2020
Thanks to all observers for their records, especially Stanford Ringing
Group (SRG), Steve Nichols (SCN), George Burton (GB), Fritz Graves
(FG), Dan March (DM), Matt Jackson (MJ), Chris Begley (CB), Peter
Dillon-Hooper (PDH), Chris Hubbard (CMH)
| 2020 |
Thanks to all who have sent their
sightings in - this is much appreciated. 2020 has been a weird and
challenging year for
all of us but I hope that the birds you have seen at Stanford have
helped you get through this year. Overall, the species list for 2020
was
a new site record of 164 species, beating the
previous best of 160 set in 2017. There are many highlights but here
are a few:
Iceland (and Kumlien's), Glaucous Gull
and Kittiwake were among 12 species of gull
recorded. Terns were headed up by the appearance of CASPIAN
TERNS in May and July, the first at the site for 50 years. In
addition, Little, Arctic and Black
were also recorded. We have had 6 Marsh Harriers
during 2020 as well as several Merlin and Osprey.
2020 delivered a number of species not seen for some years including: Bearded
Tit, 3 Shag, 4 Black-necked
Grebes, Barnacle Goose, Crossbill,
Rock Pipit, Wood Warbler, Bittern,
Scaup, Lesser Spotted
Woodpecker, Smew and Nightjar.
More from the ringing group on the blog I'm sure but some highlights of
an amazing year have included: 2 Wryneck, Yellow-browed
Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Firecrest,
Pied Flycatcher, Tree Pipit,
Whinchat, Common Buzzard, a
record number of Redstarts, Common Redpoll
and of course the first ever Bearded Tits ringed at
the site. In all, 68 species ringed in 2020, a new group
record.
Despite the lack of mud we have managed to record 18 species of wader
in 2020 the highlights being Black-tailed and Bar-tailed
Godwit, Ringed Plover,
Jack Snipe, Wood Sandpiper
and Whimbrel.
No new additions to the overall site species list in 2020 although Kumlien's
Gull (a sub species of Iceland Gull) was
new to the site and only the third Northamptonshire record. |
December
| 31st |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
this AM (CMH), STONECHAT 2, Water Rail 1, Kingfisher 2, Chiffchaff 3,
Little Egret 1, Goosander
|
| 30th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2,
STONECHAT 2, Water Rail 2, BARNACLE GOOSE 1, Chiffchaff 2, Little Grebe
3, GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1, Goosander 6 (5 drakes) this evening
(CMH)
 |
| Bearded
Tit (David Richardson) |
|
| 29th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
(CMH), BLACK-NECKED GREBE 3 (CMH), STONECHAT 1,
Green Sandpiper 1, Shoveler 2, Snipe 1, Water Rail 2, Lesser Redpoll 4
|
| 28th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
(CMH / R Malin), *KITTIWAKE* 1 late PM, the first
of 2020 (CMH), BLACK-NECKED GREBE 4 (PDH),
STONECHAT 3, GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Common
Snipe 1, Goosander 1, Chiffchaff 1, Kingfisher 2, Lesser Redpoll 7,
Raven 1, Water Rail 2
Kittiwake, the
first of 2020 (Chris Hubbard)
|
| 27th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
(CMH), BLACK-NECKED GREBE 2 (CMH), STONECHAT 3, JACK SNIPE 1
(CMH), Snipe 1, Pochard 78, Wigeon 175, Teal 2, Goldeneye 5, Water Rail
2, Chiffchaff 1
|
| 26th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
(CMH), BLACK-NECKED GREBE 4 (CMH), MANDARIN
2 drakes this AM, only the second record of 2020 (CMH), STONECHAT 2,
Goldeneye 5, Shoveler 1, Grey Wagtail 3, Chiffchaff 2
|
| 25th |
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
OUR VISITORS
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| Bearded
Tits by Kate Moore - Merry Christmas |
|
| 24th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
still, BLACK-NECKED GREBE 4, SCAUP
1 female reported but no seen subsequently (P Burrows), DUNLIN 15 in
flight (P Burrows), GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1, Kingfisher 1,
STONECHAT 1, Tree Sparrow c20
|
| 23rd |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
(CMH), BLACK-NECKED GREBE 4 (CMH),
Goosander 4 (CMH), STONECHAT 3, GREAT EGRET 1, Water Rail 2, Chiffchaff
1
|
| 22nd |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
(CMH), BLACK-NECKED GREBE 4 (PDH), GREAT EGRET 1,
Lesser Redpoll 6, Little Egret 2, STONECHAT 3Kingfisher 2, Water Rail
3, Raven 1
|
| 21st |
BLACK-NECKED
GREBE 4 (CMH), STONECHAT 3 (CMH), Little Egret 1,
Goldeneye 4, Teal 1, BARNACLE GOOSE 1 (CMH)
|
| 20th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
(CMH), BLACK-NECKED GREBE 4 (CMH), JACK SNIPE 1
(CMH), STONECHAT 1 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Water Rail 3, Green Sandpiper
1, Teal 2, Red Kite 1
|
| 19th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2 this
AM, now into their 6th week (CMH), BLACK-NECKED GREBE 4 (CMH),
GREAT EGRET 1, Water Rail 1, Kingfisher 1, Greylag Goose 163, Lesser
Redpoll 6, Raven 3, Chiffchaff 2, Goldeneye 2, Teal 1
|
| 18th |
BLACK-NECKED GREBE 4
(PDH), Meadow Pipit 6, Lesser Redpoll 2, Sparrowhawk 2, Chiffchaff 1
|
| 17th |
BLACK-NECKED GREBE 3
this AM, REDWING 1 of the Icelandic race, 'coburni'
ringed this AM (SRG)
 |
| Redwing
- Icelandic race 'coburni' |
 |
| Note
the dark under-tail coverts (SRG) |
|
| 16th |
BLACK-NECKED GREBE 3
(CMH), Pochard 67, BARNACLE GOOSE 1, Raven 1, Lesser Redpoll 5
|
| 15th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
(CMH), BLACK-NECKED GREBE 3 (CMH),
SMEW 1 'redhead' very briefly distantly from
the dam towards the point and not seen subsequently (R Cross), BARNACLE
GOOSE 1, BRAMBLING 1, Water Rail 1 Raven 1, STONECHAT 1
|
| 14th |
BLACK-NECKED GREBE 3
(CMH), Raven 1, BARNACLE GOOSE 1, STONECHAT 1, Little Egret 1, Lapwing
c130
 |
| Barnacle
Goose (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 13th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
(CMH), BLACK-NECKED GREBE 4 (CMH),
GREAT EGRET 1, BARNACLE GOOSE 1, REDSHANK 1 on the dam very briefly
(CMH), Goosander 3, Little Egret 1, Water Rail 2, Raven 2, Grey Wagtail
1
|
| 12th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
this AM (CMH), BLACK-NECKED GREBE 4 (CMH), WHOOPER
SWAN 2 initially in Blowers Lodge Bay (A Borley) and then NE
over the settling pond (CMH/CB), Coot 364, Tufted Duck 228, Pochard 85,
Mallard 43, STONECHAT 2, Kingfisher 2, Little Egret 1, Grey Wagtail 1,
Mute Swan 55, Wigeon 149, Greylag Goose 164, Canada Goose 55, Water
Rail 1, Grey Heron 4, Snipe 5
 |
| Whooper
Swan (Adrian Borley) |
|
| 11th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2 (CMH/PDH),
BLACK-NECKED GREBE 4 (CMH/PDH), Goosander 2,
Water Rail 1, Green Sandpiper 1, STONECHAT 2, Lesser Redpoll 2, Little
Egret 1, Kingfisher 2, Snipe 2,
|
| 10th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
(CMH), BLACK-NECKED GREBE 3 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1,
Wigeon 192, Mute Swan 55
|
| 9th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
still this AM (CMH), MERLIN 1 female/imm flew
north near the dam at 09.14 (CMH), BLACK-NECKED GREBE
4 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, BARNACLE GOOSE 1, STONECHAT
2, Water Rail 2, Raven 2 |
| 8th |
BLACK-NECKED GREBE 4 (CMH),
STONECHAT 4, GREAT EGRET 1, Chiffchaff 2, BARNACLE GOOSE 1
 |
| Black-necked
Grebe (Theo de Clermont) |
|
| 7th |
*BEARDED TIT* at
least 1 still present, BLACK-NECKED GREBE 2 (PDH),
PINTAIL 4 (PDH), STONECHAT 2, GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 3, Chiffchaff
1, Snipe 1, Harrier species 1 'ringtail'
seen very briefly this morning but species not confirmed (P
Burrows)
|
| 6th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
this AM (CMH/Rod Baker), BLACK-NECKED GREBE 3
(CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, BRAMBLING 1, BARNACLE GOOSE 1, Chiffchaff 2,
Green Sandpiper 1, Goosander 1, Kingfisher 2 ,
BLACKBIRD a Norwegian ringed bird controlled this morning by
SRG
 |
| Black-necked
Grebe (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 5th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
still this AM, BLACK-NECKED GREBE 4
still this AM (PDH/CMH), BARNACLE GOOSE 1, GREAT EGRET 2, Little Egret
1, Pochard 59, Golden Plover c40, Chiffchaff 2, STONECHAT 2, Red Kite
2, Green Sandpiper 1, Snipe 6, BRAMBLING 1 (CMH)
 |
| Black-necked
Grebe (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Black-necked
Grebe (Dan March) |
|
| 4th |
BLACK-NECKED GREBE 4
(CMH), BARNACLE GOOSE 1 (CMH)
|
| 3rd |
BLACK-NECKED GREBE 4
still this AM (CMH), BARNACLE GOOSE 1, Snipe 1, Water Rail 1
|
| 2nd |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
this AM (CMH), BLACK-NECKED GREBE 4 (CMH),
STONECHAT 2, Water Rail 2, Kingfisher 2, Snipe 3
|
| 1st |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
still (MJ), BLACK-NECKED GREBE 4 still (CMH/MJ), GREATER
SCAUP 1 late PM, the first at the site since 2016 (CMH),
BARNACLE GOOSE 1 (CMH), STONECHAT 4 (MJ), Water Rail 1, Snipe 12,
WOODCOCK 1 (MJ), Golden Plover c25, Greenfinch 2, Chiffchaff 2, Grey
Wagtail 1, Kingfisher 2, Chaffinch 10
 |
Black-necked
Grebe (M Jackson)
|
 |
Greater
Scaup, the first at the site since 2016 (Chris Hubbard)
|
|
November
| 30th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
this AM (CMH), BLACK-NECKED GREBE 4 late PM and
still present at dusk, the first at the site since 2013. This
was also the 161st species at the site in 2020, a new record
(CMH), GREAT EGRET 2 (CMH), Pintail 1 female (PDH), BARNACLE GOOSE 1
(PDH), STONECHAT 2, Little Egret 1, Water Rail 3, Snipe 3, Green
Sandpiper 1, Chiffchaff 2, Grey Wagtail 2, Centi's Warbler 1, Raven 1,
Teal 11, Lapwing c30, Goldeneye 8, Kingfisher 1, Canada Goose
c220
 |
Black-necked
Grebe record shots, the first at the site since 2013 (Chris Hubbard)
|
 |
Bearded
Tit (Chris Hubbard)
|
|
| 29th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
still (CMH), WOODCOCK 1 (CMH/DM), GREAT EGRET 1, BARNACLE GOOSE 1
(CMH), STONECHAT 2, Goosander 1 drake, Chiffchaff 3, Water
Rail 2, Shoveler 5, Goldeneye 8
|
| 28th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
this AM (CMH), WOODCOCK 1 (D Sheffield), BRAMBLING 2 (SRG/DM), GREAT
EGRET 1, STONECHAT 4, Snipe 5, Shoveler 4, Teal 30, Goosander 3 drakes
flew east (CMH), Water Rail 3, Shelduck 1, Barn Owl 1, Lesser Redpoll
2, Chiffchaff 1
 |
| 1
of 4 Stonechat on site currently (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 27th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
(CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, BARNACLE GOOSE 1 (CMH), JACK SNIPE 1 (PDH),
STONECHAT 4 (CMH/MJ), Goldeneye 5, Goosander 2, Snipe 6, Green
Sandpiper 1, BRAMBLING 2 (CMH), Shoveler 5, Red Kite 1, Lesser Redpoll
2, Raven 1, Barn Owl 1, Water Rail 1, Kingfisher 2, Chiffchaff 2
|
| 26th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
still, for their 14th day (CMH), STONECHAT 4 (CMH), JACK SNIPE 1 (CMH),
GREAT EGRET 1, BARNACLE GOOSE 1 (CMH), Water Rail 1, Shoveler 5,
Starling c1000 came to roost, Kingfisher 2, Chiffchaff 1
|
| 25th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
this AM (CMH), Water Rail 2, STONECHAT 2, Chiffchaff 1, GREAT EGRET 1
 |
Bearded
Tit (Chris Hubbard)
|
 |
| Bearded
Tit (Matt Jackson) |
|
| 24th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
again this morning but more elusive (CMH), STONECHAT 2, Goldeneye 7,
Cetti's Warbler 1, Water Rail 1, Chiffchaff 2, Snipe 1, Fieldfare c100,
Redwing c50, Nuthatch 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Linnet 45, Shoveler
4, Meadow Pipit 10, Kingfisher 1, Teal 5
|
| 23rd |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
again this morning for their 11th day (CMH), JACK SNIPE 2 (PDH),
STONECHAT 4, GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1, Shelduck 2, Goldeneye 8,
Snipe 12, BRAMBLING 1 (PDH), Chiffchaff 2
|
| 22nd |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
still this morning (CMH / I&V Merrill), WHOOPER SWAN 5
over east , late morning the 160th species at the site in 2020 (SRG), PINK-FOOTED
GOOSE 3 early AM (CMH), BARNACLE GOOSE 1 (CMH), WOODCOCK 3
this AM (SRG), Chiffchaff 2, Goosander 6 briefly (K Reeves), Little
Grebe 1, STONECHAT 2 (DM)
 |
| Bearded
Tit (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
Bearded
Tit (Ian Merrill)
|
 |
Bearded
Tit (Ian Merrill)
|
 |
Bearded
Tit (Ian Merrill)
|
 |
Brambling
(Theo de Clermont)
|
 |
| Stonechat
(Dan March) |
|
| 21st |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 3
with Greylags (CMH), BARNACLE GOOSE 1 (CMH), STONECHAT 4 (CMH/CB),
Goldeneye 7, Green Sandpiper 1, Goosander 3, Tree Sparrow 15,
Kingfisher 2, Nuthatch 1, Lesser Redpoll 2, Jay 2, Water Rail 3
 |
| Pink-footed
Geese and Barnacle Goose (M Jackson) |
|
| 14th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2 this
AM but very elusive (CMH), BARNACLE GOOSE 1 (CMH), Goosander, BRAMBLING
2 ringed this AM, the first since 2013 and the 69th species
to be ringed at the site in 2020 (SRG), Goldeneye 8, Barn Owl
(CB), Lesser Redpoll 4, Shoveler 6, Snipe 6, GREAT EGRET 1 (PDH),
Chiffchaff 1, Lapwing 41, Meadow Pipit 21, Green Sandpiper 1, Water
Rail 2
 |
Brambling
(SRG / Chris Hubbard)
|
 |
Brambling
(SRG / Chris Hubbard)
|
|
| 19th |
GREAT EGRET 1, BARNACLE GOOSE 1
(MJ), Willow Tit 1, the first report since August (MJ), Water Rail 2,
STONECHAT 2 (S&M WYATT), GREAT EGRET 1 (S&M WYATT),
Meadow Pipit 6, Chiffchaff 1, Lesser Redpoll 2, Kingfisher 1, Red Kite
1, Treecreeper 2, Siskin 3
 |
Barnacle
Goose ( M Jackson)
|
|
| 18th |
WOODCOCK 1 over the Leics reedbed
this evening (CMH), BARNACLE GOOSE 1 (CMH / M Townsend), Little Egret
2, Water Rail 2, Lesser Redpoll 3, Raven 2, Goosander 1, GREAT EGRET 1
(N Jarvis), STONECHAT 2 (N Jarvis)
|
| 17th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
still this AM, heard calling and seen briefly but the strong wind
hampered viewing (CMH), BARNACLE GOOSE 1 (CMH), STONECHAT 2, BRAMBLING
2 (CMH), Water Rail 2, Goldeneye 4, Goosander 1
 |
| Another
image of the male Bearded Tit from yesterday (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 16th |
*BEARDED TIT*
male and female this AM, ringed in the Leicestershire reedbed, the
first ever to be ringed at the site (CMH/SRG)
 |
Bearded
Tits, the first ever to be ringed at the site by SRG (Chris Hubbard)
|
BARNACLE GOOSE 2 (CMH), BRAMBLING 2 over (CMH) and 1 at the top of the
drive to the dam (PDH), Water Rail 2, Lesser Redpoll c20, Raven 2,
Meadow Pipit c20, STONECHAT 2, Goldeneye 3, GREAT EGRET 1(PDH), Teal 8
|
| 15th |
BARNACLE GOOSE 2 (CMH), BRAMBLING
1 with Chaffinches at the top of the drive to the dam (CMH), Little
Egret 3, STONECHAT 2, Goldeneye 1, Kingfisher 2, Goosander 1, Greylag
Goose 190, Coot 367, Mute Swan 50, Tufted Duck 275, Gadwall 22, Wigeon
67, Moorhen 5, Water Rail 2, Canada Goose 22, Chiffchaff 2, Raven 1,
Goldcrest 4, Snipe 1, Sparrowhawk 1
|
| 14th |
GREAT EGRET 1, BARNACLE GOOSE 2
still this AM (CMH), Little Egret 3, Chiffchaff 2, Snipe 5, Green
Sandpiper 1, Goldeneye 5, Lesser Redpoll 2, Teal 7, Meadow Pipit 20,
Water Rail 2
|
| 13th |
*BEARDED TIT*
2, a male and female present in the Leicestershire reedbed until 09.15
when they flew high east. The first record at the site since
1980 (CMH), Water Rail 2, STONECHAT 2, GREAT EGRET 1,
Goosander 1 female (CMH), Green Sandpiper 2, Kingfisher 1, Red Kite 1,
Raven 2, Goldeneye 4, Peregrine 1, Chiffchaff 2, BARNACLE GOOSE 2 (F
Graves), Coot 362 (F Graves), Fieldfare / Redwing c350, Cetti's Warbler
1, Lapwing 22
 |
| Bearded
Tit, the first at the site for 40 years (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Bearded
Tit montage (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 12th |
BARNACLE GOOSE 2
(M&S Wyatt), STONECHAT 2 (J Lambert & S Daniel),
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult in Keepers Lodge Bay this PM (CMH), Snipe 1,
Goldeneye 2, Lesser Redpoll 1, Siskin 1, Little Egret 5
|
| 11th |
GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Goldeneye 2,
STONECHAT 2 (CMH), Water Rail 1, Snipe 1, Lesser Redpoll 1, Siskin 1,
Little Egret 1
|
| 10th |
CROSSBILL 2
over this AM (SRG), Water Rail 1, STONECHAT 1, Snipe 7, Raven 6,
Goldeneye 2 females, Lapwing c50, Shoveler 7, Golden Plover 3
|
| 9th |
BARNACLE GOOSE
2 this AM the first at the site since 2013 (PDH), Cetti's Warbler 2,
Green Sandpiper 1, Shoveler 14, Tree Sparrow 8, Lesser Redpoll 2,
Lapwing 17
A Blackcap ringed at Stanford Reservoir on the
22/09/2020 has been re-caught at Kartong Bird Observatory in The Gambia
on the 07/11/2020 (46 days) having covered 4591KM
 |
| 1
of 2 Barnacle Geese (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 8th |
STONECHAT 1, Goldeneye 2, Teal 17,
Shoveler 11, Chiffchaff 1, Coal Tit 2, Meadow Pipit 3, Goldfinch 20,
Snipe 6, Kingfisher 1, Water Rail 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Lapwing 7,
Redwing / Fieldfare c200, Starling 7000+ in the roost this evening
(CMH)
|
| 7th |
Goldeneye 2, STONECHAT 1, Water
Rail 2, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 in the roost, Starling c6000 in the roost
this evening, Green Sandpiper, REDSHANK 1 over calling this AM (SRG),
Snipe 5, Kingfisher 2, Little Egret 1, Chiffchaff 1, Shoveler
8
|
| 6th |
STONECHAT 1, PINTAIL 1 drake
(PDH), GREAT EGRET 1, Goosander 1 female (M&S Wyatt), Little
Egret 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Nuthatch 2, Raven 1, Lesser Redpoll 10,
Starling c4000, Shoveler 5, Snipe 1, Teal 21, Goldeneye 2, Water Rail,
Lapwing 2, Pochard 77, Little Grebe 2, Kingfisher 2, Chaffinch c40,
Goldfinch c20, Linnet 15
|
| 5th |
Goldeneye 2, STONECHAT 1
|
| 4th |
*FIRECREST* 1 ringed
this AM (SRG), STONECHAT 1, BRAMBLING 1 over calling this AM (CMH),
Little Egret 2, Peregrine 1
 |
| Firecrest
(SRG) |
|
| 3rd |
*SHAG* 1 this
AM (CMH), STONECHAT 1, Lesser Redpoll 3, Fieldfare c100, Teal c18,
Nuthatch 1, Coal Tit 2, Starling c6000 in the roost (CMH), Jackdaw c500
went to roost
 |
Shag,
the 3rd record of 2020 (Chris Hubbard)
|
|
| 2nd |
*SHAG* 1
identified from images, the 3rd record of 2020 (S Wright), STONECHAT 2,
Shoveler 3, Teal c80
|
| 1st |
STONECHAT 1, Green Sandpiper 1,
Little Egret 1, Goldeneye 2 drakes, Shoveler 3, Chiffchaff 4, Fieldfare
c60
|
October
| 31st |
Green Sandpiper 1, Peregrine 1,
Siskin 2, Chiffchaff 2, Wigeon 151, Teal 114
|
| 30th |
STONECHAT 1, Teal 119, Green
Sandpiper 1, Siskin 1, Snipe 1, Golden Plover 35, Starling c5000
roosted this evening (CMH)
|
| 29th |
Green Sandpiper 1, Teal 92,
Shoveler 8, Sparrowhawk 1, Jay 1
|
| 28th |
STONECHAT 2 this AM (CMH), Lesser
Redpoll 3, Meadow Pipit 10, Chiffchaff 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Teal 127
 |
Stonechat,
settling pond (Chris Hubbard)
|
 |
Stonechat,
dam (Steven Wright)
|
|
| 27th |
STONECHAT 1, SWALLOW 1, a very
late bird this AM (CMH), Lesser Redpoll 1, Siskin 1, Chiffchaff 1,
Goldcrest 8, Meadow Pipit 15
|
| 26th |
STONECHAT 1, BRAMBLING 4,
over this AM (CMH/PDH), Water Rail 1, Goldcrest 12, Little Egret 2,
Sparrowhawk 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Kingfisher 1, Fieldfare c100, Siskin
1, Buzzard 4,, Raven 3, Blackcap 1, Chiffchaff 2, Golden
Plover 14, Lapwing 3, Green Woodpecker 2, Jay 2, Teal 135 this evening
(CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 in the roost this evening (CMH)
 |
Stonechat
(Chris Hubbard)
|
|
| 25th |
BRAMBLING 1
this evening (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, Chiffchaff 1, Kingfisher 1,
Meadow Pipit c50, Little Egret 4, Yellowhammer 4 ringed this
AM, the 66th species to be ringed at the site in 2020
|
| 24th |
STONECHAT 1, Meadow Pipit 7,
Golden Plover 15, Little Egret 4, Snipe 2, Wigeon 141, Sparrowhawk 1
|
| 23rd |
*LESSER SPOTTED
WOODPECKER* 1 this AM (CB), Blackcap 1, Water Rail
1, PINTAIL 1, Siskin 1, Lesser Redpoll 1, Little Egret 2, Lapwing 25,
Snipe 3, Goldcrest 6, Raven 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Teal 79
|
| 22nd |
Teal 79 (CMH/SCN), Shoveler 2,
Coal Tit 1, Little Egret 5, Raven 2, Starling c2000 roosted this
evening (CMH)
 |
Starling
murmuration (Chris Hubbard)
|
|
| 21st |
STONECHAT 2 (CMH/SCN), PINTAIL 4,
Green Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 5, SWALLOW 2 over the settling pond
this evening, late record (CMH), Starling c1000 roosted this evening
(CMH)
|
| 20th |
STONECHAT 1, Little Egret 7,
PINTAIL 2
|
| 19th |
GREAT EGRET 2, Redpoll 1,
Kingfisher 1, GOLDENEYE 1, the first of the Autumn (PDH), Siskin 1,
PINTAIL 1, Little Egret 2, Sparrowhawk 2, Starling c1000 came into
roost (CMH), Redwing c50, Yellowhammer 2, Raven 3, Red-legged Partridge
4, Buzzard 2, Fieldfare good numbers round nd 1 ringed by the SRG, the
first of 2020
|
| 17th |
STONECHAT 1, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 3
(SCN), Little Egret 1, Lesser Redpoll 2, Little Grebe 1, Kingfisher 1,
Raven 1, Teal 2, Redwing c400, Snipe 12 (A Homer)
|
| 16th |
PINTAIL 11 (PDH), Snipe 2, Lapwing
c50, GREAT EGRET 1, STONECHAT 1, Red Kite 1
|
| 15th |
GREAT EGRET 1, BRAMBLING
2 over rail track towards South Kilworth, with Chaffinch (CMH),
Peregrine 1 (CMH), Swallow 1 (CMH), Little Egret 6, Little Grebe 2
|
| 14th |
GREAT EGRET 1, PINTAIL 5, Jay 1,
Teal 11, Wigeon c140
|
| 13th |
GREAT EGRET 1, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL
1, STONECHAT 1, Swallow 1, Little Egret 4, Little Grebe 2, PINTAIL 6,
Redwing c100, Fieldfare 25
|
| 12th |
COMMON REDPOLL 1
ringed this AM (SRG), GREAT EGRET 1, PINTAIL at least 12 (CMH/PDH),
STONECHAT 1, Pochard 27, Redwing 300+ this AM, Fieldfare 10, Green
Sandpiper 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Egret 3, Kingfisher 1, Snipe 2,
Swallow 4
|
| 11th |
BRAMBLING 1
male this AM (M&S Wyatt), GREAT EGRET 1, Fieldfare c120,
Swallow 16, Golden Plover 1, Chiffchaff 1, Yellowhammer 1, Lesser
Redpoll 10, Little Grebe 2, Little Egret 8,
PINTAIL 13, Shoveler 3, Raven 1, Coal Tit 1
|
| 10th |
COMMON REDPOLL 1
this morning with c50 Lesser Redpoll, the first since 2017 (M
Townsend), GREAT EGRET 2 (CMH), Little Egret 16, Swallow 15, House
Martin 8, Skylark c20, Kingfisher 1, Teal 3
|
| 9th |
BLACK-TAILED
GODWIT 5 briefly this AM, the first since 2018
(PDH), Lesser Redpoll 8, Skylark c20, Blackcap 2, Chiffchaff 1,
STONECHAT 1, Little Egret 12, GREAT EGRET 1 (PDH), Green Sandpiper 1,
Lapwing c120, Raven 2, Swallow 12, Teal 3
|
| 8th |
STONECHAT 1, PINTAIL 15 (CMH),
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult (CMH), House Martin 10, Swallow 1, Peregrine
1, Kingfisher 2, Lesser Redpoll 6, Little Egret 2, Golden Plover c25,
Pied Wagtail 29 (SCN), Little Egret 16 (DM)
|
| 7th |
PINTAIL 15, House Martin 10,
Lesser Redpoll 5, Swallow 1, Peregrine 1, STONECHAT 1, Golden Plover
c25, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1, Kingfisher 2
|
| 6th |
PINTAIL 4 late morning with a
further 15 arriving at c18.00 (CMH/SCN), Lesser Redpoll c35 (M
Townsend), Redwing 40, Greenfinch 4, STONECHAT 1
 |
Some
of the 19 Pintail present this evening (Chris Hubbard)
|
|
| 5th |
MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1
adult in the roost this evening (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 in the
roost this evening (CMH), WHEATEAR 1 (CMH), STONECHAT 1, Little Grebe
1, Wigeon 161, Teal 12, PINTAIL 8, Blackcap 1, Marsh Tit 1, House
Martin 13, Sand Martin 6, Swallow 1, Sedge Warbler 1, Lapwing 38,
Siskin 3
 |
Mediterranean
Gull (Chris Hubbard)
|
|
| 4th |
OSPREY 1 over
the dam (DM), STONECHAT 1, GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 2, Little Grebe
4. Meadow Pipit 6, Teal 14, Wigeon c100, Shoveler c40, Raven 2,
Chiffchaff 4, Snipe 1, House Martin 5
|
| 3rd |
STONECHAT 1, Teal 2, Lesser
Redpoll 3, Little Grebe 2, House Martin 28, Wigeon 147
|
| 2nd |
Little Grebe 4, Wigeon 57, Little
Egret 1, Shoveler 16
|
| 1st |
GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 3,
Little Grebe 3, STONECHAT 1, Red-legged Partridge 5, Chiffchaff 3,
Goldcrest 1, Chaffinch 2, Goldfinch 4, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1,
Raven 1, Jay 1, Treecreeper 2, Kingfisher 1, House Martin 3
|
September
| 30th |
ROCK PIPIT 1
briefly this AM, the first since 2016 (CMH/MJ), GREAT EGRET 1,
STONECHAT 1 (CMH/MJ), House Martin c75, Water Rail 1, Little Egret 2
VISMIG early AM - Meadow Pipit 113, Raven 2, Siskin 6, Swallow 16,
Redwing 1, Starling 2, Redpoll 1, Pied Wagtail 5, Skylark 2, Chaffinch
4
|
| 29th |
Wigeon 97, Snipe 3, Cetti's
Warbler 1, Pied Wagtail 14, Lesser Redpoll c20
|
| 28th |
STONECHAT 2 (CMH), Raven 2, Lesser
Redpoll c40, Little Egret 1
223 new birds ringed this AM including: REDSTART
1, the 29th of 2020, Blackcap 108, Chiffchaff 57, Redpoll 13, Goldcrest
8, Robin 9, Whitethroat 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Sedge Warbler 1, Skylark
24 over, House Martin c10
 |
Stonechat,
1 of 2 on site (Chris Hubbard)
|
 |
Cetti's
Warbler (SRG)
|
 |
Redstart
(SRG)
|
|
| 27th |
GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), STONECHAT 1
(CMH), Little Grebe 2, PINTAIL 1, House Martin c100, Greylag Goose 344,
Green Sandpiper 1, Snipe 6, Little Egret 2, Lesser Redpoll 1
|
| 26th |
GREAT EGRET 1 (DM), STONECHAT 1
(MJ), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 (CMH), Little Grebe 4, PINTAIL 1, Common
Sandpiper 1, Meadow Pipit 4, House Martin c100, Sand Martin 3, Mute
Swan 62, Water Rail 1, Moorhen 15 on the settling pond, Snipe 1, Little
Egret 2, Lesser Black-backed Gull 156, Mallard 28
47 new birds ringed this AM including:
Sparrowhawk 1, Grey Wagtail 1, Lesser Redpoll 6
 |
| Stonechat
(M Jackson) |
|
| 25th |
GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Common
Sandpiper 1, Pochard 19, Barn Owl 2, Little Grebe 4, Swallow 3, Sand
Martin 1, House Martin c30
|
| 24th |
Pochard 13, Shoveler 32, Barn Owl
2, Common Sandpiper 2, Siskin 7, House Martin c100 this evening (CMH),
Little Egret 3, Kingfisher 1
|
| 23rd |
Lesser Redpoll 10, Cetti's Warbler
2, Little Egret 1, Kingfisher 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Jay 1
Otter 1 (MJ)
|
| 22nd |
*YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER* 1
ringed this AM, the 5th to be ringed at the site and the 6th overall
record (SRG), Common Sandpiper 2, PINTAIL 3, Raven 7, Red Kite 1
210 new birds ringed today including:
YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER 1, Blackcap 151, Chiffchaff 31, Goldcrest 3,
Lesser Redpoll 3, Reed Warbler 6
|
| 21st |
PINTAIL 6 (PDH), Lesser Redpoll 4,
Siskin c20, Common Sandpiper 2, Meadow Pipit 7, Grey Wagtail 9,
Sparrowhawk 1, Wigeon c20, Greylag Goose c200, Shoveler 10, Little
Grebe 4, Yellow Wagtail 1
|
| 20th |
Common Sandpiper 1, Shoveler 23,
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult (SCN), Raven 4, Cetti's Warbler 1, Meadow
Pipit c30, Siskin several
|
| 19th |
Common Sandpiper 1, Water Rail 1,
Shoveler 23, Canada goose 145, Greylag Goose c250, Teal 2, Little Grebe
4, Kingfisher 2, Tufted Duck 133, Wigeon 14, Pochard 12, Gadwall 9,
Moorhen 14, Lesser Redpoll 4, Sparrowhawk 1, Hobby 1
|
| 18th |
GREAT EGRET 1 (PDH), Peregrine 1,
Teal 11 (CMH), Little Grebe 3, Little Egret 4, Buzzard 6, Red Kite 2,
Kestrel 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Raven 2, Common Sandpiper
1
|
| 17th |
*LESSER SPOTTED
WOODPECKER* 1 seen briefly this AM (CMH) and this evening
(DM/MJ), Common Sandpiper 3, Hobby 1, Snipe 1, Lapwing c70, Shoveler
19, Teal 2, Wigeon 10, Sand Martin 2, Swallow 10, Raven 1, Kingfisher
1, Lesser Redpoll 4, Siskin c10, Little Grebe 2, Cetti's Warbler 1
|
| 16th |
*LESSER SPOTTED
WOODPECKER* 1 male briefly this morning and then again early
evening (CMH), Lesser Redpoll 4, Shoveler 10, Pochard 11, Little Grebe
1, Cetti's Warbler 3, Common Sandpiper 2, Peregrine 1, Canada goose
149, Greylag Goose c250
|
| 15th |
Common Sandpiper 1, Wigeon 9,
Shoveler 6, Lesser Redpoll c40, Siskin c20, Raven 2
349 new birds ringed today including: Meadow
Pipit 17, Lesser Redpoll 7, Chiffchaff 46, Common Whitethroat 4, Lesser
Whitethroat 4, Willow Warbler 1, Garden Warbler 1, Blackcap 244, Sedge
Warbler 3, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 the 40th of 2020
|
| 14th |
*WRYNECK* 1
ringed this AM, amazingly the 2nd of 2020 (SRG), WHEATEAR 1 probably of
the Greenland race leucorhoa this AM (CMH), Common
Sandpiper 2, Shoveler 5, Peregrine 1, Red Kite 2, Siskin c35, Little
Grebe 1
302 new birds ringed today including: WRYNECK
1, Meadow Pipit 28, Robin 6, Reed Warbler 10, Lesser Whitethroat 3,
Whitethroat 1, Blackcap 197, Chiffchaff 30, Goldcrest 2, Blue Tit 7,
Goldfinch 4, Siskin 2, Lesser Redpoll 10, Reed Bunting 1
 |
| Wryneck
(SRG) |
|
| 13th |
GREAT EGRET 1,
the first of the autumn (CMH), Common Sandpiper 1, Moorhen 12, Little
Grebe 1, Hobby 1, Shoveler 3
 |
Great
Egret (Chris Hubbard)
|
|
| 12th |
REDSTART 1
re-trapped this morning (SRG), WHEATEAR 1 which was also ringed this AM
(B Lee / SRG), Common Sandpiper 2, Yellow Wagtail 3, Siskin 10, Grey
Wagtail 11, Meadow Pipit c60, Red Kite 4, Hobby 1
 |
Wheatear
(Bob Lee)
|
 |
| Wheatear,
trapped and ringed (SRG) |
|
| 11th |
MARSH HARRIER 1 flew
through at 07.07, the 6th record in 2020 (CMH), SHAG
1 still (CMH), WHEATEAR 1 (CMH), Siskin 52 (CMH), Shoveler 3, Wigeon 5,
Common Sandpiper 1, Hobby 1
|
| 10th |
*MARSH WARBLER*
1 ringed this AM, the 4th for the site and the 6th ever for Northants
(SRG), SHAG 1 still (CMH), REDSTART
5 ringed this AM taking the 2020 total to 28 ringed (SRG), Common
Sandpiper 1, Siskin c15, Redpoll 2, Shoveler 2, Hobby 1, Kingfisher 1
404 new birds ringed this AM including: MARSH
WARBLER 1, REDSTART 5, Siskin
1, Reed Warbler 7, Sedge Warbler 2, Garden Warbler 2, Blackcap 269,
Whitethroat 5, Willow Warbler 3, Chiffchaff 82, Robin 7, Blue Tit 1,
Long-tailed Tit 1, Treecreeper 1, Wren 1, Goldcrest 2, Meadow Pipit 13
 |
Marsh
Warbler (SRG)
|
 |
Marsh
Warbler (SRG)
|
 |
Siskin
(SRG)
|
|
| 9th |
MERLIN 1 imm /
female, the 2nd record of 2020 (CMH), Siskin c20, SHAG
1 still (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 2, Pochard 6, Raven 1, Common Sandpiper 1
 |
| Merlin
records images (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 8th |
Common Sandpiper 1, Meadow Pipit
25 over, Siskin 2, Kingfisher 1
|
| 7th |
*SHAG* 1 and
unfortunately 1 other found dead on the tern raft (CMH), WHEATEAR 2
(CMH / PDH), LESSER REDPOLL 1 over (CMH) and 2 others (T de Clermont),
Meadow Pipit c60, Grey Wagtail 10, Cetti's Warbler 1, Siskin several
around the site, Yellow Wagtail 1, Wigeon 18, Raven 8, Red Kite 2,
Shoveler 3, Peregrine 1 (MJ)
total of 207 birds ringed today including: REDSTART
1, Blackcap 129, Chiffchaff 52, Lesser Whitethroat 3, Goldcrest 4, Reed
Warbler 6, Whitethroat 5, Willow Warbler 3 (SRG)
|
| 6th |
*SHAG* 2 still
(SCN), WHEATEAR 1 (CB), WHINCHAT 1 (CB), RAVEN 17
(SCN), Common Sandpiper 1, Cetti's warbler 1, Siskin 1, Meadow Pipit
c30, Kingfisher 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, Shoveler 1, Hobby 3 (I Bartlett)
|
| 5th |
*SHAG* 1 still
(CMH), WHINCHAT 3 including 1 caught and
ringed (CMH/SRG), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 ringed this AM, OSPREY 1 over
(MJT), Yellow Wagtail 1, Wigeon 5, Common Sandpiper 1, Swift 1, SISKIN
2 ringed this AM (SRG)
 |
| Whinchat,
the first to be ringed at the site in 2020 (SRG) |
 |
Siskin
(SRG)
|
 |
| Spotted
Flycatcher (SRG) |
|
| 4th |
*SHAG* 2 still
(CMH), WHINCHAT 2 (CMH), Siskin 53 (minimum) this
AM (CMH), Swift 1, Wigeon 4, Meadow Pipit 12, WHEATEAR 1 (PDH), RAVEN
23 (PDH), Little Egret 1, Bullfinch 1 juvenile,
|
| 3rd |
*SHAG* 2
juveniles still early AM (CMH), WHINCHAT 1 (CMH),
Raven 4, Green Sandpiper 1, Tufted Duck 65, Shoveler 3, Common Tern 1,
Wigeon 6, Pochard 6
 |
Whinchat
(Chris Hubbard)
|
|
| 2nd |
*SHAG* 2
juveniles still (CMH), REDSTART 2 ringed and
possibly another 2 on site (SRG/CB), Wigeon 22, Common Sandpiper 3,
Raven 5 (CMH / MJT), Cetti's Warbler 1, Shoveler 4, Teal 1, Pochard 5,
Kingfisher 1, Little Egret 4, Red Kite 10, Common Buzzard c10
Total of 105 birds ringed today including: COMMON
BUZZARD 1 the first to be ringed at the site, REDSTART
2, Wren 1, Robin 1, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2, Reed Warbler 2, Sedge
Warbler 3, Lesser Whitethroat 3, Whitethroat 7, Blackcap 55, Chiffchaff
10, Willow Warbler 10, Goldcrest 1, Chaffinch 1, Goldfinch 1, Blue Tit 1
 |
| Common
Buzzard, the first ever ringed at the site (SRG) |
 |
| The
two Redstarts ringed today (SRG) |
|
| 1st |
*SHAG* now 2
juveniles (CMH), Pochard 5, Shoveler 4, SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 (CMH),
Cetti"s Warbler 2, Red Kite 4, Kingfisher 1, Little Egret 3, Yellow
Wagtail 1
|
August
| 31st |
*SHAG* 1
juvenile still for its 5th day, WHINCHAT 4 (CMH),
Yellow Wagtail 2, Siskin c20 over (PDH), Meadow Pipit 4, Wigeon 4, Red
Kite 3, Little Egret 5
468 birds ringed today including: LESSER REDPOLL
1, the first at the site in 2020 and the 150th species
of the year, REDSTART 4, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 4,
Sparrowhawk 1, SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1, Sand Martin 1, Swallow 6,
Lesser Whitethroat 7, Garden Warbler 4, Blackcap 183,
Chiffchaff 35, Reed Warbler 23, Sedge Warbler 26 Willow Warbler 55,
Whitethroat 101
 |
| Lesser
Redpoll, the first at the site in 2020 (SRG) |
|
| 30th |
REDSTART 2, 1
ringed (SRG), 1 (M Durkin), *SHAG* 1 juvenile
still (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 6 (I Bartlett), Hobby 2, SPOTTED FLYCATCHER
1 ringed (SRG), Lesser Whitethroat 3, Teal 1, Little Egret 1, Pochard
4, Common Sandpiper 1, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2 ringed (SRG)
139 new birds ringed today.
 |
Juvenile
Shag (Chris Hubbard)
|
|
| 29th |
*SHAG* 1
juvenile still (PDH), BAR-TAILED GODWIT 2 flew
west (PDH), Sparrowhawk 1, Swift 2, Shoveler 3, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Pochard 7
|
| 28th |
*SHAG* 1
juvenile still present on the dam early AM (CMH), Common Sandpiper 2,
Common Tern 4, Little Egret 2
 |
Shag
(Chris Hubbard)
|
|
| 27th |
*WRYNECK* 1
ringed this AM, the second ever to be ringed at the site
(SRG), REDSTART 8 ringed this AM, GRASSHOPPER
WARBLER 5 ringed, SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 ringed, Common Sandpiper 1,
Redshank 1 heard, Kingfisher 1, Yellow Wagtail 1
Evening: *SHAG*
1 juvenile on the dam late evening, the first at the site since 1984
(CMH), TREE PIPIT 1 over calling (CMH), REDSTART
1 female (CMH), Raven 2, SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 2 (CMH / DM / MJ), WHEATEAR
2 (CMH)
639 new birds ringed today (a new site record)
including: Wryneck 1, Grasshopper Warbler 5, Spotted
Flycatcher 1, Redstart 8, Reed Warbler 37, Sedge Warbler 36, Lesser
Whitethroat 11, Whitethroat 172, Garden Warbler 11, Blackcap 216,
Chiffchaff 19, Willow Warbler 106. Absolutely incredible
total for an inland site.
 |
Wryneck
(SRG)
|
 |
Shag
(Chris Hubbard)
|
|
| 26th |
RINGED PLOVER 1
on the dam late PM, only the second record for 2020 (CMH), Hobby 1, Red
Kite 1, Little Egret 3, Pochard 5, Kingfisher 1, Common Tern 2
 |
Ringed
Plover (Chris Hubbard)
|
|
| 25th |
OSPREY 1 (CMH),
WHEATEAR 2 (CB), Green Sandpiper 1, Common Sandpiper 2, Pochard 6
|
| 24th |
WHINCHAT 1 this
AM (CMH), REDSTART 1 ringed this AM (SRG),
SKYLARK 1 ringed this AM, only the sixth ever ringed at the site (SRG),
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 (CMH), Swift 2, Common Sandpiper 2, Pochard 3
drakes, Yellow Wagtail 4, Grey Wagtail 4
206 new birds ringed today including: Sedge Warbler 11, Reed
Warbler 14, Garden Warbler 9, Blackcap 76, Lesser Whitethroat 7,
Whitethroat 69, Chiffchaff 1, Willow Warbler 11
 |
Redstart
(SRG, image Chris Hubbard)
|
 |
Whinchat
(Chris Hubbard)
|
 |
Whinchat
(Chris Hubbard)
|
|
| 23rd |
TREE PIPIT 1
ringed this AM, the 2nd record of 2020 and the first to be ringed
(SRG), REDSTART 3 with 2 ringed (CMH / SRG), WHINCHAT
2 (CMH), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 ringed this AM (SRG), Lesser Whitethroat
2, Common Sandpiper 3, Yellow Wagtail 4, Green Sandpiper 1
338 new birds ringed today
 |
Tree
Pipit (SRG, image Theo de Clermont)
|
 |
Spotted
Flycatcher (SRG, image Theo de Clermont0
|
 |
| Whinchat
(Chris Hubbard) |
 |
Tree
Pipit (SRG, image Chris Hubbard)
|
 |
Tree
Pipit (SRG, image Chris Hubbard)
|
 |
Redstart
(SRG, image Chris Hubbard)
|
|
| 22nd |
WHINCHAT 1
this AM (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 female this AM, the first of 2020
(CMH), Common Sandpiper 3, Pochard 2, Shoveler 2, Common Tern 4
 |
| Red-crested
Pochard (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 21st |
Common Sandpiper 3, Great Crested
Grebe 33, Teal 3, Shoveler 5, Common Tern 2, Little Egret 2, Yellow
Wagtail 3
|
| 20th |
MARSH HARRIER 1
(M&S Wyatt), Green Sandpiper 1, Common Sandpiper 5,
Pochard 5, Grey Wagtail 14, Yellow Wagtail 1
|
| 19th |
Common Sandpiper 3,
Common Tern 6, Yellow Wagtail 3, Little Grebe
1
|
| 18th |
Common Sandpiper 4, Common Tern 6,
Shoveler 5, Teal 1, Yellow Wagtail 3.
187 birds ringed today including: Whitethroat
56, Blackcap 37, Willow Warbler 32, Reed Warbler 17, Sedge Warbler 16,
Garden Warbler 7, Lesser Whitethroat 6, Robin 6. Also, a Sedge Warbler
with a Belgium ring.
|
| 17th |
BLACK TERN 1
very briefly this AM, the first of 2020 (PDH), Common Sandpiper 6,
Green Sandpiper 1, Kingfisher 1, Teal 3, Shoveler 2, Grey Wagtail
10
|
| 16th |
RINGED PLOVER 1
flew through this AM calling, the first for 2020 (CMH), Common
Sandpiper 8, Green Sandpiper 3, Yellow Wagtail 3, Shoveler 5
|
| 15th |
*PIED FLYCATCHER*
1 ringed this AM, only the second ever caught at the site (SRG), REDSTART
1 ringed this AM, the 4th of 2020 (SRG), Common Sandpiper 3, Yellow
Wagtail 5, Wigeon 1, Kingfisher 1, Shoveler 1, Common Tern 5, Green
Sandpiper 1, Little Grebe 2
 |
Redstart
(SRG, image Chris Hubbard)
|
 |
Pied
Flycatcher (SRG, image Chris Hubbard)
|
|
| 14th |
Common Sandpiper 3, Hobby
1, Yellow Wagtail 18, Grey Wagtail 9
|
| 13th |
132 new birds ringed today
including GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1, Whitethroat 38, Sedge Warbler 34,
Willow Warbler 23, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Reed Warbler 9.
Common Sandpiper 3, SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 4 at the top of the road from
the dam (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 1, Siskin 2, Teal 1, Green Sandpiper 1
Brown Long Eared Bat (SRG)
 |
Brown
Long Eared Bat (Theo de Clermont)
|
|
| 12th |
Common Sandpiper 6, SPOTTED
FLYCATCHER 1 (CMH), Grey Wagtail 10
|
| 11th |
GREENSHANK 1
this evening the 2nd of 2020 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 3, Yellow Wagtail
10, Lapwing 10, SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 (CMH), Little Grebe 4
|
| 10th |
MARSH HARRIER 1
juvenile this evening, the 4th of 2020 (CMH), GOLDEN PLOVER 1 in summer
plumage flying high around the Point, calling, this evening (CMH),
Common Sandpiper 5, Green Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 10, Common Tern
6, Pochard 3, Red Kite 2, Buzzard 3, Lapwing 2
 |
Marsh
Harrier (Chris Hubbard)
|
|
| 9th |
*WOOD WARBLER*
1 briefly this PM, the first since 1999 (CB / SCN), OSPREY
1 (SCN), Common Sandpiper 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Red Kite 3, Cetti's
Warbler 1, Common Tern 6, Pochard 3, Hobby 1, Little Egret 8,
Kingfisher 1
Roe Deer - 1 this morning (CMH)
|
| 8th |
REDSTART 2 ringed
this AM and another female type seen (SRG / CMH), Willow
Warbler 1 'northern' type ringed this AM (SRG), RING-NECKED
PARAKEET 1, the first since 2016 (Jack Berry), OSPREY
1 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 1, Snipe 1 (CMH), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 3
ringed (SRG), Sparrowhawk 1 ringed (SRG), Yellow Wagtail c15, Cetti's
Warbler 1 ringed (SRG)
 |
northern
type Willow Warbler (SRG, image Chris Hubbard)
|
 |
| northern
type Willow Warbler |
 |
Redstart
(SRG, image Chris Hubbard)
|
 |
Redstart
(SRG, image Chris Hubbard)
|
 |
Sparrowhawk
(SRG, image Chris Hubbard)
|
|
| 7th |
OSPREY 1 this
PM (CMH), Little Egret 5 (CMH/SCN), Hobby 2, Kingfisher 1, Common
Sandpiper 1, Lesser Whitethroat 5, Sparrowhawk 2
 |
Osprey (Chris Hubbard)
|
|
| 6th |
OSPREY 1
through this AM (CMH), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 ringed (SRG), Cetti's
Warbler 1 ringed (SRG), Common Sandpiper 3, Shelduck 4, Hobby 1
|
| 5th |
Common Sandpiper 3, Green
Sandpiper 1, Lesser Whitethroat 5, Tufted Duck 71, Shoveler 1, Pochard
4, Common Gull 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, Little Egret 2, Sparrowhawk 1
|
| 4th |
REDSTART 1
ringed this AM, the first of 2020 (SRG), Common Sandpiper 2, Little
Egret 1, Pochard 6, Swift 7, Yellow Wagtail 8, Stock Dove 8, Sedge
Warbler 80 ringed, Whitethroat 74 ringed Willow Warbler 47 ringed,
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 3 ringed (all SRG) - in total 267 new
birds ringed this AM
 |
| Redstart
(SRG, image Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 3rd |
Common Sandpiper 1, Kingfisher 1,
Pochard 6, Hobby 1, Common Tern 8, Cetti's Warbler 1, Yellow Wagtail 8
|
| 2nd |
Common Sandpiper 2 ringed this AM
(SRG), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 juvenile flew through, the first for 2020
(Theo de Clermont), Green Sandpiper 1, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2 ringed
this AM (SRG), Garden Warbler 20 ringed this AM (SRG), Reed Warbler 16
ringed (SRG), Sedge Warbler 54 ringed (SRG), Willow Tit 1 (CB)
 |
| Common
Sandpiper (SRG) |
|
| 1st |
Common Sandpiper 3, Little Egret
1, SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 2 (CMH), Shoveler 1, Yellow Wagtail 5, Common
Tern 6 including a colour-ringed bird, C32 yellow (SCN), Sparrowhawk 1
 |
| Colour-ringed
Common Tern (S Nichols) |
|
July
| 31st |
OSPREY 1 flew
through at 07.40 (CMH) and again at 09.54 (PDH), Common Sandpiper 1,
Common Tern 6, Kingfisher 1, Yellow Wagtail c30 (PDH), Mistle Thrush 1,
Red Kite 5, Grey Wagtail c10, Lapwing 4, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2,
Cetti's Warbler 1, Sparrowhawk 2, Kestrel 5, Meadow Pipit 1
 |
| Osprey
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 30th |
**NIGHTJAR** 1
briefly along the rail track this AM (M Townsend, SRG), Cetti's Warbler
4 ringed this AM, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 ringed this AM, Yellow Wagtail
6, Pochard 1, Little Grebe 1, Kingfisher 1 ringed this AM (SRG), Common
Whitethroat 40 ringed (SRG), Sedge Warbler 20 ringed (SRG), Willow
Warbler 19 ringed (SRG)
|
| 29th |
DUNLIN 1 this evening, the first
of 2020 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 22, Common Tern 6
 |
| Dunlin
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 28th |
Grey Wagtail 14, Yellow Wagtail
c10, Common Tern 6
|
| 27th |
Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail
8, Little Egret 2, Sparrowhawk 1
|
| 26th |
**CASPIAN TERN**
1 flew west to east through the reservoir at 07.50 this morning. Likely
to be the same bird that was at Slimbridge yesterday afternoon (and
possibly Frampton Marsh over the past 2 weeks) and now following the
Severn to Ouse Washes flyway (which takes the bird broadly through the
reservoir). Third record for the site following the bird in May 2020
and June 1968 (CMH, M Townsend, D Sheffield, J Alderton). This
is the 9th record for Leicestershire & Rutland and the 7th
record for Northants.
*LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER* 1 early
AM (CMH), Common Sandpiper 4, Shelduck 4 juveniles (CMH), Yellow
Wagtail c10
 |
| Lesser
Spotted Woodpecker (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 25th |
Little Egret 2, Common Tern 6,
Kingfisher 1, Lesser Whitethroat 4, Gadwall 1 with 2 young, Tufted Duck
1 with 2 young, Great Crested Grebe 1 with 2 young, Pochard 3, Red Kite
1, Yellow Wagtail 7
|
| 24th |
Common Sandpiper 3, Yellow Wagtail
c14, Kingfisher 1
|
| 23rd |
*LESSER SPOTTED
WOODPECKER* 1 re trapped this morning, the same bird as a
week ago (M Townsend, SRG), Pochard 1, SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1, the first
of 2020 (CMH), WHIMBREL 2 flew west calling at
16.10 but no further sign (P Norrie), Yellow Wagtail 6
 |
| Lesser
Spotted Woodpecker (SRG, images Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 22nd |
Little Egret 2, Yellow Wagtail 6
|
| 21st |
Cetti's Warbler 1, Pochard 1,
Yellow Wagtail 6, Common Tern 6
|
| 20th |
WHINCHAT 1
juvenile the first of 2020 (CMH), STONECHAT 1 juvenile (CMH), Shoveler
2, Red Kite 1
|
| 19th |
*WOOD SANDPIPER*
1 briefly on the dam this AM before flying SW, the first at the site
since 2017 (CMH, G Hood, J Raven), MARSH HARRIER 1
this evening, the 2nd of the year (CMH), Common Sandpiper 1, Hobby 1,
Great Crested Grebe 1 with 3 young, Tufted Duck 1 with 3 young, Teal 1,
Yellow Wagtail c6, Red Kite 1, Kingfisher 1, Little Egret 5 on the dam
this evening
|
| 18th |
Common Sandpiper 2, Oystercatcher
2, Hobby 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, Magpie 1 the 2nd ringed this year (SRG),
Great Crested Grebe 1 with 3 young, Gadwall 1 with 2 young, Tufted Duck
1 with 2 young, Pochard 1, Common Tern 6
 |
| Magpie
(SRG, image Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 17th |
Common Sandpiper 4, Kingfisher 2,
Grey Wagtail 15, Pied Wagtail 10, Yellow Wagtail 8, Oystercatcher 1,
Little Egret 1, Hobby 1, Lapwing 1, Barn Owl 1
 |
| Kingfisher
(Matt Jackson) |
|
| 16th |
*LESSER SPOTTED
WOODPECKER* 1 adult male ringed this AM. The first at the
site since 2012, the third every ringed with previous records in 1986
and 2000 (P Norrie / M Townsend SRG), GREAT EGRET 2, Little Egret 2,
Red Kite 1, Swift c50
 |
| Lesser
Spotted Woodpecker (SRG, image Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 15th |
Common Sandpiper 1, Little Egret
4, Tufted Duck 1 with 2 young, Great Crested Grebe 1 with 3 young
still, Pochard 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Common Tern 5
|
| 14th |
STONECHAT 1 juvenile briefly this
AM (CMH), Common Sandpiper 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Oystercatcher 2, Red
Kite 1, Little Egret 4, Yellow Wagtail 3, Pochard 1, Kingfisher 1,
Buzzard 4, Common Tern 5, Bullfinch 2
|
| 13th |
Grey Wagtail c10, Yellow Wagtail
2, Kingfisher 1, Little Egret 4, Lapwing 2, Pochard 6 (CMH), Hobby 1,
Tufted Duck 1 with a blue nasal saddle - awaiting history of the bird
(CMH), Tufted Duck 1 with 2 young still
 |
| Tufted
Duck with young (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Tufted
Duck with blue nasal saddle - "FDZ" (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Tufted
Duck with blue nasal saddle - "FDZ" (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 11th |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 3 reeling
birds this AM (CMH), Little Egret 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Lesser
Whitethroat 1, Yellow Wagtail 3, Tufted Duck 1 with 2 young, Gadwall 1
with 2 young, Great Crested Grebe 1 with 3 young, Kingfisher 1, Pochard
1, MANDARIN 1 heard flyover at 23.24, the first of
2020 (Theo de Clermont), Hobby 1 (I Bartlett)
Gatekeeper and Large Marsh Horsefly, possibly the first
for the site (SCN)
 |
| Gatekeeper
(S Nichols) |
 |
| Large
Marsh Horsefly (S Nichols) |
|
| 10th |
WHIMBREL 5 flew
SW at 07.22, the first of 2020 (CMH), Shelduck 6, the family party from
nearby Shawell, Tufted Duck 1 with 2 young (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 3,
Shoveler 5 on the dam, Kingfisher 1, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CMH)
 |
| Shelduck
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 9th |
Little Egret 2, GREAT EGRET 1,
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2 reeling (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 2, Common Sandpiper
2, Common Tern 6, Lesser Whitethroat 3, Pochard 1, Great Crested Grebe
2 with 3 chicks, Cuckoo 1 juvenile (SCN), Gadwall 1 with 3 young (SCN)
|
| 8th |
Common Sandpiper 4, GRASSHOPPER
WARBLER 1 (CB), Common Tern 5, Yellow Wagtail 3, Oystercatcher 2,
Meadow Pipit 1, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Cetti's Warbler 1
|
| 7th |
Little Egret 6, Common Sandpiper
9, Cetti's Warbler 2, Common Tern 5, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2 (SRG / CMH),
Wigeon 2 (GB / CMH), Siskin 2 (CMH), Cuckoo 1, Green Sandpiper 1,
Yellow Wagtail 3
 |
| Grasshopper
Warbler (Chris Hubbard / SRG) |
|
| 6th |
*LITTLE TERN* 1
flew west, not stopping with two Common Terns at 08.08, the first at
the site since 2017 (CMH), MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1
adult briefly on the dam (PDH), Oystercatcher 2, Common Sandpiper 10 on
the dam (CMH), Little Egret 1, Red Kite 2, Common Tern 9, Hobby 1
|
| 5th |
Little Egret 2, Oystercatcher 2,
Red Kite 2, Common Tern 6, Raven 1 (DM)
 |
| 'Incoming'
Oystercatchers (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 4th |
Oystercatcher 5 (MJ), Cetti's
Warbler 2, Little Egret 3, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Yellow Wagtail 4
|
| 3rd |
Little Egret 6, Common Sandpiper
1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Kingfisher 1, GRASSHOPPER
WARBLER 1 (J Cook), Hobby 1, Long-tailed Tit 40 (SCN)
 |
| Grasshopper
Warbler (J Cook) |
|
| 2nd |
*CROSSBILL* 4
early morning, the first site record since 2013 (M Townsend), Common
Sandpiper 2, Red Kite 1, Little Egret 1, Common Tern 8 (including the
colour-ringed bird - U28)
 |
| Hornet
Moth (M Townsend) |
|
| 1st |
Common Sandpiper 4, Little Egret
2, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (MJ), Oystercatcher 2, Red Kite 1, CURLEW 1
(GB), GREAT EGRET 1 (GB)
SCARLET TIGER MOTH 2, the
first known record for the site (D Sheffield)
 |
| Scarlet
Tiger Moth (D Sheffield) |
|
June
|
So at the half year point
our total species list stands at 128 (compared to 139 at the same time
last year). That said, we have lived through unprecedented times with
the lockdown caused by COVID-19. The 2020 birding highlights so far
include: 13 Little Gulls, Marsh Harrier,
Osprey, 'Channel' Wagtail,
Merlin, Jack Snipe, Bittern, Tree
Pipit, over 70 Arctic Terns,
8 Bar-tailed Godwits, 3 Wheatears,
Greenshank, Kumlien's Gull,
Iceland Gull, Glaucous Gull,
4 Mediterranean Gulls, Caspian Gull, 9
Pink-footed Geese, Short-eared Owl and the
star bird of 2020 (so far) a Caspian Tern.
|
| 30th |
Common Sandpiper went from 6 to 13
and then to 15 by the evening (CMH / MJ / SCN), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1
(CMH), Oystercatcher 3, Yellow Wagtail 1, Common Tern 14 including
another colour ringed bird. 'Lime U28' ringed as a
pullus on 23th June 2014 at Watermead Country Park. Also seen at
Boddington Reservoir and Earls Barton GP in 2020 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1
(SCN).
 |
| Common
Sandpipers (M Jackson) |
 |
| Common
Sandpipers ( S Nichols) |
|
| 29th |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 reeling c150
yds east of the feeders on the Leicestershire side (CMH), Common Tern
8, Hobby 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Red Kite 3, Buzzard 5
|
| 28th |
Little Egret 3, Hobby 1,
Oystercatcher 2, Common Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 6, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Kingfisher 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Swift c100, Mute Swan 63, Red Kite 1,
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CB / GB), of interest a 'dark-billed' Common
Tern seen late PM / early evening (CMH)
 |
| Common
Tern (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 27th |
Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail
1, Hobby 1, Pochard 1 GREAT EGRET 1 (GB)
|
| 26th |
Little Egret 2, Common Sandpiper
1, Cetti's Warbler 2 Common Tern 9, Lapwing 1 , Buzzard 4, Green
Woodpecker 1
|
| 25th |
Little Egret 3, Oystercatcher 3,
Cetti's Warbler 1, Common Tern 6 including a colour ringed bird.
'Green 19' ringed as a chick in 2016 at Brandon Marsh. Also
seen at Draycote Water, Rutland Water and Pitsford Reservoir over the
past 4 years. Ring detail - Green 19 on left leg, red over metal on
right leg (CMH).
 |
| Colour-ringed
Common Tern, 'green 19' (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 24th |
Little Egret 3, Oystercatcher 3,
Common Tern 6, Cuckoo 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Curlew 1 (CMH), Lapwing 52
(west), Hobby 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Black-headed Gull c35, Yellow
Wagtail 3, Starling 56 (west), Raven 2 (I Bartlett), Grey Wagtail 4,
Red Kite 2, Peregrine 1 (I Bartlett)
|
| 23rd |
Common Tern 8, Kingfisher 1,
Cuckoo 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Little Egret 1
|
| 22nd |
OSPREY 1 (PDH), Cuckoo 2, Common
Tern 7, Red Kite 3, Buzzard 4, Kestrel 1, Cetti's Warbler 3, Little
Egret 2, Grey Heron 2
|
| 21st |
Kingfisher 2, Little Egret 1,
MARSH TIT 1 (SCN), Mute Swan 60 (SCN), Shoveler 1
|
| 20th |
Cetti's Warbler 2, Hobby 1, Little
Egret 1, Cuckoo 2, Raven 2, Red Kite 1
|
| 19th |
Little Egret 2, Yellowhammer 1,
Oystercatcher 1, Common Tern 8, Cuckoo 1
|
| 18th |
Grey Wagtail 8, Swift c30, Little
Egret 2, Barn Owl 1
|
| 17th |
Egyptian Goose 1 (CMH), Cuckoo 2,
Oystercatcher 1, Common Tern 6, Little Egret 1, Shoveler 1
|
| 16th |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2 ringed
(SRG), Cuckoo 2, Little Egret 2, Cetti's Warbler 3, Shoveler 1, Common
Tern 4, GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Garden Warbler 3, Kingfisher 1, Raven 5
(GB)
|
| 15th |
Cuckoo 3, Kingfisher 1, GREAT
EGRET 1 (CMH), Little Egret 1, Lapwing 7, Red Kite 1, Nuthatch 1,
Cetti's Warbler 2, Common Tern 8
 |
| Large
Skipper (S Nichols) |
|
| 14th |
Cuckoo 1, Little Egret 2,
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2 ringed this AM (SRG), Common Tern 10, Little
Grebe 1, Cetti's Warbler 4 including 2 ringed (SRG), Lapwing 10,
Oystercatcher 2, Kingfisher 1, Sparrowhawk 1
 |
| Cetti's
Warbler (Chris Hubbard) |
Emperor
Dragonfly, Black-tailed Skimmer, Common blue Damselfly, Banded
Demosielle, Small Tortoiseshell, Large Skipper (GB)
|
| 13th |
Oystercatcher 1, Cetti's Warbler
1, Little Egret 1, Kingfisher 1, Jay 1, Red Kite 1
|
| 12th |
Cuckoo 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Gadwall
5, Little Egret 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Shoveler 4, Common Tern 4, Swift
c40
|
| 11th |
LITTLE GULL 1
first summer (CMH) the 13th of 2020, Oystercatcher 2, Cuckoo 1,
Shoveler 1
 |
| 1st
summer Little Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 10th |
Cuckoo 1, Kingfisher 1, OSPREY 1
(GB), Hobby 1, Little Egret 1,Common Tern 5
|
| 9th |
Oystercatcher 3, Common Sandpiper
1, Common Tern 4, Pochard 1 drake, Kingfisher 1, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Cuckoo 3, Yellow Wagtail 1, Red Kite 1, Shoveler 1
 |
| Great
Spotted Woodpecker (M Jackson) |
 |
| Cuckoo
(Matt Jackson) |
|
| 8th |
Common Sandpiper 1, Little Egret
1, Shoveler 1, Gadwall 3, Common Tern 4, Cuckoo 1, Mute Swan 56, Hobby
1, Kingfisher 1
 |
| Reed
Bunting (Bob Lee) |
 |
| Common
Sandpiper (Bob Lee) |
|
| 7th |
OSPREY 1 (GB), Nuthatch 1, Grey
Wagtail 6, Common Sandpiper 1 (CMH), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (SRG),
Garden Warbler 11 (SRG), Cuckoo 3, Red Kite 1, Cetti's Warbler, Great
Spotted Woodpecker 3 juveniles, Swift 2 ringed this AM, the
first for 19 years (SRG), Common Tern 5, Grey Heron 2,
Shoveler 2
 |
| Swift
(Theo de Clermont) |
|
| 6th |
Cuckoo 2, Swift c50, Shoveler 2,
Cetti's Warbler 1, Common Tern 7, Little Egret 3 (CB), Swift c100 (GB)
|
| 5th |
Cuckoo 3, Shelduck 1, Common Tern
9, Lapwing 2, Little Egret 1, Hobby 1, Sparrowhawk 1
|
| 4th |
Cuckoo 3, Swift c50, Red Kite 1,
Shoveler 2,
|
| 3rd |
GREAT EGRET 1 (MJ), Shoveler 3,
Little Egret 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, Cuckoo 3, Common Tern 4, Shoveler 3
|
| 2nd |
OSPREY 2 (GB), Little Egret 2,
Mute Swan c24, Canada goose c20, Greylag Goose c10, Gadwall 3, Common
Tern 3, Swift 12, Cuckoo 1, Garden Warbler 1,
 |
| Osprey
(G Burton) |
Grass Snake, Southern Hawker, Black-tailed Skimmer,
Common Blue Damselfly, Red-eyed Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle
(GB)
|
| 1st |
OSPREY 1 (GB), Oystercatcher 3
(MJ), Cuckoo 2, Shelduck 1, Little Egret 1, Cetti's Warbler 2 (PDH),
MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 probable adult "fly through' this evening (GB)
|
May
| 31st |
**CASPIAN
TERN** 1 very briefly early morning (CMH). This is
only the 2nd ever record at the site, the first being found
by Robert Ratcliffe on 3rd June 1968. It is a very rare bird inland and
this record is the 6th ever for Northants and the 8th ever for
Leicestershire and Rutland. This is a BBRC rarity with only around 5
records nationally per annum.
 |
| CASPIAN
TERN, the first at the site for 52 years (Chris Hubbard) |
OSPREY 1 (K Reeves), Cuckoo 1, Yellow Wagtail several around the site
(FG)
|
| 30th |
Hobby 2, Lapwing 2, Little Egret 2
 |
| Little
Egret (Matt Jackson) |
|
| 29th |
Red Kite 3, Shoveler 1, Lapwing 3,
Cuckoo 1, Willow Tit 1 (GB), Sparrowhawk 1, Linnet c20, Little Egret
1
|
| 27th |
Cuckoo 1, Little Egret 1, Common
Tern 2, Cetti's Warbler 3
|
| 26th |
Cuckoo 1, OSPREY
1 flew towards the dam, the first of 2020 (CMH), Little Egret 1,
Sparrowhawk 1, Egyptian Goose 1
 |
| Osprey
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 25th |
Tawny Owl 1, Common Tern 3,
Oystercatcher 2, Shoveler 2, Egyptian Goose 2, Cuckoo 2, Red Kite 1,
Little Egret 1, Yellow Wagtail 1
|
| 24th |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2
(DM), Raven 1, Little Grebe 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, Shoveler 1, Egyptian
Goose 1, Cuckoo 2, LITTLE RINGED PLOVER 1 (DM / MJ)
 |
| Little
Ringed Plover (M Jackson) |
|
| 23rd |
Shelduck 2, Hobby 1, Cuckoo 3,
Yellow Wagtail 1, Common Tern 2, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER
1, LITTLE RINGED PLOVER 1 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 1,
Grey Wagtail 1, GREAT EGRET 1 (SCN)
 |
| Cuckoo
(Theo de Clermont) |
 |
| Shelduck
(Theo de Clermont) |
1 Small Copper and a Four-Spotted Chaser (Theo de
Clermont)
|
| 22nd |
Common Sandpiper 1, Egyptian Goose
1, Sparrowhawk 1, Common Tern 3, Shoveler 2, Little Grebe 1,
Cuckoo 1 , Raven 1, Little Egret 1, Green Woodpecker 1
juvenile
|
| 21st |
Cuckoo 2 (GB), Egyptian Goose 1,
|
| 19th |
Lapwing 4, Shelduck 2, Shoveler 2,
|
| 18th |
LITTLE RINGED PLOVER 1, the first
of 2020 (CMH), Egyptian Goose 1, Oystercatcher 1, Little Egret 1, Raven
1, Cuckoo 1, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (PDH), Shoveler
1, Treecreeper 1
|
| 17th |
Lapwing 4 ringed this AM
|
| 16th |
Shoveler 1, Lapwing 5, Little
Egret 3 (DM), Raven 1 (DM), Hobby 2, Shelduck 2 (SCN), Red Kite 1
|
| 15th |
Egyptian Goose 1, Shoveler 1,
Treecreeper 1, Cuckoo 1, ARCTIC TERN 4 (PDH), Hobby
1, Oystercatcher 2, Common Tern 2 Lapwing 2, Hobby 1
|
| 14th |
Cuckoo 1, Common Sandpiper 1,
Common Tern 2, Yellow Wagtail 4, Swift c20, Garden Warbler 2, Shelduck
2, Egyptian Goose 2, Oystercatcher 1 (GB)
|
| 13th |
Hobby 3, Common Tern 2, Common
Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 1
|
| 11th |
Hobby 3, Common Sandpiper 2,
Common Tern 2, Yellow Wagtail 1,
|
| 10th |
House Martin c500 (SCN), Swift
c30, Hobby 1,
|
| 9th |
Common Sandpiper 9
(CB)
|
| 7th |
WHEATEAR 1 (CMH),
Common Sandpiper 2, Cuckoo 1, Common Tern 5, Little Egret 1, GREAT
EGRET 1, ARCTIC TERN 10 (SCN), Shelduck 2
|
| 6th |
Common Sandpiper 4 (MJ), GREAT
EGRET 1, Hobby 1, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2 (M Townsend), Grey
Wagtail 2
|
| 3rd |
Curlew 1 (CB), Garden Warbler 1,
|
| 2nd |
GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH),
Grasshopper Warbler 1, Lesser Whitethroat 4, Common Sandpiper 1, Common
Tern 2, Wigeon 1, Cuckoo 1, ARCTIC TERN 1 (SCN),
Hobby 2, MARSH HARRIER 1 (M TOWNSEND)
|
| 1st |
'CHANNEL' WAGTAIL 1
still (SCN), Common Tern 1, Common Sandpiper 1,
|
April
| 16th-30th |
COMMON SANDPIPER 2
(first of the year on 16th until month end - CMH), GRASSHOPPER
WARBLER max 3 (16th until month end - CMH / CB), CUCKOO
2 (first of the year on 16th - CMH), HOBBY 2 (first
of the year on 16th - CMH), Lesser Whitethroat upto 5 (from 17th to
month end), LITTLE GULL 4 (17th - CMH), 'CHANNEL'
WAGTAIL 1 with upto 22 Yellow Wagtails (17th to month end), GREENSHANK
1 (18th - CMH), CURLEW 1 (18th - CMH), WHEATEAR
1 (18th - CMH), ARCTIC TERN 9 (20th - CMH, SCN), LITTLE
GULL 4 (20th - CMH), Garden Warbler 1 (22nd - SCN), Wigeon 2
(22nd to month end - CMH / SCN), BAR-TAILED GODWIT
8 flew through, the first since 2017 (23rd - CMH), LITTLE GULL
3 (23rd - CMH), TREE PIPIT 1 (23rd - M Townsend),
Egyptian Goose 2 (23rd - SCN), MARSH
HARRIER 1 flew NE (25th - CMH), Willow Tit 1 (27th - CMH), *ARCTIC
TERN 65* (28th - CMH), WHEATEAR 1 (29th -
SCN), ARCTIC TERN 6 (29th - SCN), WHITE
WAGTAIL 1 (29th - SCN)
 |
| Little
Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Little
Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Arctic
Tern (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Little
Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Arctic
Tern (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Arctic
Tern (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Marsh
Harrier record shot (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Wheatear
(Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Cormorant
(Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| 'Channel'
Wagtail (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 1st-15th |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 9 (until
7th - CMH), Blackcap 1 (4th - CB), Sand Martin 10, House Martin 1,
Yellow Wagtail 2 and Willow Warbler 1 (6th - CMH), Sedge Warbler 1,
Oystercatcher 2 (8th - MT / CMH), Common Whitethroat 2, GRASSHOPPER
WARBLER 1 (9th - CB), LITTLE GULL 1 adult
(10th - CMH), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2 (11th - CB),
Yellow Wagtail 15, Swallow c180 (13th - CMH), 'CHANNEL'
WAGTAIL 1 with c10 Yellow Wagtails (14th - CMH),
Reed Warbler 1, Common Tern 2, 'CHANNEL' WAGTAIL 1,
Green Sandpiper 1 (15th - CMH)
 |
| 'Channel'
Wagtail (Chris Hubbard) |
|
March
24th-
31st |
During the last few days of March
birding remained fairly quiet. The highlights were: Green Sandpiper 1,
Fieldfare 108, Redwing 50, GREAT EGRET 1, Wigeon 55, Goosander 1, Teal
2, Shoveler 2, Goldeneye 12
|
| 23rd |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 9 this
AM (PDH), Oystercatcher 2, Little Egret 2, Chiffchaff 10, Willow Tit 2,
Goosander 2, Sparrowhawk 1, Kingfisher 1, Lapwing 2, Buzzard 7, Green
Woodpecker 1, Grey Wagtail 5, Green Sandpiper 1
|
| 22nd |
Goosander 3, Green Sandpiper 1,
Kingfisher 1, Little Egret 3, Teal 4, Chiffchaff 5, Barn Owl 1, Willow
Tit 1, Goldeneye 8, Meadow Pipit 12 (CMH), Snipe 7, Grey Wagtail 4
|
| 21st |
*BITTERN* 1 this
AM the first since 2015 (CB), Goosander 1, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 9
(CMH), Cetti's Warbler 2, Water Rail 1, WHEATEAR 1 this AM, there first
of 2020 (M Townsend), Snipe 31, Red Kite 2, Grey Wagtail 4
|
| 20th |
MERLIN 1 female
type early AM (CMH), Goosander 2, Little Egret 1
|
| 19th |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 9 this
AM (CMH), Goosander 2, Goldeneye 8, Teal 2, Shoveler 1, Swallow 1 the
first of 2020 (M Townsend)
 |
| Pink-footed
Geese (C Hubbard) |
|
| 18th |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 9
this AM (CMH), Goosander 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 1
|
| 17th |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 9
this AM (CMH), Oystercatcher 1, Little Egret 1, Chiffchaff 2
SHORT-EARED OWL 1 along the rail
track this evening (N Jarvis)
|
| 15th |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 9 this
AM before heading towards Stanford Hall (CMH). Presumably the same
'gaggle' first found by PDH on 7th February, GREAT EGRET 1, Little
Egret 1, Goosander 2, Wigeon 154, Snipe 1, Goldeneye 5, Jay 1,
Oystercatcher 2
 |
| Pink-footed
Geese (C Hubbard) |
|
| 14th |
Oystercatcher 2, Green Sandpiper
1, Kingfisher 1, Goosander 7 (CMH), Teal 10, Snipe 1, Cetti's Warbler
1, Grey Wagtail c5, Water Rail 1, GREAT EGRET 1, Chiffchaff 2,
Goldeneye 8
|
| 13th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Red Kite 1, Cetti's
Warbler 1, Goosander 6 (PDH), Chiffchaff 2, Little Egret 1, Kestrel 1,
Gadwall 14, Wigeon 95, Goldeneye 6, Grey Wagtail 2
SHORT-EARED OWL 1 along
the rail track this evening
|
| 11th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Grey Wagtail 1,
Kingfisher 1
|
| 10th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Bullfinch 2,
Goldeneye 5, Kingfisher 1
|
| 9th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Teal 1, Gadwall 2,
Chiffchaff 1 singing, Little Egret 1
|
| 8th |
GREAT EGRET 2, Wigeon 141,
Kingfisher 1, Little Egret 2, Shelduck 2, Barn Owl 1, Grey Wagtail 2,
Pied Wagtail 3, Lapwing 2, Snipe 2, Red Kite 1
SHORT-EARED OWL 1 (DM) along the
railtrack
 |
| Short-eared
Owl (D March) |
|
| 7th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1,
Shoveler 5, Red Kite 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Tufted Duck 141, Little
Grebe 1, Coot 12, Teal 8, Goldeneye 4, Snipe 5, Mute Swan 40, Wigeon
20, Pochard 15, Moorhen 10, Goosander 2, Willow Tit 1, Grey Heron 1,
Great Crested Grebe 15, Gadwall 11, Mallard 16, Grey Wagtail 1,
Chiffchaff 1
|
| 6th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Kingfisher 1,
Shoveler 2, Goldeneye 2, Willow Tit 1, Cetti's Warbler 3
|
| 5th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Wigeon 195,
Shoveler 1, Yellowhammer c30, Kingfisher 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Willow
Tit 1, Little Egret 1, Teal 8, Chiffchaff 1, Grey Wagtail 2, Pied
Wagtail 2
SHORT-EARED OWL 1 (CMH) along the railtrack
|
| 3rd |
SHORT-EARED OWL 1
(MJ) and Barn Owl 1 along the rail track
|
| 2nd |
Little Egret 2, Golden Plover c120
over (CMH), STONECHAT 1
SHORT-EARED OWL 1 (CMH) AND STONECHAT
2 (CB) along the rail track
|
| 1st |
GREAT EGRET 1, STONECHAT
3 (SCN), Peregrine 1(B Graves), Pied Wagtail 6, Little Egret
3 (GB), Oystercatcher 2 (SCN), Fieldfare c30, Chaffinch c10, Teal 1,
Jay 1, Wigeon 57, Goldeneye 1
SHORT-EARED OWL 1 (CMH) AND STONECHAT
2 (CB) along the rail track
|
February
| 29th |
GREAT EGRET 1 (GB), STONECHAT 2,
Green Sandpiper 1, Grey Wagtail 5, Starling c50 (GB), Cormorant 2,
Mistle Thrush 4, Yellowhammer c40 (MJ / DM), Snipe 4, Little Egret 1,
Sparrowhawk 2, Green Woodpecker 2, Chiffchaff 1 (MJ / DM)
|
| 28th |
GREAT EGRET 2 (CMH), STONECHAT 2
(CMH), CASPIAN GULL 1 first-winter in the evening
roost (CMH), Oystercatcher 1, the first of 2020
(CMH), Shelduck 1, Snipe 24, Willow Tit 1, Grey Wagtail 1, Little Egret
1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Kingfisher 1
|
| 27th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1, Red
Kite 2, Wigeon 132
|
| 26th |
STONECHAT 2,
with 1 caught and ringed by the Ringing Group which is only the second
ever (P Norrie, SRG), GREAT EGRET 1, Wigeon 182 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1
 |
| Stonechat
(P Norrie) |
|
| 24th |
Willow Tit 2 (CB), Water Rail 1,
Nuthatch 1, Goldcrest 1, Little Egret 4, Goosander 4 (N Jarvis)
|
| 23rd |
JACK SNIPE 1
this PM (CMH), Common Snipe 46 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 2 (DM), Peregrine 1
(CMH), Grey Wagtail 5 (DM), Meadow Pipit 2, Skylark 8, Buzzard 5 (CB),
Treecreeper 1, Nuthatch 1, Red Kite 1, Little Grebe 1
|
| 22nd |
GREAT EGRET 2 (CMH), Grey Wagtail
4, STONECHAT 2 (CMH / Theo de Clermont), Teal 4, Green Sandpiper 1,
Kingfisher 1, Little Egret 1
|
| 21st |
CASPIAN GULL 1
third-winter in the roost (M Alibone), STONECHAT 1, GREAT EGRET 1,
Chiffchaff 1, Grey Wagtail 1
|
| 20th |
(Additional news for Monday 17th -
a first-winter CASPIAN GULL in the roost - CMH)
|
| 19th |
GREAT EGRET 1, STONECHAT 1, Green
Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 2, Grey Wagtail 2, Pied Wagtail 3, Teal 4,
Cetti's Warbler 1, Water Rail 1, Greenfinch 2, Nuthatch 1, Coal Tit 1,
Raven 1
|
| 18th |
*ICELAND GULL 1*
adult in the roost this evening (CMH) the 8th ever record for
the site, *KUMLIEN'S GULL* 1 third-winter
in the roost this evening, the first ever at the site
and third record for Northants. (The
status of Kumlien's is uncertain, with some authors affording it
subspecies status whereas others consider it to be a hybrid between
Iceland and Thayer's Gull) (CMH).
GREAT EGRET 1 (GB), Little Egret 2, Kingfisher 2, Barn Owl 1
Stanford Hall - PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 9 still
(SCN)
 |
| Third-winter
Kumlien's Gull (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Adult
Iceland Gull (C Hubbard) |
|
| 16th |
GREAT EGRET 1 (CB), Little Egret
1, Grey Wagtail 2, Goldeneye 12 (SCN), Little Grebe 3, Barn Owl 1
Stanford Hall - PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 9 still (CMH)
|
| 15th |
GREAT EGRET 1 this am.
Stanford Hall - PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 9 still
(CMH)
|
| 14th |
MEDITERRANEAN GULL
1 adult in the roost (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1, STONECHAT 1
(FG), Goosander 2 (CMH), Grey Wagtail 1
 |
| Stonechat
(F Graves) |
 |
| Adult
Mediterranean Gull record shot (C Hubbard) |
Stanford Hall PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 9 still
(CMH)
|
| 13th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1,
Grey Wagtail 1
Stanford Hall - PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 9 still
(SCN), circa 1 mile from the reservoir 1 SHORT-EARED OWL
this evening
|
| 12th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1,
Yellowhammer c6, Chaffinch c40, Reed Bunting 4, Green Woodpecker 1,
Pied Wagtail 2, Grey Wagtail 1
Stanford Hall - PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 9 still (SCN)
 |
| Great
Egret (Neil Jarvis) |
|
| 11th |
STONECHAT 1, GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH),
Little Egret 1, Goldeneye 7
Stanford Hall - PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 9 still (CMH)
|
| 10th |
CASPIAN GULL 1
adult in the roost this evening (CMH), STONECHAT 1, Goldeneye 10
Stanford Hall - PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 9 still (CMH)
|
| 9th |
Little Egret 1, Grey Wagtail 1,
Goldeneye 10
Stanford Hall - PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 9 late PM (CMH)
|
| 8th |
GLAUCOUS GULL 1
third-winter again this am (CMH), PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 9
before flying off towards Stanford Hall (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 1 fourth-winter
in the roost this evening (M Alibone), STONECHAT 1, GREAT EGRET 1,
Little Egret 1, Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Goosander 1,
Kingfisher 2, Tufted Duck 226, Gadwall 36, Mute Swan 59, Goldeneye 12,
Wigeon 53, Red Kite 5, Coot 128
 |
| Third-winter
Glaucous Gull (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Third-winter
Glaucous Gull ( S Mundy) |
|
| 7th |
*GLAUCOUS GULL* 1 third-winter
in the roost this evening, the 8th record for Stanford
Reservoir (CMH), MEDITERRANEAN
GULL 1 (CMH), PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 9
this AM (PDH), STONECHAT 1, GREAT EGRET 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Grey
Wagtail 1
 |
Pink-footed
Geese (C Hubbard)
|
 |
| Glaucous
Gull record shot (C Hubbard) |
|
| 3rd |
STONECHAT 1, PINTAIL 14, 7
drakes and 7 females (CMH, Ron Coleman), Little Egret 3, Goosander 1
drake
 |
| Pintail
(C Hubbard) |
|
| 2nd |
STONECHAT 1, Little Egret 1,
Kingfisher 1, Goosander 1, Goldeneye 12, Cetti's Warbler 1, Coal Tit 1,
Jay 2, Great-spotted Woodpecker 1, Skylark 9, Treecreeper 1, Buzzard 2,
Red-legged Partridge 6, Nuthatch 1, Reed Bunting 2
|
| 1st |
GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 2,
STONECHAT 1, Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Pied
Wagtail 3, Grey Wagtail 1, Willow Tit 1, Kingfisher 1, Snipe 1, Green
Woodpecker 1, Grey Heron 1, Buzzard c8
Circa 1 mile from the reservoir, 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS this evening (CMH,
DM)
|
January
| 31st |
STONECHAT 1, GREAT EGRET 1, Little
Egret 1, Snipe 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Water Rail 1, Green Sandpiper 1,
Goosander 1 drake (SCN)
Circa 1 mile from the reservoir, 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS this evening (CMH)
|
| 30th |
Little Egret 2, Red Kite 1,
STONECHAT 1, Goldeneye 6
Circa 1 mile from the reservoir, 1 SHORT-EARED OWL this evening (CMH).
|
| 29th |
STONECHAT 1, Little Egret 2,
Goldeneye 19 (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1, Teal 1, Grey Heron 1, Red Kite 1
|
| 28th |
STONECHAT 1, GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH /
MJ), Little Egret 1, Goldeneye 7, Golden Plover 2 (MJ)
|
| 27th |
STONECHAT 1 (PDH), Goosander 1
(CMH), Little Egret 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Lapwing
c200, Nuthatch 1, Kestrel 2, Redwing c50, Fieldfare c50
|
| 26th |
STONECHAT 1 (DM / MJ), WOODCOCK 1
(DM), Cetti's Warbler 2, Grey Wagtail 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Wigeon 162
(CMH), Goldeneye 6
 |
| Goldeneye
(D March) |
|
| 25th |
STONECHAT 1 (CMH / R Dandy), GREAT
EGRET 1, Little Egret 2, PINTAIL 3 (CMH / R Dandy), Green Sandpiper 1
(AGH), Teal 1, Pochard 72 (CMH), Tufted Duck 338 (CMH), Goldeneye 14,
Mute Swan 51, Wigeon 44
Circa 1 mile form the reservoir 1 SHORT-EARED OWL this evening.
 |
| Short-eared
Owl (C Hubbard) |
|
| 24th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1,
STONECHAT 1, Goldeneye 8, Green Sandpiper 1, Wigeon c100, Kingfisher 1,
Grey Wagtail 1
|
| 23rd |
STONECHAT 1, Little Egret 1,
Goosander 1 over
|
| 21st |
STONECHAT 1, Willow Tit 1,
Goldeneye 8, Cetti's Warbler 1
Circa 1 mile from the reservoir 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS along the permissive
access part of the rail track this evening (CMH).
 |
| 1
of 2 Short-eared Owls (C Hubbard) |
|
| 19th |
GREAT EGRET 1, STONECHAT 1, Little
Egret 1, Kingfisher 1, Snipe 2, Barn Owl 1
|
| 18th |
GREAT EGRET 1, PINTAIL 5 including
4 drakes (CMH), Little Egret 1, Chiffchaff 2, Kingfisher 1, Little
Grebe 1, Snipe 2, Redwing / Fieldfare c150 in mixed flock, Goldeneye
c10, STONECHAT 1 (DM / MJ), Water Rail 1, Teal 1, Grey Wagtail 1
 |
| 3
of 5 Pintail present this AM (C Hubbard) |
|
| 17th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1
|
| 16th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1
|
| 15th |
STONECHAT 1, GREAT EGRET 1,
Kingfisher 1
 |
| Stonechat
(Matt Jackson) |
|
| 14th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Goldeneye 10, Grey
Wagtail 1
|
| 13th |
GREAT EGRET 1, STONECHAT 1, Little
Egret 1, Golden Plover 1, Water Rail 1, Kestrel 2, Kingfisher 1, Grey
Wagtail 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Grebe 1, Goldeneye 19
|
| 12th |
GREAT EGRET 1, PINTAIL 1 (CMH),
STONECHAT 1, Greylag Goose 269, Little Grebe 1, Gadwall 71,
Wigeon 146, Tufted Duck 215, Goldeneye 13, Snipe 6, Little Egret 1,
Lapwing c60, Grey Heron 4, Pochard 54, Mute Swan 49, Red Kite 2, Willow
Tit 1, Chiffchaff 1 (DM), Cetti's Warbler 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Water
Rail 1, Cormorant 10, Teal 6
 |
| Stonechat
(Dan March) |
 |
| Great
Egret (Dan March) |
Just along from the reservoir a SHORT-EARED OWL along the permissive
access part of the rail track this evening (CMH)
 |
| Short-eared
Owl (C Hubbard) |
|
| 11th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1, Red
Kite 1, Goosander 1
|
| 10th |
GREAT EGRET 1, STONECHAT 1,
Goldeneye 6
|
| 9th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 2,
STONECHAT 1, Goldeneye 6, Lapwing c140
|
| 8th |
Green Woodpecker 1, Bullfinch 6,
Kestrel 1, Little Grebe 1
|
| 7th |
Goldeneye 10, STONECHAT 1, GREAT
EGRET 1, Little Egret 1, Lapwing c120, Grey Wagtail 2, Pied Wagtail 3
|
| 6th |
GREAT EGRET 1, STONECHAT 1, Water
Rail 1, Little Egret 1, Goldeneye 3
|
| 5th |
GREAT EGRET 1, STONECHAT 1, Little
Egret 1, Lapwing 10, Cetti's Warbler 1, Water Rail 1
|
| 4th |
GREAT EGRET 1, STONECHAT 1, Willow
Tit 1, Goldeneye 5, Sparrowhawk 1, Cetti's Warbler, 1, Little Egret 1,
Snipe 4, Green Sandpiper 1, Lapwing c100, Fieldfare c150, Starling c50,
Kestrel 2
|
| 3rd |
GREAT EGRET 1, Green Sandpiper 1,
Lapwing c400, Goldeneye 5, Red Kite 1, Willow Tit 1, Little Egret 1
|
| 2nd |
Green Sandpiper 1, GREAT EGRET 1,
STONECHAT 1, Shelduck 4
|
| 1st |
GREAT EGRET 1, STONECHAT 1, Willow
Tit 1, PINTAIL 1 drake, Water Rail 1, Goosander 1 drake, Grey Wagtail
2, Lapwing c250, Golden Plover 1, Teal 8, Goldfinch 12
|
2019
Thanks to all observers for their records, especially Stanford
Ringing Group (SRG), Steve Nichols (SCN), George Burton (GB), Fritz
Graves (FG), Dan March (DM), Matt Jackson (MJ), Chris Begley (CB), Peter
Dillon-Hooper (PDH), Chris Hubbard (CMH)
December
| 2019 | THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SIGHTINGS. IF YOU ARE VISITING, PLEASE REPORT YOUR
SIGHTINGS VIA THE EMAIL LINK. HAPPY 2020.
 |
| 2019 - Dan March |
 |
| 2019 - Chris Hubbard |
|
| Q4 Review | The final quarter of 2019 continued to deliver some quality birds. A Skylark
was ringed early in October, the first to be ringed at the site since
1980. A real rarity from the east arrived on the 12th October in the
form of a Yellow-browed Warbler, the 5th record for the site (4 ringed). Great Egret sightings started to become more frequent as the winter months approached and a Ring Ouzel was found by Steve on the 14th. Marsh Harrier put in a couple of brief appearances but on the 25th October two real crackers arrived in the form of 3 Waxwing and a Firecrest, both found by Mick Townsend. A Siberian Chiffchaff was also ringed. A further 10 Waxwing were seen briefly by Dan March and Matt Jackson and Brambling was also added to the year total. 9 Bewick's Swans were found by Steve on 24th November, the first at the site since 2007 followed soon after by a Dark-bellied Brent Goose the first at the site since 2014 (both high quality additions to the 2019 total). Several Woodcock were seen and the year finished off with a further 2 Bewick's Swans at the end of December. This quarter took the total for the site for 2019 to 154, the second best year ever. |
| 31st | GREAT EGRET 1, Willow
Tit 2, Goldeneye 6, Teal 8, Kestrel 2, Raven 2, Lapwing c400, Snipe 1,
Coal Tit 2, Nuthatch 1, Redpoll 1 over, Little Egret 4, Kingfisher 2,
Grey Wagtail 1
|
| 30th | GREAT EGRET 1, STONECHAT 1
(CMH), PINTAIL 2 (CMH), Teal 3, Little Grebe 4, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Wigeon 175, Great Black-backed Gull c300 in the roost, Little Egret 1 |
| 29th | GREAT EGRET 1, STONECHAT
1, Little Egret 1, Lapwing c70, Water Rail 1, Red Kite 3, Cetti's
Warbler 1, Golden Plover 34 (SCN / CMH)
|
| 28th | Green Sandpiper 1, GREAT EGRET 1, STONECHAT 1, Kingfisher 1, Snipe 1, Red Kite 2 |
| 27th | *BEWICK'S SWAN* 2 adults for around an hour late morning (CMH), STONECHAT 1 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1, Lapwing c450, Golden Plover 45, PINTAIL 1 drake (CMH), Greylag Goose 319
 |
| Bewick's Swan (C Hubbard) |
|
| 26th | GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH),
Little Egret 1
|
| 25th | HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR VISITORS AND A PROSPEROUS BIRDING 2020 |
| 24th | GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1, STONECHAT 1, Fieldfare c40, Redwing 10, Shoveler 1 drake |
| 23rd | GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1, STONECHAT
1, Lapwing c70, Bullfinch 4, Greylag Goose 304, Willow Tit 1, Red Kite
1, Chiffchaff 1
|
| 22nd | GREAT EGRET 1, Wigeon
12, Goldeneye 3, Little Grebe 2, Raven 2, Sparrowhawk 1, Kestrel 1,
Buzzard 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2, Shelduck 2, STONECHAT 1,
Red Kite 1, Chiffchaff 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Jay 1, Grey Wagtail
1, Lapwing c50, Great Egret 1, Nuthatch 1, Kingfisher 2, Little Egret 5,
Teal 18 |
| 21st | Goldeneye 5, Buzzard 3,
Lapwing c30
|
| 20th | Goosander 5 females
(CMH), Goldeneye 5, PINTAIL 1 drake (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1
|
| 19th | Wigeon c40, Goldeneye 3
|
| 18th | WOODCOCK 1 (PDH), GREAT EGRET 1 (PDH), STONECHAT
1 (PDH), Water Rail 1, Willow Tit 1, Lapwing c250, Kingfisher 1,
Buzzard 5, Kestrel 2, Bullfinch 6, Jay 4, Grey Heron 2, Cetti's Warbler
1, Goldeneye 6, Little Egret 1, Sparrowhawk 2, Meadow Pipit c10
|
| 17th | GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH / M Court), STONECHAT (CMH / M Court), Goldcrest c4, Teal 3, Nuthatch 1 ringed, the first this year (P Norrie)
 |
| Nuthatch (C Hubbard) |
|
| 16th | GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), STONECHAT 1 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, Siskin 1, Gadwall 87, Goldeneye 4, Chiffchaff 1, Teal 3 |
| 15th | GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH),
Little Egret 1, Goldeneye 6, Willow Tit 2, Snipe 4, Greylag Goose 302,
Canada Goose 6, Pochard 61, Tufted Duck 174, Coot 242, Kingfisher 1,
Mute Swan 52, Little Grebe 2, Lapwing 55, Gadwall 70, Grey Wagtail 2,
Pied Wagtail 3, Red Kite 1, Wigeon 8, Mallard 45, Moorhen 6, Sparrowhawk
2
|
| 14th | Little Grebe 4,
Goldeneye 4
|
| 13th | PINTAIL 2, STONECHAT 1
|
| 11th | GREAT EGRET 1 (PDH),
Little Egret 1 PINTAIL 2 (CMH), Goldeneye 6, Nuthatch 1, Treecreeper 1,
Red Kite, Green Sandpiper 1, Kingfisher 1, Grey Heron 1, Grey Wagtail 2,
Lapwing c250
Stanford Hall - DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE 1 (CMH) |
| 10th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 adult late PM (CMH), STONECHAT 1 (CMH), Barn Owl 1, Little Egret 2, Goldeneye 6, Snipe 1
Stanford Hall - DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE 1 (CMH)
|
| 9th | STONECHAT 1 (CMH), Little Egret 2, Little Grebe 1
Stanford Hall - DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE 1 (CMH)
 |
| Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Stanford Hall (C Hubbard) |
|
| 8th | Stanford Hall - DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE
1 (SCN)
|
| 7th | Goosander 3, Snipe 3, Peregrine 1 female, Raven 1, STONECHAT 1 (SRG), Lapwing c150 over
Stanford Hall - DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE 1 (SCN)
 |
| Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Stanford Hall (S Nichols) |
|
| 6th | DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE 1 briefly this AM (CMH), presumably the same bird as Sunday
 |
| Dark-bellied Brent Goose record shot (C Hubbard) |
|
| 5th | Little Egret 1, Goldeneye 6, STONECHAT
1 (SCN), Goosander 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Coal Tit 1, Green Woodpecker 1
|
| 4th | WOODCOCK 2 (M
Townsend), GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 3, Wigeon 139, Willow Tit 1,
Cetti's Warbler 1, Chiffchaff 1, Blackcap 1st year female caught and
ringed this AM (M Townsend), Fieldfare c300-400
|
| 3rd | Little Egret 1, WOODCOCK 1 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), STONECHAT
1 (SCN), Chiffchaff 1, Kingfisher 1, Lapwing 69, Teal c50, Gadwall 93,
Shelduck 1, Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Willow Tit 1
 |
| Great Egret (M Jackson) |
|
| 2nd | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1
late PM, a different bird to the one in November (CMH), Shoveler 14,
Little Egret 1, GREAT EGRET 1, Goldeneye 8, Teal 5, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Chiffchaff 1, Raven 1, Kingfisher 1
 |
| Mediterranean Gull - adult (C Hubbard) |
|
| 1st | DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE
1 this PM, the first since 2014 (SCN), Goosander 1 drake, Goldeneye 8,
Little Egret 1, Egyptian Goose 2 (SCN), Gadwall 62 (CMH), Cetti's
Warbler 1, Red Kite 1 |
November
| 30th | STONECHAT 1 (FG / CMH), SHORT EARED OWL
1 (DM), GREAT EGRET 1 (SCN), Water Rail 1, Greylag Goose 366,
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 2 (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1, Lapwing c135, Teal 6,
Shoveler 2, Barn Owl 2, Gadwall c55
|
| 29th | STONECHAT 1
(CMH), Goosander 5 (3 females and 2 drakes), Peregrine 1 (PDH), Red Kite
1, Green Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 1, Kingfisher 1, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Shelduck 1 (PDH), Green Woodpecker 2, Treecreeper 2, Sparrowhawk 1
|
| 28th | GREAT EGRET 1, Cetti's
Warbler 1, Barn Owl 1
|
| 27th | GREAT EGRET 3 (CMH),
Little Egret 1, Nuthatch 1, Willow Tit 1, Shoveler 2, Reed Bunting c30
|
| 26th | Little Egret 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Willow Tit 1 |
| 25th | Barn Owl 1, Cetti's
Warbler 1, GREAT EGRET 2 (CB)
|
| 24th | *BEWICK'S SWAN* 9
this PM (5 adults and 4 juveniles) still present at dusk (SCN/CMH) the
first since 2007, GREAT EGRET 2 (PDH), Willow Tit 1, Nuthatch 1, STONECHAT 1 (PDH), Green Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 1, Kingfisher 1
 |
| Bewick's Swan (C Hubbard) |
|
| 23rd | GREAT EGRET 1, Kingfisher 1, Little Grebe 1, Goldeneye 6, Snipe 2, STONECHAT 1 |
| 22nd | GREAT EGRET 1, Little
Egret 1, Nuthatch 2, Willow Tit 1, Golden Plover 2 over (CMH), Shoveler
3, Raven 1 (PDH), Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Grey Wagtail 2, Green
Woodpecker 1
|
| 21st | STONECHAT 1
(CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1, Snipe 1, Goosander 1
|
| 19th | Cetti's Warbler 1,
Fieldfare c700, Redwing c500, Shoveler 2, Sparrowhawk 1 Peregrine 1,
Blackcap 1
|
| 18th | Willow Tit 1, Little
Egret 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Siskin 1, Lesser Redpoll 2, Snipe 1, Little
Grebe 1, Sparrowhawk 2, Common Buzzard 4, Skylark 25, Kingfisher 2,
Shoveler 4, Fieldfare c200, Redwing c100
|
| 17th | Goosander 6 (SCN), GREAT EGRET 1 (DM), STONECHAT
1 (DM), Lesser Redpoll 3, Kingfisher 1, Barn Owl 1, Green Sandpiper 1,
Great Spotted Woodpecker, Shoveler 5, Fieldfare c300, Redwing c100,
Cetti's Warbler 1
 |
| Barn Owl (Dan March) |
 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dan March) |
|
| 16th | BRAMBLING 5 in total (CMH / M Townsend), Cetti's Warbler 3, Willow Tit 2, Water Rail 2, STONECHAT
1 (CB), Kingfisher 2, Gadwall 59, Starling c100, Chiffchaff 1, Shelduck
3 (CMH), Lesser Redpoll 1, Tawny Owl 2, Barn Owl 2, Bullfinch 3 ringed
this AM (SRG), Siskin 2, Raven 3
 |
| Stonechat (C Hubbard) |
|
| 15th | MERLIN 1 (PDH),
Willow Tit 2, Cetti's Warbler 2
|
| 14th | STONECHAT 1 (CB), Nuthatch 1, Green Woodpecker 1, Grey Wagtail 1 |
| 13th | Willow Tit 1, Water Rail 1, STONECHAT 1 (M Townsend), Siskin 1, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 (CMH) |
| 11th | Shelduck 3, Pochard 169, Cetti's Warbler 1, Skylark 27 |
| 10th | Willow Tit 1, STONECHAT 1 (SCN), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 (SCN), Goosander 1, Raven 1, Little Grebe 1
 |
| Yellow-legged Gull (S Nichols) |
|
| 9th | SHORT-EARED OWL 1
this AM (CMH), Fieldfare numerous with 1 ringed, the first for 2019
(SRG), Pochard 136, Willow Tit 1, Little Egret 1, Sparrowhawk 2, Lesser
Redpoll 1, Goldeneye 9, Cetti's Warbler 1, Shoveler 8
 |
| Fieldfare (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Short-eared Owl Record Shot (C Hubbard) |
|
| 8th | WHOOPER SWAN 6 over inlet heading North at 15:00 (SCN), MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 adult (CMH), Teal 2, Fieldfare c100, Little Egret 2, Sparrowhawk 1
 |
| Mediterranean Gull Record Shots (C Hubbard) |
|
| 7th | PINTAIL 3 including 1 drake this AM (CMH), MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 (PDH), Goldeneye 12, Barn Owl 1
 |
| Pintail (C Hubbard) |
|
| 6th | Willow Warbler 1 ringed this morning, the latest ever at the site (M Townsend), 'SIBERIAN' CHIFFCHAFF 1 ringed this AM (M Townsend), RUDDY SHELDUCK 1 (CMH)
 |
| Ruddy Shelduck (C Hubbard) |
|
| 5th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL
1 adult in the roost this evening (CMH), Pochard 146, Siskin 8,
Fieldfare c200, Redpoll 2, Tufted Duck 229, Water Rail 1
|
| 4th | MERLIN 1 female
'type' this AM (CMH), Goosander 5 females (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1
this AM (CMH), Goldeneye 11, Shoveler 3, Little Egret 1, Sparrowhawk 1,
Little Grebe 4, Green Sandpiper 1
|
| 3rd | MARSH HARRIER 1 (Dave Neal, SRG), GREAT EGRET 1, RED-CRESTED POCHARD
3 only the second record of 2019 (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL (CMH),
Goldeneye 11, Pochard 85, Little Grebe 4, Coal Tit 1, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Stock Dove 22, Lapwing 4
 |
| Red-crested Pochard (C Hubbard) |
|
| 2nd | GREAT EGRET 1, Willow
Tit 1, Goldeneye 11
|
| 1st | PINTAIL 1 drake (CMH),
GREAT EGRET 1, Pochard 71, Cetti's Warbler 1, Teal 2, Shoveler 3, Red
Kite 1
|
October
| 31st | GREAT EGRET 1, Red
Kite 1, Goldeneye 2, Willow Tit 2, Pochard c40, Green Sandpiper 1,
Little Grebe 2, Kingfisher 1, Golden Plover c40, STONECHAT 1 (MJ), Grey
Wagtail 2, Cetti's Warbler 1
 |
| Great Egret (M Jackson) |
 |
| Stonechat (M Jackson) |
|
| 30th | GREAT EGRET 1, STONECHAT 2 (CMH), MERLIN
1 (M Townsend), Peregrine 1, Little Egret 2, Little Grebe 4, Kingfisher
1, Pochard 35, Wigeon c100, Shoveler 1, Goldeneye 3, Willow Tit 1,
Redwing c500, Fieldfare c200, Red Kite 2, Kestrel 1, Gadwall 20
|
| 29th | GREAT EGRET 1, MARSH HARRIER 1 early AM (CMH), BRAMBLING 1 male the first of 2019 (MT / CMH), Redwing c2000, Fieldfare c700, Goldeneye 1 drake
Vismig (07.00 - 08.45) - Wood Pigeon 527, Starling 380 (west)
Of interest - a Black Redstart in a garden in South Kilworth this morning (CB) |
| 28th | Fieldfare 184, Shoveler
3, Little Grebe 2, Siskin 2, Goldeneye 2
|
| 27th | *WAXWING* 10
seen briefly in flight (DM / MJ), Grey Goose sp NE over rail track
(SRG), Red Kite 3, GREAT EGRET 1 (PDH), Little Egret 11, Willow Tit 2,
Cetti's Warbler 1, Green Sandpiper 1 (MJ), Goosander 3, Snipe 2,
Fieldfare c37, Greenfinch 22, Jay 1, Chiffchaff 1, Nuthatch 1, Grey
Wagtail 1, Shoveler 1, Little Grebe 1
|
| 26th | Starling murmuration
c2000
|
| 25th | *WAXWING* 3 (M Townsend), the first since 2013, *FIRECREST* 1 ringed (M Townsend) the first since 2016, GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 5, Nuthatch 1, Willow Tit 1, Wigeon c60
 |
| Firecrest (C Begley) |
 |
| Firecrest (M Townsend) |
|
| 23rd | GREAT EGRET 2, Little
Egret 5, Goldeneye 2, Little Grebe 4, Blackcap 1, Lapwing 6, Fieldfare
c150, Redwing 101, Cetti's Warbler 1
|
| 22nd | GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 6, Cetti's Warbler 2, Goldeneye 1, Sparrowhawk 3, Water Rail 1
Vismig (07.30 - 09.00) - Fieldfare 202, Starling 184, Redwing 129, Wood
Pigeon 628, Greenfinch 20, Skylark 15, Meadow Pipit 11, Redpoll 3,
Siskin 3, 'Alba' Wagtail 2, Chaffinch 24
|
| 21st | Siskin 1, Fieldfare 3,
GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 6, Gadwall 18, Willow Tit 1, Goldeneye 2
females the first of the Autumn, Chiffchaff 4, Cetti's Warbler 1, Canada
Goose 320
|
| 20th | GREAT EGRET (CB),
Little Egret 6, Goldcrest 2
|
| 19th | GREAT EGRET 1,
Peregrine 1, Sparrowhawk 3, Red Kite 1, Little Grebe 3, Little Egret 3,
Water Rail 1, Swallow 2, Pochard 30, Kingfisher 1, Cetti's Warbler 1
|
| 18th | PINTAIL 2 (SCN), Little
Egret 8, Greenfinch c50 (M Townsend)
|
| 17th | MARSH HARRIER 1
briefly at 11.20am before it flew towards Stanford-on-Avon (CMH) the
second record of the year, Kingfisher 1, Kestrel 1, Skylark 9, Redwing
c20, Goldfinch 5, Chiffchaff 1, Little Grebe 2, Great Spotted Woodpecker
1, Raven 3, Teal 5, Canada Goose 377
|
| 16th | Barn Owl 1, Pochard 39,
GREAT EGRET 3, Grey Heron 3, Redwing 26, Willow Tit 1, Little Egret 13,
Tawny Owl 1, Chiffchaff 8, Grey Heron 3
|
| 15th | RING OUZEL 1
(SCN), Chiffchaff 6, Raven 9 (M Townsend)
|
| 14th | RING OUZEL 1 found this AM and still present at 13:00 (SCN), GREAT EGRET 2, Little Egret 4
 |
| Ring Ouzel (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Ring Ouzel (S Nichols) |
|
| 13th | GREAT EGRET 2 (CMH),
Little Egret 10 (CB), Willow Tit 1, Blackcap 1, Chiffchaff c12, Gadwall
18, Little Grebe 2, Pochard 30, Sparrowhawk 1, Red Kite 1, Goldfinch
c65, Redwing 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Lapwing 3
|
| 12th | *YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER*
1 ringed this AM, the 4th to be ringed at the site, 5th overall (SRG),
Reed Warbler 1 ringed (SRG), GREAT EGRET 2 (CMH), Little Egret 7,
Cetti's Warbler 3, Fieldfare 5, Meadow Pipit c20, Redpoll 5 (M
Townsend), STONECHAT 1 (DM), RUDDY SHELDUCK 1 (DM), Red Kite 1, Redwing
1, Snipe 1, Mute Swan 56, Coot 261, Pochard 10, Teal 31, Greylag Goose
164, Canada Goose 246, Tufted Duck 78, Grey Heron 4, Gadwall 14, Wigeon
22, Cormorant 11, Kingfisher 1, Great Crested Grebe 43, Little Grebe 1,
Mallard 26, Moorhen 5
 |
| Yellow-browed Warbler (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 11th | GREAT EGRET 3 (CB),
Shoveler 2, Little Egret 8
|
| 10th | Little Egret 8, Swallow
16, Kingfisher 1, LITTLE RINGED PLOVER 1 (PDH), Chiffchaff several,
Sparrowhawk 1, Treecreeper 1
|
| 9th | Little Egret 9, Willow
Tit 2, Redwing 3, Cetti's Warbler 1, Lapwing 1, Kingfisher 1, Little
Grebe 1
|
| 8th | RUDDY SHELDUCK 1 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Little Egret 8, Redwing 4, Willow Tit 1, Kingfisher 1, Swallow 1, Red Kite 2
 |
| Great Egret (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Ruddy Shelduck (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 7th | Little Egret 10, Grey
Heron 2, Kingfisher 1, Willow Tit 1, Blackcap 1, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Lapwing 22, Teal 4, Pochard 10, Swallow 15, Wigeon 58, Great Crested
Grebe 43, Tufted Duck 84, Coot 198, Mute Swan 51
|
| 6th | GREAT EGRET 1 (DM),
Little Grebe 1, Swallow 9, Common Sandpiper 1, Pochard 25, Red Kite 1,
Little Egret 11, Grey Wagtail 2, Shoveler 3
|
| 5th | SKYLARK 1 trapped and ringed, the 5th ever and the 1st since 1980 (SRG),
Mistle Thrush 3, Willow Tit 1, Goldcrest 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Raven 1,
Cormorant 36, Coot 174, Wigeon 84, Tufted Duck 51, Great Crested Grebe
38
 |
| Skylark - the first ringed since 1980 (CB) |
|
| 4th | STONECHAT 1 (PDH), House
Martin c30, Skylark 46 over, Swallow 6, Blackcap 1, Chiffchaff several,
Cetti's Warbler 2, Shoveler 8, Hobby 1, Little Egret 8, Grey Heron 3,
Kingfisher 1, Willow Tit 1, Bullfinch 4, Little Grebe 1, Red Kite 3
|
| 3rd | Redwing 5, the first of
the Autumn, Little Egret 4, Swallow 15, Green Sandpiper 2, Red Kite 1,
Sand Martin 5, Shoveler 11, Sparrowhawk 1, Jay 1, Willow Tit 1, Raven 1,
Meadow Pipit c40, CURLEW 3 late evening (CMH)
|
| 2nd | Willow Tit 1, Cetti's
Warbler 2, Grey Wagtail 2, Swallow 5, Water Rail 1, Reed Warbler 1,
Little Egret 3, Teal 3, Shoveler 3, Lesser-Black backed Gull 226 in the
roost (CMH), Herring Gull 3, Greater-Black backed Gull 1, Egyptian Goose
2, Little Grebe 1
|
| 1st | Little Egret 6 (CB),
Sparrowhawk 1, House Martin 7, Jay 1, Red-legged Partridge 1
|
September
Q3 Review
| At the end of the 3rd quarter of 2019 our
overall species list had risen to 148. This is already looking like an
excellent year despite the high water levels and lack of mud. July
kicked off well with 4 Common Scoter and a colour-ringed Common Sandpiper. A Garganey was found later in the month, the first since 2017. Marsh Harrier
was added to the 2019 total towards the end of the month along with
another 9 Arctic Terns arriving in inclement weather. The first Tree Pipit arrived
on 20/8 (1 ringed by SRG) followed by a further 5 over the next few
days. The 24th August was a special day with over 500 birds
ringed including 6 Redstart, Wheatear and 6 Grasshopper Warblers. A Pied Flycatcher was also seen briefly on the same day, a rare visitor to the site, along with 3 Whinchat and 4 Black Terns. 4 Ruff
flew through at the end of August when 4 Greenshank were also found. 2
Ruddy Shelducks were found mid-September along with the first Stonechat. The month was finished off with a landmark 2000th Blackcap ringed by the SRG and a flyover Spoonbill on the 28th. |
| 30th | Linnet c50, Meadow
Pipit 12, Cetti's Warbler 1, Jay 4, Little Grebe 1, Kingfisher 2,
Skylark c70 over (CMH / M Townsend), Red Kite 1, Sedge Warbler 1 ringed,
Reed Warbler 4 ringed, Raven 1, Buzzard 7, Long-tailed Tit c20,
Red-legged Partridge 12 (FG)
|
| 28th | *SPOONBILL* 1 flew towards South Kilworth this AM at 08.00 (D Neal), RUDDY SHELDUCK 1 (F Graves), STONECHAT
2 (CB / M Townsend), DUNLIN 1 (F Graves) Green Sandpiper 1, Skylark
c25, Meadow Pipit c20, House Martin c40, also a few Swallows and Sand
Martins, Common Sandpiper 1, Little Grebe 1, Red Kite 1, Coal Tit 2,
Little Egret 4, Shoveler 4, Nuthatch 1, Long-tailed Tit c15, Great
Crested Grebe c20, Kingfisher 2
 |
| Stonechat (C Begley) |
|
| 27th | STONECHAT 3 (CMH),
Green Sandpiper 1, Red Kite 1
|
| 25th | Wigeon 91, Gadwall 5,
Hobby 2, Little Egret 2, Little Grebe 1
|
| 24th | Wigeon 91, Hobby 2,
Willow Warbler 1, Coal Tit 2, Grey Wagtail 8, Shoveler 5, Gadwall 7, Red
Kite 2, Little Egret 4, Green Woodpecker 1, Sparrowhawk 1
|
| 23rd | GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), RUDDY SHELDUCK 1 (CMH), STONECHAT
3 (CMH), Willow Tit 1, Little Ringed Plover 1, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Shoveler 6, Wigeon 85, Little Grebe 1, Meadow Pipit c20, Pied Wagtail
c30, Skylark c10, Hobby 1
|
| 22nd | RUDDY SHELDUCK 1 (SCN), STONECHAT 3 (PDH), Little Ringed Plover 1 (SCN), Wigeon 83, Shoveler 2, Gadwall 4, Nuthatch 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
 |
| Ruddy Shelduck (S Nichols) |
|
| 21st | STONECHAT 4 this AM (CMH / CB), Little Ringed Plover 1 this AM (CMH), Red Kite 2, Little Egret 4, Skylark 15
TODAY SAW THE 2000th BLACKCAP RINGED IN 2019 - WHAT AN ACHIEVEMENT BY ALL CONCERNED IN THE STANFORD RINGING GROUP - AMAZING! |
| 20th | Little Grebe 1, Hobby
3, Kingfisher 1, Red Kite 2, Wigeon 44, Gadwall 7
|
| 19th | Wigeon 7, Red Kite 3,
Hobby 1
|
| 18th | RUDDY SHELDUCK 1 (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1, Wigeon 28, Hobby 3, Nuthatch 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Little Egret 2 |
| 17th | REDSTART 1 male (SCN), RUDDY SHELDUCK 2
this AM (CMH), Little Egret 3, Wigeon 16, Kingfisher 1, Red Kite 3,
Hobby 1, Raven 3, Whitethroat 2, Common Sandpiper 1, Jay 1, Coal Tit 1,
Swallow 12, Meadow Pipit 10
|
| 16th | RUDDY SHELDUCK 2 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 1, Wigeon 22, Teal 2, Pochard 4, Little Egret 2, Kingfisher 2, Greylag Goose 439 (CMH), Swallow 3 (DM)
 |
| Ruddy Shelduck ( M Jackson) |
 |
| Ruddy Shelducks (C Hubbard) |
|
| 15th | STONECHAT 1 (PDH), RUDDY SHELDUCK 1,
Little Ringed Plover 1 juvenile (PDH), Lapwing c120, Little Grebe 2,
Wigeon 12, Green Sandpiper 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Grey Wagtail 10,
Kingfisher 1
 |
| Stonechat (C Hubbard) |
|
| 14th | STONECHAT 3 this AM (CB) the first of 2019, WHINCHAT 1 female ringed this AM, only the 4th ever ringed (SRG), REDSTART 2 (SCN), RUDDY SHELDUCK 1 (CMH), DUNLIN
1 (CMH), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 ringed (SRG), Meadow Pipit c20, Grey
Wagtail 10, Little Egret 8, Red Kite 2, Hobby 2, Common Sandpiper 1,
Nuthatch 4, Kingfisher 2, 614 BIRDS RINGED THIS MORNING INCLUDING 448 BLACKCAPS!
 |
| Whinchat (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Whinchat (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Whinchat (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Ruddy Shelduck (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Ruddy Shelduck (C Hubbard) |
|
| 13th | Common Sandpiper 1, Grey Wagtail 12, Chiffchaff c40, Snipe 1, Little Egret 1Red Kite 1 |
| 11th | Green Sandpiper 2,
Shoveler 8, Wigeon 18, Snipe 3, Common Sandpiper 2, Meadow Pipit c25,
Yellow Wagtail 3, Hobby 2, Grey Wagtail 7, Teal 1, Kingfisher 1, Little
Egret 9
|
| 10th | Green Sandpiper 1,
Common Sandpiper 1, Wigeon 6, Nuthatch 2, Goldfinch c35, Blackcap 51
ringed (SRG), Chiffchaff 22 ringed (SRG) |
| 9th | SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 2
(CMH), Common Sandpiper 3, Green Sandpiper 1, Kingfisher 1, Red Kite 1,
Yellow Wagtail 6, Hobby 2, Little Grebe 1, Little Egret 1, Coal Tit 1,
Grey Wagtail 19, Pied Wagtail c15, Raven 1
 |
| Spotted Flycatcher (C Hubbard) |
|
| 8th | SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 2
(SCN), Little Egret 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Pochard 2,
Gadwall 1, Teal 4, Shoveler 3, Kingfisher 1, Grey Wagtail 6, Nuthatch
2, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2, Whitethroat 1, Blackcap several,
Chiffchaff several
 |
| Spotted Flycatcher (S Nichols) |
|
| 7th | Cuckoo 1 (M Townsend,
SRG), Common Sandpiper 3, Canada Goose c280, Little Egret 1
|
| 6th | Common Sandpiper 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Pied Wagtail c20, Grey Wagtail 4, House Martin c100, Lesser Whitethroat 1 |
| 4th | Hobby 1, Red Kite 1,
Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 3, House Martin c20, Sand Martin c10,
Little Grebe 1, Green Sandpiper 1
|
| 3rd | REDSTART 1 adult female ringed this AM, a new site record being the 16th ringed this Autumn (SRG),
Meadow Pipit 7, the first of the Autumn, Green Sandpiper 1, Common
Sandpiper 2, Yellow Wagtail 10, Hobby 2, Kingfisher 1, Raven 2
 |
| Redstart - record breaker! (D Sheffield, SRG) |
|
| 2nd | Moorhen 17, Yellow Wagtail 3, Hobby 1, Green Sandpiper 1, SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1, Common Sandpiper 3 |
| 1st | Common Sandpiper 5,
Hobby 2, SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 2, Kingfisher 1, Yellow Wagtail 1
|
August
| 31st | REDSTART 2 this
AM (CMH), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2 ringed (SRG), Common Sandpiper 7, Dunlin
1 (CMH), Kingfisher 2, Hobby 3, SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 2 (CB), Raven 1 over
(CMH), Red Kite 1, Yellow Wagtail 2
 |
| Redstart (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Dunlin (C Hubbard) |
|
| 30th | Little Egret 2 (MJ),
Whitethroat c20, Green Sandpiper 2, Yellow Wagtail 6, Common Sandpiper
4
|
| 29th | GREENSHANK 3, poss 4 (CMH), REDSTART
2 (CB), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 (CMH), Shoveler 11, Pochard 7, Yellow
Wagtail 2, Hobby 1, Buzzard 6, Red Kite 1, Green Sandpiper 5, Common
Sandpiper 2 |
| 28th | RUFF 4 flew over the dam this evening, the first record for 2019 (CMH / DM), OSPREY 1 over high S / SE at 06.40am (CMH), REDSTART 2 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), GREENSHANK 4 (PDH), Dunlin 1 (PDH), Common Sandpiper 8, Green Sandpiper 3, Yellow Wagtail 2, Shoveler 2, Teal 3
 |
| Greenshank (C Hubbard) |
|
| 27th | REDSTART 11, 9 ringed (SRG) and 2 other unringed birds seen (CMH), WHINCHAT
1 (CMH) Green Sandpiper 1, Common Sandpiper 3, Tawny Owl 1 ringed this
AM, Cetti's Warbler 1 ringed this AM (SRG), Common Tern 1, Gadwall 7,
Shoveler 3, Pochard 3, Yellow Wagtail several over this AM, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 ringed this AM (SRG), Hobby 4 this evening (MJ)
REDSTART SUMMARY - SATURDAY 4 1st year males, 1 adult
female and 1 unsexed 1st year bird. TUESDAY 2 adult males, 5 1st year
males and 2 1st year females. 15 ringed in total plus at least 3 or 4
other birds around the site.
 |
| Whinchat (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Tawny Owl (SRG) |
 |
Redstarts (SRG)
|
|
| 26th | Green Sandpiper 3, Little Ringed Plover 3, Common Sandpiper 3, REDSTART
1 (CMH), Lesser Whitethroat 6, Great crested Grebe with 2 young, Common
Tern 1, Snipe 1, Common Buzzard 11, Red Kite 2, Gadwall 1, Teal 2,
Shoveler 3, Sparrowhawk 1, Kestrel 1 |
| 25th | REDSTART 3 (CMH), GARGANEY 1 (CMH), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1, Sparrowhawk 2, Teal 4, Lesser Whitethroat c10, Yellow Wagtail 1
 |
| Sparrowhawk (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Sparrowhawk (C Hubbard) |
|
| 24th | REDSTART C10, 6 ringed and at least another 4 seen and the first of 2019, PIED FLYCATCHER 1 seen briefly near the hide, the first for 2019 and the first since 2015 (PDH), WHINCHAT at least 3 (CMH), TREE PIPIT 1 this am (CMH), BLACK TERN 4 (PDH), GARGANEY 1 (PDH), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 6 ringed this am (SRG), WHEATEAR 1 ringed this am (only 2 previous ringed birds in 1982 and 2011), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER C6 around the site.
STANFORD RINGING GROUP PROCESSED 526 NEW BIRDS TODAY. AN INCREDIBLE EFFORT AND FALL OF BIRDS.
 |
| Wheatear montage - only the 3rd ever ringed at the site (C Hubbard) |
|
| 23rd | GARGANEY 1 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 2, Shoveler 1, Little Grebe 1, |
| 22nd | TREE PIPIT 1 this AM (CMH), Teal 3, Common Sandpiper 2, Yellow Wagtail 1
 |
| Tree Pipit (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Tree Pipit (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Tree Pipit (C Hubbard) |
|
| 21st | TREE PIPIT 3, 1 over calling at 07.05 and 2 flying around the feeding station calling at 07.15 (CMH), WHINCHAT 1
briefly this AM, the first of 2019 (CMH), Little Egret 1, Common
Sandpiper 2, Swift 3, Lesser Whitethroat 1
|
| 20th | TREE PIPIT 1
trapped and ringed (M Townsend, SRG), Grasshopper Warbler 1 trapped and
ringed (M Townsend, SRG), Kingfisher 1 juv trapped and ringed (M
Townsend, SRG), Common Sandpiper 5, Green Sandpiper 2, Gadwall 4,
Great-crested Grebe c30, Common Tern 1, Little Egret 2
 |
| Kingfisher (SRG) |
 |
| Tree Pipit (SRG) |
 |
| Tree Pipit (SRG) |
|
| 19th | GARGANEY 1
(CMH), Grasshopper Warbler 1 reeling (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 1, Gadwall 6,
Common Tern 1, Kingfisher 1
|
| 18th | Grasshopper Warbler 3
trapped and ringed (SRG), Lesser Whitethroat 2, Little Egret 3, Green
Sandpiper 2, Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 4 with 1 being trapped
and ringed (SRG), Willow Warbler 59 new birds trapped and ringed (SRG), Water Rail 1, Gadwall 2, Pied Wagtail 12
Green Veined White, Grass Snake (PDH)
 |
| Yellow Wagtail, the first to be ringed in 2019 (SRG) |
|
| 17th | GARGANEY 1
(SCN), Teal 1, Shoveler 1, Green Sandpiper 1
|
| 15th | Willow Warbler c4, Pochard 5, Gadwall 2, Common Tern 2, Common Sandpiper 2, Little Egret 1
Brown Hawker and Broad Bodied Chaser (MJ) |
| 14th | GARGANEY 1
(SCN), Little Egret 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Common Sandpiper 2, Nuthatch
2, Kestrel 1 juvenile, Green Woodpecker 2, Common Tern 2, Pochard 5,
Little Grebe 1
|
| 12th | GARGANEY 1 (PDH), Wigeon 1, Common Sandpiper 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 3, Grey Wagtail 7, Little Egret
Grass Snake 1 (PDH) |
| 11th | Green Sandpiper 1,
Common Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 5, Wigeon 1, Willow Warbler c4,
Whitethroat 2, House Martin c200, Swift 3, Grey Wagtail 7, SEDGE WARBLER 74 NEW BIRDS CAUGHT AND RINGED TODAY (M Townsend, SRG) |
| 10th | Common Sandpiper 3, Green Woodpecker 2, Common Tern 2, Kestrel 1 |
| 8th | Common Sandpiper 4,
Green Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 4, Grey Wagtail 8, Jay 2, Buzzard 1,
Kestrel 1, Red Kite 1, Green Woodpecker 1, Spotted Flycatcher 2 (CB)
|
| 7th | Common Sandpiper 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Wigeon 2 (PDH), Common Tern 3
Brown Argus 1 (PDH) |
| 6th | Common Sandpiper 2,
Green Sandpiper 1, Kestrel 1, Snipe 1
|
| 5th | GARGANEY 1 (SCN), Common Sandpiper 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Grey Wagtail 15, Green Woodpecker 2, Sparrowhawk 1 |
| 4th | No news reported today
|
| 3rd | GARGANEY 1 (CMH),
Grey Wagtail 11, Red Kite 4, Teal 1, Snipe 1, Cetti's Warbler 1
juvenile ringed this AM (SRG), Common Sandpiper 1 |
| 2nd | Snipe 1, Green Sandpiper
1, Common Sandpiper 1
|
| 1st | GARGANEY 1 this
evening (SCN), Green Sandpiper 1, Common Sandpiper 4, Common Tern 6,
Kingfisher 1, Red Kite 1, Tufted Duck 32 |
July
| 31st | GARGANEY 1 this evening (CMH), Lapwing 2, Common Sandpiper 3, Common Tern 11
 |
| Garganey (C Hubbard) |
|
| 30th | MARSH HARRIER 1
early morning (CMH), Redshank 1, Common Sandpiper 2, Green Sandpiper 1,
Grey Wagtail 9, Common Tern 10, Shoveler 3, Hobby 1, Sparrowhawk 1,
Common Gull 4, Red Kite 1 |
| 29th | MARSH HARRIER 1
early evening, the first of 2019 (CMH), Shoveler 3, Common Tern 12,
Common Sandpiper 3, Yellow Wagtail 2, Hobby 1, Green Sandpiper 1,
Gadwall 3, Kingfisher 1, Lesser Whitethroat 2
 |
| Marsh Harrier Record Shots (C Hubbard) |
|
| 28th | ARCTIC TERN 9 this AM (CMH) and 2 this PM (SCN), Common Tern c20, Shoveler 3, Common Sandpiper 3, Green Sandpiper 1 |
| 27th | GARGANEY 1
(CMH), Common Sandpiper 5, Yellow Wagtail 2, Hobby 1, Common Tern 6,
Little Egret 1
|
| 26th | GARGANEY 1 this AM (CMH), GREENSHANK 1 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 6, Green Sandpiper 1, Hobby 1, Common Tern 4, Yellow Wagtail 1 |
| 25th | Green Sandpiper 1,
Common Tern 4, Yellow Wagtail 2, Shoveler 7, Little Grebe 1 juvenile
|
| 24th | GARGANEY 1 still
(SCN), Common Tern 5, Common Sandpiper 3, Grey Wagtail c12, Pochard 3,
Shoveler 6, Green Sandpiper 1, Gadwall c6, Barn Owl 1 |
| 23rd | GARGANEY 1 this
AM, the first at the site since 2017 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 1, Green
Sandpiper 1, Grey Wagtail c10, Yellow Wagtail 1, Common Tern 2, Little
Grebe 1
 |
| Garganey (C Hubbard) |
|
| 22nd | Green Sandpiper 1,
Common Sandpiper 4, Common Tern 6, Little Egret 1, Mute Swan 2 with 4
cygnets, Grey Wagtail c10 |
| 21st | Common Sandpiper 6,
Green Sandpiper 1, Shoveler 10, Common Tern 2, Grey Wagtail c10, Green
Woodpecker 1, Spotted Flycatcher 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Kingfisher 1,
Kestrel with young
Marbled White (M Townsend) |
| 20th | Common Sandpiper 5
(including the colour ringed bird), Green Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 4,
Hobby 1, Oystercatcher 2, Grey Wagtail c10, Red Kite 1, Green Woodpecker
3 |
| 19th | Common Sandpiper 3
(including the colour ringed bird), Green Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 4,
Yellow Wagtail 2, Shoveler 7
|
| 18th | GOOSANDER 2
'unseasonal' red-heads this AM (CMH), Common Sandpiper 2 (including the
colour ringed bird), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2 juveniles, the first this
year, caught and ringed this AM (SRG), Green Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail
3, Shoveler 7 (not present yesterday), Common Tern 2
 |
| Juvenile Grasshopper Warbler (Dawn Sheffield, SRG) |
 |
| Essex Skipper, Small Skipper and Roesel's Bush-cricket (S Nichols) |
|
| 17th | Common Sandpiper 1
colour ringed bird still present, Green Sandpiper 2, Common Tern 2,
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1, Buzzard 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, Tufted Duck 6
Marbled White (MJ)
 |
| Common Sandpiper (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Marbled White (M Jackson) |
|
| 16th | GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 reeling this AM (CMH), Common Sandpiper 2 including a colour ringed bird (found by Steve Nichols, this
bird was ringed as a breeding adult, probably a male based on
measurements and behaviour. it was ringed on 26/05/2019 on the River
Spey at Pollowick Farm. Many thanks to Brian Bates who runs this scheme
for the information), Yellow Wagtail 2, TAWNY OWL 1 caught and
ringed this AM (M Townsend, SRG), Common Tern 2, Swallow 16, Green
Woodpecker 4, Nuthatch 1, Jay 2, Cetti's Warbler 1 (M Townsend)
 |
| Tawny Owl (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Tawny Owl (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Grasshopper Warbler (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Common Sandpiper, colour ringed (S Nichols) |
|
| 15th | GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 reeling early AM (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 3, Buzzard 1, Common Tern 3, Barn Owl 1, Green Sandpiper 1
 |
| Green Sandpiper (C Hubbard) |
|
| 14th | Yellow Wagtail 1, Pochard 1 |
| 13th | GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 reeling this AM (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 2, Reed Warbler 80 - 59 new birds ringed, 19 re traps and 2 controls (SRG) |
| 12th | GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 reeling this AM (CMH), Common Sandpiper 3, Green Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 3
Lunar Hornet Moth (second ever record) caught in a mist net this am (A Homer)
 |
| Lunar Hornet Moth (Adam Homer) |
 |
| Common Sandpipers (C Hubbard) |
|
| 11th | GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 4
this am (2 reeling and 2 re-trapped, SRG), Common Sandpiper 1, Common
Tern 2
|
| 10th | Pied Wagtail c10, Yellow Wagtail 2, Grey Wagtail 3, Green Woodpecker 1 |
| 9th | Oystercatcher 1, Gadwall
2, Common Tern 3, Green Woodpecker 3
|
| 8th | COMMON SCOTER 4
drakes still late evening (CMH), the first of 2019, Redshank 1, Green
Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, Greylag Goose 115, Moorhen 3, Common Tern
4, Sparrowhawk 1, Kingfisher 1, Swallow 4, Grey Wagtail 2, Pied Wagtail
5
Brown Hawker, Emperor, Banded Demoiselle, Common Blue Damselfly,
Four-spotted Chaser, Black-tailed Skimmer, Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Small
Skipper, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Large White, Small White (GB)
 |
| Common Scoter (C Hubbard) |
 |
Common Scoter (C Hubbard)
|
 |
| Redshank (C Hubbard) |
|
| 7th | Green Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 5, Grey Wagtail c10, Yellow Wagtail 2 |
| 6th | Common Sandpiper 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Blackcap 2, Nuthatch 1 |
| 5th | Tufted Duck adult female
with 2 young, Lapwing 1, Common Tern 3, Green Sandpiper 1
|
| 4th | Grey Wagtail 15, Green Sandpiper 1 |
| 3rd | Barn Owl 1,
Oystercatcher 1, Nuthatch 1, Raven 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 2,
Hobby 1
|
| 2nd | Hobby 1, Common Tern 3,
Green Sandpiper 1, Grey Wagtail 12 (GB), Oystercatcher 3
|
| 1st | Green Sandpiper 1, Common Sandpiper 2, Common Tern 2, Swift c70 |
June
Q2
Review
| By the end of the 2nd quarter of 2019 our
overall species list for the year had risen to 139 - already beating
last years total with half the year remaining. Notable highlights
included 2 separate sightings of Long-eared Owl, 16 Little Gulls, Arctic Tern, 15 Black Terns, Tree Pipit, 3 Whimbrel, Sanderling, Greenshank, Dunlin, Ringed Plover and Little Ringed Plover. Other noteworthy birds included Ring Ouzel, Grasshopper Warbler, Osprey, 2 Wheatear, White Wagtail and a 'Channel' Wagtail. Next stop 150 species!
|
| 30th | Green Sandpiper 1,
Common Sandpiper 2, Green Woodpecker 3 (adult and 2 juvenile), Lesser
Whitethroat 1, Garden Warbler 2, Little Grebe 1, Oystercatcher 2, Cuckoo
1 juvenile, Common Tern 2, Black-headed Gull 2, Tufted Duck 5, Stock
Dove 7, Swift 3
Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Large White, Painted Lady, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, White-legged Damselfly (GB), Marbled White (SCN), Comma, Large Skipper, Small Skipper, Small Tortoiseshell, Speckled Wood (SCN) |
| 29th | Common Sandpiper 1,
Oystercatcher 2, Common Tern 3, Nuthatch 1, Little Egret 2, Barn Owl 1,
Lesser Black-backed Gull 9, Common Tern 3
Red Admiral 2, Meadow Brown 6, Ringlet c30, Small Skipper 2, Large
Skipper, Painted Lady, Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly (GB)
|
| 27th | Cuckoo 1 juvenile,
Lapwing 63 over, Red Kite 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Common Tern 2,
Oystercatcher 3 (P Norrie), Grey Wagtail 9, Kingfisher 1, Hobby 1, Mute
Swan 24 |
| 26th | Curlew 1, Common Tern 4
Ringlet, Large Skipper, Painted Lady, Common Blue and Banded Demoiselles (Steven Wright)
 |
| Ringlet (Steven Wright) |
 |
| Painted Lady (Steven Wright) |
|
| 25th | Greylag Goose 97, Canada Goose 15, Grey Wagtail 9, Starling c30, Common Tern 5, Pochard 2 |
| 24th | Kingfisher 2, Yellow
Wagtail 1, Gadwall 1 with 5 young, Cetti's Warbler 1, Common Tern 2,
Buzzard 1, Garden Warbler 3, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Tufted Duck 15
|
| 23rd | Cuckoo 1, Lesser
Whitethroat 1, Pochard 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Lapwing 2, Lesser-black
Backed Gull 1, Common Tern 2, Great-spotted Woodpecker 3, Swift 15,
Long-tailed Tit c20
Common Blue Damselfly, Large Skipper (GB) |
| 22nd | Curlew 1, Common
Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 2, Grey Wagtail 7, Lesser Whitethroat 1,
Lapwing 5, Buzzard 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, White-legged Damselfly,
Four-Spotted Chaser, Black-tailed Skimmer, Emperor Dragonfly, Large
Skipper, Small Skipper, Meadow Brown, Large White, Small Tortoiseshell
(all - GB)
|
| 21st | Common Sandpiper 1 (MJ), Nuthatch 1, Green Woodpecker 1, Grey Wagtail 1
 |
| Common Sandpiper (M Jackson) |
 |
| Sunrise at Stanford Reservoir (M Jackson) |
 |
| Large Skipper (S Nichols) |
|
| 20th | GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1
(CB), Oystercatcher 2, Barn Owl 1, Tawny Owl 1, Gadwall 1F with 3 young
(GB), Little Egret 1, Common Tern 2, Cuckoo 1, Swift 25, Kingfisher 1,
Grey Wagtail 3
Brown Hare (GB) |
| 19th | Common Tern 3, Grey Wagtail 9, Oystercatcher 1, Spotted Flycatcher 1 (CB) |
| 17th | Gadwall 1 female with 3
young, Oystercatcher 1, Curlew 1 over the dam, Pochard 4, Common Tern
1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Grey Wagtail 1, Garden Warbler 4, Red Kite 1,
Sparrowhawk 1, Barn Owl 1, Tawny Owl 3 (CB), Starling 3, Jackdaw 45,
Grey Wagtail 4 (GB), Red-legged Partridge 1, Swift 30 (GB)
Painted Lady (MJ), Grass Snake (FG)
 |
| Painted Lady (M Jackson) |
 |
| Grass Snake (F Graves) |
 |
| Gadwall with young (C Hubbard) |
|
| 16th | LONG-EARED OWL 1
seen briefly late evening (PDH), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 reeling late
evening (PDH), Starling c50, Oystercatcher 3 (GB), Gadwall 1 with 3
young, Common Tern 3, Red Kite 1, Little Egret 1, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Willow Tit 1 juvenile caught and ringed this AM (M Townsend, SRG), Hobby
1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Swift c50, Pochard 1, Barn Owl 1
 |
| Willow Tit (Chris Begley) |
|
| 15th | Shelduck 1, Starling
c50, Great-black Backed Gull 1
|
| 14th | Common Tern 2, Cuckoo 1, Hobby 1 |
| 13th | Willow Tit 2, Hobby 1,
Barn Owl 1, Garden Warbler 3, Oystercatcher 1, Yellow Wagtail 1,
Shelduck 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Kingfisher 1
|
| 12th | Common Tern 3, Cetti's
Warbler 1, Buzzard 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, Oystercatcher 1, Green
Woodpecker 1 juvenile on the dam this AM, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2,
Sparrowhawk 1, Garden Warbler 4 |
| 11th | Several hundred
Hirundines this evening
|
| 10th | Common Tern 4, Little
Egret 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Kingfisher 2, Great
Spotted Woodpecker 2, Oystercatcher 1, Swift c50, Jay 1 |
| 9th | OSPREY 1 briefly this PM
flying towards the dam (GB), Hobby 1 (GB). Lesser Whitethroat 1,
Lesser-Black Backed Gull 2, Mute Swan 2 with 6 cygnets
|
| 8th | SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 2 -
the first for 2019 (CB), Common Tern 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Pochard 6,
Little Egret 1, Garden Warbler 2, Swift c150, House Martin c50, Cuckoo
1, Red Kite 1, Oystercatcher 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Hobby 1
 |
| Spotted Flycatcher (C Hubbard) |
|
| 7th | Common Tern 3, Cetti's
Warbler 1, Swift c100 (early AM), Pochard 4, Oystercatcher 1
|
| 4th | Oystercatcher 1, Cuckoo 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Common Tern 2, Swift c50, Pochard 1, Kestrel 1, Tawny Owl 1
 |
| Tawny Owl (Steve Nichols) |
|
| 3rd | Common Tern 3, Cetti's Warbler 1, Pochard 2, Red Kite 1, Swift c50, Nuthatch 1, Goldcrest 2 singing, Red Kite 1 |
| 2nd | Pochard 2, Cuckoo 1,
Cetti's Warbler 2, Common Tern 3, Red Kite 1, Willow Tit 1, Shelduck 2
|
| 1st | Pochard 2, Cuckoo 1, Common Tern 3, Shelduck 2 |
May
| 31st | Pochard 2, Yellow
Wagtail 1, Swift c60, Little Egret, Common Tern 2
|
| 30th | Swift c110 early am, Barn Owl 1, Pochard 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Yellow Wagtail 1 |
| 29th | Willow Tit with young
this am (CB)
|
| 28th | Little Ringed Plover 2 (CB), Cuckoo 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Pochard 2, Kingfisher 2, Little Egret 1, Swift c50, Common Tern 2 |
| 27th | Cuckoo 1, Cetti's
Warbler 2, Yellow Wagtail 2, Pochard 4, Swift c30, Common Tern 2,
Greylag Goose c20 including young (GB), Stock Dove 3, Green Woodpecker
1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Kingfisher 1
|
| 26th | Common Tern 2, Teal 2, Shelduck 2, Little Egret 1 |
| 25th | Cuckoo 2 trapped and
ringed this AM (SRG), Shelduck 2, Hobby 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, Red Kite 1,
Teal 1, Kingfisher 2, Little Egret 1, Pochard, Common Tern 2
 |
| Cuckoo (C Hubbard) |
|
| 24th | Little Ringed Plover 2
(CB), Yellow Wagtail 1, Grey Wagtail 1, Kingfisher 1, Cuckoo 1, Cetti's
Warbler 2, Shoveler 3, Oystercatcher 1 (PDH), Common Tern 3, Red Kite 3,
Little Egret 3, Sparrowhawk 1, Buzzard 4
|
| 23rd | Common Tern 4, Pochard 1, Little Egret 1, Cetti's Warbler 1 |
| 22nd | SANDERLING 1 late
afternoon (CMH) the first record for 2019, Dunlin 1, Hobby 1, GREAT
EGRET 1 (CB), Cetti's Warbler 1, Pochard 1, Kingfisher 1, Cuckoo 1,
Little Egret 1
 |
| Sanderling and Dunlin (C Hubbard) |
|
| 21st | Common Tern 3, Little
Egret 1, Cuckoo 3, Pochard 5, Buzzard 4, Kestrel 1, Green Woodpecker 1,
Cetti's Warbler 1, Grey Wagtail 2, Treecreeper 1 singing |
| 20th | Common Tern 5, Little Egret 1, Kingfisher 1, Pochard 6
 |
| Sedge Warbler (M Jackson) |
|
| 19th | 'CHANNEL WAGTAIL' 1 (CB), Yellow Wagtail 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Cuckoo 1, Common Tern 5, GREAT EGRET 1, Oystercatcher 1, Kingfisher 1, Hobby 2, |
| 17th | Common Sandpiper 2, Pochard 5, Common Tern 4, Oystercatcher 2, Hobby 1
 |
| Garden Warbler (S Nichols) |
|
| 16th | Blackcap 1 re-trapped on the 5th May was ringed in Gibraltar some 1842km away, Common Sandpiper 2, GREAT EGRET 1 (CB), Common Tern 4, Yellow Wagtail 3, Common Sandpiper 1 |
| 15th | Cuckoo 1, Willow Tit 2
(CB), Common Sandpiper 2, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Little Egret 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, Oystercatcher 2 (DM) |
| 14th | Common Tern 11, Cuckoo 1, Yellow Wagtail 3 |
| 13th | Raven 2, Cuckoo 1, Common Tern 10, Common Sandpiper 2, Hobby 2, Yellow Wagtail 2 |
| 12th | BLACK TERN 3 (F Graves), OSPREY 1
(F Graves), Common Sandpiper 2, Lapwing 2, Common Tern 6, Yellow
Wagtail 4, Kingfisher 1, Wigeon 1, Buzzard 4, Kestrel 1, Cetti's Warbler
2, Cuckoo 2, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Great-spotted Woodpecker 2, Hobby 2,
Raven 2
 |
| Osprey (F Graves) |
|
| 11th | Willow Tit 1 (CB), Cuckoo 1, Hobby 1, Wigeon 1 BLACK TERN 1
(MJ), Shelduck 2, Dunlin 1 (CB)
|
| 10th | Dunlin 1, Shelduck 1, Wigeon 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Kingfisher 1, Willow Tit 1, Common Tern 14, BLACK TERN 1 (PDH), Grasshopper 1 and also 9 other species of warbler recorded at the site today, Hobby 2, Barn Owl 1, Cuckoo 1, 'CHANNEL' WAGTAIL 1 (SCN) |
| 9th | 'CHANNEL' WAGTAIL 1 (CMH),
Dunlin 4, Common Sandpiper 2, Garden Warbler 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1,
Cuckoo 1, Shelduck 2, Wigeon 1, Raven 1, Common Tern 10, Hobby 1, Yellow
Wagtail 4, Grey Wagtail 2, Kingfisher 2, Cetti's Warbler 2
 |
| 'Channel' Wagtail (C Hubbard) |
|
| 8th | BLACK TERN 2 (SCN), 'CHANNEL' WAGTAIL 1 (CMH), Dunlin 1, Hobby 3, Common Tern 12, Wigeon 1, Barn Owl 1, Yellow Wagtail 3
 |
| Black Tern (S Nichols) |
|
| 7th | BLACK TERN 12 late PM (CMH), ARCTIC TERN 1 early evening (CMH), TREE PIPIT 1 early evening, the first record for 2019 (CMH), DUNLIN 2 this am, the first record for 2019 (CMH), 'CHANNEL' WAGTAIL 1
this am (CMH), Common Sandpiper 1, Wheatear 2, Yellow Wagtail 4, Common
Tern 12, Shelduck 2, Hobby 3, Shoveler 4, Wigeon 1, Little Ringed
Plover 1, Kingfisher 1
 |
| Black Terns (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Tree Pipit (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 6th | 'CHANNEL' WAGTAIL 1 (GB
/ CMH), Common Sandpiper 2, Little Ringed Plover 1, Little Egret 1,
Lesser Whitethroat 2, Common Tern 9, Yellow Wagtail 4, Grasshopper
Warbler 1, Hobby 3, Shelduck 2, Oystercatcher 2, Great Egret 1 (D
Williams)
 |
| Yellow Wagtail (C Hubbard) |
 |
| 'Channel' Wagtail (C Hubbard) |
|
| 5th | Wheatear 2, Yellow
Wagtail 3, Swallow c300, Common Tern 14, Grasshopper Warbler 1, Little
Egret 2, Swift 2, Hobby 1, Shelduck 3 (CMH), Kingfisher 1, Cetti's
Warbler 1, 'CHANNEL' WAGTAIL 1 (CB), Grey Wagtail 1, Treecreeper 1 |
| 4th | ARCTIC TERN 1 this PM (SCN), Great Egret 1, Wheatear 2, Little Egret 2, Yellow Wagtail |
| 3rd | Common Sandpiper 1, Swift 10+, Wheatear 2, Common Tern 14, Barn Owl (M Townsend), Hobby 2, Grasshopper Warbler 4 (M Townsend)
 |
| Common Terns - 4 of the birds present had metal rings (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 2nd | Grasshopper Warbler 1, Common
Tern 13 (4 with metal rings), Common Sandpiper 1, Lesser Whitethroat 2,
Cetti's Warbler 2, Wheatear 2, Yellow Wagtail 4, Kingfisher 1, Little
Egret 1, Swift 10, Kestrel 1, Red Kite 1, Buzzard 4, Hobby 2, Shelduck 2 |
| 1st | Common Tern 8, Wheatear 2, Little Ringed Plover 1, Great Egret 1, Hobby 1, Yellow Wagtail 3, Little Egret 1, Sparrowhawk 1 |
April
| 30th | ARCTIC TERN 1 briefly this
AM (PDH), Common Tern 6, Hobby 3 (PDH), Wheatear 2 (CMH), Common
Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Reed Warbler at least 7, Lesser
Whitethroat 1, Wheatear 2 (CMH), Garden Warbler a good number around the
site, Cetti's Warbler 1, Shoveler 7 (PDH), Lesser Whitethroat 1, Hobby 3
(PDH), Little Egret 1, Yellow Wagtail 5, Oystercatcher 2 (CMH / D
Williams), Little Ringed Plover 2 (SCN), Great Egret 1 (CB)
 |
| Common Tern - 1 of 6 birds this am (C Hubbard) |
|
| 29th | *LONG-EARED OWL* 1 briefly early am, seen in flight. The first record at the site for 19 years (Peter Robinson) - no further sightings, Grasshopper Warbler 3
(2 caught and ringed - Mick Townsend, SRG), Hobby 2, Egyptian Goose 1,
Wheatear 2 still in normal field, Common Tern 3, Yellow Wagtail 2,
Cuckoo 1 |
| 28th | Egyptian Goose 1, Cetti's Warbler 3, Grasshopper Warbler 1, Yellow Wagtail 4, Wheatear 2,
Common Tern 4, Yellowhammer c15 (SCN), Shelduck 2, Cuckoo 1, Kingfisher
2, Shoveler 4, Garden Warbler 3, Red Kite 1, Little Egret 1, Peregrine 1
 |
| Wheatear (C Hubbard) |
|
| 27th | ARCTIC TERN 2 late PM (PDH / CMH), 'CHANNEL' WAGTAIL 1 still late PM (PDH / CMH), Yellow Wagtail 5, Swift 2, the first of 2019 (CMH / PDH), Hobby 1, the first of 2019 (CMH / PDH), Little Ringed Plover 2, Common Tern 3, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Red Kite 1 |
| 26th | Wheatear 1 (CMH), Common
Sandpiper 2, Little Ringed Plover 1, Shelduck 2, Curlew 1, Common Tern
2, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Little Egret 1 |
| 25th | BLACK TERN 1 briefly this AM (CMH), WHIMBREL 3 today - 2 flew NE calling at 08.08 (CMH) and another spent around an hour on the dam late PM (PDH), 'CHANNEL' WAGTAIL 1 this PM, Cuckoo 1, Grasshopper Warbler 1
this evening (DM) Great Egret 1, Little Egret 3, Yellow Wagtail 8,
Oystercatcher 2, Common Tern 4, Wheatear 1 (SCN), Fieldfare 5, Common
Sandpiper 1, Red Kite 1, Shoveler 4, Sparrowhawk 1, Tawny Owl 1
 |
| Whimbrel (C Hubbard) |
|
| 24th | 'CHANNEL' WAGTAIL 1 (SCN / DM) again this evening, Common Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 4, Little Ringed Plover 2, Yellow Wagtail 17 this evening on the dam
 |
| 'Channel' Wagtail (S Nichols) |
 |
| 'Channel' Wagtail (Dan March) |
 |
| 'Channel' Wagtail (Dan March) |
 |
| 'Channel' Wagtail (Steve Nichols) |
|
| 23rd | 'CHANNEL' WAGTAIL 1
this evening on the dam (SCN), Common Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 1,
Cuckoo 2, Yellow Wagtail 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Fieldfare c10, Little
Ringed Plover 2, Curlew 2 (P Adams)
 |
| 'Channel' Wagtail (S Nichols) |
 |
| Curlew (P Adams) |
|
| 22nd | OSPREY 1 the
first for 2019 (Dave Williams), Oystercatcher 2 (Dave Williams), Cuckoo
3, Common Tern 4, Wigeon 1, Fieldfare 15, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2,
Little Ringed Plover 2 (SCN), Yellow Wagtail 5, Snipe 1 (M Townsend), Lesser Whitethroat
at least 2, the first of 2019 (PDH / M Townsend, Lesser-Black backed
Gull 5, Treecreeper 1, Moorhen 2, Shoveler 5, Cormorant 5 (good numbers of Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Sedge Warbler and Common Whitethroat now being reported daily) |
| 21st | Cuckoo 2, the first for 2019 (PDH), Kingfisher 1, Shoveler 3, Greenshank 1 over the dam (PDH), Mandarin 1 male (GB), Wigeon 2, Common Tern 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Common Sandpiper 1 on the dam, Teal 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Shelduck 2, Grasshopper Warbler 1 reeling (PDH / SCN), Wheatear 1
in the normal field, Reed Warbler 2, Yellow Wagtail 3, Sedge Warbler
c12, Little Egret 1, Fieldfare c50
|
| 20th | Egyptian Goose 1, Cetti's Warbler 3, Teal 4, Treecreeper 1, Wigeon 1, Common Tern 2, Grasshopper Warbler 2 (SRG), Garden Warbler 1 (the first for 2019), Whitethroat 1, Blackcap 26 caught and ringed today (71 in total for April so far) |
| 19th | RING OUZEL 1 in field opposite entrance to dam driveway (Richard Clark), Grasshopper Warbler 1 caught and ringed this am (SRG), Wheatear 1 this evening as same field as RO (CH / MJ), Fieldfare c150, Redwing 5, Whitethroat 1 (MJ), White Wagtail 1 on the dam this evening (SCN), Snipe 1, Little Ringed Plover 2, Yellow Wagtail 16
on the dam late evening (SCN), Great Egret 1 (MJ), Green Sandpiper 1,
Common Sandpiper 1
|
| 18th | Great Egret 1, Shelduck
2, Common Sandpiper 1, Little Ringed Plover 4 (SCN), Jay 2, Green
Sandpiper 2, Wigeon 1, Red Kite 1, Shoveler 1, Teal 5, Mallard with
brood of 10 young, Yellow Wagtail 15 on the dam this evening (SCN), Fieldfare c150, Redwing 5 |
| 17th | Sedge Warbler 1, Linnet c30, Goldeneye 2, Whitethroat 1,White Wagtail 3
on the dam, Yellow Wagtail 1, Little Ringed Plover 2 (CB), Wigeon 4,
Teal 2, Fieldfare c190, Redwing 15
|
| 16th | GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2 this am (CH / PDH), Common Sandpiper 2 (CH),
Great Egret 3 late PM (CH / MJ), Little Ringed Plover 5, Common Tern 1,
Yellow Wagtail 5, Green Sandpiper 1, Sedge Warbler 4, Little Egret 1,
Cetti's Warbler 4
 |
| Grasshopper Warbler (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Common Sandpiper (C Hubbard) |
|
| 15th | Greenshank 1 early am, the first of 2019 (CH), Sedge Warbler 1, the first of 2019 (CH), Egyptian Goose 1 over the dam (CH), Great Egret 1, Little Egret 2, Yellow Wagtail 6, Shoveler 7, Teal 6, Little Ringed Plover 2 (SCN)
 |
| Greenshank (C Hubbard) |
|
| 14th | Whitethroat 1 this am, the first for 2019 (PDH), White Wagtail 1 (GB)
Great Egret 2 (J Lambert / C Salter), Little Egret 3, Green Sandpiper
1, Cetti's Warbler 3 (J Lambert / C Salter), Shelduck 2 (GB), Willow Tit
1 (PDH), Grey Wagtail 1, Kingfisher 1, Green Woodpecker 1, Sparrowhawk
1, Buzzard 4, Red Kite 2, Yellow Wagtail 3, Mistle Thrush, Goldeneye 10,
Gadwall 14
 |
| Yellow Wagtail (S Nichols) |
 |
| Yellow Wagtail (Peter Dillon-Hooper) |
|
| 13th | Common Sandpiper 1 briefly,
the first for 2019 (Richard Clark), Great Egret 3 (CH), Little Egret 3,
Goldeneye 14, Green Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 4, Little Ringed Plover 2
briefly on the dam, Red Kite 1, Kingfisher 1, House Martin 10+, Pochard
1, Shoveler 1, Cetti's Warbler 3, Sparrowhawk 1, Fieldfare c150 |
| 12th | Green Sandpiper 1, Little Ringed Plover 4 (CH), Goldeneye 10, Yellow Wagtail 5, Great Egret 2, Little Egret 2, Kingfisher 2, Red Kite 1 |
| 11th | Great Egret 2 (CB), Little Ringed Plover 2 (MJ), Green Sandpiper 1, Fieldfare c200 early AM, Yellow Wagtail 1 on the dam, House Martin 1, Swallow 20+, Goldeneye 20, White Wagtail 1 (SCN), Pochard 1, Sparrowhawk 1
 |
| Green Sandpiper (C Hubbard) |
|
| 10th | Great Egret 2, Green
Sandpiper 1, Goldeneye 18, Little Egret 3, Pochard 1, Fieldfare c80 (in
field opposite the top of driveway to the dam), Wheatear 1 in same field as Fieldfare (C Hubbard), Redwing 3, Yellow Wagtail 2 on
the dam, the first of 2019 (PDH), White Wagtail 1 on the dam (M
Alibone), Little Ringed Plover 2 on the dam, Kestrel 2, Buzzard 4, Red
Kite 2
Orange Tip, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell and Speckled Wood
 |
| Wheatear (C Hubbard) |
 |
| White Wagtail (C Hubbard) |
|
| 9th | LITTLE GULL 1 this morning, our 16th of the last few days (C Hubbard), Little Ringed Plover 2, Great Egret 1, Little Egret 2, White Wagtail 1, Shelduck 2, Goldeneye 16, Green Sandpiper 1, Curlew 1, Pochard 1 female, Common Tern 1 |
| 8th | LITTLE GULL 12 this evening including 11 adults and a 1W (C Hubbard / S Nichols), Little Ringed Plover 2
on the dam this evening (C Hubbard / S Nichols), Great Egret 2, Common
Tern 1, Cetti's Warbler 3, Green Sandpiper 1, Grey Wagtail 2, Goldeneye
14, Shelduck 2, Little Egret 2, House Martin 1
 |
| Little Ringed Plover (C Hubbard) |
|
| 7th | Little Ringed Plover 3
late pm on the dam (C Hubbard) - first record for 2019, Great Egret 2,
Green Sandpiper 1, Shelduck 2, Common Tern 1, Cetti's Warbler 2,
Goldeneye 15, Little Egret 2, Lapwing 4, Grey Wagtail 1, House Martin 1,
Willow Warbler 5, Mistle Thrush 1 in song at the dam (M Townsend),
Green Woodpecker 1
 |
| Little Ringed Plover (C Hubbard) |
|
| 5th | LITTLE GULL 1 adult this pm (PDH), Common Tern 3 (C Hubbard / S Nichols), Raven (PDH), Willow Warbler 3,
the first record of 2019 (C Hubbard), Great Egret 1, Cetti's Warbler 3,
Green Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 4, Red Kite 1, Kingfisher 1
 |
| Little Gull (C Hubbard) |
|
| 4th | House Martin 1, the first record of 2019 (C Hubbard), Great Egret 1, Little Egret 5, Cetti's Warbler 1, Peregrine 1, Green Sandpiper 1 |
| 3rd | RINGED PLOVER 1
on the dam early am, the first since 2017 (C Hubbard), Great Egret 1,
Oystercatcher 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Shelduck 2, Teal 6, Goldeneye 14
 |
| Ringed Plover (C Hubbard) |
|
| 2nd | Swallow at least 20 this
am, Sand Martin c70, Great Egret 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 3,
Teal 3, Shoveler c15, Goldeneye 12, Blackcap 2, Fieldfare c80
 |
| Swallows (C Hubbard) |
|
| 1st | Great Egret 1, Little
Egret 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Shoveler 8, Common Gull c50, Blackcap 4, Red
Kite 1, Buzzard 5, Kingfisher 2, Green Woodpecker 2, Grey Wagtail 2,
Goldeneye 14, Green Sandpiper 1, Fieldfare 3
 |
| Green Woodpecker (C Hubbard) |
|
March
Q1
review |
108 species have been recorded so far in 2019. Notable birds include a long staying Hen Harrier, a very brief Kittiwake, Pink-footed and White Fronted Goose, at least 2 Iceland, 2 Glaucous and 2 Mediterranean Gulls, 5 Whooper Swan over, Merlin, Jack Snipe, Woodcock, upto 3 Great Egrets and the arrival of the first summer migrants in the past few days.
|
| 31st | Great Egret 2, Little
Egret 5, Shelduck 2, Swallow 2, Goldeneye 19, Shoveler 7, Kingfisher 1,
Jackdaw c80 (GB), Sand Martin c120 (GB), Cetti's Warbler 1
|
| 30th | Swallow 3 this pm, the first of 2019 (CB), Sand Martin c30 (FG), Cetti's Warbler 3, Blackcap
1, the first of 2019 (SRG), Red Kite 1, Willow Tit 1, Green Sandpiper
2, Great Egret 2, Lapwing 5, Little Egret 2, Kingfisher 2, Lesser
Redpoll, Chiffchaff 9
Orange Tip, Comma and Peacock butterflies
 |
| Great Egret (Matt Jackson) |
|
| 29th | Green Sandpiper 1, Goldeneye 10, Little Egret 2, Great Egret 2 (SCN), Cetti's Warbler 3 (SCN and CB) |
| 28th | Great Egret 2, Green
Sandpiper 1, Shelduck 2, Peregrine 1, Golden Plover c60, Buzzard
10, Fieldfare 20 over, Wigeon c40, Goldeneye c15, Little Grebe 1,
Cetti's Warbler 1, Treecreeper 4, Sparrowhawk 1 |
| 27th | Sand Martin 3 near the dam early AM, the first for 2019 ( C Hubbard), Great Egret 1, Little Egret 3, Goldeneye c15 |
| 26th | Little Egret 3, Little Grebe 1, Kingfisher 1 |
| 25th | Little Egret 1, Wigeon c40, Red Kite 1, Buzzard 2, Sparrowhawk 1, Kingfisher 1 |
| 24th | Great Egret 2, Green
Sandpiper 1, Kingfisher 1, Treecreeper 2, Shoveler 24, Little Egret 3,
Greylag Goose 49, Grey Heron 5, Red Kite 2, Lapwing 5, Golden Plover
c170, Goldeneye 18, Pochard 19, Great Crested Grebe 13, Cetti's Warbler
2, Kestrel 3, Grey Wagtail 2, Wigeon 5, Teal 4, Tufted Duck 146, Buzzard
4, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 |
| 23rd | Great Egret 2,
Sparrowhawk 1, Wigeon 1, Tree Sparrow c18, Oystercatcher 1, Chiffchaff
several singing birds, Little Egret 3, Goldeneye 2, Kingfisher 2,
Lapwing 8
|
| 22nd | ICELAND GULL 1 2w (Mick Townsend), Great Egret 3, Red Kite 1, Curlew 1, Chiffchaff c6, Shelduck 2, Golden Plover c80 over |
| 21st | PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2, Egyptian Goose 1, Curlew 2 near the dam, Great Egret 1, Tawny Owl 1, Chiffchaff 2
 |
| Curlew (C Hubbard) |
|
| 20th | PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2 (SCN), Great Egret 2, Kingfisher 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Treecreeper 1, Red Kite 1, Grey Wagtail 2
Peacock butterfly (SCN)
 |
| Peacock (S Nichols) |
|
| 19th | Great Egret 1, Green
Sandpiper 1, Kingfisher 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Chiffchaff 2, Willow Tit 4
(P Norrie)
|
| 18th | PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2,
Great Egret 3, Green Sandpiper 1, Kingfisher 2, Little Egret 2, Kestrel
2, Sparrowhawk 1, Chiffchaff 4, Tawny Owl 1, Red Kite 1
|
| 17th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 adult in the roost this evening (C Hubbard), PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2 (PDH), Great Egret 2, Chiffchaff 2, Red Kite 3, Little Grebe 1, Raven 1, Water Rail 1 Cetti's Warbler 1, Grey Heron 7
 |
| Med Gull (C Hubbard) |
|
| 16th | PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2,
Great Egret 2, Red Kite 2
|
| 15th | PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2, Egyptian Goose 2
 |
| Egyptian Goose (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Pink-footed Goose (C Hubbard) |
|
| 14th | ICELAND GULL 1 2w this am before flying off towards Shawell (Hubbard), PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2, Egyptian Goose 2 on the dam, Goosander 1, Great White Egret 2, Little Egret 1
 |
| Egyptian Goose (C Hubbard) |
|
| 13th | PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2,
Great Egret 3 late PM, Yellow-legged Gull 1 adult in the roost this
evening, Chiffchaff 1, Little Egret 1, Red Kite 1, Goosander 1, Cetti's
Warbler 1 |
| 12th | PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2,
Great Egret 1, Little Egret 1, Water Rail 1, Chiffchaff 1, Red Kite 2
|
| 11th | PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2 seen
several times today (PDH / C Hubbard), Great Egret 2 (PDH), Green
Sandpiper 1, Chiffchaff 1, Yellowhammer c12, Goosander 1, Cetti's
Warbler 2, Tawny Owl 1, Buzzard 8, Red Kite 1, Kestrel 2, Little Egret
3, Great-spotted Woodpecker 3, Grey Wagtail 1, Greylag Goose 143 |
| 10th | KITTIWAKE 1 adult briefly this AM at c8.50 (C Hubbard) - the first record since 2015, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2,
Great Egret 1, Willow Tit 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Water Rail 1, Peregrine
1, Red Kite 3, Kingfisher 1, Little Egret 6, Chiffchaff 1 (CB), Jay 1,
Wigeon 174 this evening
 |
| Kittiwake (C Hubbard) |
|
| 9th | PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2 this pm (SCN), Redshank 1
this am and the first for 2019 (C Hubbard), Green Sandpiper 1, Great
Egret 1 (A Homer), Goosander 1, Little Egret 5, Grey Wagtail 2
 |
| Redshank (C Hubbard) |
|
| 8th | PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2 late PM (C Hubbard), Wigeon 145
 |
| Pink-footed Goose (C Hubbard) |
|
| 7th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1
adult with full hood in roost (C Hubbard), Barn Owl 1, Tawny Owl 1,
Sparrowhawk 1, Goosander 2, Great Egret 1, Little Egret 5, Cetti's
Warbler 1, Red Kite 1
 |
| Mediterranean Gull record shot (C Hubbard) |
|
| 6th | ICELAND GULL 1 2w this evening (C Hubbard), Goosander 5, Little Egret 2, Wigeon 135
 |
| Iceland Gull, record shot (C Hubbard) |
|
| 5th | Great Egret 3 (SCN),
Goosander 11, Little Egret 6, Grey Heron 7, Buzzard 7, Sparrowhawk 2,
Little Grebe 2, Water Rail 1, Chaffinch c25, Grey Wagtail 2 |
| 4th | Green Sandpiper 1, Oystercatcher 2
 |
| Green Sandpiper (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Oystercatcher (C Hubbard) |
|
| 3rd | Great Egret 1, Little
Egret 6, Chiffchaff 1
|
| 2nd | Jack Snipe 1 this am (SRG), Woodcock 1 (SRG), Cetti's Warbler 2, Siskin 4, Little Egret 6, Green Sandpiper 1, Chiffchaff 1 |
| 1st | HEN HARRIER 1
this AM (MJ) - missing for nearly 2 weeks the bird reappeared today,
Great Egret 2, Little Egret 2, Willow Tit 1, Chiffchaff 1, Oystercatcher
1, Cetti's Warbler 2 (poss 3), Goldeneye 38 (C Hubbard), Wigeon 165,
Goosander 7, Kingfisher 2
|
February
| 28th | Goosander 2, Shoveler 49, Aythya hybrid (presumed Tufted x Pochard) still near the dam |
| 27th | Great White Egret 1,
Cetti's Warbler 1, Kingfisher 2, Teal 3, Little Grebe 1, Shoveler 50,
Green Sandpiper 1, Grey Wagtail 1, Kestrel 1
|
| 26th | Great White Egret 1,
Little Egret 9, Little Grebe 1, Green Woodpecker 1, Buzzard 6, Cetti's
Warbler 1, Goosander 2, Grey Wagtail 2, Shoveler 51
 |
| Great White Egret (Matt Jackson) |
|
| 25th | PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2 this
am with small number of Greylags (at the reservoir and surrounding area
since the 14th January 2019), Wigeon 159 around the dam
 |
| 1 of 2 Pink-footed Geese (C Hubbard) |
|
| 24th | Great White Egret 1,
Little Egret 8, Kingfisher 1, Red Kite 2, Willow Tit 1, Shoveler 58,
Pochard c150, Fieldfare c200, Redwing c30, Goldeneye 8, Jay 3, Grey
Wagtail 1, Little Grebe 2, Teal 7 (also several butterflies reported in the last 2 days including Brimstone yesterday and 3 Commas today - thanks to Mick Townsend and Steve Nichols for the records).
 |
| Comma (Steve Nichols) |
|
| 23rd | PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2
this PM (SCN), Egyptian Goose 2 this AM (Theo de Clermont), Goldeneye
c10, Siskin c6, Little Egret 4, Cetti's Warbler 1, Water Rail several
this AM (Theo de Clermont), Common Gull 1 leucistic bird again in fields
alongside Welford Road, Red Kite 2
|
| 22nd | Great White Egret 1 (CB), Little Egret 4, Kingfisher 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Curlew 1 over (first for 2019), Green Sandpiper 1, Shoveler 34, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2
still in the field opposite Stanford Hall
|
| 21st | Great White Egret 1, Little Egret 6, Goldeneye 21, Goosander 15, Snipe 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Fieldfare c100 |
| 20th | Great White Egret 1,
Goosander 18, Wigeon 175, Common Gull 1 leucistic individual briefly
this evening, Little Egret 6, Willow Tit 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Tawny Owl 1,
Kingfisher 1 (NO REPORT OF THE HEN HARRIER TODAY)
|
| 19th | Great White Egret 1,
Little Egret 6, Goosander 2, Kingfisher 3, Water Rail 1, Wigeon c200,
Red Kite 1, Grey Wagtail 1, Red Kite 1 (NO REPORT OF THE HEN HARRIER
TODAY)
 |
| Great White Egret and Little Egret (M Jackson) |
|
| 18th | HEN HARRIER 1 late PM (C Hubbard) - this bird, with us since November 2018 (109 days), has now been confirmed as a juvenile female
due to the largely dark eye, yellow in juvenile male. For more info on
ageing, see the excellent article on the 2016 Stanford Hen Harrier by
Mike Alibone at www.northantsbirds.com, MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1
adult in the roost this evening (C Hubbard), the first since 2017,
Common Gull 1 leucistic individual (1w) in the roost this evening,
Goosander 5, Redwing c150, Little Egret 8
 |
| Hen Harrier (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Hen Harrier (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Mediterranean Gull record shot (C Hubbard) |
|
| 17th | HEN HARRIER 1 this am (C Hubbard), Oystercatcher
1 (first of 2019), Kingfisher 2, Little Egret 8, Raven 1 SW (SCN),
Little Grebe 1, Gadwall 23, Grey Heron 4, Goldeneye 11, Shoveler 36,
Greylag Goose 84, Pochard 131, Tufted Duck 134, Moorhen 6, Coot 177,
Teal 13, Goosander 1, Mute Swan 22, Yellowhammer c20, Reed Bunting c10,
Skylark c25, Lapwing c60, Grey Wagtail 2, Willow Tit 2
 |
| Oystercatcher record shot (C Hubbard) - 1st of 2019 |
|
| 16th | MERLIN 1 male low over the "weedy field" late PM (C Hubbard), ICELAND GULL 1w over the dam late PM (SCN), PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2
this PM still near Stanford Hall (DM), Goosander 12, Little Egret 4,
Great White Egret 1, Buzzard 4, Red Kite 1, Water Rail 1, Snipe 1,
Shoveler 52, Yellowhammer c20
|
| 15th | HEN HARRIER 1 (C Hubbard), PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2 still
near Stanford Hall (Peter-Dillon Hooper), Little Egret 4, Green
Sandpiper 1, Little Grebe 1, Snipe 8, Yellowhammer c12, Red Kite 1,
Willow Tit 1, Goosander 1 drake, Cetti's Warbler 1, Kingfisher 1
|
| 14th | Willow Tit 1, Snipe 3,
Little Grebe 2
|
| 13th | HEN HARRIER 1 late
pm, Willow Tit 1, Goosander 1 drake, Sparrowhawk 1, Kestrel 1, Little
Grebe 1, Little Egret 4
|
| 12th | PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2
still near to Stanford Hall, Willow Tit 1, Great White Egret 1
|
| 11th | Great White Egret 1,
Willow Tit 1
|
| 10th | HEN HARRIER 1 (Peter
Dillon-Hooper), Great White Egret 1, Little Egret 2, Goosander 4, Water
Rail 1, Red Kite 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Chiffchaff 1, Kestrel 2, Buzzard 8,
Treecreeper 2, Lapwing c500, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2 this am close to
Stanford Hall so still in the area, Willow Tit 2, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Wigeon 62, Aythya hybrid (presumed Tufted Duck x Pochard) still present
at the dam and been around for the last 10 days
 |
| Willow Tit (C Hubbard) |
 |
| Aythya hybrid - presumed Tufted x Pochard (C Hubbard) |
|
| 9th | HEN HARRIER 1 this
am (Theo de Clermont), Great White Egret 1, Little Egret 8, Snipe 1,
Little Grebe 1, Buzzard 3, Cetti's Warbler 1, Grey Wagtail 1, Red Kite
2, Shoveler 54, Stock Dove c50
|
| 8th | HEN HARRIER 1 this am (C Hubbard), Pintail 1 drake
flying around Keepers Lodge Bay this am, Great White Egret 1, Little
Egret 8, Little Grebe 2
|
| 7th | PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2
over the dam (C Hubbard), Great White Egret 1, Willow Tit 1, Green
Sandpiper 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Grebe 1, Little Egret 2, Lapwing
c400, Buzzard 2, Sparrowhawk 1
|
| 6th | HEN HARRIER 1 early
afternoon (Matt Jackson), Great White Egret 2, Little Egret 8, Willow
Tit 1, Kingfisher 1, Little Grebe 1, Water Rail 1, Raven 1 (Steve
Nichols), Golden Plover c50, Lapwing c 400, Red Kite 1, Chiffchaff 1
 |
| Hen Harrier montage (Matt Jackson) |
|
| 5th | GLAUCOUS GULL 1 2W in this evenings roost (C Hubbard), PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2 late PM with Greylags (C Hubbard), Great White Egret 1, Little Grebe 1, Sparrowhawk 1
 |
| 2w Glaucous Gull - record shots (C Hubbard) |
|
| 4th | PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2 this PM (C Hubbard) and then relocated to edge of the village, HEN HARRIER 1
(F Graves), Great White Egret 2, Little Egret 1, Green Sandpiper 1,
Canada Goose 243, Greylag Goose c200, Grey Wagtail 1, Green Woodpecker 1
 |
| Pink-footed Goose (C Hubbard) |
|
| 3rd | PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2 this
AM (C Hubbard), Great White Egret 1, Willow Tit 1, Goosander 12, Little
Grebe 3, Green Sandpiper 1, Wigeon 55, Shoveler 42, Cormorant 37,
Little Egret 1, Green Woodpecker 1, Snipe 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Common
Buzzard 4, Grey Wagtail 2
 |
| Pink-footed Goose (C Hubbard) |
|
| 2nd | WHOOPER SWAN 5
over this morning (SRG), Red Kite 1
|
| 1st | Green Sandpiper 1, Great
White Egret 2
|
January
| 31st | Great White Egret 1,
Goosander 4, Green Sandpiper 1, Common Buzzard 2
|
| 30th | Great White Egret 1,
Buzzard 5, Shoveler c30, Gadwall c25, Green Sandpiper 1, Cetti's Warbler
1, Peregrine 1, Golden Plover c30, Little Grebe 1
|
| 28th | Kingfisher 1, Little
Egret 1, Common Buzzard 6, Saprrowhawk 1, Kestrel 3, Red Kite 2
|
| 27th | HEN HARRIER 1
this am (Peter Dillon-Hooper), Willow Tit 2, Little Egret 2, Lapwing
c200, Kingfisher 1, Peregrine 1, Common Buzzard 4, Red Kite 1
|
| 26th | Barn Owl 1, Buzzard 3,
Red Kite 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Grey Wagtail 1
|
| 25th | Great White Egret 1,
Little Egret 3, Willow Tit 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Red Kite 1, Green
Sandpiper 1, Lapwing c200
|
| 24th | PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
2 early afternoon with Greylags near the hide before flying off towards
the rail track (C Hubbard), Great White Egret 1, Goosander 3
|
| 23rd | Great White Egret 1,
Little Egret 1, Goosander 18 (7 drakes)
|
| 22nd | Great White Egret 1,
Little Egret 5, Goosander 6
|
| 21st | HEN HARRIER 1 (C
Hubbard), Water Rail 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Goosander 21 including 8
drake (largest group so far this winter), Teal c40, Shoveler 35, Little
Egret 1
|
| 20th | HEN HARRIER 1
(Peter Dillon-Hooper / C Hubbard), Peregrine 1, Water Rail 1, Willow Tit
1, Little Egret 6, Buzzard 4, Wigeon 77, Shoveler 39, Greylag Goose
319, Canada Goose 142, Coot 251, Pochard 216, Tufted Duck 304, Lapwing
c260, Cetti's Warbler 1, Red Kite 3, Meadow Pipit 10, Snipe 5, Little
Grebe 1, Goldeneye 8, Grey Heron 6, Gadwall 15
|
| 19th | HEN HARRIER 1 this
am (D March), Goosander 1, Water Rail 1
|
| 18th | Great White Egret 1,
Willow Tit 1
|
| 17th | HEN HARRIER 1 early afternoon (Matt Jackson), GLAUCOUS GULL 1 2W this PM (C Hubbard / R Bullock) and a different bird to the recent one, ICELAND GULL 1 2W late PM (C Hubbard / R Bullock) only recorded in 4 of the last 19 years at the reservoir
 |
| Glaucous Gull (C Hubbard) |
|
| 16th | WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 2 late PM (C Hubbard), HEN HARRIER 1 ringtail this pm behind the wood (C Hubbard), GLAUCOUS GULL 1 juvenile
until at least 16.10 (C Hubbard), Shelduck 1 on the dam, Great White
Egret 1
|
| 15th | WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 2 this PM on the dam (Steve Nichols)
 |
| White-fronted Goose (Steve Nichols) |
|
| 14th | PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 2 present late morning with Greylag Geese on the dam (Chris Hubbard), Great White Egret 1, Little Egret 1, Willow Tit 1
 |
| Pink-footed Goose (C Hubbard) |
|
| 13th | Great White Egret 1,
Red Kite 1, Little Egret 1, Snipe 10, Meadow Pipit 6, Skylark 14
|
| 12th | GLAUCOUS GULL 1 juv
mid morning - 1st record since 2004 and only the 6th ever record at the
reservoir (Chris Hubbard), Great White Egret 1, Little Egret 1
 |
| Glaucous Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 11th | Great White Egret 1, Little Egret 1, Willow Tit 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Snipe 2, Shoveler c 20
 |
| Great White Egret (C Hubbard) |
|
| JUST COMPLETED THE SPECIES LIST FOR 2018 - GRAND TOTAL OF 137 SPECIES RECORDED.
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER, MARSH WARBLER, HEN
HARRIER, MARSH HARRIER, BLACK TERN, SANDWICH TERN, ARCTIC TERN, GREAT
WHITE EGRET, REDSTART, TREE PIPIT, WHINCHAT, STONECHAT, SHORT-EARED OWL,
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER, COMMON SCOTER AND WHOOPER SWAN. THANKS TO ALL OBSERVERS.
 |
| Montage of some of the 2018 Birds at Stanford Reservoir (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 10th | Little Egret 5, Willow
Tit 1, Water Rail 1
|
| 9th | Great White Egret 1 (Ray
Seagrove), Water Rail 1 (Ray Seagrove)
|
| 8th | Great White Egret 1
(Peter Dillon-Hooper), Buzzard 5, Sparrowhawk 1, Kestrel 2, Willow Tit
1, Raven 2, Little Egret 1
|
| 6th | HEN HARRIER 1
this pm (Steve Nichols), Willow Tit 1, Chiffchaff 1, Treecreeper 3,
Bullfinch 4, Lapwing c40, Green Sandpiper 1, Buzzard 4, Kestrel 1
|
| 3rd | Great White Egret 1,
Willow Tit 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Egret 4, Kingfisher 1
|
| 2nd | Great White Egret 1,
Willow Tit 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Sparrowhawk 2, Kingfisher 2, Goosander 2
drakes, Little Egret 1
|
| 1st | HEN HARRIER 1
this PM (F Graves), Water Rail 1, Red-crested Pochard 2, Great White
Egret 1
|
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