2022
Thanks to all observers for their records, especially Stanford Ringing Group (SRG), Steve Nichols (SCN), George Burton (GB), Barbara and Fritz Graves (B&FG), Chris Begley (CB), Peter Dillon-Hooper (PDH), Sandra and Mick Wyatt (S&MW), Ian Bartlett (IB), Chris Hubbard (CMH), Matt Jackson (MJ), Dan March (DM)
December
| 31st | Green Sandpiper 1, Teal 18, CASPIAN GULL 2 (CMH/PDH) |
| 30th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH), Goosander 5, Teal 15, Snipe 1 |
| 29th | CASPIAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 2 (CMH), Great Black-backed Gull c120, Little Grebe 1, Little Egret 1, Lesser Redpoll 9, Teal 9 |
| 28th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 1 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 2, Teal 12, Snipe 1, Goldcrest 1 |
| 27th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (SCN), PINTAIL 1 female (CMH), Goldeneye 6 |
| 26th | Coot 372, Lesser Redpoll 9, Goldeneye 1, Canada Goose c140, Red Kite 2, Buzzard 2, Kestrel 3, Bullfinch 5, Long-tailed Tit c20 |
| 24th | Wishing all contributors and visitors a very Merry Christmas
GREAT EGRET 1, RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (SCN), Lesser Redpoll 11, Snipe, Cetti's Warbler 1, Red Kite 1, Bullfinch 4 |
| 23rd | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 1 adult (CMH) Goosander 4 (2 drakes and 2 females), Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Grebe 1 |
| 22nd | *MEALY REDPOLL* 1 briefly late morning on the Leicestershire side with c20 Lesser Redpoll, the first of 2022 (CMH). The video of this bird can be viewed on my twitter feed @c4hub, GREAT EGRET 1, Teal 15, Little Grebe 1, Starling c3000 into roost.
The colour-ringed Herring Gull (A8JT) seen by Steve Nichols on the 18th December was ringed at Pitsea landfill, Essex on 06/12/2014. Also, seen in Cambridgeshire in 2017 and Leicestershire in 2019. |
| 21st | CASPIAN GULL 1 (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (SCN), GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1, Teal 10, Greater Black-backed Gull 175 in the roost (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, Water Rail 1, Lesser Redpoll 1 |
| 20th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Goosander 4, Green Sandpiper 1, Lapwing c100, Goldeneye 4, Cetti's Warbler 1, Water Rail 2, Meadow Pipit 4, Little Egret 1 |
| 19th | RUDDY SHELDUCK 1 (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH), Goldeneye 3, GREAT EGRET 1 |
| 18th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (SCN), RUDDY SHELDUCK 1 (CB), Teal 11, Goldeneye 3, Snipe 1, Lapwing 15, Herring Gull 1 colour ringed on ice (SCN) |
| 17th | RUDDY SHELDUCK 1 (T de Clermont) |
| 14th | RUDDY SHELDUCK 1 (A Herbert/D Sheffield), EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1 (B&FG), Snipe 1, Teal 15, Little Grebe 5, Grey Heron 5 |
| 12th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (SCN) |
| 11th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (SCN) |
| 10th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 7 (SCN), Goosander 2 |
| 9th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (SCN), Snipe 2, Great Black-backed Gull 218 in the roost (CMH) |
| 8th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 first-winter (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 1 adult (CMH), Great Black-backed Gull 164 (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH) |
| 7th | CASPIAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1, Water Rail 2, Great Black-backed Gull 156, Cetti's Warbler 1, Lesser Redpoll 5, Sparrowhawk 1, Buzzard 1, Raven 2, Shoveler 6, Long-tailed Tit 16
 | | Caspian Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 6th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 4 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Snipe 3, Water Rail 3, Lesser Redpoll 12, Cetti's Warbler 1 |
| 5th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), Great Black-backed Gull 206 in the roost (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 4 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Goosander 1 drake, Kingfisher 1 |
| 4th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 2, 1 adult and 1 first winter in the roost this evening (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 3 (CMH), Snipe 3 |
| 3rd | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 first-winter in the roost (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult in the roost, Great Black-backed Gull 190+ in the roost (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 4 (CMH), Goosander 2, Teal 15, PINTAIL 1 female (CMH), EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1, Little Egret 1, Lesser Redpoll 10
75 new birds ringed today including 63 Redwings, 3 Fieldfares and 1 Chiffchaff (SRG) |
| 2nd | *WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE* 3 this PM (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 9 (SCN), Chiffchaff 1, Little Egret 1, Lesser Redpoll 5
 | | White-fronted Geese (Chris Hubbard) |
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November
| 30th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 5 (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), Tawny Owl 1, Kingfisher 1, Lesser Redpoll 1 |
| 29th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 2 (CMH), Chiffchaff 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Lesser Redpoll 6, Siskin 1 |
| 28th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 5 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Tawny Owl 1 |
| 27th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 3 (2 first-winters and the advanced second-winter / near adult) in the roost (CMH/IB/SCN), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 5 (CMH), Lesser Redpoll 6, Water Rail 2, Cetti's Warbler 2 |
| 26th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 1st-winter (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 2 adults (IB/CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 5 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Tawny Owl 1 |
| 25th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 3 (2 first-winters and the advanced second-winter / near adult) in the roost (CMH), Little Egret 2, RED-CRESTED POCHARD 8 (CMH), Lesser Redpoll 2, BRAMBLING 4 (CMH), Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Chiffchaff 1, Tawny Owl 1 |
| 24th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 first-winter in the roost (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 8 (SCN), GREAT EGRET 1, Green Sandpiper 1 |
| 23rd | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), Little Egret 4 over the dam at dusk RED-CRESTED POCHARD 12 (CMH), Kingfisher 1, Lesser Redpoll 1 |
| 22nd | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 2 in the roost, an adult (new bird) and a first-winter (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 12 (SCN/CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Chiffchaff 1, Water Rail 1, Goldeneye 6, Raven 3, Red Kite 1, Grey Heron 2
 | | 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 21st | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 2 in the roost, a different first-winter to last nights and yesterdays advanced 2nd-winter / near adult (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 2 adults in the roost (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 12 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Goldeneye 4, Kingfisher 2, Little Egret 2, Lesser Redpoll 3, Cetti's Warbler 1 |
| 20th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 3 in the roost, an adult, an advanced second-winter / near adult and a first-winter (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 (CMH), MERLIN 1 female/imm flew across Keepers Lodge Bay and then headed west, the 3rd record of 2022 (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 14 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Water Rail 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, PINTAIL 1 drake, Teal 14, Lesser Redpoll 3, Siskin 1, Skylark c40, Green Sandpiper 1, Little Grebe 27
 | | Mediterranean Gull - near adult (Chris Hubbard) |
 | | Mediterranean Gull - first-winter (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 19th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 10 (CMH), *WHOOPER SWAN* 1 flew through east this AM (CMH), GREAT EGRET 2 (CMH), Goldeneye 8, Kingfisher 2, Little Egret 1, Lesser Redpoll 1, Water Rail 1, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 2 in the roost (CMH/IB), Teal 20, PINTAIL 1 drake, Starling c1000 |
| 18th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 14 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Goldeneye 8, Siskin 8, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 in the roost, SHORT-EARED OWL 1 possible seen briefly (B&FG), Lesser Redpoll 1 |
| 17th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 14 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 2 (CMH), Goldeneye 4, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 in the roost (CMH), Kingfisher 2, Little Egret 1 |
| 16th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 14 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Goldeneye 1, Kingfisher 1, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 2 (CMH), BRAMBLING 1, Lesser Redpoll 1, Little Grebe 20, Goldeneye 1 female, Chiffchaff 1 |
| 15th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 14 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Goldeneye 1, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 2 in the roost (CMH), Kingfisher 2 |
| 14th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 14 (SCN/CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, BRAMBLING 2, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 in the roost (CMH), Kingfisher 1, Goldeneye 2 |
| 13th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 14 including 11 drakes this AM (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (IB/CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult in the roost (IB/CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, PINTAIL 13 (CMH), Coot 515, Wigeon 458, Gadwall 138, Water Rail 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Shoveler 32, Tufted Duck 198, Pochard 22, Little Grebe 10, Greylag Goose 143, Snipe 2, Little Egret 1, Kingfisher 1, Goldeneye 1, Teal 19, Golden Plover circling then flew south (SCN), Peregrine 1, Chiffchaff 1 |
| 12th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 9 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult briefly (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 3, Siskin 2, Lesser Redpoll 1, Snipe 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Buzzard 4, Raven c7, Kestrel 1
Clouded Yellow, Tortoiseshell, Common Darter (D Peacock) |
| 11th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 first-winter this AM, a different bird to the one seen in the roost this week (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 14 (CMH), BRAMBLING 2 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 2 adults in the roost (CMH), PINTAIL 4, Lapwing c30, Water Rail 1 |
| 10th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 14 (SCN), GREAT EGRET 1, PINTAIL 1, Goldeneye 1, Sparrowhawk 1 |
| 9th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 12 (SCN), GREAT EGRET 1, Raven 9, Little Grebe 12, Goldeneye 1, Green Sandpiper 2, Peregrine 1, PINTAIL 2, Chaffinch c25, Snipe 2, Lesser Redpoll 1 |
| 8th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 10 including 8 drakes this AM (CMH), MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 first-winter in the roost (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 2 adults in the roost (CMH), BRAMBLING 1 over (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, PINTAIL 2, Tawny Owl 1 roosting (CMH), Green Sandpiper 2, Water Rail 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Chiffchaff 1, Goldeneye 1, Goosander 1 female |
| 7th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 first-winter in the roost (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 6 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1, PINTAIL 2
 | | Mediterranean Gull, first-winter (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 6th | MERLIN 1 male across Blowers Lodge Bay at 16.45 (CMH), MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 first-winter in the roost (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 4 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1, Kingfisher 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, PINTAIL 1, Tawny Owl 1, Little Grebe 12, Shoveler c70 |
| 5th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 adult in the roost this evening (CMH/SCN), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 4 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, PINTAIL 6, Green Sandpiper 3, Water Raul 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Chiffchaff 1, Siskin 7, Lapwing 18, Pochard c30, Lesser Redpoll 3, Raven 15, Little Egret 1, Goldeneye 1
 | | Mediterranean Gull, adult (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 4th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 5 (CMH), PINTAIL 5, Peregrine 2 (K Moore), Green Sandpiper 1 |
| 2nd | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 5 (SCN), Raven 12, Green Sandpiper 2, PINTAIL 1 |
| 1st | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 4 (CMH), Goldeneye 1, Teal 14 |
October
| 31st | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 4 (CMH), PINTAIL 6 (CMH), Woodpigeon 1377 SW between 07.15 and 09.00 (CMH / M Townsend), Fieldfare c200, Greenfinch c100, Lesser Redpoll c30, GREAT EGRET 1, Siskin 5, Little Egret 2 |
| 30th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 6 (CMH), RUDDY SHELDUCK 1 female on the dam (CMH), Raven 10, PINTAIL 9 (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Wigeon 528 (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 2, Snipe 2, Little Grebe 27, Water Rail 1, Coot 329 (B&FG), BRAMBLING 2, Lesser Redpoll c30 |
| 29th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 6 (CMH), PINTAIL 11 (CMH), Little Egret 2, Snipe 4, Raven 10, Green Sandpiper 1, Raven 10 |
| 28th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 first-winter in the roost this evening (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 6 (CMH), PINTAIL 12 (CMH), Little Egret 4, Green Sandpiper 1, Peregrine 1 over the dam (CMH), Red Kite 7
 | | Mediterranean Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 27th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 6 (CMH), PINTAIL 12 (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), EGYPTIAN GOOSE 2 on the point this evening (CMH), Pochard 36, Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Chiffchaff 6, Little Egret 2
 | | Red-crested Pochard (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 26th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 6 (CMH), PINTAIL 8, Water Rail 1, Little Egret 3 |
| 25th | WOODCOCK 1 (M Townsend), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 6 (SCN), Raven 15, PINTAIL 2, Pochard 7 |
| 24th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 4 (CMH), Water Rail 1, Chiffchaff 3, Little Egret 1, Green Sandpiper 2, Cetti's Warbler 2 |
| 23rd | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 4 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 4, Green Sandpiper 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Water Rail 1, Chiffchaff 4
Clouded Yellow Butterfly (S Wright) |
| 22nd | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 first-winter in the roost this evening (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 4 (CMH), RUDDY SHELDUCK 1 female this AM (CMH), PINTAIL 10 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Little Grebe 36, Little Egret 2, Green Sandpiper 3, Pochard 14, Snipe 2, Goosander 2, Water Rail 2, Redwing c700, Fieldfare c200, Cetti's Warbler 3, Chiffchaff 6, Wigeon minimum of 380, Starling c2000, Snipe 2, Grey Wagtail 5, Meadow Pipit 2, Chiffchaff 5 |
| 21st | GREENSHANK 1 high east calling over Keepers Lodge Bay, the 4th of 2022 (CMH), PINTAIL 9 (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 4 (CMH), Goldeneye 1, GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1 |
| 20th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 4 (CMH), GOLDENEYE 2, the first of the autumn (CMH), Green Sandpiper 3, PINTAIL 4 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Water Rail 1, Lapwing 3 |
| 19th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 4 still (CMH) , GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 3, Kingfisher 1, PINTAIL 9 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 2, Little Grebe 25, Green Sandpiper 3, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), Lesser-Black-backed Gull c800 in the roost (CMH), Fieldfare 10, Redwing c150 |
| 18th | RUDDY SHELDUCK 1 female this AM (CMH), Green Sandpiper 4, Snipe 3, GREAT EGRET 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Grebe 28, PINTAIL 2, Chiffchaff 6 on Leicestershire side, Lapwing 24, Bullfinch 12 |
| 17th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 4 (CMH), Green Sandpiper 4, PINTAIL 5 (CMH), Snipe 1, GREAT EGRET 1 |
| 16th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 4 (CMH), STONECHAT 2 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 2, Green Sandpiper 3 |
| 15th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 4 still (CMH), Green Sandpiper 2, PINTAIL 5 (CMH), Little Egret 3, GREAT EGRET 1, STONECHAT 1 (CMH) |
| 14th | **YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER** 1 ringed this AM on the Northants side. The 8th ever ringed, 10th overall for the site and 2nd bird ringed in 2022 (SRG), *WHOOPER SWAN* 7 this evening, the first of 2022 (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 4 (CMH), Green Sandpiper 3, GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 6, Snipe, Redwing 7, PINTAIL 4 (CMH), Water Rail 1
Whooper Swans (Chris Hubbard)
 | | Yellow-browed Warbler, the 8th ever ringed at Stanford Reservoir (SRG) |
125 new birds ringed today (SRG) |
| 13th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 4 (CMH), Chiffchaff c10 on Leics bank, GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 3, STONECHAT 1 (CMH), PINTAIL 2, Cetti's Warbler 3, Green Sandpiper 1, Siskin 4, Lesser Redpoll 1 over
91 new birds ringed today (SRG) |
| 12th | **YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER** 1 still this AM but only seen briefly at 08.30 (CMH), MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 adult in the roost this evening (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 4 including 2 drakes at the edge of Blowers Lodge Bay, GREAT EGRET 2, Little Egret 4, Goosander 1 male, Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Green Sandpiper 4, PINTAIL 3 (SCN)
 | | Mediterranean Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
140 new birds ringed today (SRG) |
| 11th | **YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER** 1 still this morning on Leicestershire side near the reedbed but mobile (CMH), REDSTART 1 ringed this AM, the latest ever date (SRG), GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 4, Green Sandpiper 1
 | Yellow-browed Warbler (Chris Hubbard)
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137 new birds ringed today (SRG) |
| 10th | **YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER** 1 briefly around 15.15 near the Leics reedbed but no further sign despite searching, the 9th record for the site (SCN), STONECHAT 6 this AM (CMH), GREAT EGRET 2, Little Egret 6, Green Sandpiper 4, Water Rail 1, PINTAIL 1 (CMH), Snipe 1
 | Stonechat (Chris Hubbard)
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IF YOU HAVE PICKED UP AN ELECTRONIC BIRD CALLER HOUSED IN A PLASTIC BAG AND SOMEWHERE NEAR THE BIRD FEEDERS BY THE RAILWAY TRACK COULD YOU MESSAGE ME.
70 new birds ringed today (SRG) |
| 9th | GREAT EGRET 2, Little Egret 4, STONECHAT 2 behind the dam car park (S&MW), MERLIN 1 in Blowers Lodge Bay this AM, the first of 2022 (M Townsend), Green Sandpiper 3, PINTAIL 2, Reed Warbler 1 ringed this AM (SRG), Chiffchaff 130 ringed this AM (SRG)
267 new birds ringed this AM (SRG)
Clouded Yellow in dam car park this PM (S&MW/CMH) |
| 8th | GREAT EGRET 2 (both unringed), Green Sandpiper 3, BRAMBLING 2 over (M Townsend), STONECHAT 2 (CB/CMH), House Martin c34, Cetti's Warbler 3, Lesser Redpoll 2 ringed, the first of the autumn (SRG), PINTAIL 3 (CMH), Little Grebe 32, Little Egret 4, Snipe 1
144 new birds ringed today and 12 retraps (SRG).
 | | Lesser Redpoll ringed this AM (SRG) |
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| 7th | WHEATEAR 1 around the dam / spillway this AM (CMH), Little Egret 6, Cetti's Warbler 1, House Martin 14, Meadow Pipit c30, Kingfisher 1, Green Sandpiper 3
 | | Wheatear (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 6th | CASPIAN GULL 1 adult or near adult in the roost this evening (CMH), Great Black-backed Gull 6 in the roost this evening, PINTAIL 3 in Keepers Lodge Bay (CMH), BRAMBLING 2 briefly before flying west (CMH), Green Sandpiper 3, Snipe 3, Little Egret 4, Goosander 1 female in the Narrows (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 3, House Martin c120, Swallow c10, Pochard 9, Skylark c25 |
| 5th | Little Egret 2, Green Sandpiper 2, Kingfisher 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, PINTAIL 1 (CMH) |
| 4th | PINTAIL 2 in Keepers Lodge Bay (CMH), Little Egret 4, House Sparrow 2, Kingfisher 1, Cetti's Warbler 2 |
| 3rd | Little Egret 3, Green Sandpiper 1, Kingfisher 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Meadow Pipit 10, Snipe 2, GREAT EGRET 1 colour-ringed bird again this evening (CMH), Swallow 1 |
| 2nd | **ROCK PIPIT** still present this early evening and showing well at times (CMH), HOUSE SPARROW 2 around the Lodge, the first at the site since 2020 (CMH), Green Sandpiper 3, Little Egret 4, Kingfisher 2, Swallow c30, House Martin c40, Tawny Owl 3, PINTAIL 1, BLACKCAP today the ringing group ringed their 4000th of 2022 (SRG), Cetti's Warbler the 23rd ringed of the year is a new annual record (SRG)
 | Rock Pipit - still present this AM (CMH)
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| 1st | **ROCK PIPIT** the first since 2020, initially found by Adrian Borley and still present on the spillway at 16.30 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, PINTAIL 3 (CMH), Green Sandpiper 2, Little Egret 2, Blackcap 5, Kingfisher 1, Swallow c100, House Martin c100
 | | Rock Pipit (Chris Hubbard) |
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September
| Update on the colour-ringed GREAT EGRET seen on the 28th September - 'ABU' was ringed in the nest at Westhay Moor NNR, Somerset on 7th May 2022. It's a male (established through a DNA sample). It has also been seen in Lincs on 17th July, West Yorks on 4th August and Lincs on Sept 1st. Here is an image of the bird as it was ringed (courtesy of Alison Morgan at the RSPB). This is the first colour-ringed GREAT EGRET at the site (CMH).
 | | Great Egret, colour ring ABU (RSPB) |
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| 30th | **YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER** 1 ringed this AM, the 8th record for the site with 7 of these being ringed (SRG), GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 2, STONECHAT 1 (CMH), Green Sandpiper 3, Swallow 6
 | | Yellow-browed Warbler, a vagrant form Siberia (SRG) |
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| 29th | PINTAIL 3 (CMH), GOLDEN PLOVER 21, the first of the autumn (CMH), Green Sandpiper 2, Snipe 5, Cetti's Warbler 2, Reed Warbler 1, House Martin c100, Swallow c150, Little Egret 2 |
| 28th | GREAT EGRET 2 including a red-colour ringed bird 'ABU' which was ringed in Somerset - full details to come. This is the first colour ringed individual we have ever recorded at the site (CMH), Snipe 3, Green Sandpiper 4, Cetti's Warbler 2, Redwing 4, Little Egret 2, Kingfisher 2, Reed Warbler 4, Swallow c250, House Martin c150, Starling 3 ringed this evening (SRG)
 | | Starling, the first to be ringed in 2022 (SRG) |
 | | Great Egret with red colour ring (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 27th | Green Sandpiper 3, Snipe 3, Little Egret 3, Raven 6, Swallow c150, House Martin c100, Pochard 4, PINTAIL 3 this evening in Keepers Lodge Bay (CMH), Cormorant 35, Black-headed Gull c250 in the roost, Starling c200 in to roost, Wigeon 114 (CMH), Common Gull 8 |
| 26th | GREAT EGRET 1, PINTAIL 1, Green Sandpiper 3, Little Egret 4, Cetti's Warbler 3, Kingfisher 1, House Martin c100, Swallow c75, Sand Martin 4, Chiffchaff c15, Raven 8 |
| 25th | SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 (CMH), PINTAIL 1, Snipe 2, Little Egret 5, Swallow 7, Pochard 7, Red Kite 3, Raven 5, Meadow Pipit c15, Green Sandpiper 1, House Martin c100, Grey Wagtail 2, Common Buzzard 2, Treecreeper 1, Goldcrest 1, Chiffchaff c5
Speckled Wood and Common Blue Butterflies (S&MW) |
| 24th | SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 2 (CMH), Little Egret 3, Cetti's Warbler 4, Green Sandpiper 4, PINTAIL 1, Kingfisher 2, Great Black-backed Gull 1, Water Rail 1 juvenile, Snipe 3, Collared Dove 1 over, Redwing at least 3, the first of the autumn, House Martin c50, Sand Martin 5, Swallow 2
FOUND - GLASSES IN CASE AT THE DAM END YESTERDAY. CONTACT ME ON THE NUMBER ABOVE IF YOU THINK THEY ARE YOURS. |
| 23rd | Cetti's Warbler 3, Green Sandpiper 2, PINTAIL 2 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 3, Kingfisher 1, Lapwing 1 |
| 22nd | PINTAIL 1, Green Sandpiper 4, GREAT EGRET 1, SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1, Little Egret 3, Water Rail 1 juvenile, Yellow Wagtail 1, Canada goose c160, Cetti's Warbler 3, Pochard 3 |
| 21st | Cetti's Warbler 4, Green Sandpiper 4, SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 3 (SCN), Kingfisher 2, Raven 8, PINTAIL 1 |
| 20th | SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 4 (SCN), GOOSANDER 2 flew west (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 4, Yellow Wagtail 2, Green Sandpiper 2, Little Egret 2, Raven 8 |
| 19th | HOBBY 1 ringed this evening, the 2nd ever (SRG), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 3 (CMH), Little Egret 2, PINTAIL 3 (CMH), Green Sandpiper 2, Snipe 1, Chiffchaff 75 ringed (SRG), Reed Warbler 6 ringed (SRG), Raven 10, Teal c40, Cetti's Warbler 3, Water Rail 1, Red Kite 4, Sparrowhawk 1, Meadow Pipit c80 feeding on the weed in Keepers Lodge Bay (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 1
207 new birds ringed (SRG). A signifiant landmark of the year was reached today with the 10,000th new bird of 2022 being ringed.
 | | Hobby (SRG) |
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| 18th | OSPREY 1 over Blowers Lodge Bay (CMH), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 3, GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), PINTAIL 1 (CB), Green Sandpiper 2, Little Egret 2, Kingfisher 2, Yellow Wagtail 1, Teal c40, House Martin / Sand Martin / Swallow c400 over Keepers Lodge Bay, Hobby 1, Raven 10, Snipe 1 |
| 17th | **CATTLE EGRET** 2 flew west at 08.44 but no further sign, only the 2nd and 3rd record for site following the one on August 28th (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 4 (CMH), Little Egret 3, Green Sandpiper 2, Cetti's Warbler 3, PINTAIL 1 (CMH/CB), REDSHANK 1, the 18th of 2022 (GB), House Martin c400, Swallow c100, Sand Martin c10, Kingfisher 2, Raven 15, Red Kite 4, Lapwing 17, Grey Wagtail 8, Nuthatch 1, Yellow Wagtail 2
198 new birds ringed (SRG) |
| 16th | SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 3, Little Egret 2 |
| 15th | REDSTART 1 ringed this AM (SRG), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 ringed (SRG), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 3 around the dam and 1 on the Leicestershire side (CMH), Kingfisher 1 ringed (SRG), PINTAIL 1 still (CMH), Little Egret 2, Raven 10, Meadow Pipit c30, Teal c30, Shoveler c35
 | | Kingfisher (SRG) |
 | | Redstart (SRG) |
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| 14th | PINTAIL 1 (CMH), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 3 (B Lee), Green Sandpiper 1, Cetti's Warbler 3, Chiffchaff at least 12, Little Egret 2, Reed Warbler 2, Lesser Black-backed Gull c200, Raven 5, Red Kite 2 |
| 13th | STONECHAT 1 ringed this AM, the first of 2022 (SRG), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 ringed (SRG), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2 ringed (SRG), Garden Warbler 1 ringed (SRG) Common Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 2, Kingfisher 1, Lapwing 12, GOOSANDER 1 flew east this evening (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1, PINTAIL 1 on the point this evening (CMH)
 | | Stonechat (Chris Hubbard) |
 | | Stonechat (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 12th | SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 2 (CMH), PINTAIL 1 (CMH), Raven c20, Little Grebe 30, Pochard 7, Cetti's Warbler 2, Common Sandpiper 1, Green Sandpiper 1, mixed hirundines c400 moving SW between 07.00 and 08.30, Lapwing 14 |
| 11th | SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 3 around the dam (CMH) and another at the point (S&MW), Little Egret 1, Yellow Wagtail 6, Meadow Pipit 3, Peregrine 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Red Kite 5, Kingfisher 1, Raven 3
Clouded Yellow and Red Admiral (S&MW) |
| 10th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 5 initially near the dam and then on the point, mid PM (CMH), OSPREY 1 (CMH/CB), Little Egret 5, Cetti's Warbler 1, Water Rail 1, Kingfisher 1, Common Sandpiper 1, REDSHANK 1 on the point early AM (CMH), PINTAIL 1, Peregrine 1, Teal 30, Wigeon 84
Last weekends colour ringed Ruff (orange ring on left, lime green flag with code PPS on right) was ringed in Blindheimsvikane, Norway on 27th August 2022. It was a female. The ringing location is 1204km away from Stanford Reservoir. |
| 9th | GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 ringed this AM (SRG), Green Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 1, Hobby 2, House Martin c200, Swallow c200, Meadow Pipit c10 over
300 new birds ringed this AM (SRG) |
| 8th | ***BLYTH'S REED WARBLER*** 1 ringed this AM, the first for Northamptonshire and the site (SRG), REDSTART 1 ringed this AM (SRG), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 around the gate to the rail track (CMH), WHINCHAT 1 in Blowers Lodge Bay near the old bench (CMH), PINTAIL 2 (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 22 (CMH), Meadow Pipit 15, Green Sandpiper 2, Common Sandpiper 2, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 5 ringed this AM (SRG), Little Egret 2, Kingfisher 1
379 new birds ringed this AM (SRG)
 | | Blyth's Reed Warbler, the first record for Northants (SRG) |
 | | Blyth's Reed Warbler, the first record for Northants (SRG) |
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| 7th | PINTAIL 2 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 4, Green Sandpiper 2, Water Rail 1, Meadow Pipit 2, Cetti's Warbler 5, Wigeon c70, Pochard 2, Snipe 3, Raven 12, Little Grebe 22, House Martin c300, Sand Martin c100, Swallow c200, Swift 1, Yellow Wagtail 3, Teal c25, Red Kite 4, Little Egret 3 |
| 6th | REDSTART 1 ringed this AM (SRG), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 ringed this AM (SRG), Yellow Wagtail 2 ringed this AM (SRG)
256 new birds ringed today (SRG) |
| 5th | WHINCHAT 1 ( B Morley), Common Sandpiper 1, Green Sandpiper 1, PINTAIL 2 (CMH), Snipe 5, Little Egret 3, Kingfisher 2, Wigeon c60, Cetti's Warbler 5, Red Kite 3, Yellow Wagtail 3, Buzzard 2, Little Grebe 12 |
| 4th | *RUFF* 1 colour ringed bird still until early evening (CMH), WHINCHAT 1 (CB), REDSTART 1 (CMH), Little Egret 4, PINTAIL 1 (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1, Wigeon 42, Yellow Wagtail 18 (SCN)
 | | Colour ringed Ruff (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 3rd | *RUFF* 1 briefly on the dam at 06.15 (presumably the bird from earlier in the week) and then a colour ringed bird at the point late PM (CMH), WHINCHAT 4, 1 ringed and 3 other un-ringed birds seen (SRG/CMH), REDSTART 4, 2 ringed 2 other un-ringed birds seen (SRG/CMH/CB), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1, PINTAIL 5 (CMH), Hobby 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 14, Cetti's Warbler 2
 | | Whinchat, the 4th to be ringed in 2022 (SRG) |
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| 2nd | SPOTTED FLYCATCHER (PDH), PINTAIL 6 (CMH), Little Egret 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, Kingfisher 1, Hobby 1, Little Grebe 26, Lesser Whitethroat 1
 | | Pintail - drake in eclipse (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 1st | *RUFF* 1 still (CMH), REDSTART 1 ringed this AM (SRG), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 6 ringed this AM (SRG) Blackcap 165 ringed this AM (SRG), PINTAIL 8 (SCN), Green Sandpiper 2, Yellow Wagtail 5, Teal c32, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Egret 1, Kingfisher 1, Raven 4, Shoveler c40
242 new birds ringed and 5 retraps (SRG) |
August
| | Between 20/8 and 30/8 (11 days) the ringing group ringed an astonishing 3076 new birds at the site. As at the end of August the overall 2022 species list stands at 139. |
| 31st | *RUFF* 1, the first at the site since 2019 (CMH), Little Egret 1, Little Grebe 21, Green Sandpiper 1, Snipe 1, Yellow Wagtail 4
 | | Ruff (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 30th | **WRYNECK** ringed this AM (SRG), REDSTART 5 ringed this AM (SRG)
 | | Wryneck, the 5th ringed at the site (SRG) |
Wryneck (SRG) |
| 29th | WHINCHAT 1 ringed this AM, the 4th of the week (SRG), REDSTART 2 ringed this AM (SRG), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 2 (S&MW), Green Sandpiper 3, Oystercatcher 12 in flight over the poplars this PM (S&MW), Little Egret 2, Shoveler 12, Snipe 3, Lapwing c60, Kingfisher 1, Yellow Wagtail 3, Little Grebe 21, Wigeon 3, Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 4, Teal 5, Hobby 1 (no sign of the Cattle Egret today despite searching)
398 new birds ringed today (SRG)
 | | Whinchat (SRG) |
 | | Snipe (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 28th | ***CATTLE EGRET*** 1 adult summer this morning and again late PM, the first ever to be recorded at Stanford Reservoir (CMH), *PIED FLYCATCHER* 1 ringed this morning, only the 3rd ever ringed (SRG), MARSH HARRIER 1, REDSTART 1 ringed this AM (SRG), TAWNY OWL 1 ringed this AM (SRG), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 8 ringed this AM (SRG), Little Egret 1, Green Sandpiper 3, Raven 8, Hobby 2, Teal 4, Yellow Wagtail 10
445 new birds ringed today and 25 retraps
 | | Pied Flycatcher (SRG) |
 | | Cattle Egret, the first for the site (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 27th | REDSTART 1 male ringed this AM (SRG), WHINCHAT 1 ringed this AM (SRG), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 5 ringed this AM (SRG), Yellow Wagtail 5, Green Sandpiper 1, Oystercatcher 1, Snipe 1, Little Egret 2, Hobby 1
430 new birds ringed today and 40 retraps (SRG)
 | | Whinchat (SRG) |
 | | Male Redstart (SRG) |
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| 26th | WHINCHAT 3 (2 ringed - the first in 2022) this AM (SRG/CMH), WHEATEAR 1 male (CMH), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 4 ringed this AM (SRG), Green Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 12, Little Egret 4, Raven 5,
276 new birds ringed today and 20 retraps (SRG)
 | | Whinchat - male and female (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 25th | GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2 ringed this AM (SRG), Reed Warbler 1 juvenile control with a Dutch ring (SRG), GREENSHANK 1 briefly, the third of 2022 ( M Townsend), Hobby 1, Yellow Wagtail c20, Grey Heron 7, Little Egret 1, Common Sandpiper 2, Green Sandpiper 2, Oystercatcher 1
198 new birds ringed today (SRG) |
| 24th | *REDSTART* 2 including 1 ringed (CMH/SRG), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 ringed this AM (SRG), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 ringed this AM (SRG), MARSH HARRIER 1 juvenile this AM (CMH/CB), WHEATEAR 2 this PM near the dam (Kate Moore), DUNLIN 1 late PM (Kate Moore), Common Sandpiper 2, Green Sandpiper 2, Yellow Wagtail 16 (CMH), House Martin c100, Swallow c100, Swift 1, Little Egret 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Teal 5, Oystercatcher 2
239 new birds ringed and 59 retraps (SRG)
 | | Female Redstart (SRG) |
 | | Wheatear (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 23rd | GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 3 ringed this AM (SRG), Kingfisher 2 including a juvenile ringed this AM (SRG), Green Sandpiper 2, Raven 5, Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 7, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Egret 2, Wigeon 3, Shoveler 12, Teal 5, Lapwing 14, Oystercatcher 1
114 new birds ringed and 60 retraps (SRG)
 | | Common Sandpiper (Chris Hubbard) |
 | | Kingfisher (SRG) |
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| 22nd | *REDSTART* 1 (CMH), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 4 ringed (SRG), Green Sandpiper 3 (PDH), Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 3, SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 2 at the Point (CMH), Little Egret 1, Wigeon 1, Teal 1, Snipe 1, Oystercatcher 1, Hobby 2, Raven 10 (CMH)
342 new birds ringed and 58 retraps (SRG)  | | Grasshopper Warbler - 1 of 4 ringed this AM (SRG) |
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| 21st | *BLACK TERN* 2 juveniles this AM and still present late evening, the 2nd and 3rd of 2022 (CMH), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 4 ringed this AM (SRG), WHINCHAT 1 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 1, Green Sandpiper 1, SHELDUCK 1 (CMH/CB), Snipe 3, Hobby 2, Wigeon 1, SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1, Swift 5, Yellow Wagtail 4, Little Egret 2
197 new birds ringed (SRG)
 | Black Terns (Chris Hubbard)
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Clouded Yellow 1 (S&MW) |
| 20th | *REDSTART* 3 ringed this AM (SRG), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 ringed this AM (SRG), GREAT EGRET 1 (P Norrie), Common Sandpiper 1, Green Sandpiper 2, Peregrine 1, Hobby 1, Little Egret 1, Little Grebe 16, Yellow Wagtail 2, Pochard 2
204 new birds ringed (SRG)
 | | Redstart (SRG) |
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| 19th | BLACK-TAILED GODWIT 17 flew through this morning taking our 2022 total to 52 (PDH), WHINCHAT 1 (CMH), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 (CMH), Peregrine 1, Hobby 1, Green Sandpiper 2, Common Sandpiper 2, Lapwing 45, Sparrowhawk 1, Yellow Wagtail 3, Pochard 2, Common Tern 3, Snipe 4, Kingfisher 1, Swift 1
 | | Snipe (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 18th | SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 5 (CMH), Snipe 3, Green Sandpiper 2, Common Sandpiper 2, Common Tern 1, Teal 7, Yellow Wagtail 7, Lapwing c80, Pochard 2, Peregrine 1 carrying prey, Hobby 1 |
| 17th | Common Sandpiper 1, Teal 6, Shoveler 3, Swallow c200, House Martin c100, Sand Martin 5 |
| 16th | Common Sandpiper 3, SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 4 (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 7, Hobby 1, Pochard 2, Red Kite 4, Little Egret 1, Raven 2, Lesser Whitethroat 3, Swallow c150 around the dam this evening, Goldfinch c30 around the dam |
| 15th | WHINCHAT 1 this evening around the dam, the first of the autumn (CMH), REDSTART 1 (CMH), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 2 ringed this AM (SRG) and 2 near the Lodge (A Herbert/CMH), Yellow Wagtail 5, Common Sandpiper 3, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Wigeon 1, Green Sandpiper 2, Shoveler 6, Raven 2, Snipe 3 flying around Blowers Lodge Bay (CMH), Hobby 1, Kingfisher 3
123 new birds ringed today and 47 retraps (SRG)
 | | Spotted Flycatcher (SRG) |
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| 14th | *GARGANEY* 1 drake in eclipse, the 3rd of 2022 (CMH), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 2 at the point, 1 at the dam and c6 along the drive down to the dam (CMH/SCN), Hobby 1, Raven 2, Wigeon 1, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CMH), Little Egret 1, Shoveler 12, Tufted Duck 1 still with blue nasal saddle (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 6
 | | Garganey (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 13th | SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 ringed this AM and a further 6 along the road down to the dam (SRG/CMH), Raven 4, Green Sandpiper 1
 | | Spotted Flycatcher (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 12th | *CORN BUNTING* 1 very briefly this AM, the first since 2016 (CMH), REDSTART 1 this AM showing well at times between the orchard and bench in Blowers Lodge Bay (CMH), Raven 10, Red Kite 4, GREAT EGRET 1 (PDH), Green Sandpiper 1, Teal 4, Little Grebe 28 (CMH), Kingfisher 1, Hobby 2
 | | Redstart (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 11th | REDSHANK 1 flew through early AM, the 15th of 2022 (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1, Wigeon 1, Raven 3, Lesser Whitethroat 5, Red Kite 4, Teal 4, Shoveler 6, Great Black-backed Gull 1, Wigeon 1 |
| 10th | REDSTART 2 ringed this morning on the Leicestershire side, the first of 2022 (SRG), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 ringed this AM, Raven 10, Wigeon 1, Little Grebe 29 (CMH), Red Kite 5, Kingfisher 1, Teal 4, Hobby 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Lapwing c60
273 new birds ringed today on Leics side of the reservoir (SRG)
 | | Redstarts, the first of 2022 (CMH / SRG) |
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| 9th | *BLACK-TAILED GODWIT* 1, the 35th of 2022 (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1, SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 (CMH), Raven 4, Yellow Wagtail 1, Little Grebe 20, Little Egret 1, Grey Heron 6, Sparrowhawk 2, Pochard 2, Teal 3, Shoveler 3
The BTO have confirmed that the Black headed Gull from the 3rd June 2022 with a blue colour ring (2CCN) was ringed as a nestling at Rutland Water on 9th June 2021 (CMH).
 | | Black-headed Gull with colour ring 2CCN (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 8th | OSPREY 1 (M Townsend), Raven 6, Little Grebe 23, Sparrowhawk 2, Red Kite 4, Yellow Wagtail 1
228 new birds ringing this AM. also, 2 controls and 28 retraps. |
| 7th | TREE PIPIT 1, the first of 2022 (CMH), OSPREY 1 (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult this PM (CMH), Raven 5, Cetti's Warbler 2, Lesser Whitethroat 5, Teal 2, Shoveler 2, Grey Wagtail 3, Little Egret 1, Red Kite 5, Hobby 1, Grey Heron 4, Green Woodpecker 1, Lapwing 5, Little Grebe 9
 | | Tree Pipit - the first of 2022 (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 6th | OSPREY 1 (ET), DUNLIN 1 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 1, Snipe 1 over, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 ringed this AM (SRG), Hobby 1, Raven 2
383 new birds ringed today (SRG) |
| 5th | *BLACK-TAILED GODWIT* 4 early evening, taking the running total for 2022 to 34 birds (CMH), OSPREY 1 (PDH), Green Sandpiper 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Teal 2, Lapwing c50, Raven 2, Teal 5 |
| 4th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 juvenile (CMH), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 at the Point early AM (CMH), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 ringed this AM (SRG), Lapwing 14, Raven 10 (CMH), Kingfisher 1, Cormorant 15, Gadwall c25
235 new birds ringed today, 32 re-traps and 3 controls (SRG)
 | | Mediterranean Gull record images (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 3rd | DUNLIN 1 briefly this evening (CMH), Black-headed Gull c190, Common Gull 3, Shoveler 5, Lapwing 2, Raven 1, Kingfisher 1, Little Egret 1 |
| 2nd | YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult this AM (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1, Shoveler 8, Teal 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 1, Hobby 1, Raven 3 |
| 1st | WATER RAIL 1 heard (PDH), Hobby 1, Lesser Whitethroat 5, Teal 1, Shoveler 5, Wigeon 1, Little Grebe 20 (13 Juveniles) this evening (SCN), Common Gull 6, Lapwing c45 |
July
| 31st | YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 juvenile (CMH), Oystercatcher 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Hobby 1, Shoveler 3, Teal 6, Raven 9, Little Egret 1, Red Kite 3, Cetti's Warbler 2, Common Gull 1 |
| 30th | GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 ringed this AM on the Leicestershire side (SRG), MARSH HARRIER 1 female, a different bird to the last 3 days (S Whittle), OSPREY 1 juvenile (S Whittle), Green Sandpiper 1, Tufted Duck 1 with 5 young, Common Gull 3, Common Sandpiper 1, Shoveler 6, Teal 4, PEREGRINE 1 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 5 ringed in the Leicestershire reedbed this AM (SRG), Reed Warbler 72 new adults ringed and a further 30 retraps (SRG) |
| 29th | *GARGANEY* 1 still (CMH), MARSH HARRIER 1 juvenile at 07.00 (CMH) and again at 09.23 (PDH), Tufted Duck 1 with blue nasal saddle fitted (awaiting information on this bird), Common Sandpiper 2, Little Grebe 11 (PDH), Hobby 1, Raven 9, Shoveler 3, PEREGRINE 1 this AM (PDH), Green Sandpiper 1 |
| 28th | OSPREY 1 early morning (CMH), MARSH HARRIER 1 juvenile again this evening (CMH/SCN), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult (CMH), Common Sandpiper 2, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Greylag Goose 222 in Keepers Lodge Bay (CMH), Raven 2, Red Kite 2, Lesser Black-backed Gull c280 (CMH), Little Egret 1, Kingfisher 2, Common Gull 4, Wigeon 1
 | Marsh Harrier (Chris Hubbard)
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69 new birds ringed today (SRG) |
| 27th | *GARGANEY* 1 still (CMH), MARSH HARRIER 1 juvenile briefly this evening, the 4th record of 2022 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 1, Kingfisher 2, Hobby 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Garden Warbler 1, Shoveler 7, Treecreeper 3 juveniles, Cetti's Warbler 2, Raven 3, Tufted Duck 95, Teal 4, Wigeon 1 |
| 26th | *GARGANEY* 1 still (CMH), WATER RAIL 3 including 2 juveniles on the Leicestershire side of the reservoir. The first known evidence of breeding at the site (CMH), Common Tern 18, Little Egret 1, Shoveler 7
120 new birds ringed today (SRG) |
| 25th | *GARGANEY* 1 still (CMH), *BLACK-TAILED GODWIT* 6 early AM only, this takes the 2022 total to 30 birds (CMH), Little Egret 3, Pochard 1, Raven 2, Kingfisher 1, Shoveler 6, Common Tern at least 8 juveniles, Hobby 1, Lapwing 17
 | | 5 of the 6 Black-tailed Godwits (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 24th | *GARGANEY* 1 still (CMH), MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 juvenile briefly (CMH), Little Grebe 14, Pochard 5, Mute Swan 142, Red Kite 3, Raven 4, Hobby 2, Pochard 5, Tufted Duck 3 broods of 5, 4 and 2 ducklings
Clouded Yellow (CMH)
 | | Mediterranean Gull juvenile (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 23rd | *GARGANEY* 1 (CMH), OSPREY 1 (ET), Yellow Wagtail 1, Little Grebe 14, Common Sandpiper 1
119 new birds ringed today (SRG) |
| 22nd | *GARGANEY* 1 still (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult briefly (CMH), Common Sandpiper 2, Kingfisher 1, Teal 2, Hobby 1, Little Grebe 13, Little Egret 1, Raven 18 (CMH) |
| 21st | *GARGANEY* 1 still (CMH), REDSHANK 1, the 15th of 2022 (CMH), Hobby 1, Common Sandpiper 2, Teal 1, Kingfisher 1, Little Grebe 10, Wigeon 1
 | | Garganey (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 20th | *GARGANEY* 1 still (CMH), DUNLIN 1 on the dam this evening, the 7th of 2022 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 4, Teal 1, Kingfisher 1, Little Grebe 10, Lesser whitethroat 1 juvenile ringed on Leicestershire side (SRG), REDSTART 1 probable but only seen briefly (PDH)
 | | Dunlin (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 19th | *GARGANEY* 1 still (CMH), Common Sandpiper 5, Shoveler 2, Teal 1, Pochard 1, Wigeon 1, Little Egret 6, Kingfisher 1, Lapwing 18, Tufted Duck 1 still with blue nasal saddle (CMH), Oystercatcher 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Raven 1 |
| 18th | *GARGANEY* 1 still (CMH), LITTLE RINGED PLOVER 1 juvenile on the dam (CMH), Common Sandpiper 3, Little Egret 5, Tufted Duck 1 fitted with a blue nasal saddle but still trying to get a clear view of the code. if anyone gets any images please send through to me so we can establish its life history (CMH) |
| 17th | *GARGANEY* 1 still, LITTLE RINGED PLOVER 1 juvenile (CMH), Little Egret 9, Little Grebe 15, Common Sandpiper 4, Shoveler 1, Teal 1 |
| 16th | *GARGANEY* 1 still (CMH), Hobby 1, Little Egret 11, Little Grebe 14, Pochard 1, Cormorant 11, Common Gull 1, Common Sandpiper 4, Yellow Wagtail 1, Oystercatcher 2, Red Kite 3, Teal 1, Common Tern c20 |
| 15th | *GARGANEY* 1 still, Little Egret 10, Little Grebe 14, Common Sandpiper 4 (ET), Raven 6, Hobby 1 |
| 14th | *BLACK-TAILED GODWIT* 1, the 24th of 2022 (CMH), *GARGANEY* 1 still (CMH), LITTLE RINGED PLOVER 1 (CMH), Little Egret 12, Little Grebe 12, Hobby 2, Common Sandpiper 1, Oystercatcher 1, Teal 3, Raven 4, Pochard 3, Red Kite 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Yellow Wagtail 1 |
| 13th | *BLACK-TAILED GODWIT* 10 this evening, 23 in total for 2022 (CMH), *GARGANEY* still this AM (CMH), Hobby 2, Common Sandpiper 2, Lapwing 17, Yellow Wagtail 1, Little Egret 7, Little Grebe 8, Teal 3, Wigeon 1, Kingfisher 1
 | | Black-tailed Godwits (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 12th | *GARGANEY* 1 at the edge of Blowers Lodge Bay this PM, the 2nd of 2022 (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 early AM (CMH), HOBBY 1 ringed this AM, the first ever at the site (SRG), Common Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 7, Teal 4, Wigeon 1
 | | Yellow-legged Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
 | | Hobby - the first ever to be ringed at Stanford (SRG) |
 | | Hobby - the first ever to be ringed at Stanford (SRG) |
 | | Garganey (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 11th | OSPREY 1 (PDH), Little Egret 3, Wigeon 1, Teal 2, Oystercatcher 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Lapwing 14, Kingfisher 1, Great Crested Grebe first young of 2022, Tufted Duck 1 with 5 ducklings still |
| 10th | *BLACK-TAILED GODWIT* 2 on the dam until late afternoon at least, 13 in total for 2022 (CMH), Little Egret 10 including a group of 9 that flew in together (M Townsend), Common Sandpiper 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Hobby 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Kingfisher 1, Raven 2, Oystercatcher 2, Red Kite 2, Mute Swan 120, Tufted Duck 1 female with 5 young still
 | | Black-tailed Godwits (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 9th | *BLACK-TAILED GODWIT* 7 in total today (1 this AM, 2 on the dam and another 4 at the point late PM), a total of 11 for 2022 so far (CMH), Little Egret 2, Common Sandpiper 3, Teal 2, Cetti's Warbler 3, Little Grebe 1 juvenile, Kingfisher 1, Grey Heron 6
 | | Black-tailed Godwit (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 8th | OSPREY 1 for around 5 minutes this evening (CMH), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 reeling this AM near box 24 (M Townsend/CMH), Common Sandpiper 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Teal 2, Tufted Duck 1 with 5 ducklings, Little Egret 1
(No sound of the Common Quail this AM) |
| 7th | **COMMON QUAIL** 1 singing briefly this AM on the Leicestershire side of the reservoir, the first since 2014 (CMH) - recording posted on the twitter feed, *BLACK-TAILED GODWIT* 1 briefly this AM before flying SW, the 4th of 2022 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 4, Little Egret 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Tufted Duck 1 with 5 ducklings, Lapwing 2, Wigeon 1, Teal 2, Hobby 1, Kingfisher 1
 | | Black-tailed Godwit (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 6th | LITTLE RINGED PLOVER 1 early AM (CMH), Little Egret 2, CUCKOO 1, Green Woodpecker 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Common Sandpiper 3, Yellow Wagtail 1, Wigeon 1, Teal 2, Shoveler 1, Hobby 2 |
| 5th | *REDSHANK* 12 on the dam this evening, presumably the same birds as Sunday (CMH), Common Sandpiper 4, Hobby 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Teal 3, GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 2, Yellow Wagtail 1 ringed this AM, the first of 2022 (SRG)
 | | 12 Redshank on the dam (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 4th | CURLEW 1 SW this AM (CMH), Common Sandpiper 7 on the dam (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Little Egret 4, Teal 2, Tufted Duck 1 with 7 ducklings, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Cetti's Warbler 3, Oystercatcher 4, Hobby 1 |
| 3rd | *REDSHANK* 13 in total. 1 this AM and 12 more dropped in early evening and stayed around an hour. This is a new site record for this species (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1 (CMH), CUCKOO 1 (CB), Little Egret 3, Cetti's Warbler 4, Tufted Duck 1 female for 7 ducklings (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 2, Pochard 1, Shoveler 1, Teal 2, Common Tern still several pairs with at least 10 young (CMH), Lesser Whitethroat 1, Hobby 2, Oystercatcher 2, Kingfisher 1
 | | Redshank (Chris Hubbard) |
 | | 12 Redshank from this evening (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 2nd | Oystercatcher 2, Hobby 2, Swift c60, Pochard 1 male, Red Kite 1, Common Tern 8 on the dam early evening, Wigeon 1, KINGFISHER 1 juvenile ringed this AM (SRG)
 | | Juvenile Kingfisher (SRG) |
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| 1st | Wigeon 1, Swift c20, Little Grebe 1 juvenile
As at the half year point the overall site list for 2022 stands at 131 species (excluding Ruddy Shelduck and White-tailed Eagle) |
June
| 26th | Hobby 3, Lapwing 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Red Kite 3, Mistle Thrush 1, Green Woodpecker 1
Marbled White butterfly 1, the first of 2022 (S&MW)
 | | Red Kite (Dan March) |
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| 24th | Pied Wagtail c12, Oystercatcher 2, Black-headed Gull 2 juveniles, Shoveler 2, CUCKOO 1 female, Little Egret 1, Lesser Whitethroat 2 |
| 23rd | CUCKOO 2, Wigeon 1, Shoveler 1, Teal 2, Gadwall 1 adult with 6 young, Little Egret 2, Cetti's Warbler 3, Black-headed Gull 3 juveniles |
| 22nd | CUCKOO 1, Little Grebe 1, Raven 3, Little Egret 2, Cetti's Warbler 3, Shoveler 2, Wigeon 1, Teal 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, Lapwing 2, Oystercatcher 2, Mistle Thrush 1, Black-headed Gull 4 juveniles |
| 21st | OSPREY 1 briefly at 13.00 (CMH), Little Egret 1, Mute Swan c110, Teal 1, Shoveler 1, Wigeon 1, CUCKOO 1, Barn Owl 1, Cetti's Warbler 3
 | | Osprey (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 20th | CUCKOO 1 female, Gadwall 1 female with 6 young, Yellow Wagtail 2, Wigeon 1, Shoveler 3, Raven 5, Cetti's Warbler 3, Swift c40, Black-headed Gull 1 juvenile, Little Egret 1, Teal 1, Lapwing 2 |
| 19th | Common Snipe 1 briefly this AM (CMH), CUCKOO 1, Oystercatcher 2, Hobby 4 (SCN), Shoveler 2, Teal 1, Wigeon 1, Cetti's Warbler 4, Little Egret 1, Swift c60, Gadwall 1 with a single duckling, Barn Owl 1 |
| 18th | Oystercatcher 1, Hobby 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, CUCKOO 1, Wigeon 1, Shoveler 2, Teal 1, Swift c100, Little Egret 1 |
| 17th | Hobby 1, CUCKOO 2, Wigeon 1, Shoveler 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Teal 1, Oystercatcher 2 |
| 16th | OSPREY 1 (SCN), Barn Owl 1, Shoveler 2, Teal 1, Wigeon 1, Oystercatcher 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Lesser Black-backed Gull 17 west (CMH), Gadwall 1 female with 5 ducklings (SCN), Little Grebe 2 including 1 juvenile |
| 15th | *BLACK-TAILED GODWIT* 3 of the nominate race limosa which are much rarer than icelandica in Northamptonshire / Leicestershire. Present from lunchtime until 15.35 at least, the first of 2022 (CMH), Oystercatcher 2, Wigeon 1, Pochard 3, CUCKOO 1
 | | Black-tailed Godwits (Chris Hubbard) |
 | | Black-tailed Godwit (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 14th | Shoveler 2, Wigeon 1, Pochard 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Kingfisher 1 |
| 13th | *ARCTIC TERN* 1 first-summer this evening (CMH), Shelduck 1, Pochard 2 drakes, Hobby 1, CUCKOO 2, Mistle Thrush 3, Cetti's Warbler 3, Wigeon 1, Oystercatcher 2, Barn Owl 1, Raven 4, Grey Heron 3 including 2 juveniles (CMH), Swift c60
 | | Arctic Tern (Chris Hubbard) |
 | | Arctic Tern (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 12th | Hobby 1, CUCKOO 2 (S&MW), Hobby 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Pochard 2, Oystercatcher 2, Wigeon 1
Large Skipper, Painted Lady (S&MW) |
| 11th | CUCKOO 2, Hobby 3, Cetti's Warbler 2, Shelduck 1, Pochard 2, Yellow Wagtail 2 |
| 10th | CUCKOO 1, Wigeon 1, Pochard 1 drake, Hobby 2, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Nuthatch 1, Oystercatcher 2, SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 this evening, the first of 2022 (SCN) |
| 9th | CUCKOO 1, Barn Owl 1, Hobby 1, Oystercatcher 2, Mute Swan 115, Wigeon 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Shelduck 1 |
| 8th | CUCKOO 1, Hobby 1, Oystercatcher 2, Wigeon 1 |
| 7th | Cetti's Warbler 3, CUCKOO 3, Little Egret 1, Lapwing 2, Kestrel 2, Buzzard 4, Red Kite 2, Common Tern c13, Barn Owl 1, Wigeon 1 |
| 5th | CUCKOO 1, Swift c100, Wigeon 1, Little Egret 2, Cetti's Warbler 3, Mistle Thrush 3, Red Kite 6, Yellow Wagtail 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Sparrowhawk 1 |
| 4th | CUCKOO 1, Swift c70, Wigeon 1, Little Egret 1, Hobby 1 |
| 3rd | CUCKOO 1, Wigeon 1, Greylag Goose c125, Cetti's Warbler 3, Little Egret 2, Black-headed Gull 6 including a colour-ringed bird (blue 2CCN) which we are waiting for information on (CMH) |
| 2nd | OSPREY 1 seen twice this AM (M Townsend), GREAT EGRET 1 towards Stanford Hall (M Townsend), CUCKOO 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Wigeon 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Tree Sparrow 1 on Leicestershire feeders, Nuthatch 1
Otter 3 this AM (CMH) |
| 1st | CUCKOO 1, Hobby 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Swift c60 |
May
| 31st | CUCKOO 2, Cetti's Warbler 3, SHELDUCK 6 (CMH), Wigeon 1, Little Egret 1, Hobby 1, Swift c80, Oystercatcher 1 |
| 30th | *BLACK TERN* 1 this AM and still present this evening, the first of 2022 (PDH), CUCKOO 3, Wigeon 1, SHELDUCK 2, Swift c60, Cetti's Warbler 3, Little Egret 2, Tree Sparrow 2 on the Leicester feeders
 | | Black Tern - the first of 2022 (Chris Hubbard) |
 | | Black Tern (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 29th | Wigeon 1, Common Tern 17 including a new colour-ringed bird, U19 (SCN), Oystercatcher 1 |
| 28th | Barn Owl 1, SHELDUCK 2, Wigeon 1 |
| 27th | SHELDUCK 2 (PDH), Swift c30 |
| 26th | Hobby 1, Swift c50, Wigeon 1, Mute Swan 93, CUCKOO 1 |
| 25th | CUCKOO 2, Swift 25, Wigeon 1 |
| 24th | CUCKOO 3, Wigeon 1, SHELDUCK 1, Tree Sparrow 1 on the Leicestershire feeders, Oystercatcher 1, Cetti's Warbler 2 |
| 23rd | CUCKOO 2, Wigeon 1, SHELDUCK 2, Red Kite 5, Cetti's Warbler 3, Mute Swan 59
 | | Barn Owl image taken recently by Paul Bunyard |
 | | Barn Owl image taken recently by Paul Bunyard |
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| 22nd | Oystercatcher 1, CUCKOO 2, Hobby 1, Wigeon 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Cetti's Warbler 3, Swift 3
Butterflies - Common Blue, Brown Argus, Painted Lady (S&MW) |
| 21st | CUCKOO 3, Hobby 1, Red Kite 12, Buzzard 11, Kestrel 3, , Black-headed Gull 4, Wigeon 1, Cetti's Warbler 3 |
| 20th | CUCKOO 2, Wigeon 1, Cetti's Warbler 3, Pochard 2, Red Kite 10, Buzzard 10, Hobby 1, Common Tern 14 |
| 19th | CUCKOO 3, Common Sandpiper 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Common Tern 14, Wigeon 1 |
| 18th | Red Kite 1, Hobby 1, Little Egret 1, Wigeon 1, Common Tern 1 with blue colour ring U21. Ringed at Watermead Country Park by Andy Smith on 27th June 2018. Also seen in Oxfordshire in July 2021 (SCN) |
| 17th | CUCKOO 2, Wigeon 1, Cetti's Warbler 3
OTTER - 4 this morning (CMH) |
| 16th | Common Sandpiper 1, CUCKOO 2, Common Tern 12, Cetti's Warbler 3, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Red Kite 1, Buzzard 3, Oystercatcher 1, Little Egret 1, Wigeon 1, Shoveler 1, Barn Owl 1 |
| 15th | CUCKOO 2, Common Sandpiper 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Cetti's Warbler 3, Common Tern 14, Hobby 1 |
| 14th | Common Sandpiper 1, Hobby 1, CUCKOO 2, Common Tern 10, Yellow Wagtail 1, Cetti's Warbler 3 |
| 13th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 2 males on the dam (CMH), CUCKOO 3 (CMH/CB), Hobby 2
 | | Red-crested Pochard (Chris Hubbard) |
 | Red-crested Pochard (Chris Hubbard)
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| 12th | *GREENSHANK* 1 on the dam this evening for 15 minutes before flying SW, the 2nd of 2022 (CMH), LITTLE RINGED PLOVER 1 on the dam, the 3rd of 2022 (CMH), DUNLIN 1 on the dam early morning, the 6th record of 2022 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 1, Swift c100 this evening (CMH), Shelduck 4 (CMH), WHINCHAT 1 (CMH), Cuckoo 2 (male and female), Lesser Whitethroat 2, Yellow Wagtail 1, Cetti's Warbler 3, Wigeon 1, Common Tern 8, Hobby 2
 | | Dunlin (Chris Hubbard) |
 | | Greenshank and Little Ringed Plover (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 11th | CUCKOO 2 (male and female), Wigeon 1, Common Tern 7, Hobby 2, Swift 7, Sparrowhawk 1, Red Kite 1 |
| 10th | Common Sandpiper 2, DUNLIN 1 flew west (CMH), Common Tern 12, Wigeon 1, Swift 25 Little Egret 1, Hobby 3 |
| 9th | Wigeon 1, CUCKOO 1 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 5, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Hobby 2 |
| 8th | Shelduck 1 flew east (CMH), CUCKOO 1 (CMH), Lesser Whitethroat 2, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1, Wigeon 1, Yellow Wagtail 5, Common Tern 11, Hobby 3 (S&MW), Sparrowhawk 1, Cetti's Warbler 6, Grey Wagtail 2
OTTER 3 early AM (J Raven & G Hood) |
| 7th | ARCTIC TERN 22, a group of 17 and 5 (CMH), CUCKOO 1 (CMH), Common Tern 7, Wigeon 1, Hobby 2, Garden Warbler at least 8 singing |
| 6th | Common Sandpiper 2, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Common Tern 8, Hobby 1 |
| 5th | WHINCHAT 2 this AM and 1 still present this evening, the first of 2022 (CMH), RINGED PLOVER 1 on the dam this evening, the first of 2022 (CMH), CUCKOO 1 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 2, Common Tern 8, Garden Warbler at least 9 singing, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Hobby 2
 | | Ringed Plover (Chris Hubbard) |
 | | Whinchat - male and female (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 4th | CUCKOO 1, COMMON SANDPIPER 2 (CMH), EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1 (CMH), Wigeon 1, Common Tern 7, Cetti's Warbler 3, Yellow Wagtail 1, Little Egret 3, Swift 4, Lesser Whitethroat 3
 | | Common Tern (Steven Wright) |
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| 3rd | CUCKOO 1 (CMH), DUNLIN 2 on the dam all day (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 5, Swift 5, Wigeon 1, Kingfisher 1, Red Kite 2
 | | Dunlin (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 2nd | ARCTIC TERN 14 briefly this AM, a group of 13 arrived before flying NE and a single bird lingered for 10 mins before departing (CMH), MARSH HARRIER 1 seen twice in Blowers Lodge Bay (PDH), FIELDFARE 1 late bird at the point (M Townsend), CUCKOO 2 (CMH), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (SRG), Common Sandpiper 2, Common Tern 4, Yellow Wagtail 15, Barn Owl 1
 | | Cuckoo (Chris Hubbard) |
 | | Marsh Harrier record shot (Peter Dillon-Hooper) |
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| 1st | COMMON SANDPIPER 4 (CMH), Common Tern 13 (CMH), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 15, Garden Warbler 3, Oystercatcher 3, Lesser Whitethroat 1, WHITE WAGTAIL 1 (SCN), Swift 1, WHEATEAR 1 (CB), Tern species 22 flew very high NW, possibly Arctic, but not confirmed (SCN) |
April
| 30th | SHELDUCK 4, the 2nd record of 2022 (CMH), CUCKOO 1 (GB), EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1 (GB/CMH), Yellow Wagtail 8, Common Tern 3, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2, Kingfisher 1 |
| 29th | CUCKOO 1 (CMH), WHITE WAGTAIL 1 on the dam early AM (PDH/CMH), Garden Warbler 4, Swallow c200, Wigeon 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, Cetti's Warbler 1 , Sparrowhawk 1, Common Gull 11, Black-headed Gull 6, Common Tern 1, CURLEW 2 flew east (PDH), Yellow Wagtail 10, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1, Kingfisher 1
 | | Sparrowhawk (Peter Dillon-Hooper) |
 | | White Wagtail (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 28th | ARCTIC TERN 1, the first of 2022 (CMH), Common Gull 1, Black-headed Gull 14, Swift 2, Swallow c200 (CMH), CUCKOO 1 (CMH), Shoveler 2, Wigeon 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Oystercatcher 2 |
| 27th | HOBBY 2 (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 10, Oystercatcher 2, Swift 1, CUCKOO 1 (CMH), Wigeon 1, Goldeneye 3, Red Kite 2, Buzzard 2, Shoveler 1 |
| 26th | CUCKOO 1 (CMH), Goldeneye 3, Wigeon 1, Garden Warbler 1, Kingfisher 1, Common Tern 2, Teal 2, Oystercatcher 2, Yellow Wagtail 24 (SCN) |
| 25th | HOBBY 2, the first of 2022 (R Cross), Yellow Wagtail 24 (CMH), CUCKOO 1 (CMH), Goldeneye 3, Wigeon 1 |
| 24th | CUCKOO 1 (CB), Lesser Whitethroat 4, Little Egret 1, Meadow Pipit 1, Lapwing 2, Canada Goose 7, Raven 2, Red-legged Partridge 2, Goldeneye 2, Grey Wagtail 1, Kingfisher 2, Yellow Wagtail 8 |
| 23rd | GARDEN WARBLER 1, the first of 2022 (M Townsend), SWIFT 1, the first of 2022 (R Cross), CUCKOO 2 (R Cross), Teal 2, Oystercatcher 2, Red Kite 1, |
| 22nd | CUCKOO 1 (CMH/PDH), OSPREY 1 (PDH), Yellow Wagtail 2, COMMON SANDPIPER 1, the first of 2022 (PDH/CMH), Lesser Whitethroat 1, GRASHOPPER WARBLER 2 (PDH), Common Tern 1, Grey Wagtail 1
 | | Grey Wagtail (Fritz Graves) |
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| 21st | CUCKOO 1 (B&F Graves), Yellow Wagtail 15, Red Kite 4, LESSER WHITETHROAT 1, Reed Warbler 4, Cetti's Warbler at least 3, Greylag Goose 2 with 2 young, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CMH) |
| 20th | CUCKOO 1, the first of 2022 (CMH), OSPREY 1 this evening, the first of 2022 (MJ/CMH), MARSH HARRIER 1 this evening, the 2nd of 2022 (CMH/MJ), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CMH), MANDARIN 1 drake flew over the dam this evening (CMH), LESSER WHITETHROAT 2, Yellow Wagtail 11, Oystercatcher 1, Peregrine 1 (B&F Graves), (No sign of the Garganey this AM)
 | | Osprey (Matt Jackson) |
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| 19th | *GARGANEY* 1 drake this morning, the first since 2019 (CMH) and also present early evening (CMH), MANDARIN 1 drake this morning, the first of 2022 (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1, Oystercatcher 3, Yellow Wagtail 10, Barn Owl 1
 | | Mandarin (Chris Hubbard) |
 | | Garganey (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 18th | GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2 reeling (CMH/PDH/MT), Green Sandpiper 1, Oystercatcher 1, Lesser Whitethroat 2 ringed, the first of 2022 (SRG), Reed Warbler 1, Cetti's Warbler 4, Yellow Wagtail 1
 | | Lesser Whitethroat, the first of 2022 (SRG) |
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| 17th | **WHITE-TAILED EAGLE** 1 still having roosted (CMH/CB/I Merrill), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 3 this AM (CMH/CB), MARSH HARRIER 1 briefly, Reed Warbler 1, Oystercatcher 2
 | | Grasshopper Warbler (SRG) |
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| 16th | **WHITE-TAILED EAGLE** 1 2CY female G819 from the reintroduction scheme flew over the dam late PM and settled in trees on the Leicestershire side (CMH/A Homer), Reed Warbler 1 the first of 2022, Grasshopper Warbler 1 ringed, the first of 2022, Green Sandpiper 1 (CMH), Yellow Wagtail c15, Egyptian Goose 1
 | | White-tailed Eagle (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 15th | Cetti's Warbler 4, Sedge Warbler 10, Swallow 2, Shoveler 5, Curlew 1 heard (GB), Barn Owl 1, Little Egret 1, WHEATEAR 1 (CMH)
 | | Sedge Warbler (Mark Healey) |
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| 14th | LITTLE RINGED PLOVER 1 flew over east, calling (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 13, Cetti's Warbler 1 ringed this AM, the 100th to be ringed at the site (SRG), Whitethroat c5, Sedge Warbler c6, WHEATEAR 1 (J Lambert) |
| 13th | GREENSHANK 1 fly through east, the first of 2022 (CMH), Common Whitethroat 1, the first of 2022 (CB), Sedge Warbler 1, the first of 2022 (CB), Barn Owl 1, Yellow Wagtail c16 (DM), Red Kite 3, Willow Warbler 3, Cetti's Warbler 3, Oystercatcher 2 |
| 12th | WHIMBREL 1 fly through, the first of 2022 (CMH), COMMON TERN 2, the first of 2022 (CMH), REDSHANK 1, the first of 2022 (CMH), WHEATEAR 1 this evening, the first of 2022 (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 9, Snipe 1, Willow Warbler 3, Common Gull 23, Sand Martin c30, Shoveler 7
 | | Wheatear (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 11th | WILLOW WARBLER 2, the first of 2022 (CMH), YELLOW WAGTAIL 2, the first of 2022 (SCN/CMH), HOUSE MARTIN 4, the first of 2022 (CMH/SCN), Peregrine 1, Red Kite 2, Common Gull 2, Shoveler 7, Lesser Redpoll 1
 | | Yellow Wagtail (Chris Hubbard) |
 | | Yellow Wagtail ( S Nichols) |
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| 10th | Goldeneye 7, Wigeon 1, Shoveler 8, Red Kite 1, Tree Sparrow 10, Cetti's Warbler 4, Grey Wagtail 3, Linnet 7, Little Egret 1, Lapwing 6, Blackcap 8, |
| 9th | EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1 (CMH), Blackcap 8, Cetti's Warbler 4, Little Egret 1, Shoveler 8, Teal 4 |
| 8th | Lesser Redpoll 2, Blackcap c10 (PDH/CMH), Lapwing 4, Oystercatcher 2, Goldeneye 11, Shoveler 7, Peregrine 1 (PDH), Little Egret 2, Cetti's Warbler 6, Sand Martin 2 |
| 7th | Swallow 7, Sand Martin 1, Little Egret 2, Goldeneye 1, Red Kite 2, Redwing 1
 | | Redwing (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 5th | Shoveler 1, Goldeneye 1, Tree Sparrow c13 |
| 4th | Swallow 1, Goosander 1, Cetti's Warbler 9, Shoveler 2, Wigeon 3, Goldeneye 11, Lesser Redpoll 1 |
| 3rd | Red Kite 7, Buzzard 6, Raven 2, Tree Sparrow c20, Snipe 5, Kingfisher 1, Little Egret 1, Goldeneye 9, Shoveler 10, Wigeon 85, Pochard 1, Lesser Redpoll 2, Cetti's Warbler 1 |
| 2nd | Shoveler 8, Cetti's Warbler 2, Goldeneye 13, Shoveler 13, Wigeon 26, Pochard 2, Grey Wagtail 3, Little Egret 1 |
March
| 31st | Goldeneye 11, Shoveler 7, Teal 3, Wigeon 1, Pochard 4, Little Egret 1, Redwing 10
The overall species count for 2022 at the end of the first quarter is 103 (excluding Ruddy Shelduck and White-tailed Eagle) |
| 30th | Oystercatcher 1, Red Kite 1, Cetti's Warbler 3 |
| 29th | LITTLE RINGED PLOVER 1 the first at the site since 2020 (CMH), SWALLOW 1 around the dam, the first of 2022 (CMH), Little Egret 1
 | | Little Ringed Plover, the first since 2020 (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 28th | **WHITE-TAILED EAGLE** 1, a 2nd CY male from the Isle of Wight re-introduction programme passed over the reservoir at 14.40 today at a height of 279 metres. It flew 150km from Staffs to near Luton and was still flying at 17.55. Maps below indicate the route this majestic bird took (information kindly provided by Tim Mackrill), Cetti's Warbler upto 10 on site currently, Raven 24, Wigeon 37, Shoveler 2, Teal 2, BLACKCAP 1, the first of 2022 (PDH), Lapwing 2, Water Rail 1, Snipe 1, Oystercatcher 1
 | | Route of G818, White-tailed Eagle across the reservoir (courtesy of Tim Mackrill) |
 | | Route of G818 as it headed south-east (courtesy of Tim Mackrill) |
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| 27th | GREAT EGRET 1 (GB), Barn Owl 1 (CB), Raven 20 (SCN), Goldeneye 15 |
| 26th | JACK SNIPE 1 with 3 Common Snipe this AM, the first of 2022 (M Townsend), Little Egret 2, Raven 14 feeding on sheep carcass (CMH) |
| 25th | Little Egret 3, Oystercatcher 2, Raven 12 feeding on sheep carcass (PDH), Cetti's Warbler c7 (PDH), Goosander 2, Peregrine 1 (CMH), Water Rail 2 |
| 24th | Goosander 2, Fieldfare c20, Redwing c5 |
| 23rd | Pochard 2, Shoveler 4, Tree Sparrow 4, Wigeon 1 |
| 22nd | Pochard 1 with blue nasal saddle H9H, ringed in France in 2016 (CMH), Sand Martin 2 early AM (CMH), BRAMBLING 2 on Northants feeders (CMH), Water Rail 2, Cetti's Warbler 4, Oystercatcher 1, Shoveler 16, Teal 1, Red Kite 2
 | | Pochard with blue nasal saddle H9H - ringed in France in 2016 (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 21st | GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Goosander 2, Little Egret 3, Wigeon 110 |
| 20th | CURLEW 1 early AM (CMH), Oystercatcher 1, Lapwing 4, Shoveler 13, Little Egret 1, Water Rail 2, Cetti's Warbler 4, Goosander 3, Chiffchaff 5, Teal 6, Buzzard 4, Red Kite 1, Siskin 7, Lesser Redpoll 1, Gadwall 12, Tufted Duck 110, Coot 64, Wigeon 8, Greylag Goose 25, Mallard 30, Kingfisher 2, Moorhen 6 |
| 19th | SAND MARTIN 2, the first of 2022 (M Townsend), Shoveler 12, Little Egret 3, Cetti's Warbler 4, Red Kite 6, Grey Heron 4, BRAMBLING 2, Goosander 1, Oystercatcher 1, Lapwing 4, Shelduck 1 female (B&FG) |
| 18th | Wigeon 116, Teal 7, Grey Heron 6, Buzzard 5, Goosander 1 |
| 17th | Oystercatcher 2, Goosander 3, Shoveler 53, GREAT EGRET 1 (B&FG), Little Egret 2, Little Grebe 1, Reed Bunting 4, Chiffchaff 6, Buzzard 6, Kestrel 2, Red Kite 1 |
| 16th | GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Shoveler 48, Little Egret 2, Goosander 2, Kingfisher 1, Oystercatcher 1, Cetti's Warbler 3, Water Rail 1 |
| 15th | GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Shoveler 48, Little Egret 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Kingfisher 1, Goosander 3, Water Rail 1 |
| 14th | GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Little Egret 1, Kingfisher 1, Shoveler 36, Cetti's Warbler 1, Chiffchaff 4, Oystercatcher 1, Goosander 2, Goldeneye 10 |
| 13th | DUNLIN 1 over the middle of the reservoir at 18.24 (CMH), CURLEW 1 early AM (CMH), GREAT EGRET 3 (CMH), Oystercatcher 1, Shoveler 30, Goosander 4, Little Egret 2, Kingfisher 1, Cetti's Warbler 3, Chiffchaff 1, Goldeneye c13, Kestrel 1, Linnet 7, Grey Heron 5 |
| 12th | WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 2 (CMH), Little Egret 2, Water Rail 2, Cetti's Warbler 3, Shoveler 39, Pochard 42, Red Kite 3, Chiffchaff 1, Goosander 4, Meadow Pipit 2 |
| 11th | GREAT EGRET 1 (PDH), Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Shoveler 36, Chiffchaff 1, Goosander 3, Kingfisher 1, Kestrel 2, Red Kite 1 |
| 10th | SHELDUCK 2, the first of 2022 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 4, Oystercatcher 1, Chiffchaff 1, Shoveler 30, Kingfisher 1, Goosander 3, Grey Heron 6 |
| 9th | WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 early morning (CMH), GREAT EGRET 2 (CMH), Goosander 4, Cetti's Warbler 2, Shoveler 37, Little Egret 2, Siskin 5, Water Rail 1, Goldeneye 35 at dusk, the highest count in the last two years at least (CMH)
 | | White-fronted Goose (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 8th | CASPIAN GULL 1 third-winter in the roost (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1 (CB), PEREGRINE 1 (CMH), Wigeon 196 at the dam end this evening (CMH), Red Kite 3, Grey Heron 6, Kingfisher 1
 | | Caspian Gull - record shots (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 7th | WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 still (B&FG/CMH), GREAT EGRET 2 (CMH), Shoveler 31, Goosander 8 (B&FG), Kingfisher 3, Raven 2, Little Egret 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Chiffchaff 1 in full song at the dam, Grey Wagtail 2 |
| 6th | WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 3 (CMH), Water Rail 3, Oystercatcher 1, Goosander 4, Shoveler 17, Little Egret 2, Kingfisher 1, Teal 6, Raven 1, Grey Wagtail 2 |
| 5th | WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 (CMH), MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 1 still (CMH), Wigeon 62, GREAT EGRET 1, Goosander 4, Kingfisher 1
 | | Pink-footed Goose (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 4th | PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 1 this AM, the first of 2022 (CMH), WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 this AM (CMH), GREAT EGRET 3 (PDH), CURLEW 1 (CMH), Collared Dove 1, the first of 2022, Teal 19, Goosander 5, Golden Plover c200 (PDH), Little Egret 1, Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Shoveler 11, Lesser Redpoll 1, Meadow Pipit 3, Grey Wagtail 2, Kingfisher 1
 | | White-fronted Geese (Chris Hubbard) |
 | | Pink-footed Goose, the first of 2022 (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 3rd | WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 at the settling pond end this AM (CMH), CURLEW 1 this AM (CMH), GREAT EGRET 3 (CMH), Little Egret 1, Cetti's Warbler 3, Goosander 7, Shoveler 16, Golden Plover c50, Chiffchaff 1, Wigeon 55, Water Rail 1, Kingfisher 2
 | | White-fronted Goose (Chris Hubbard) |
 | | Curlew (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 2nd | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 adult in the roost, the same bird as Monday (CMH), Common Gull c1000 in the roost (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1 over dam (CMH), Little Egret 2, Goosander 3 |
| 1st | Goosander 7, Golden Plover c150 |
February
| 28th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), CURLEW 1 over the dam heading west, the first of 2022 (CMH), BRAMBLING 6 (CMH), OYSTERCATCHER 2, Goosander 2, Shoveler 13, GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Fieldfare c100, Buzzard 1
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 1 at Stanford Hall, also GREAT EGRET and Shelduck (CMH) |
| 27th | GREAT EGRET 1 (S&MW), Goosander 8, Shoveler 13, Teal 2, Little Egret 1, Siskin 11, Lesser Redpoll 6 (S&MW), Mistle Thrush 1, PEREGRINE 1 (S&MW), Buzzard c5, Grey Heron 6, Meadow Pipit 4, Cetti's Warbler 1, Red Kite 4, Sparrowhawk 1, Grey Wagtail 2, Little Grebe 1
 | | Siskin (Chris Hubbard) |
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 still at Stanford Hall (SCN) |
| 26th | Goosander 5 (2 drakes), Goldeneye 21, Red Kite 5, Grey Heron 4, Little Egret 1, BRAMBLING 1, Lapwing 8
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 still at Stanford Hall (CMH)
 | | Goosander (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 25th | Chiffchaff 1, Goosander 3
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 still at Stanford Hall (CMH)
A FELLOW BIRDER HAS CONTACTED ME TODAY TO SAY THAT HE LOST HIS WEDDING RING AT THE RESERVOIR YESTERDAY. IF ANYONE FINDS IT (PLAIN GOLD WEDDING BAND) CAN YOU LET ME KNOW AND WE WILL GET IT BACK TO HIM. |
| 24th | YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 third-winter in the roost (CMH), DUNLIN 1, the first of 2022 in Blowers Lodge Bay briefly (CMH/D Hicklin), Little Egret 1, Golden Plover c130 again, OYSTERCATCHER 1, Chiffchaff 1  | Yellow-legged Gull flight shote (Chris Hubbard)
|
|
| 23rd | YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 third-winter in the roost (CMH), Golden Plover c130, Goldeneye 26, Wigeon c100, Little Egret 1 |
| 22nd | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 adult in the roost - a new bird (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 third-winter again (CMH)
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 still at Stanford Hall (CMH/Alan Herbert)
 | | Mediterranean Gull record shots (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 21st | CASPIAN GULL 1 second-winter in the roost this evening (CMH), Wigeon c170, OYSTERCATCHER 1 on the dam |
| 20th | Goosander 6, Gadwall 33, Tufted Duck 111, Pochard 53, Wigeon 40, Little Grebe 1, Grey Heron 4, Coot 139, Goldeneye 14, Little Egret 1, Cormorant 21, Golden Plover 55, Lapwing 8, Water Rail 1, Kingfisher 1, Little Egret 1, Mallard 48, Buzzard 5, Red Kite 3, Greylag Goose 129, Canada Goose 13, Meadow Pipit 2, Mute Swan 29, Chiffchaff 1, Tawny Owl 1
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 still at Stanford Hall (CMH) |
| 19th | OYSTERCATCHER 1 on the dam (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 third-winter in the roost (IB/CMH), GREAT EGRET 1 (IB/CMH), Meadow Pipit 4, Water Rail 1, Little Egret, 1 Goosander 1, Lesser Redpoll 3, Siskin 1, Red Kite 3, Tree Sparrow 3 around the Leicestershire feeders (CMH)
 | | Yellow-legged Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 18th | CASPIAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), Golden Plover 53, Lesser Black-backed Gull c210 in the roost (CMH) |
| 17th | YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 third-winter in the roost this evening (IB/CMH), Goosander 2, GREAT EGRET 1 (PDH), Chiffchaff 1
 | | Yellow-legged Gull (I Bartlett) |
 | | Yellow-legged Gull (C Hubbard) |
|
| 16th | CASPIAN GULL 1 first-winter in the roost (IB/CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 third-winter in the roost (IB/CMH), Goosander 2
 | | Record shots of the Caspian Gull in very poor conditions (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 15th | Goosander 5, Goldeneye 20, Chiffchaff 2, Kingfisher 1, Red Kite 3
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 still at Stanford Hall (CMH) |
| 14th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), Goosander 3, Shoveler 4 |
| 13th | GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Goosander 5, Pochard 71, Gadwall 70, Little Grebe 2, Kingfisher 2, Red Kite 4, Chiffchaff 1, Shoveler 1, Red-legged Partridge 4
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 still at Stanford Hall (CB) |
| 12th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 2 adults in the roost (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Wigeon 146, Goosander 5, Chiffchaff 1, Little Egret 1, Red-legged Partridge 6 |
| 11th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), WOODCOCK 1 over the inflow car park at dusk (CMH), GREAT EGRET 2 (CMH), Kingfisher 1, Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Goosander 3, Tree Sparrow 4 on the Leicestershire side near the feeders, well away from their normal area (CMH), Little Egret 2
 | | Mediterranean Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 10th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 adult in the roost, the first of 2022 (CMH), OYSTERCATCHER 1 on the dam, the first of 2022 (CMH), Goosander 6, Goldeneye 26, Shoveler 5, Little Egret 1
 | | Mediterranean Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 9th | GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Goosander 1
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 still at Stanford Hall (CMH) |
| 8th | Goldeneye 24 (CMH), Chiffchaff 1, Goosander 5 (CMH) |
| 7th | CASPIAN GULL 2 in the roost this evening (CMH), GREAT EGRET 3 (PDH), Goosander 7 (3 drakes), Chiffchaff 2, Siskin c20, Meadow Pipit 13 on the dam, Kingfisher 2 |
| 6th | CASPIAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (IB), Goldeneye 24 (SCN), Goosander 5 (IB), Red Kite 1, Gadwall 71 (SCN), Little Grebe 2 |
| 5th | BRAMBLING 4 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 2, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 in the roost (CMH/IB), Little Grebe 1
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 still at Stanford Hall (CMH) |
| 4th | CASPIAN GULL 1 third-winter this evening (IB/CMH), Chiffchaff 1, Little Egret 2 |
| 3rd | BRAMBLING 10 (D Cox), Little Egret 1, Shoveler 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Water Rail 2, Raven 3, Lesser Redpoll 3
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 still at Stanford Hall (CMH) |
| 2nd | Goosander 1, Goldeneye 14, BRAMBLING 4, Raven 3, Chiffchaff 1, Kingfisher 1
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 still at Stanford Hall (SCN) |
| 1st | Kingfisher 1, Little Egret 2, BRAMBLING 2, Raven 3, GREAT EGRET 1
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 still at Stanford Hall (CMH) |
January
| 31st | CASPIAN GULL 1 first-winter in the roost this evening (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 2 in the roost (CMH), BRAMBLING 6 (CMH), Little Egret 1, Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Wigeon 161 (CMH), Chiffchaff 1, Goosander 2
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 still at Stanford Hall (SCN)
 | | Caspian Gull, First-winter (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 30th | YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 4 in the roost, a sub-adult and 3 adults (IB/CMH), BRAMBLING 12 ringed this AM (SRG), GREAT EGRET 1, Water Rail 1, Barn Owl 1, Gadwall 97
 | | Brambling (Stanford Ringing Group) |
|
| 29th | CASPIAN GULL 1 second-winter in the roost this evening (IB/CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 3, Water Rail 2, Lapwing c250, Goldeneye 16 |
| 28th | BRAMBLING 20 (PDH), Water Rail 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Barn Owl 1, Kingfisher 1, Lapwing 3, Little Egret 1
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 opposite Stanford Hall - Northants (PDH/CMH)
WHY NOT TAKE A LOOK AT THE STANFORD RINGING GROUP ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2021 - GO TO THE MAIN AREA ON THE WEBSITE AND THERE IS A LINK UNDER "RECENT NEWS"AND CLICK ON "2021"
 | | Brambling and Nuthatch (Peter Dillon-Hooper) |
|
| 27th | RUDDY SHELDUCK 1 female late PM, the first since 2019 (CMH), BRAMBLING 5 (CMH), GREAT EGRET , Siskin 4, Goosander 2, Greenfinch 1, Nuthatch 1
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 still at Stanford Hall (CMH)
 | | White-fronted Goose (Chris Hubbard) |
 | | Ruddy Shelduck (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 26th | BRAMBLING 8 (per D Hicklin), Cetti's Warbler 2, Barn Owl 1, Lapwing 6, Raven 3, Jay 1
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 still at Stanford Hall (D Hicklin) |
| 25th | Goosander 2, Siskin 5, Grey Wagtail 2, Jay 4, Red Kite 1 |
| 24th | Common Gull a minimum of 1600 in the roost (CMH), Goosander 3, Siskin 23, Kingfisher 1, Raven 6, Chaffinch c50, Raven 6, Chiffchaff 1, BRAMBLING 1 ringed this AM (SRG) |
| 23rd | CASPIAN GULL 1 third-winter briefly this AM (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 3, Water Rail 3, Tufted Duck 171, Coot 247, Little Egret 1, Gadwall 89, Siskin c25, Grey Wagtail 3, Lesser Redpoll 1, Kingfisher 2, Goldeneye 15, Green Sandpiper 1, Chiffchaff 1, Buzzard 2, Sparrowhawk 1, Red Kite 1, Pochard 40, Wigeon 32, Greylag Goose 134, Canada Goose 53, Mute Swan 54, Little Grebe 1, Treecreeper 4, Meadow Pipit 3, Jay 3, Raven 5, Bullfinch 6 |
| 22nd | YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 2 in the roost (IB), Goosander 9 (1 drake), Wigeon 259, late PM (CMH), Great Black-backed Gull 148, Little Egret 2, Siskin 6, Lesser Redpoll 3, PEREGRINE 1, Buzzard 3, Cetti's Warbler 1, Kingfisher 1 |
| 21st | WOODCOCK 1 over the Welford Road car park at 17.05 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1 (CB), Cetti's Warbler 1, Great Black-backed Gull 265 in the roost up from 235 at lunchtime (CMH), Herring Gull c300, Little Egret 2
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 still, Stanford Hall area (CMH) |
| 20th | YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), GREAT EGRET 2 (J Lambert), Great Black-backed Gull 150 in the roost before the late majority headed west (CMH), Goosander 5 this evening |
| 19th | Cetti's Warbler 1, Goosander 2, Barn Owl 1, Little Grebe 2
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 again in Stanford Hall (SCN/Neil Jarvis) |
| 18th | Goosander 12, CASPIAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH)
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 again opposite Stanford Hall (CMH)
 | | White-fronted Geese (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 17th | Goosander 5, Cetti's Warbler 1, GREAT EGRET 1, Snipe 1, Great Black-backed Gull 75 in the roost (CMH), Little Grebe 1, Water Rail 1
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 again at Stanford Hall (CMH) |
| 16th | Goosander 1, GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Buzzard 2, Red Kite 1, Kingfisher 1, Siskin 1, CASPIAN GULL 1 again this PM (SCN/CMH), Chiffchaff 1, Barn Owl 1, Little Grebe 1, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 2 late PM (CMH)
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 again at Stanford Hall (CMH)
 | | Caspian Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 15th | CASPIAN GULL 1 third-winter late PM the first of 2022 (CMH), Goosander 3, Little Egret 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Shoveler 7, Pochard 46, Barn Owl 1 (CMH), Raven 4, Chiffchaff 1, Snipe 1, Water Rail 2
 | | Caspian Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 14th | WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 seen twice this PM (CMH/B Morley), PEREGRINE 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Goosander 2, Raven 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Egret 1 |
| 13th | Goosander 4, Cetti's Warbler 1, Shoveler 2, Chiffchaff 2, Raven 8 |
| 12th | Green Sandpiper 1, Water Rail 1, Little Egret 1, Great Black-backed Gull 202 in the roost (CMH), Little Grebe 2, Lesser Redpoll 6, Teal 4, Shoveler 2, Goosander 2 |
| 11th | PINTAIL 3 (SCN), Chiffchaff 1, Teal 5 |
| 10th | WHITE FRONTED GOOSE 3 late PM (CMH), Great Black-backed Gull 148 in the roost (CMH), Goosander 3, Water Rail 1, Chiffchaff 1
 | | White Fronted Geese (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 9th | EGYPTIAN GOOSE 2 (CMH), Shoveler 9, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Egret 1, Siskin 10, Sparrowhawk 1, Kingfisher 1, Green Woodpecker 1, Goosander 9 this evening (CMH), Great Black-backed Gull 94 in the roost (CMH), Treecreeper 2, Great Spotted Woodpecker |
| 8th | WOODCOCK 1, the first of 2022, flushed by shooting party in the wood opposite the Leicestershire reedbed and landed along track around Keepers Lodge Bay (CMH), EGYPTIAN GOOSE 5 (DM/CMH), Goosander 2, Skylark 1, Gadwall 95, GREAT EGRET 1 (DM), Chiffchaff 1, Water Rail 2, Lesser Redpoll 1, Kingfisher 1, Little Grebe 2, Little Egret 2, Cetti's Warbler 1 |
| 7th | Cetti's Warbler 2, Water Rail 1, Kingfisher 1, Chiffchaff 3, Shoveler 7, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 3 (B&FG), Bullfinch 8, Canada goose 180, Greylag Goose 90, Long-tailed Tit 20, Lapwing 40, Goosander 3, Tawny Owl 1 calling |
| 6th | Cetti's Warbler 1, Teal 6 |
| 5th | EGYPTIAN GOOSE 3 (CMH), Chiffchaff 2, Water Rail 2, Siskin 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Shoveler 5, Snipe 1 |
| 4th | RED-CRESTED POCHARD 8, including 4 drakes (B&F Graves et al), PEREGRINE 1 again and seen several times, Chiffchaff 2, Water Rail 1, Shoveler 4, Teal 3, Kingfisher 1, Goldeneye 8, Lesser Redpoll 2, BRAMBLING 1 (CMH), Coal Tit 1
 | Red-crested Pochards (Chris Hubbard)
|
 | | Red-crested Pochards (F Graves) |
|
| 3rd | PEREGRINE 1 this AM (PDH / DM), Teal 61, Cetti's Warbler 2, Little Grebe 2, Siskin 1, Chiffchaff 2, Goosander 1, Raven 2, Lapwing c150 (S&MW), Water Rail 1, Kingfisher 1
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 again at Stanford Hall (CMH) |
| 2nd | BRAMBLING 1 (CMH), Goosander 2, Great Black-backed Gull 83, Teal 21, Shoveler 1, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 2 (K Hill), Water Rail 1, Goldeneye 8, Pintail 2 briefly
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 at Stanford Hall this PM (SCN) |
| 1st | WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3 briefly this AM (CMH), EGYPTIAN GOOSE 2 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1 (B&F Graves), Water Rail 2, Chiffchaff 1, Goosander 6, Teal 16, Shoveler 6, Little Egret 4, Kingfisher 1, Red Kite 1, Raven 4, Snipe 1, Great Black-backed Gull 103 - 68 species overall to kick the new year off. |
2021
Thanks to all observers for their records, especially Stanford Ringing
Group (SRG), Steve Nichols (SCN), George Burton (GB), Fritz Graves
(FG), Chris Begley (CB), Peter Dillon-Hooper (PDH), Ewan Turner (ET),
Sandra and Mick Wyatt (S&MW), Ian Bartlett (IB), Chris Hubbard
(CMH)
Access
to Stanford Reservoir is by permit only
December
2021
review |
Thanks
to all members of the Stanford Ringing Group and
all visitors who have contributed bird news in 2021.
Highlights for the year include Golden Oriole, Turtle
Dove, Yellow-browed Warbler, Wryneck, Bewick's Swan, Whooper
Swan, Willow Tit, Marsh Tit, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Tree Pipit,
Redstart, Whimbrel, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, White-fronted Goose, Bearded
Tit, Kittiwake, Caspian Gull, Little Gull, Sandwich Tern, Arctic Tern,
Black Tern, Sanderling, Ring Ouzel, Black-tailed Godwit,
Pink-footed Goose and Marsh Harrier. Enjoy your birding in 2022 and
keep the sightings coming.
|
| 31st |
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3
this AM in Keepers Lodge, the 2nd record of 2021 (CMH), PINK-FOOTED
GOOSE 1 (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH), EGYPTIAN GOOSE 3
(CMH), Water Rail 1, Shelduck 2, Lapwing c50, Shoveler 4, Great
Black-backed Gull 103, Cetti's Warbler 1
 |
| White-fronted
Geese - adult and 2 juveniles (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 30th |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 1
(CMH), Water Rail 2, RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 1
third-winter (CMH)
|
| 29th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH),
Shoveler 6, Teal 4, Lapwing 8, BRAMBLING 3 over (SCN), Raven 2
|
| 28th |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 1
(CMH), DUNLIN 1 flying around Blowers Lodge Bay calling late PM (CMH),
Goosander 1, Shoveler 7
 |
| Pink-footed
Goose (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 27th |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
1 (CMH), Water Rail 2, RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH), Teal 5, Goosander
1, GREAT EGRET 1, Chiffchaff 1, Kingfisher 1, Cetti's Warbler 1
|
| 26th |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
1 this AM (CMH), Water Rail 2, GREAT EGRET 1, RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
(CMH), Chiffchaff 1, Raven 2, Kingfisher 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Teal 25,
Goosander 1 female, Little Grebe 1, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 2 (CMH), Little
Egret 1
|
| 24th |
Goosander 2, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 2
(PDH), Little Egret 1, Water Rail 1, Chiffchaff 2, Snipe 1, Kingfisher 1
A MERRY
CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY, BIRD FILLED NEW YEAR TO ALL VISITORS.
 |
| 'Winter
Twitter' - Digital Design by Kate Moore, Stanford Ringing Group |
|
| 23rd |
CASPIAN GULL 1 adult in the roost
(ET)
|
| 22nd |
Kingfisher 1, GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH),
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH), Shoveler 11, Chiffchaff 2, Cetti's Warbler
1, Water Rail 2
 |
| Red-crested
Pochard (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 21st |
WHOOPER SWAN 1
late PM in Keepers Lodge Bay and still present at 16.00 (SCN), GREAT
EGRET 1 (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH), Goldeneye 10, Teal 10,
Goosander 1, Tufted Duck 214, Coot 376, Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler
1, Red Kite 1, PEREGRINE 1 (CMH), Wigeon 127, Little Egret 2,
Kingfisher 1, Lesser Redpoll 1, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1 (CMH), Shoveler 8
 |
| Whooper
Swan (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 20th |
CASPIAN GULL 1 third-winter (CMH),
PINTAIL 2 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1 (PDH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (PDH),
Goosander 3
|
| 19th |
Kingfisher 1, Little Grebe 2,
Chiffchaff 2, GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1
|
| 18th |
CASPIAN GULL 1 adult (CMH), GREAT
EGRET 2 (CMH), Water Rail 2, BRAMBLING 1 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1,
Shoveler 10, Teal 6, Goldeneye 8, Great Black-backed Gull c185 in the
roost (CMH), Chiffchaff 2, Little Grebe 2
 |
| Caspian
Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 17th |
EGYPTIAN GOOSE 7 (CMH), GREAT
EGRET 1 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, Water Rail 3, Chiffchaff 4,
Kingfisher 1, Shoveler 20, Goosander 2, Little Grebe 2, Raven 5, Snipe
3
|
| 16th |
GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Snipe 2,
Cetti's Warbler 1, Chiffchaff 3, Raven 5, Gadwall c90, Shoveler 5,
Little Grebe 1, Red Kite 1, Water Rail 2, Lesser Redpoll 1, Goosander 2
|
| 15th |
Cetti's Warbler 1, Chiffchaff 3,
Shelduck 1, Kingfisher 1, Water Rail 2, Raven 4
|
| 14th |
Goldeneye 12, Goosander 7,
Kingfisher 1
|
| 13th |
Goldeneye 10, Shoveler 2, Red Kite
1, Little Egret 1
|
| 12th |
EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1 (CMH), Shoveler
13, GREAT EGRET 2 (CMH), Little Grebe 3, Treecreeper 1, Nuthatch 1,
Siskin 20, Raven 2, Chiffchaff 1
|
| 11th |
CASPIAN GULL 1 third-winter (CMH),
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 2 (CMH), Goosander 2, Siskin c50 (CMH), Little Grebe
3, Teal 14, BRAMBLING 3 (SRG), Kingfisher 2, Water Rail 2, Chiffchaff
2, Shoveler 7, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Egret 1, Goldeneye 8, Blackcap
1 ringed (SRG)
|
| 10th |
MARSH HARRIER 1
over (FG), Goosander 13, Linnet c40, Shoveler 3, Chiffchaff 1,
Kingfisher 1
|
| 6th |
Goosander 2, Little Grebe 3,
Chiffchaff 1, Shoveler 8
|
| 4th |
Goosander 2, Grey Wagtail 1,
numerous Fieldfare and Redwing
|
| 1st |
Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Kingfisher 1
|
November
| 30th |
GREAT EGRET 1 (PDH), Green
Sandpiper 1, Kingfisher 1, Chiffchaff 1, Meadow Pipit 7, EGYPTIAN GOOSE
1 (PDH), Shoveler 4
|
| 29th |
Siskin c20, GREAT EGRET 4 flew
west towards the dam, late afternoon (CMH), Water Rail 1, BRAMBLING 2
over (CMH) and 1 ringed (SRG), EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1, Chiffchaff 1, Great
Black-backed Gull 172 in the roost (CMH), Raven 4, Kingfisher 1
|
| 28th |
PINTAIL 5 over (SCN), Shoveler 2,
Chiffchaff 1
|
| 27th |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
1 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, Kingfisher 1, PEREGRINE 1 (CMH), EGYPTIAN
GOOSE 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Siskin 1, Little Grebe 1
 |
| Pink-footed
Goose (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 26th |
EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1, CACKLING GOOSE 1
the escaped bird (CMH)
|
| 25th |
BRAMBLING 2 (CMH), Chiffchaff 3,
Goldcrest 3, Kingfisher 2, Water Rail 2, Shoveler 3, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Goosander 2, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1, Little Grebe 1, Treecreeper 2
|
| 24th |
Cetti's Warbler 1, Water Rail
2, Raven 4, Kingfisher 2, Shoveler 3
|
| 23rd |
Siskin c25, Water Rail 2,
Kingfisher 2
|
| 22nd |
CASPIAN GULL 1 3rd-winter this PM
(CMH/SCN), PINTAIL 1 female, Teal 9, Goosander 7 (4 males), Goldeneye
18, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1
|
| 21st |
PINTAIL 1 female (CMH), Lapwing
101, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1, CURLEW 1 around Blowers Lodge Bay for c15 mins
(CMH/S&MW), Little Egret 2, Kingfisher 2, Water Rail 1, Siskin
6
|
| 19th |
Siskin 9 (PDH), Little Grebe 2,
EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1 (PDH), Tufted Duck c237 (CMH), Pochard 47,
Kingfisher 2, Goldeneye 3
|
| 18th |
BRAMBLING 2, Water Rail 1, Cetti's
Warbler 1, Siskin 5, Lesser Redpoll 1, Little Egret 2, Chiffchaff 1,
Raven 5
|
| 17th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
3 (CMH), Goosander 1 drake, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1
|
| 16th |
RED-CRESTED
POCHARD 3 (CMH), BRAMBLING
1 ringed this AM (SRG), Goldeneye 7
 |
| Brambling
(SRG) |
|
| 15th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 3
(CMH), GREAT EGRET 2 (CMH), Little Egret 1, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Kingfisher 1, Water Rail 2, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1, Siskin 6, Lesser Redpoll
1, Nuthatch 2 ringed (SRG), BRAMBLING c5 (CMH/SRG)
|
| 14th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 3
(CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, Water Rail 1, Siskin 1,
EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1, Kingfisher 1, CACKLING GOOSE 1 (CMH), Chiffchaff
1
|
| 13th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 3
(CMH), PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 1 (CMH), EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1,
Lesser Redpoll 6, Siskin 12, Raven 5, Kingfisher 2, Water Rail
2, Cetti's Warbler 4, PINTAIL 1 (CMH)
|
| 12th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
3 (CMH), Little Grebe 1, Red Kite 1, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 1
(SCN), EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1 (SCN) BRAMBLING 1 (SCN) |
| 11th |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 1 this
AM (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 3 (CMH), PINTAIL 2
females (CMH), REDSHANK 1 early AM, the
4th of 2021 (CMH), Water Rail 3, Cetti's Warbler
2, Kingfisher 2, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1, CACKLING GOOSE 1, Golden
Plover 31
 |
| Redshank
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 10th |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 1 (CMH),
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 3 (CMH), BRAMBLING 1
(CMH/M Townsend), Siskin c30, CACKLING GOOSE 1with
goose flock this PM, likely an escapee and also seen recently at DIRFT
(CMH), EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1
|
| 9th |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 1
this evening (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 3 (CMH),
EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1 (CMH), Water Rail 2, Chiffchaff 2, Siskin 5,
Goldeneye 12
 |
| Pink-footed
Goose (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 8th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
3 near the Point (CMH), BRAMBLING 1 over the dam (CMH), Water Rail
2, Chiffchaff 4, Woodpigeon c1000 over during the first 2
hours of daylight, GREAT EGRET 1 west over the dam (CMH), Siskin 15,
Goldeneye 9
|
| 7th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
3 this AM (SCN), Goldeneye 8, Teal 2, Little Grebe 2, Nuthatch 1, Tawny
Owl 2, Barn Owl 2 (GB), Siskin 1
Red-crested Pochard (Chris Hubbard)
|
| 6th |
WOODCOCK 1 (D Neal), Golden Plover
c70, GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Little Egret 2,
Water Rail 2, Green Sandpiper
1, Goldeneye 4, Teal 5, Shoveler 9, Raven 10, Cetti's Warbler
2
|
| 5th |
DUNLIN 1 this
PM, the 8th of 2021 (CMH), Fieldfare c2000 through the site
today (M Townsend / CMH), BRAMBLING c20 through (M Townsend), Water
Rail 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Sparrowhawk 1
 |
| Dunlin
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 4th |
MARSH HARRIER 1
late PM intially in Keepers Lodge and then towards the reedbed / point
(CMH), Egyptian Goose 3 (CMH), Goosander 1 drake (CMH), BRAMBLING 1
over calling (CMH), Lesser Redpoll 6, Siskin 3, Water Rail 2,
Cetti's Warbler 1, Shoveler 13, Goldeneye 2 drakes (CMH), Raven 8,
Kingfisher 2, Fieldfare c150 over west, Redwing c400 over west
|
| 3rd |
Coot 356 counted just before dusk
(CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, Raven 4
|
| 2nd |
Cetti's Warbler 2, PEREGRINE 1
(S&MW), Lesser Redpoll 14 (S&MW), Water Rail 3, Green
Sandpiper 1, STONECHAT 1 (FG), Coot 238 (FG), Common Buzzard 7, Redwing
c50, Grey Heron 2, Red Kite 2, Goldcrest 7, Raven 7 Long-tailed Tit c30
 |
| Cetti's
Warbler (SRG) |
|
| 1st |
Goosander 1 female (CMH), Water
Rail 3, BRAMBLING 1 flew west (CMH), Little Egret 1, Lesser Redpoll 3,
Siskin 2, Kingfisher 2
|
October
| 31st |
Shoveler 9, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Kingfisher 2, Moorhen 14, Raven 4, Chiffchaff 2
|
| 30th |
Lesser Redpoll 19, Cetti's Warbler
1, Kingfisher 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Raven 7, Green Sandpiper 2, Tawny Owl 2
|
| 29th |
WOODCOCK 1 flew from the edge of
the path in Keepers Lodge Bay (CMH), STONECHAT 1 where the rail track
meets the road (CB), Wigeon 112, Pochard c30, Cetti's Warbler 2,
Kingfisher 1, Sparrowhawk 2, Green Woodpecker 1, Little Egret 1
 |
| Stonechat
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 28th |
Little Egret 2, Pochard c30
|
| 27th |
PEREGRINE 1, Shoveler 19
|
| 26th |
Water Rail 2, Siskin 2, Kingfisher
2, CASPIAN GULL 1 adult in the roost before flying off west (CMH),
BRAMBLING 3 this morning including 1 ringed, the 59th species to be
ringed at the site in 2021 (SRG), Little Egret 3
 |
| Brambling
(SRG) |
|
| 25th |
BRAMBLING 1 over
(CMH), Cetti's Warbler 3, PEREGRINE 1, Meadow Pipit
5, Siskin 3, PINTAIL 1 female (CMH), Kingfisher 2, Little Egret 1,
Water Rail 2, Blackcap 1 female, Pochard 17
 |
| Pintail
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 24th |
EGYPTIAN GOOSE 3 (D March),
Starling c8000-10000 into roost
 |
| Egyptian
Geese (Dan March) |
|
| 23rd |
Buzzard 1 ringed this AM, only the
2nd ever (SRG), Water Rail 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Siskin 7, Tawny Owl 2,
Blackcap 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 1, Shoveler 1, PEREGRINE 1,
Lesser Redpoll c15, BRAMBLING 1, Siskin c5
|
| 22nd |
Cetti's Warbler 2, Water Rail 1,
Little Grebe 4, Little Egret 1
|
| 21st |
WHOOPER SWAN 1
present early morning (CMH) and 3 present
early evening (CMH/K Hill), Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Lesser
Redpoll 2, Siskin 2, Raven 8, Goldeneye 2, Snipe 1, Little Egret 3,
Goldfinch 13, Long-tailed Tit c13, Jay 4, Common Buzzard 2
 |
| Whooper
Swan (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 20th |
Swallow 1 this evening
(CMH), Little Grebe 1, Pochard 13. Goldfinch c15, Shoveler 3, Little
Egret 1, starling c5000 in the roost this evening (CMH), Cetti's
Warbler 1, Water Rail 1, Tawny Owl 2
|
| 19th |
Goldeneye 2, the first of the
autumn (CMH), Teal 35, Little Grebe 2
|
| 18th |
Starling several thousand left
their roost this AM, Water Rail 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Raven 5 |
| 17th |
Raven 6, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Shoveler 3, BRAMBLING 1 (CMH), Kingfisher 2, Water Rail 1, Siskin 1
|
| 16th |
Raven 4, Cetti's Warbler 1, WILLOW
TIT 1
|
| 15th |
BRAMBLING 1 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler
1, Little Egret 2, Redwing c50, Siskin 4, Lesser Redpoll 2
|
| 14th |
BRAMBLING 6 (M Townsend), Little
Egret 3, Redwing 31 ringed this AM (SRG)
|
| 13th |
MEDITERRANEAN GULL
1, a first-winter this evening (CMH), Redwing c350 over in small
groups, Starling c1000 (CMH), Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Shoveler
7, Teal 5, Kingfisher 1, Siskin 1, Jay 7 high west, Sparrowhawk 1
|
| 12th |
*YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER* 1
ringed this AM, the 6th to be ringed at the site and the 7th overall
(SRG), Swallow 1 flew south, Water Rail 2, Lesser Redpoll 3, Siskin 1,
Shoveler 3, Pochard 17, Little Grebe 4, Kestrel 1, Buzzard 4,
Long-tailed Tits several small flocks around the site, Kingfisher 1
 |
| Yellow-browed
Warbler ringed by SRG this AM (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 11th |
MEDITERRANEAN GULL
2 in the gull roost - a 1st winter and 2nd winter (CMH), CASPIAN
GULL 1 in the roost (CMH), WILLOW TIT 1 (CMH), Cetti's
Warbler 2, Red Kite 1, Little Grebe 2, Raven 4, Lesser Redpoll 2,
Siskin 2, Starling c500, Water Rail 1, Little Egret 1, Kingfisher 1,
Shoveler 8
 |
| 1st
winter Mediterranean Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| 2nd
winter Mediterranean Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 10th |
Raven 6, Sparrowhawk 1, Coal Tit
1, Red Kite 1, Little Grebe 4, Lapwing 1
|
| 9th |
Lesser Redpoll 1, Siskin 1,
Redwing 3, Skylark c100, Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Little Egret
2
|
| 8th |
CASPIAN GULL 1 adult (SCN),
Cetti's Warbler 1, Lapwing c150, Raven 1, Meadow Pipit 1, Siskin 1,
Shoveler 13
|
| 7th |
Green Sandpiper 1, Siskin 1,
Little Grebe 1, Shoveler 2, Pochard 7, Cetti's Warbler 1, Swallow 5,
Raven 2
|
| 6th |
WHEATEAR 1 the first of the autumn
(CMH), Hobby 1, Swallow 4, House Martin 3, Little Egret 2
 |
| Wheatear
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 5th |
Swallow 7, Raven 2, Cetti's
Warbler 1, Little Egret 3
|
| 4th |
Raven 1, Siskin 1, Swallow c20,
House Martin c30, Kingfisher 1, Common Gull 6, Cetti's Warbler 2,
Little Grebe 2
|
| 3rd |
Wigeon 100, Cetti's Warbler 2,
House Martin c20, Sparrowhawk 1, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 (IB), Raven 1
|
| 2nd |
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 ringed this
AM (SRG), Reed Warbler 1 ringed this AM. (SRG), Swallow 3, House Martin
11, Shoveler 13, Teal 4
|
| 1st |
Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Egret 1,
Siskin 1, Little Grebe 4
|
September
| 30th |
Little Egret 1, House Martin 20,
Swallow 6, Sand Martin 4
|
| 29th |
Yellow Wagtail 1, Kingfisher 2,
Shoveler 6, Teal 13, Cetti's Warbler 2, Little Grebe 4, Swallow 10,
Kestrel 4, Chiffchaff 5, Raven 4, Buzzard 4, House Martin
4, Reed Kite 2, Long-tailed Tit 13, Moorhen 8
|
| 28th |
Cetti's Warbler 3, Raven
4, Sparrowhawk 1, Meadow Pipit 10
|
| 27th |
Cetti's Warbler 1, Raven 4,
Meadow Pipit 20, Swallow 5
|
| 26th |
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 ringed this
AM (SRG), Lesser Whitethroat 1 ringed this AM (SRG), Wigeon
125, Little Grebe 2, Teal 4, Shoveler 17, Meadow Pipit 34,
Yellow Wagtail 1, Raven 3, Sparrowhawk 1, Green Sandpiper 1,
Little Egret 3, Swallow 25, Jay 3
|
| 25th |
WILLOW EMERALD
DAMSELFLY 1 this PM, the first ever at the site (Ian Merrill)
|
| 24th |
WILLOW TIT 1 (SRG), Little Grebe
2, Shoveler 3, Cetti's Warbler, Meadow Pipit 10, GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH),
Starling c250
 |
| Willow
Tit (SRG) |
|
| 23rd |
Little Grebe 1, Teal 1, WILLOW TIT
1 (CMH), Wigeon 106, Swallow 10, Meadow Pipit 6
|
| 22nd |
Teal 2, Little Grebe 1, Cetti's
Warbler 1, Buzzard 3, Kingfisher 2
|
| 21st |
MARSH HARRIER 1
briefly this AM being mobbed by corvids (CMH), PINTAIL 3 (CMH), Cetti's
Warbler 2, Wigeon c60, Teal 5, Kingfisher 5
|
| 20th |
MARSH HARRIER 1
this evening seen several times, the 12th sighting of 2021(CMH), PINTAIL
5 females this evening (CMH), Snipe 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Yellow
Wagtail 2, Siskin 1, Shoveler 5, Cetti's Warbler 1, Goldcrest 5,
Nuthatch 5, Little Egret 1, Pochard 4, Little Grebe 1, Kingfisher 2
 |
| Marsh
Harrier (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 19th |
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 3 (D March),
WILLOW TIT 1 (CMH/ET), PINTAIL 1 female (CMH/ET),
Shoveler 7, Teal 18, Pochard 3, Green Sandpiper 2, Nuthatch 1
 |
| Willow
Tit (Ewan Turner) |
 |
| Pintail
(Ewan Turner) |
|
| 18th |
Green Sandpiper 1, Cetti's Warbler
4, Red Kite 1, Shoveler 1, Teal 2
|
| 17th |
Little Egret 2, Kingfisher 1,
Cetti's Warbler 2, Common Sandpiper 1
|
| 16th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
3 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 2 (escaped Cape Shelduck 1 this AM
CMH)
290 new birds ringed this AM (SRG)
|
| 15th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH),
Little Grebe 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Little Grebe 2, Snipe 1
|
| 14th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
(CMH), Wigeon 25, Cetti's Warbler 3, Raven 4, Shoveler 4, Pochard 6,
Red Kite 1, Little Grebe 1, Common Tern 2
|
| 13th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
(CMH), Cetti's Warbler 2, Raven 12 (CMH)
|
| 12th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
1 (IB), WILLOW TIT 1 (IB), Kestrel 2, Raven 7, Pied Wagtail 6, Grey
Wagtail 5
|
| 11th |
OSPREY 1 over
this AM (CMH), REDSTART
2 ringed this AM (SRG), WILLOW TIT 1 (CB), Cetti's
Warbler 4, Little Egret 3, Shoveler 4, Pochard 7
 |
| Redstart
(SRG) |
|
| 9th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
1 still (CMH), WILLOW TIT 1 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler
1, Kingfisher 2, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Little Grebe 4, Pochard
7, Teal 9, Shoveler 4, Lesser Black-backed Gull 87
|
| 8th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
1 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 5, WILLOW TIT 1 (CB), Wigeon 17, Shoveler 5,
Kingfisher 2, Lapwing 5, Little Grebe 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Hobby
1
|
| 7th |
WHINCHAT 1
(CMH), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER at least 5 around the site this AM (CMH),
WILLOW TIT 1 (CMH), Wigeon 24, Cetti's Warbler 4, Lesser Whitethroat 3,
Yellow Wagtail 2, Little Grebe 1, Shoveler 17
|
| 6th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
still (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Grebe 1
|
| 5th |
BLACK TERN 1
this AM, the 2nd record of 2021 (IB), REDSTART 1
male along the poplars (S&MW), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 2 (CMH/ET),
Cetti's Warbler 3, RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH/ET),
Little Grebe 2
 |
| Spotted
Flycatcher (Ewan Turner) |
 |
| Spotted
Flycatcher (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 4th |
TREE PIPIT 1
this AM, the 3rd of 2021 (CMH), WHINCHAT 1 (ET), RED-CRESTED
POCHARD 1 (CMH/ET), MARSH HARRIER 1
(CMH), Raven 6
 |
| Tree
Pipit (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Tree
Pipit (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 3rd |
REDSTART 1 this
evening on the Leicestershire side (CMH), WHINCHAT
1 this evening on the Leicestershire side (CMH), RED-CRESTED
POCHARD 1 (CMH), Hobby 1, Yellow Wagtail 4, Shoveler 6, Teal
4, Pochard 3, Coot c175, Cetti's Warbler 1, Sparrowhawk 1
 |
| Redstart
this evening (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Whinchat
this evening (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 2nd |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
(CMH), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 juvenile, Buzzard 2, Cetti's Warbler 1,
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 (CMH)
|
| 1st |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
(CMH), Sparrowhawk 1, Raven 2
|
August
| 31st |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
1 still (CMH), Kingfisher 2, Cetti's Warbler 2 SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1,
Teal 4
|
| 30th |
WHINCHAT 3
(CMH), WILLOW TIT 1 (CMH), RED-CRESTED
POCHARD 1 still CMH), BLACK-TAILED GODWIT
2 flew east (PDH), Hobby 1, Shoveler 1, Snipe 1, Cetti's Warbler 2,
Wigeon 14, Little Grebe 2, Yellow Wagtail 1, Common Sandpiper 1
 |
| Whinchat
(Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Whinchat
(Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Red-crested
Pochard (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 29th |
WHINCHAT 5
including 1 ringed (SRG/CMH), REDSTART
7, including 6 ringed (SRG), WILLOW TIT 2 (CMH),
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 3, including 2 ringed (SRG/CMH), MARSH
HARRIER 1 flew east around 14.30 (S&M Wyatt), Yellow
Wagtail 3, Common Sandpiper 1, Hobby 1, Snipe 2 flew west, Swift 1,
Wigeon 7, Teal 4, Cetti's Warbler 1, Raven 6, Red Kite 3, Common Tern
3, Buzzard 8, Snipe 2
 |
| Spotted
Flycatcher (SRG) |
 |
| Swallow
- caught at dusk yesterday evening (SRG) |
 |
| Whinchat
(SRG) |
 |
| Whinchat
1 of 5 present this AM (SRG) |
 |
| Spotted
Flycatcher (SRG) |
 |
| Spotted
Flycatcher (SRG) |
|
| 28th |
**WRYNECK** 1
ringed this AM, the 4th to be ringed at the site and the 3rd in 2 years
(SRG), WHINCHAT 4 this AM (CMH), REDSTART
4 including another 3 ringed (SRG/CMH), SPOTTED
FLYCATCHER 1, RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH), Common
Sandpiper 1, Hobby 2, Red Kite 2, Raven 8, Kingfisher 2
 |
| Redstart
(SRG) |
 |
| Wryneck
(SRG) |
 |
| Wryneck
(SRG) |
 |
| Wryneck
(SRG) |
|
| 27th |
REDSTART 9
(nine) ringed this AM (SRG), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2 ringed this AM,
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Wigeon 7, Little
Grebe 1, Raven 6, Hobby 1
 |
| 3
of the 9 Redstarts ringed this morning (SRG) |
|
| 26th |
REDSTART 1
juvenile ringed this AM (SRG), MARSH HARRIER 1
briefly again being mobbed by corvids (CMH), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1
ringed this AM (SRG), Red Kite 3, Wigeon 5, the first of the autumn
(CMH), Teal 1, Shoveler 1, Pochard 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Kingfisher 1,
Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Raven 6, Hobby 1, Little Grebe
4
|
| 25th |
WHINCHAT 1
ringed this AM, the 2nd record of 2021 (SRG), MARSH HARRIER
1 over being mobbed by corvids at 07.35, the 7th record of 2021 (CMH), GRASSHOPPER
WARBLER 6 ringed this AM (SRG), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 at the
dam and then 1 ringed this PM (SRG), Pochard 3, PEREGRINE 1
(D Sheffield), Common Sandpiper 1, Little Grebe 1, Sparrowhawk
1 juvenile male ringed this PM (SRG).
 |
| Whinchat
(Ewan Turner, SRG) |
 |
| Whinchat
(Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Juvenile
male Sparrowhawk (SRG) |
 |
| Spotted
Flycatcher, the first to be ringed in 2021 (SRG) |
|
| 24th |
TREE PIPIT 1
flew SE at 06.25, the 2nd record of 2021 (CMH), REDSTART
2 ringed this AM (SRG), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2
ringed this AM (SRG), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 still
(CMH), Coal Tit 1 ringed this morning (SRG), Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow
Wagtail 1, CURLEW 1 (CMH), PEREGRINE 1 (ET), Shelduck 3 (ET), Teal 4,
Shoveler 1, Hobby 1, Whitethroat 100 ringed this AM (SRG)
 |
| Images
of the two Redstarts ringed this AM (Ewan Turner, SRG) |
|
| 23rd |
RINGED PLOVER 1 briefly
early AM, the first of 2021 (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
(CMH), REDWING 1 (CMH), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 3 (CMH) and another 2 (D
Peacock / D Goldsmith), Green Sandpiper 1 (I Bartlett), Grey Wagtail 8,
Common Tern 5, Common Sandpiper 1, Red Kite 3, Yellow Wagtail 1, Raven
8, Teal 16, Cetti's Warbler 3, Linnet 17, Kingfisher 1, Lesser
Whitethroat 2, Little Egret 2
Short-tailed Vole (D Peacock / D Goldsmith)
|
| 22nd |
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 (I Bartlett),
Red Kite 5, Greylag Goose c160, Common Tern 3, Canada goose
21, Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, Buzzard 6, Grey Wagtail 2,
Green Woodpecker 1, Raven 4
|
| 21st |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2 ringed this
AM (SRG), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 still (CMH),
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 3, Common Sandpiper 3,
Green Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 3, Kingfisher 1 ringed this AM (SRG),
Shoveler 1, Teal 2, Pochard 1, Raven c25
|
| 20th |
MARSH HARRIER 1
flew low SW at 06.30 (CMH), REDSTART 1
female this AM (PDH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 this AM
(PDH), Cetti's Warbler 3, Common Sandpiper 2, Yellow Wagtail
7, Common Tern 7
|
| 19th |
Common Sandpiper 1,
Cetti's Warbler 2, Lapwing 152, CURLEW 1 over (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 5,
Kingfisher 1
|
| 18th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
(CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, Tufted
Duck 115
|
| 17th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
(CMH), Cetti's Warbler 3, Yellow Wagtail 5, Common Sandpiper 1, WILLOW
TIT 1 (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1 heard (SCN)
|
| 16th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
(CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, Common Sandpiper 2, Yellow Wagtail 12, Little
Egret 1, Kingfisher 1, Red Kite 1, Great Crested Grebe 68, REDWING
1 (PDH), the earliest ever autumn record in Northamptonshire beating
the previous best date by a month, Raven 5
 |
Redwing
the earliest ever autumn record in Northants (Steven Wright) |
|
| 15th |
WILLOW TIT 1 (CMH),
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH), PEREGRINE 1
(CMH), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 2, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult (SCN), Common
Sandpiper 2, Shoveler 1, Yellow Wagtail 8, Buzzard 4, Sparrowhawk 1,
Kingfisher 2, Pochard 1
 |
| Yellow
Wagtail (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Spotted
Flycatcher (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 14th |
REDSTART
1 juv female ringed this AM (SRG), RED-CRESTED
POCHARD 1 (CMH), Green Sandpiper 2, Common
Sandpiper 2, SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 this evening (CMH), Yellow Wagtail
c10, Little Grebe 2
 |
| Redstart (Ewan Turner, SRG) |
 |
Spotted
Flycatcher (Chris Hubbard)
|
215 birds ringed today including 74
Sedge Warblers (SRG) |
| 13th |
WILLOW TIT 1 this
AM (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 still this AM
(CMH), Barn Owl 1 (CB), Red Kite 2, Common Sandpiper 2, Cetti's Warbler
2, Lesser Whitethroat 4, Raven 2, Kingfisher 2, Sparrowhawk 1
 |
| Willow
Tit (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 12th |
REDSTART 1 female early
AM, the 3rd record of 2021 (CMH), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 (CMH), RED-CRESTED
POCHARD 1 (CMH), Yellow Wagtail c15, Common Sandpiper 1,
Cetti's Warbler 3, Hobby 1, Pochard 1, Kingfisher 1
|
| 11th |
LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER
1 along the edge of Blowers Lodge Bay / Railtrack
this AM, the first of 2021 (M Townsend), WILLOW TIT 1
ringed this AM, the first of 2021 (D Sheffield, SRG),
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 still (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1, Common
Sandpiper 2, Yellow Wagtail 22 (CMH), Kingfisher 1, Shoveler 4, Pochard
1, Sparrowhawk 1, Peregrine 1
329 new birds ringed this AM including 67
Willow Warblers (SRG).
 |
| Willow
Tit (D Sheffield) |
|
| 10th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
still this AM (CMH), OSPREY 1 juvenile flew west over the dam this AM
(PDH), GREAT EGRET 1 west towards the dam (CB/CMH), Little Egret 1,
Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 18, Pochard 2, Shoveler 4, Lesser
Whitethroat 3, Garden Warbler 2, Black-headed Gull c150
|
| 9th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
1 still (CMH), Common Sandpiper 5, Yellow Wagtail 9 this evening (CMH),
Shoveler 3, Lesser Whitethroat 3, Black-headed Gull c220 (CMH), Hobby 2
this evening
 |
| Red-crested
Pochard (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 8th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
1 still this AM (CMH), Common Sandpiper 3, Yellow Wagtail 3, Raven 8,
Red Kite 2, Shoveler 4
|
| 7th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 female,
the first of 2021 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 2, Yellow Wagtail 5,
Hobby 1, Barn Owl 1 (SRG), Linnet c40
 |
| Red-crested
Pochard (Ewan Turner) |
 |
| Red-crested
Pochard (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 6th |
Common Sandpiper 3, Yellow Wagtail
5, Common Tern 5 juveniles plus adults, Teal 3, Shoveler 3, Tufted Duck
1 with 5 young, Little Grebe 1, Great Crested Grebe 63 (CMH), Hobby 1
(CMH / S Wright)
|
| 5th |
Cetti's Warbler 2, Common
Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 5, Shoveler 4, Teal 2, Tufted Duck 1 adult
with 5 advance young, the first breeding record of 2021 (CMH),
Kingfisher 1, Little Egret 1, Raven 9 (CB), Sparrowhawk 1, Common Tern
24, Little Grebe 1
|
| 4th |
GREENSHANK 1
briefly on the dam before flying south, the 2nd record of 2021
(CMH), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail
3, Cetti's Warbler 1, Kingfisher 2
|
| 3rd |
Common Sandpiper 4, Cetti's
Warbler 2, Yellow Wagtail 3, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Kingfisher 1, Little
Egret 1, Common Tern 22 this evening (CMH)
Last year there were two records of
the nationally rare CASPIAN TERN on 31st
May and 26th July. The British Birds Rarities Committee
(BBRC) have now accepted both of these records, the
2nd and 3rd for the site following one in 1968.
|
| 2nd |
OSPREY 1 early
AM, perched on the Leicestershire side before flying east (CMH), MARSH
HARRIER 1 at 15.00 near the Point (P Norrie), Hobby 1 (CMH),
PEREGRINE 2 (D Goldsmith / D Peacock), Common Sandpiper 1,
Yellow Wagtail 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Little Grebe 2, CUCKOO
1 juvenile, Kingfisher 2, Common Tern c20 including 5
juveniles, Little Egret 2, Red Kite 1
|
| 1st |
Common Sandpiper 1, Shoveler 4,
Raven 2, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Red Kite 1
|
July
| 31st |
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT 6
flew east at 12.10, the first of 2021 (ET), Common Sandpiper 3
(A Herbert), Cetti's Warbler 1, CUCKOO 1 juvenile (CMH), Little Grebe
3, Canada Goose 77, Little Egret 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, 212 new
birds ringed today
|
| 30th |
SHELDUCK 4 Juveniles flew west
(CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 (CMH), Little Grebe 4, Common Sandpiper 3,
Yellow Wagtail 1, Common Tern 20, Greylag Goose c200
|
| 29th |
Common Sandpiper 2, Yellow Wagtail
1, Pochard 1
|
| 28th |
Common Sandpiper 1, Teal
2, Tufted Duck c65, Little Grebe 2, Common Tern 14 (inc juveniles now
flying), Cetti's Warbler 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Jay 1
|
| 27th |
Common Sandpiper 3, Yellow Wagtail
2, Little Grebe 3, Shoveler 3, Cetti's Warbler 1
|
| 26th |
Common Sandpiper 3, Cetti's
Warbler 1, Kingfisher 1, Raven 10 (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 2, Jay
2, Bullfinch 2, Common Gull 1, Treecreeper 1
|
| 25th |
Raven 27 over
this morning (CB), Kingfisher 1, Common Sandpiper 3, Little
Grebe 5, Pochard 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Yellow Wagtail 2,
Common Tern 5 juveniles occupying the 3 rafts currently
Great Crested Grebe 6 juveniles, Lesser Whitethroat 1
|
| 24th |
Common Sandpiper 4, Yellow Wagtail
2
|
| 23rd |
Common Sandpiper 5,
Yellow Wagtail 3, Pied Wagtail c30, Little Grebe 3, Little Egret 1,
Green Woodpecker 3, Common Tern 17, Greenfinch 1
|
| 22nd |
REDSHANK 1 early AM, the 3rd
record of 2021 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 2, Kingfisher 1,
Lapwing 13, Oystercatcher 1, Pochard 1, Little Grebe 2, Little
Egret 1, Yellow Wagtail 2
 |
| Redshank
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 20th |
Common Sandpiper 4,
Yellow Wagtail 2, Cetti's Warbler 1
|
| 19th |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1
reeling this AM on the Leicestershire side (CMH), Common Tern
10, Common Sandpiper 2, Yellow Wagtail 3, Lesser Whitethroat 1
|
| 18th |
Common Sandpiper 4, Yellow Wagtail
2, Common Tern 12, Lapwing 1
|
| 17th |
OSPREY 1 (CMH
/ M Townsend), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 ringed this AM (SRG), Common
Sandpiper 3, Lapwing 1 on the dam, Yellow Wagtail 3, Gadwall 1 female
with 6 young, Wigeon 1 on the dam (CMH), Oystercatcher 1, Little Egret
1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Grebe 1, Pochard 1
|
| 16th |
Kingfisher 1, Green Woodpecker 1,
Kestrel 2
|
| 11th |
Little Grebe 1, Little Egret 2,
Teal 1
|
| 10th |
Hobby 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Common
Tern 4 out 6 chicks ringed today (SRG)
|
| 9th |
Grey Wagtail 17 (SCN), Yellow
Wagtail 1, Little Grebe 2, Pochard 2, Shoveler 2, Common Tern 3 pair
with at least 7 chicks (CMH)
|
| 8th |
Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail
1, Shoveler 2, Little Egret 1, Kingfisher 2
|
| 7th |
Common Sandpiper 3, Yellow Wagtail
1
|
| 6th |
Common Sandpiper 3,
Yellow Wagtail 1, Jay 6 all together
on Leicestershire side (CMH), Pochard 1, Pintail x Mallard
hybrid type 1 (CMH)
|
| 5th |
COMMON REDSTART 1
(M&S Wyatt / CMH), Common Sandpiper 6 this AM (CMH), GREAT
EGRET 1, Kingfisher 2, Grey Wagtail 6, Red Kite 1, Linnet 6, Green
Woodpecker, Oystercatcher 2, Little Grebe 1
|
| 4th |
COMMON REDSTART 1
still (P Adams), OSPREY 1 (M Townsend), GREAT
EGRET 1, Cetti's Warbler 2
 |
| Common
Redstart (Mr and Mrs P Adams) |
|
| 3rd |
GREAT EGRET 1
(CMH), REDSHANK 1, the 2nd record of 2021 (CMH),
Little Egret 2, Yellow Wagtail 1, Teal 5, Gadwall 1 with 8 young,
Kingfisher 1, Common Tern 10
|
| 2nd |
COMMON REDSTART
1 male at lunchtime around the river bridge / gate to the dam, the 2nd
record of 2021 (CMH), Teal 3, Pochard 1, Tufted Duck c35, Common Tern
6, Kingfisher 1, Raven 4, Yellow Wagtail 1, Gadwall 1 with 8 young,
Grey Wagtail 10, Green Woodpecker 1, Oystercatcher 2
 |
| Common
Redstart, record shot (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Common
Tern (Ewan Turner) |
|
| 1st |
Common Tern 16, Hobby 1,
Kingfisher 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Raven 2, Sparrowhawk 1
Butterflies - Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Small
Tortoiseshell, Ringlet, Red Admiral, Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood. Moths
- Cinnabar, Blood Vein (M&S Wyatt)
|
June
| 29th |
Common Tern 14,
Cetti's Warbler 2
|
| 28th |
Hobby 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Common
Tern 14, Mute Swan 98, Kingfisher 1, Pochard 1 drake, Little Egret 2
|
| 27th |
Oystercatcher 1, Red Kite 1,
Common Tern 10, Hobby 1, Lapwing 62 over (ET), Tufted Duck 25
|
| 26th |
Kingfisher 1 juvenile ringed this
AM (SRG), Cetti's Warbler 1, Red Kite 3, Mute Swan 84, Common Tern 12,
Yellow Wagtail 1
 |
| Kingfisher
(SRG) |
|
| 25th |
Little Egret 1, Hobby 1, Great
Crsted Grebe 2 pairs with 3 chicks in total
|
| 24th |
OSPREY 1 (PDH),
Gadwall 1 with 9 young, Common Tern 6, Raven 4, Yellow Wagtail 2
 |
| gadwall
with 9 young (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Osprey
(Peter Dillon-Hooper) |
|
| 23rd |
OSPREY 1
fishing this AM (record from local fisherman), Cuckoo 1, Cetti's
Warbler 2, Common Tern 8, Yellow Wagtail 2, Gadwall with 9 young,
Red-legged Partridge 1
|
| 22nd |
Cuckoo 2, Oystercatcher 4 flew
east (CMH), Gadwall 1 with 9 young (CMH), Common Tern 4, Lapwing 1,
Shoveler 2
|
| 21st |
Hobby 2, Cuckoo 2, Tufted Duck 14,
Little Egret 1, Swift 35, Garden Warbler 5, Common Tern 6, Great
Black-backed Gull 3, Black-headed Gull 2, Lapwing 1, Grey Heron 3,
Buzzard 1, Red Kite 2, Shoveler 2
|
| 20th |
Cuckoo 1, Common Tern 4,
Oystercatcher 1
|
| 19th |
Willow Warbler
1 of the northern race, acredula
ringed this morning, Greylag
Goose c80, Oystercatcher 4 (GB), Lesser Black-backed Gull 9,
Black-headed Gull 1 juvenile, Cuckoo 1, Swift 5, Yellow
Wagtail 1, Common Tern 3, Red Kite 1
 |
| Northern
Willow Warbler, acredula (Ewan Turner and Adam Homer) |
|
| 17th |
Common Tern 5, Mute Swan 77 (GB),
Lesser Whitethroat 1, Cuckoo 2, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 (GB), Kingfisher
1, Starling 14
|
| 16th |
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 2
(GB), CURLEW 1, Little Egret 4, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Black-headed Gull 1 juvenile
 |
| Black-headed
Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Black-headed
Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 15th |
CURLEW 1, Cuckoo 3 (GB), Yellow
Wagtail 4, Little Egret 2, Grey Heron 3, Kingfisher 1, Starling 35,
Black-headed Gull 1 juvenile
|
| 14th |
Cuckoo 1, Oystercatcher 1, Common
Tern 4, Kingfisher 1, Lapwing 7, Grey Heron 3, Tufted Duck 7
|
| 13th |
Shelduck 1, Cetti's Warbler 2,
Lesser Whitethroat 2, Nuthatch 3, Raven 4, Cuckoo 2,
Oystercatcher 1
Red-eyed Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Southern
Hawker, Black-tailed Skimmer, Speckled Wood (GB)
|
| 12th |
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1, Cetti's
Warbler 2, CUCKOO 1, Hobby 2, Yellow Wagtail 2,
Lesser Whitethroat 1, Grey Heron 2, Greylag Goose c50, Tufted
Duck 5, Oystercatcher 1, Common Tern 4, Cetti's Warbler 2
LATE NEWS FOR TUESDAY - 'CHANNEL' WAGTAIL on
the spillway but only heard about it today. Still present late PM today
(CMH)
 |
| Channel
Wagtail (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 11th |
GREAT EGRET 1 over the dam (CMH),
Yellow Wagtail 2, Mistle Thrush 2, Garden Warbler at least 5 on the
Leicestershire side this AM
|
| 10th |
Hobby 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, Common
Tern 4, Cetti's Warbler 1
|
| 9th |
Little Egret 2, Yellow Wagtail 2,
Grey Wagtail 2, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Cetti's Warbler 2,
Common Tern 4, Kingfisher 1
|
| 8th |
Cuckoo 1, Garden Warbler 5, Yellow
Wagtail 4
|
| 7th |
CURLEW 1 flew west (CMH), Cuckoo
1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Hobby 2, Buzzard 3, Little
Egret 1, Yellow Wagtail 4, Common Tern 6
|
| 6th |
MANDARIN 1
female in flight only, the first of 2021 (GB), GREAT EGRET 1 (GB),
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CMH), Hobby 1, Little Egret 1, Raven 2, Yellow
Wagtail 3, Cetti's Warbler 1, Greylag Goose 28, Cuckoo 2, Common Tern 4
Red-eyed Damselfly (GB)
|
| 5th |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2 (M
Townsend/PDH), Little Egret 1, Yellow Wagtail 6, Cetti's Warbler
1, Common Tern 6, Red Kite 3, Kingfisher 1
Common blue Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Red-eyed
Damselfly (GB)
|
| 4th |
Yellow Wagtail 3, Common Tern 6,
Cetti's Warbler 1, Cuckoo 1, Red Kite 1
|
| 3rd |
Cuckoo 2, Common Tern 4
|
| 2nd |
Cuckoo 3, Cetti's Warbler 3,
Yellow Wagtail 3, Little Egret 1, Oystercatcher 1, Hobby 1,
Kingfisher 1, Starling 35, Lesser Whitethroat 3, Long
tailed Tit 10 (family party)
|
| 1st |
Cuckoo 2, Cetti's Warbler 3,
Common Tern 8, Little Egret 1
 |
| Broad-bodied
Chaser (David Richardson) |
|
May
| 31st |
Cetti's Warbler 2, Cuckoo 2,
Common Tern 4, Red Kite 2, Lesser Whitethroat 3, Mistle Thrush 4,
Yellow Wagtail 1
|
| 30th |
*TURTLE DOVE* 1
very briefly this AM but no sign since (M Durkin/CMH), the
first at the site since 2007, Cetti's Warbler 2, Common Tern 6 (no sign
of the Golden Oriole today despite being looked for)
 |
| Turtle
Dove (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 29th |
**GOLDEN ORIOLE** 1 singing
in wood opposite the reedbed on Leicestershire side throughout
the day (CMH), the first record since 2002 and the 5th ever for the
site. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A RECORDING OF THIS BIRD CHECK OUT
SIMON WATTS EXCELLENT POST ON TWITTER - @wildpresent,
Common Sandpiper 1, Oystercatcher 2, Hobby 2, Sparrowhawk 1, Cuckoo 1
|
| 28th |
Oystercatcher 2, Common Tern 4
|
| 27th |
Yellow Wagtail 2, Cetti's Warbler
2, MARSH HARRIER 1 over SW (PDH), Common Tern 4,
Yellowhammer 2 GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CMH), Hobby 1
|
| 26th |
Cetti's Warbler 2, Yellow Wagtail
1, Common Tern 6, Little Egret 1 (CMH)
|
| 25th |
EGYPTIAN GOOSE 3 (CMH), Hobby
2, Oystercatcher 2, Yellow Wagtail 1, Common Tern 8
|
| 24th |
SPOTTED
FLYCATCHER 2 (CMH/PDH), Yellow Wagtail 3, Common Tern 8, Hobby
2, Oystercatcher 2
|
| 23rd |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1
(CMH), Cetti's Warbler 2, Lesser Whitethroat 3, Hobby 1, Swift
c200, Yellow Wagtail 1, Common Tern 8, Greylag Goose 5 pair with 23
young in total
|
| 22nd |
Common Tern 8, Cetti's Warbler 2,
Lesser Whitethroat 2
|
| 21st |
DUNLIN 1 on
the dam, the 7th of 2021 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 2, Cetti's Warbler 2,
Common Tern 12, Swift c130
|
| 20th |
Common Tern 10, Cetti's Warbler 2,
Red Kite 2
|
| 19th |
Common Sandpiper 1, Cetti's
Warbler 2, Cuckoo 1, Hobby 2, Common Tern 10, Oystercatcher 2, Tree
Sparrow 3, Red Kite 1
|
| 18th |
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 2 (CMH), Common
Tern 8, Cetti's Warbler 2
|
| 17th |
OSPREY 1 this
AM (PDH), Cuckoo 1, Hobby 1, Little Egret 1, Oystercatcher 2,
Cetti's Warbler 2, Pochard 3, Common Tern 8, Common Sandpiper 1
|
| 16th |
*SANDERLING* 1
this AM, the first since 2019 (CB/CMH), Cuckoo 2, GRASSHOPPER
WARBLER 2
 |
| Sanderling
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 15th |
Common Sandpiper 1, Common Tern
17, Yellow Wagtail 2
|
| 14th |
OSPREY 1 over
at 12.40 (S&M Wyatt), Hobby 3, Oystercatcher 2, Cetti's Warbler
1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Common Tern 17, Shelduck 2
|
| 13th |
Common Tern 16,
Common Sandpiper 1, Cuckoo 1, Kingfisher 1, Yellow
Wagtail 2
|
| 12th |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CB), Cuckoo
2 (CMH), Shelduck 2, Common Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 6, LITTLE
GULL 1 late evening (R Cross), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 (CMH)
|
| 11th |
Cuckoo 1, Common Tern 10, Hobby 1,
Kestrel 2, Sparrowhawk 1, Red Kite 1, Common Buzzard 3, Cetti's Warbler
1, Shelduck 2
|
| 10th |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CMH), Swift
c100 (CMH), Shelduck 2, Common Sandpiper 2, Egyptian Goose 1, Cuckoo 1,
Common Tern 8
|
| 9th |
Common Tern 10, Red Kite 4, Lesser
Black-backed Gull 9, Black-headed Gull 12, Common Gull 2, Common
Sandpiper 1, Swift c20
|
| 8th |
*ARCTIC TERN* 2
this AM (CMH), Common Tern 15, Common Sandpiper 1
|
| 7th |
*BLACK TERN* 1
present all day, the first of 2021 (PDH), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1, Common
Tern 9, Hobby 1
 |
| Black
Tern, record shot (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 6th |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CMH),
Swallow 184 on wires this AM (CMH), Shelduck 2, Lesser Whitethroat 4,
Hobby 1, Common Tern 2, Common Sandpiper 2
 |
| Swallow
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 5th |
*WHIMBREL* 1 on
the dam from 06.30 to at least 09.00, the 5th record of 2021 (CMH),
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CMH), Hobby 3, Lesser Whitethroat 3, Garden
Warbler 4, Yellow Wagtail 2
 |
| Whimbrel
(Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Whimbrel
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 4th |
MARSH HARRIER 1
this AM, the 4th record of 2021 (CMH), DUNLIN 5
early AM (CMH), ARCTIC TERN 2 early AM (CMH) and 1
this evening (SCN), EGYPTIAN GOOSE 3 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 1, Common
Tern 3, Shelduck 1 (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 4, Swift 2
 |
| 4
of the 5 Dunlin present early AM (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 3rd |
Common Sandpiper 2,
Common Tern 3, Lesser Whitethroat 2, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CMH),
Oystercatcher 1, Red Kite 1, Yellow Wagtail 12, several hundred
hirundines including Swallow, House Martin and Sand Martin, Swift 5,
CUCKOO 1
 |
| Common
Tern (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 2nd |
Lesser Whitethroat 3, GRASSHOPPER
WARBLER 1 (CMH), Lapwing 1, CUCKOO 1, Canada Goose 2 with 7 young
|
| 1st |
Common Sandpiper
1, Garden Warbler 1, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 SRG), SPOTTED
FLYCATCHER 1 the first of 2021 (M Townsend), CUCKOO,
Goldeneye 4, Snipe 1, Hobby 1
|
April
| 30th |
WHINCHAT 1
this AM (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1 (GB), Common Sandpiper 1, Cuckoo 1 (GB),
Oystercatcher 2, Swallow 7
 |
| Whinchat
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 29th |
WHINCHAT 1
briefly this AM, the first of 2021, but not seen late PM (D Hicklin),
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 15 (S&M Wyatt),
Cetti's Warbler 3, Common Sandpiper 1, Shoveler 2, Goldeneye 4, Snipe
3, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Hobby 1, Swift 2, Cuckoo 1 (CMH)
|
| 28th |
*GREY PLOVER* 1
flew east this AM, the first at the site since 2017 (CMH), *ARCTIC
TERN* 7 this AM, the first at the site in 2021 (CMH) and part
of a major movement of this species across the Midlands today, *WHIMBREL*
3 flew east this AM (CMH), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1
(CMH), Cuckoo 1, Shoveler 1, Common Sandpiper 1
 |
| 1
of 7 Arctic Terns this AM (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 27th |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER
2, 1 ringed (CMH/SRG), Lesser Whitethroat 1 ringed this AM (SRG),
Garden Warbler 1, Swift 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Common Sandpiper 1,
Redwing 1, Yellow Wagtail 15, *BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL*
1 female on the dam this evening, the first of this sub-species since
1994 (CMH)
 |
| Female
Blue-headed Wagtail (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 26th |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 reeling
(CMH), REDSTART 2 male and female
(PDH / S&M Wyatt), GARDEN WARBLER 1, for the first of
2021 (PDH), Swift 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow
Wagtail 25, Goldeneye 4, Pochard 5, Cetti's Warbler 3, Hobby 2, Kestrel
1, Red Kite 1, Kingfisher 1
 |
| Garden
Warbler (Peter Dillon-Hooper) |
|
| 25th |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 reeling
this AM, the first of 2021 (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 4, Oystercatcher 1,
HOBBY 2 (R Cross), SWIFT 2, the first of 2021 (GB), House Martin 1,
Cetti's Warbler 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Goldeneye 2, Shelduck 1 (GB)
|
| 24th |
*WHIMBREL* 1
over this AM, the first of 2021 (CMH/SRG), MARSH HARRIER
1 flew through, the 3rd record of 2021 (SRG), Snipe 2, Common Tern 1,
Yellow Wagtail 19 this evening (A Homer), Sedge Warbler 8 ringed this
AM (SRG), Blackcap 7 ringed (SRG), Whitethroat 7 ringed (SRG), Green
Sandpiper 1, Black-headed Gull 6
 |
| Yellow
Wagtail, 2nd year male ringed this evening (Adam Homer) |
|
| 23rd |
*RING OUZEL* 2
very briefly near Leicester feeders, the first since 2019 (Ian
Bartlett), *LITTLE GULL* 5 (SCN / J Raven), WHITE-FRONTED
GOOSE 1 this AM with 3 Greylags (CB/CMH), Egyptian Goose 3
(PDH), LESSER WHITETHROAT 1 this AM, the first of 2021 (CB/CMH), GREAT
EGRET 1, Little Egret 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Goldeneye 3,
Yellow Wagtail 22 (CMH), Common Tern 1, Wigeon 2, Collared Dove
1
 |
| Little
Gulls (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
White-fronted
Goose (Chris Hubbard)
|
 |
| White-fronted
Goose (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 22nd |
GREENSHANK
1 briefly this AM, the first of 2021 (CMH), Common Sandpiper
2, CUCKOO 1 (CMH), BRAMBLING 1 female (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 20
this evening (CMH), CURLEW 1 heard (D Hicklin), Common Tern 1,
Oystercatcher 2, Goldeneye 2
|
| 21st |
COMMON TERN 6 (CMH), Yellow
Wagtail 13, CURLEW 1 (GB), CUCKOO 1 (CMH), Reed Warbler 2, Common
Sandpiper 4, Swallow 15, Sand Martin c30, Oystercatcher 1
|
| 20th |
OSPREY 1 this
AM, high NE at 08.30 (CMH), Common Tern 1 (CMH), Reed Warbler 2, Sedge
Warbler c10, Oystercatcher 2, Common Sandpiper 1, Wigeon 3, Shoveler 1,
Whitethroat 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Redwing 1, Greylag Goose 2 adults
with 3 young
|
| 19th |
Yellow Wagtail 18 (CMH),
Common Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 1 flew through (CMH),
Reed Warbler 1, the first of 2021 (PDH), Golden Plover c50
flew west (CMH), Goldeneye 10 (SCN), Mistle Thrush 1, Gadwall 1 female
with 6 young (CMH)
|
| 18th |
Little Egret 6, GREAT
EGRET 1, Raven 2, Tree Sparrow 2 on the Leicestershire side (CMH),
Yellow Wagtail 16 (D Hicklin), Snipe 1
|
| 17th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Common Whitethroat
1, Sedge Warbler 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, BARN OWL 2 ringed this AM (SRG),
MARSH TIT 1 this PM, the first for 2021 (Alan Herbert), Red Kite 2
 |
| Marsh
Tit, the first of 2021 (Alan Herbert) |
 |
| Barn
Owls (SRG) |
|
| 16th |
CUCKOO 1, the first of 2021 (PDH),
Green Sandpiper 1, Common Whitethroat 1, GREAT EGRET 1, YELLOW WAGTAIL
12 (CMH), CURLEW 2 (PDH & Dave Williams / GB), Oystercatcher 1,
EGYPTIAN GOOSE 3, Cetti's Warbler 3, Snipe 1, Lesser Redpoll 1
|
| 15th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1,
Common Whitethroat 2, Sedge Warbler 2, Green Sandpiper 1,
Yellow Wagtail 2, Oystercatcher 1, Snipe 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Wigeon
2, Goldeneye 8, 2 pair of Mallard with 8 young and 17-18 young, Sand
Martin 10
 |
| Yellow
Wagtail (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 14th |
COMMON TERN 12 flew through
mid-afternoon, the first of 2021 (John Andrews), PINTAIL 4 early AM
(CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1, Yellow Wagtail 6, Common
Whitethroat 1, Shoveler 3, Goldeneye 7, Snipe 3, Cetti's
Warbler 3
|
| 13th |
GREAT EGRET 1, WHEATEAR 1 this PM
(R Cross), Goosander 2, Yellow Wagtail 5, Oystercatcher 2, Green
Sandpiper 1, Sedge Warbler 1, Common Whitethroat 2, Shoveler 2, Snipe
1, Kingfisher 1, Treecreeper 1, Cetti's Warbler 2
|
| 12th |
Green Sandpiper 1, Cetti's Warbler
2, Yellow Wagtail 2, GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 2, Meadow Pipit 6,
Goldeneye 11, Common Sandpiper 1 this evening (SCN)
|
| 11th |
REDSHANK 1 briefly this PM, the
first of 2021 (CB/CMH), WHEATEAR 1 this AM (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 2,
Sedge Warbler 1, GREAT EGRET 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little
Egret 1, Willow Warbler 6, Goldeneye 5, Meadow Pipit 10, Buzzard 10 (F
Graves), Grey Wagtail 4, Goosander 2, Oystercatcher 2
 |
| Redshank,
the first of 2021 (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 10th |
REDSTART 1
ringed this AM, the first of 2021 (SRG), TREE PIPIT
1 over this AM, the first of 2021 (M Townsend),
Common Whitethroat 1, the first of 2021 (CB), Common Sandpiper
2, Yellow Wagtail 3, Cetti's Warbler 2, GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 4,
Oystercatcher 2, Willow Warbler 6
 |
| Redstart
(SRG / Images - Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 9th |
COMMON SANDPIPER 1, the
first of 2021 (CMH/PDH), HOBBY 1, the first of 2021 (PDH),
WHEATEAR 1 this AM (CMH), DUNLIN 1, the first of 2021 (CMH), Yellow
Wagtail 1, Sedge Warbler 1, Green Sandpiper 1,
Willow Warbler 6, Goosander 1, Cetti's Warbler
2, Goldeneye 7, Snipe 3, GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1
 |
Wheatear
(Chris Hubbard)
|
 |
| Dunlin,
the first of 2021 (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 8th |
SEDGE WARBLER 2 this AM, the first
of 2021 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Oystercatcher
2, Yellow Wagtail 2 (D Hicklin), Goldeneye 9, Snipe 3, Willow
Warbler 3, Golden Plover 13 flew west (CMH), Cetti's Warbler
2, Goosander 1, Kingfisher 1
|
| 7th |
Green Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail
1, Little Egret 2, Goosander 2, Willow Warbler 1, Teal 3, Snipe 1,
Goldeneye 10
|
| 6th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 2,
Kingfisher 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Swallow 15, House
Martin 1, Goosander 2
|
| 5th |
Yellow Wagtail 1
(PDH), Goldeneye 8, Goosander 1, House Martin 2, Swallow c20,
Sand Martin 2, Oystercatcher 1, Willow Warbler 1, Little Egret
1, Sparrowhawk 2
|
| 4th |
YELLOW WAGTAIL 1 heard and then
seen briefly on the dam, the first of 2021 (Richard Cross/CMH), WILLOW
WARBLER 1 singing, the first of 2021 (S&M Wyatt), Blackcap 5,
Cetti's Warbler 2, Goosander 2, Red Kite 2, Kestrel 3, Pochard 3, Teal
7, Raven 2, Common Gull 53 (CMH), Goldeneye 13, Snipe 1, Fieldfare 1,
Green Sandpiper 1, Swallow 3, Sand Martin 2
 |
| Yellow
Wagtail (Richard Cross) |
|
| 3rd |
OSPREY 1 over
this PM, the first of 2021 (CMH), Oystercatcher 1, Little Egret 2,
Swallow 5, Blackcap 1, Goosander 1, CURLEW 1 flew west (SCN)
|
| 2nd |
Common Gull c150, Swallow c12,
Sand Martin 6, House Martin 1, Goosander 3, Teal 1 female, Blackcap 1,
Cetti's Warbler 1, Wigeon 4, Kingfisher 1
|
| 1st |
CURLEW 1 this AM (CMH),
Oystercatcher 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Goosander 3, House Martin 1, the
first of 2021 (CMH), Swallow 4, Sand Martin c20
OTTER 1 this AM (CMH)
|
March
| 31st |
*SANDWICH TERN*
2 flew east at 08.00, the first since 2018 (M Townsend), Blackcap 8,
Shelduck 1, Pochard 3, Cetti's Warbler 4, Little Egret 1, Goosander 1,
Wigeon c20 (SCN), Goldeneye 12
|
| 30th |
Blackcap 1, Swallow 1, Sand Martin
1, Raven 1, Cetti's Warbler 4 (ET), Goosander 3
|
| 29th |
Oystercatcher 1, Grey
Wagtail 2, Little Egret 2, Goosander 3, Goldeneye 17, Sand Martin 12, WHEATEAR
1, the first of 2021 (K Reeves/GB), CURLEW 1 (CMH)
|
| 28th |
Oystercatcher 2, Goosander 5,
Raven 2, Goldfinch 7, Kingfisher 2, Cetti's Warbler 2
|
| 27th |
CURLEW 1 (ET), Sand Martin 7,
Green Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 1, Goosander 3, Cetti's Warbler
2
|
| 26th |
*RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED
GOOSE* 1 still present at 14.30 but no details on how long
it was present for (not there at 17.00), OSPREY 1 possible being mobbed
by 2 Buzzard - n.b. several birds reported in Leicestershire and
Northamptonshire in the last 48 hours (Dave Williams), Sand Martin at
least 5 (ET/CMH), Swallow 1, the first of the year this evening (CMH),
Pochard 3, Green Sandpiper 1, Goosander 3 (2F, 1M), Cetti's Warbler 2,
Little Grebe 1, Little Egret 1
 |
| Sand
Martin (Ewan Turner) |
|
| 25th |
*RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED
GOOSE* 1 early morning only (CMH), CURLEW 2 flew west (CMH),
Green Sandpiper 1, Sand Martin 2, the first of 2021 (K Reeves),
Goosander 3, Meadow Pipit 4, Lesser Redpoll 4, GREAT EGRET 1 (ET),
Blackcap 1, Shoveler 1, Pochard 3, Siskin 1, Goldeneye 17, Grey Wagtail
2, Kingfisher 2
|
| 24th |
*RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED
GOOSE* 1 first-winter, Goldeneye 15, Blackcap 1, the first
of 2021 (CB), Cetti's Warbler 1
 |
| White-fronted
Goose (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 23rd |
*RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED
GOOSE* 1 first-winter with Greylags at dusk. the first at the
site since 2019 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret
2, Oystercatcher 2, Water Rail 1
 |
| First-winter
Russian White-fronted Goose (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 22nd |
GREAT EGRET 1,
Cetti's Warbler 2, Snipe 1, Pochard 1, Oystercatcher 2, Siskin
1, Lesser Redpoll 6
|
| 21st |
Oystercatcher 4 this AM (CMH),
Snipe 3, Lesser Redpoll 8, Goosander 4, Goldeneye 16, Chiffchaff 6
(FG), Buzzard 4, Green Sandpiper 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, the first of
2021 (SCN) |
| 20th |
Oystercatcher 2, GREAT EGRET 1,
Water Rail 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Goosander 4, WOODCOCK
1 (ET)
|
| 19th |
Goosander 2, Teal 2, Oystercatcher
2
 |
| Oystercatchers
(Ewan Turner) |
|
| 18th |
GREAT EGRET 2 (CMH), Goosander 2,
Water Rail 1,
|
| 17th |
Goosander 5, Little Egret 2,
Kingfisher 2, Water Rail 2, Wigeon 148, MEDITERRANEAN GULL
1 adult (a different bird to the 2 visiting recently) very briefly in
the roost (CMH)
|
| 16th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Meadow Pipit 13
|
| 15th |
*KITTIWAKE* 1
first-winter in the roost (CMH)
 |
| Kittiwake,
first-winter (Chris Hubbard) |
|
14th
|
MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 second-winter
briefly (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1, Water Rail 1 GREAT EGRET 1, CURLEW 1
flew east (CMH), Tufted Duck 187, Goldeneye 28, Little Grebe 1,
Goosander 1
|
7th-
13th |
MEDITERRANEAN
GULL 3 on 7th (2 adults and a 2nd-winter), 2 on 8th,
1 on 9th, 1 on 10th, 2 on 11th, 1 on 12th, 1 on 13th (CMH), MARSH
HARRIER 1 on 7th (R Cross), WHITE WAGTAIL 2 on 7th (R Cross),
Black-headed Gull 1 colour-ringed bird yellow 2H18 on 7th
(ET), CURLEW 1 on 8th (CMH), Goosander 2 all week, GREAT
EGRET reported several times during the week, WATER RAIL at least 2 all
week, Goldeneye 28 on 11th
 |
| Mediterranean
Gulls - 2 adults and a 2nd-winter (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 1st-6th |
MEDITERRANEAN
GULL 1 on 1st (CMH), MEDITERRANEAN GULL
2 on 2nd (CMH), GREAT EGRET reported several times during the
week, CURLEW 1 on 4th and 6th (CMH), Wigeon 174 on 4th (CMH),
Oystercatcher 2 on 5th, Green Sandpiper 1 on 5th, MEDITERRANEAN
GULL 1 on 5th (CMH), PEREGRINE 1 seen on 5th and
6th (CMH), MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 on 6th (CMH),
Water Rail at least 2 reported during the week (CMH/ET)
 |
| Water
Rail (Ewan Turner) |
|
February
|
As at the end of February
the species list for the site for 2021 is 98 species
|
| |
21st - 28th - *BEARDED
TIT* until Friday but presumed gone after this date (CMH),
Water Rail 5, CURLEW 1, the first of 2021 on 21st (CMH), Snipe 22 on
21st (CMH), Oystercatcher 1 on several days, PINTAIL 2 on 24th, MEDITERRANEAN
GULL 2 on 24th (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1 on 25th, MEDITERRANEAN
GULL 2 on 26th, both different birds to the 24th (CMH),
STONECHAT 1, BRAMBLING 1 over on 27th (CMH), MEDITERRANEAN
GULL 1 on 27th (CMH), Barn Owl 2 on 27th
 |
| Bearded
Tit (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| 3
of the 4 different Mediterranean Gulls - all adults (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| Feb |
14th - 20th -
*BEARDED TIT* 2 still present until Friday (CMH), GREAT
EGRET 1 on several days, Water Rail 3-5 on several days, Meadow Pipit
18 on 19th, STONECHAT 2 all week, Goosander 5 on 19th, OYSTERCATCHER
1 on 20th, the first of 2021 (ET), MARSH HARRIER 1
on 20th, the first of 2021 (CMH), PEREGRINE 1 on 20th (CMH), Green
Sandpiper 1 on 20th (CMH, ET)
Oystercatcher, the
first of 2021 (Ewan Turner)
Water Rail (Chris
Hubbard)
|
| Feb |
7th - 13th -
*BEARDED TIT* 2 until at least Thursday (CMH),
Golden Plover 1 over on 7th, Snipe a group of 22 flying around the
reservoir on 7th (CMH), JACK SNIPE 1 on 7th (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1 on
7th, Egyptian Goose 1 on 7th, Peregrine, the first of 2021 on 9th
(CMH), GREAT EGRET on several dates (CMH, CB, ET), Goosander 2 on 10th,
Canada Goose 230 on 12th, Wigeon c340 on 12th, MEDITERRANEAN
GULL 2 on 12th (ET, CMH), CASPIAN
GULL 1 first-winter on 13th, on the ice in Keepers Lodge Bay.
A colour-ringed individual - metal on left leg, yellow ring P:PW6 on
right leg ringed as a pullus in Poland in May 2020
and also seen in Holland, Peterborough and locally at Shawell (ET,
CMH). This is the first time ever that we have been able to read a ring
of Caspian Gull at the site.
 |
Mediterranean
Gull (Ewan Turner)
|
 |
| Caspian
Gull - Polish ringed (Ewan Turner) |
 |
| Caspian
Gull - Polish ringed (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Caspian
Gull - Polish ringed (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Caspian
Gull - Polish ringed (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| Feb |
1st - 6th - *BEARDED
TIT* both still present, STONECHAT 3 all week, MEDITERRANEAN
GULL 1 adult in the roost on 4th, the first of 2021 (CMH), *BEWICK'S
SWAN* 18 very briefly before flying NW on 6th, the first
since 2019 and the largest group for some time (CMH)
 |
| Bewick's
Swans (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Bearded
Tit (Ewan Turner) |
|
January
| 23rd |
24th - 31st - *BEARDED
TIT* both still present, GREAT EGRET 1 on several dates,
STONECHAT 3 all week, BARNACLE GOOSE 1 on 24th (CMH), Golden Plover 2,
over on 24th, Snipe 5 on 25th, Barn Owl 1 on 25th (CMH), Common Gull
c610 on 25th, Goosander 5 on 26th, Shelduck 10 briefly on 28th (CMH),
Water Rail 5 on 29th, WOODCOCK 1 on 30th (CMH), Siskin 1 on 30th,
PINTAIL 1 on 30th (CMH), Egyptian Goose 2 on 31st (CMH), Common Gull
c1300 (CMH) on 31st, Red Kite 4 on 31st, Little Egret 4 on 31st
|
| 17th |
17th to 23rd - *BEARDED
TIT* - still present all week but elusive (CMH), BARNACLE
GOOSE 1 on 17th (CMH), PINTAIL 1 on 17th (CMH), GREAT EGRET 2 on 17th
(CB), Pochard 39, Tufted Duck 136, Wigeon 91, Gadwall 63, Coot 353,
Water Rail 5 all on 17th (CMH), Great Black-backed Gull 112 on 18th
(CMH), Chiffchaff at least 4 during the week (CMH, CB), CASPIAN GULL 1,
a 2nd-winter in the roost on 22nd (CMH), PINTAIL 1 on 22nd (FG)
 |
| Caspian
Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
 |
| Stonechat
(Ewan Turner) |
 |
Female
Bearded Tit (Ewan Turner)
|
|
| 8th |
8th to 16th - *BEARDED
TIT* - still present all week but elusive at times (CMH),
Water Rail 6 on 14th (CMH), PINTAIL 2 on 8th (CMH), Little
Grebe 4 on 9th (CMH), PINTAIL 4 on 10th (CMH), STONECHAT 3 present all
week (CMH/CB), JACK SNIPE 1 on 10th (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1 on 14th
(CB), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult in the roost on the 15th (CMH) |
| 7th |
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UNTIL THE END OF LOCKDOWN. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO VISIT, WHILST COMPLYING
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STAY SAFE**.
*BEARDED TIT* 2
still (CMH), BARNACLE GOOSE 1, the first of 2021 (CMH), PINTAIL 2, the
first of 2021 (CMH)
|
| 6th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
(CMH), BRAMBLING 1 over calling (CMH), Water Rail 2, Lapwing c50,
Kingfisher 1, Lesser Redpoll 3, Bullfinch 7
|
| 5th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
this AM (CMH), WHOOPER SWAN 5 early AM, 2 adults
& 3 juveniles, the first of 2021
(CMH), STONECHAT 1, Common Snipe 1, Water Rail 2, GREAT EGRET 1, Little
Egret 1, Lesser Redpoll c14, Green Sandpiper 1, Kingfisher 2
 |
| Whooper
Swan - presumed family party (Chris Hubbard) |
|
| 4th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
(CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, STONECHAT 3, Green Sandpiper 1, Lapwing c200,
Sparrowhawk 1, Lesser Redpoll 3, Red Kite 1, Goosander 2 (PDH), Tawny
Owl 1 calling near the settling pond
|
| 3rd |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
(J Raven), STONECHAT 1, Chiffchaff 2, Red Kite 1, Grey Wagtail 1, Tree
Sparrow 7, Little Grebe 2
|
| 2nd |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
(CMH), JACK SNIPE 1 (CMH/CB), Shelduck 1, Snipe 1, Little Egret 2,
Kingfisher 2, Brambling 1 (CMH), Red Kite 1, Chiffchaff 2, Water Rail
2, STONECHAT 3, Goosander 1
|
| 1st |
*BEARDED TIT* still
2 this AM (CMH), Water Rail 1, STONECHAT 3, GREAT EGRET 2, Little Egret
3, Goldeneye 7, Chiffchaff 3, Lesser Redpoll 1, Lapwing c70, Snipe 2,
Nuthatch 1 Coal Tit 1, Shoveler 6, Coot 452, Teal c30, Goosander 6,
Green Sandpiper 1, Buzzard 1, Grey Wagtail 1
 |
| Great
Egret (Chris Begley) |
 |
| Kestrel
(Steve Nichols) |
|
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