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 GooseCrossbill, Rock Pipit, Wood WarblerBittern, ScaupLesser 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
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)
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)

                                                                                                                                  
12th REDSHANK 2, the first of 2020 (CMH), Curlew 1 (M Townsend), Oystercatcher 1, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 3 (CMH / M Townsend), GREAT EGRET 1 (Theo de Clermont), Yellow Wagtail 3

Redshank, the first of 2020 (Chris Hubbard)

Great Crested Grebe (Dan March)

Redshank (Dan March)

Great Crested Grebe with young (Dan March)

                                                                                                                              
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, BitternTree 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                                                                                                                                
28th Tawny Owl 1 (CB)                                                                                                                                
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                                                                                                                                 
12th GREAT EGRET 1                                                                                                                                  
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)
                                                                                                                            
5th GREAT EGRET 1 (MJ), Green Sandpiper 1, STONECHAT 1 (MJ), Willow Tit 1, Nuthatch 1, PINTAIL 2 (Neil Jarvis), Kestrel 2, Buzzard 1, Red-legged Partridge 2
Stonechat (M Jackson)

Circa 1 mile from the reservoir an unconfirmed report of 3 Short-eared Owls this evening (at least one present)
Short-eared Owl (M Jackson)
Short-eared Owl (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                                                                                                             

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