Stanford Res (permit holders only): drake Ring-necked Duck still, also adult Kittiwake flew east at 08:15.
Thornton Res: Kittiwake briefly early morning before flying off north.
Quorn: Crane flew east at 18:30.
Sunday 3rd May
Stanford Res (permit holders only): drake Ring-necked Duck at the dam end, also 1 Arctic Tern.
Cossington Meadows: 2 Whinchats on fence between Lower Moor pool & Plover Meadow pool, also Dunlin & Ringed Plover.
Eyebrook Res: Whinchat at the inflow.
Swithland Res: 2 Arctic Terns on the north side this afternoon.
Rutland Water: Black Tern still, Lagoon 3 & Wood Sandpiper still, Lagoon 4.
Drake Ring-necked Duck, Stanford Res © Chris Hubbard
Friday 1st May
Rutland Water: 2 Black Terns, Lagoon 1; 4 Wood Sandpipers, Lagoon 4 + 2 Bar-tailed Godwits flew over.
Eyebrook Res: 8 Black Terns, Grey Plover & Bar-tailed Godwit.