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)
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Please email your sightings from the reservoir to chris@stanfordrg.org.uk or text / WhatsApp me on 07803 374541.
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2024
March
18th | Little Egret 6, Shelduck 1 |
17th | PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 1 still (CMH), Oystercatcher 2, PINTAIL 8 (SCN) |
16th | Little Egret 3, Teal 5, TREE SPARROW 2, the first of 2024 (M Townsend), Cetti's Warbler 1, Oystercatcher 2 |
15th | Pochard 25, Water Rail 1, Oystercatcher 2, Peregrine 1 (D Hicklin), Chiffchaff 6, Cetti's Warbler 1 |
13th | PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 1 (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 1 third-winter in the roost (CMH), Common Gull minimum of 800 counted (CMH), Little Egret 4 over, Kingfisher 1 |
11th | Little Egret 1, Teal 2, Wigeon 20, Cetti's Warbler 2, Water Rail 1, Oystercatcher 2, Siskin 3. Goosander 3, Wigeon 177, Shoveler 3 |
10th | Little Egret 1, CURLEW 1, the first of 2024 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, Kingfisher 1, Shelduck 2
No sign of the Firecrest today |
9th | **FIRECREST** 1 from early morning until 17.00 at least near the gate to the Welford Road car park, the first since 2020 (CMH), PINTAIL 8 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 2, DUNLIN 1 flew east, the first of 2024 (CMH), Chiffchaff 4 with 3 in song
| Firecrest (Fritz Graves) |
| Firecrest (Chris Hubbard) |
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8th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), Teal 12, Pochard 23, Little Egret 2, Goosander 1 female
If anyone has lost what looks like part of a Sigma lense (cover) - I have it so drop me a message |
7th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), Goosander 1
| Mediterranean Gull (Chris Hubbard) | |
6th | Teal 8, Little Egret 1, Goldeneye 10, Buzzard 10, Wigeon 160 |
3rd | Shoveler 3, Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Goosander 1, Little Egret 1, Grey Heron 3, Redwing c30, Fieldfare 8, Lapwing 12, Goldeneye 4 |
2nd | Goldeneye 2, wigeon 43, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 1 again (SCN) |
February
25th | Goldeneye 6, Fieldfare c180, Redwing c100, Starling c1800, Buzzard 3, Wigeon 40, Long-tailed Tit 14, Gadwall 7 |
24th | **WAXWING** 5 flew north west this AM, the first since 2019 (M Townsend) |
23rd | STONECHAT 1, the first of 2024, Peregrine 1, Oystercatcher 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Water Rail 1 |
22nd | Goldeneye 11, Goosander 5 |
21st | *PINK-FOOTED GOOSE* 1 (SCN), Goosander 4 |
19th | GREAT EGRET 1, Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Chiffchaff 1, Wigeon c150, Pochard 20, Teal 15, Siskin 1, Peregrine 1 this PM (CMH) |
18th | *PINK-FOOTED GOOSE* 1 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Goosander 4, Wigeon 218 (CMH), Teal 15, Goldeneye 14, Oystercatcher 1, CATTLE EGRET 1 still near the hall (M Alibone) |
17th | Goosander 2, Pochard 20, CATTLE EGRET 1 still close by, Sparrowhawk 1 |
16th | PINTAIL 1 drake (CMH), House Sparrow 1, the first of 2024 (CMH), Wigeon 94, Oystercatcher 2, Peregrine 1 (CMH), Little Grebe 1, Mute Swan 37, Little Egret 4 |
15th | Goosander 1, Wigeon 17, CATTLE EGRET 1 still close by |
12th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 second-winter in the roost (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Goosander 3, CATTLE EGRET still close by (CMH), Oystercatcher 1 on the dam (CMH) |
11th | Tufted Duck 153, Shoveler 4, Goldeneye 15, Goosander 4, Coot 55, Greylag Goose 201, Little Egret 1, Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 1 |
10th | *PINK-FOOTED GOOSE* 1 (CMH) |
9th | Goosander 4, Goldeneye 12 |
7th | MARSH HARRIER 1 late PM (CMH), *PINK-FOOTED GOOSE* 1 late PM (CMH), Goldeneye 23, Little Egret 3, Chiffchaff 1, Teal 16, Goosander 6, CATTLE EGRET 1 close by |
6th | CATTLE EGRET 1 still along the road (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Pied Wagtail 45, Goosander 4 |
5th | Shelduck 2, Lapwing 20, Goosander 4, Little Egret 2, Raven 2, Water Rail 1, Pied Wagtail 45, Red Kite 2, Grey Wagtail 1 |
4th | CATTLE EGRET 1 (CMH), *PINK-FOOTED GOOSE* 1 still (CMH), Goldeneye 13, Chiffchaff 2, Goosander 5
| Pink-footed Goose (Chris Hubbard) | , |
3rd | *PINK-FOOTED GOOSE* 1 again (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1 Little Egret 1, Lapwing 67, Goldeneye 12, Teal 33, CATTLE EGRET 1 close by, Peregrine 1 |
2nd | *PINK-FOOTED GOOSE* 1 with Greylags (CMH), CATTLE EGRET 1 still (CMH) |
1st | CATTLE EGRET 1 briefly and then back to it's normal field (CMH), Chiffchaff 2, Goosander 8, Goldeneye 8 |
January
31st | CASPIAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 third-winter in the roost (CMH), CATTLE EGRET 1 still close by (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Little Egret 1, Little Grebe 1 |
30th | Goldeneye 10, Chiffchaff 2, Little Egret 1, CATTLE EGRET 1 still close by |
29th | MARSH HARRIER 1 flew east at 16.31, the first of 2024 (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 1 adult in the roost, GREAT EGRET 1 over at dusk (CMH), Little Egret 1, Goldeneye 10, CATTLE EGRET 1 |
28th | Mistle Thrush 2, Shelduck 1, CATTLE EGRET still close by (CMH), Barn Owl 1, the first of 2024 (CMH), Goosander 20, Meadow Pipit 15 |
27th | **CATTLE EGRET** 1 left the roost at 07.25 and later relocated to sheep fields near to Stanford Hall (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 2, Chiffchaff 2, GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1, Goosander 20, Peregrine 1, the first of 2024 (SRG)
| Cattle Egret (Chris Hubbard) | |
26th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), **CATTLE EGRET** 1 roosting this evening (CMH), OYSTERCATCHER 1 around the dam, the earliest record for 54 years (R Clark/CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 2 (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 1 adult (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Little Grebe 2
| Oystercatcher, the second earliest record at the site (Chris Hubbard) | |
24th | CASPIAN GULL 1 third-winter (CMH), Goosander 15, GREAT EGRET 1 |
23rd | GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1, Goldeneye 4, Goosander 8 |
22nd | CASPIAN GULL 1 first-winter in the roost (CMH), PINTAIL 4 including 2 drakes (CMH), Goosander 15, Little Grebe 2 |
21st | GREAT EGRET 2 (CMH), Little Egret 3, Teal 89, Goosander 20, Herring Gull 445, Black-headed Gull 1410, Common Gull 695, Lesser Black-backed Gull 65, Great Black-backed Gull 21 (all gull numbers for the BTO WinGS survey) |
20th | CASPIAN GULL 2, a first-winter and an adult (CMH), Goosander 21, Little Grebe 4, GREAT EGRET 1
| Caspian Gull, first-winter (Chris Hubbard) | |
19th | CASPIAN GULL 1 colour-ringed adult in the roost (CMH), CACKLING GOOSE 1 of unknown origin (SCN), Goosander 17, GREAT EGRET 1, Lapwing 45, Little Egret 1, Chiffchaff | Caspian Gull adult (Chris Hubbard) | |
18th | CASPIAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), Goosander 10, Teal c60 (CMH), Little Egret 1, Chiffchaff 2, Sparrowhawk 1
| Chiffchaff (S Nichols) | |
17th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 second-winter in the roost (CMH), Goosander 21, GREAT EGRET 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Egret 1, Teal 6 |
16th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 second-winter in the roost (CMH), Goosander 17, Teal 30, Mistle Thrush 1, Great Black-backed Gull 35, SHELDUCK 1 on the dam, the first of 2024 (CMH), Chiffchaff 1 |
15th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 second-winter in the roost (CMH), Raven 1, GREAT EGRET 1, Goosander 11, Chiffchaff 2
| 2nd-winter Mediterranean Gull (Chris Hubbard) | |
14th | Red Kite 3, Buzzard 4, Sparrowhawk 1, Raven 1, Goosander 2, Grey Heron 4, Lapwing 22 |
12th | **KUMLIEN'S GULL** (sub species of Iceland Gull) 1 in the roost last night but only positively identified this AM, the 2nd record for the site and the first since 2020 (CMH), Goosander 14, MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 second-winter in the roost (M Alibone), *SHORT-EARED OWL* 1 this evening, the first of 2024 (SCN)
| Kumlien's Gull record shots (Chris Hubbard) | |
10th | GREAT EGRET 1 (Dawn Sheffield), Water Rail 2, Lesser Redpoll 2, Mistle Thrush 3, Meadow Pipit 3, Great Black-backed Gull 139 in the roost (CMH), Goosander 10 |
9th | Kingfisher 1, Goosander 4, Little Egret 1, Lesser Redpoll 2 |
8th | Goosander 17, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH)
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE at the monument field, Stanford Hall (SCN) |
7th | *WHOOPER SWAN* 3 off the dam until late afternoon when they flew NW, the first of 2024 (D. Sheffield), *PINK-FOOTED GOOSE* 1 (CMH), Goosander 10, Siskin 1, PINTAIL 10 including 7 drakes (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 1 third-winter in the roost (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult in the roost (S Mundy)
Black Swan 1 near Leicestershire reedbed this AM (CMH)
| Whooper Swans (Chris Hubbard) | |
6th |
*PINK-FOOTED GOOSE* 1, the first since 2022 (CMH), EGYPTIAN GOOSE 2, the first of 2024 (CMH), MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 second-winter in the roost, a different bird to the 3rd Jan making 4 this week (CMH), Goosander 15, Kingfisher 1, Cetti's Warbler 1 | Pink-footed Goose (Chris Hubbard) |
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4th | Goosander 16, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), Redpoll 9, Little Egret 1, Little Grebe 1, Shoveler 1 |
3rd | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 second-winter this evening (CMH), Goosander 17 |
2nd | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 2 first-winters in the roost (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 2 adults in the roost (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), Goosander 5 |
1st | Little Grebe 2, PINTAIL 1, Goosander 4, Lesser Redpoll 6, Water Rail 2, Jay 2, Treecreeper 1, Goldcrest 1, Buzzard 3, Red Kite 2, Goldeneye 5, Bullfinch 2, Siskin 2, Sparrowhawk 1, Buzzard 3, Kestrel 1
CATTLE EGRET 2 still at Stanford Hall (SCN) |
2023
December
31st | PINTAIL 1 drake
CATTLE EGRET 2 still at Stanford Hall (SCN)
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. HERE'S TO A GREAT BIRDING 2024! |
30th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 first-winter in the roost (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), Great Black-backed Gull c185 in the roost (CMH), GREAT EGRET 3 (CMH), Water Rail 2, Snipe 4, Lesser Redpoll 1, PINTAIL 1 (CMH), Goosander 14
CATTLE EGRET 2 still at Stanford Hall (CMH) |
29th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 first-winter in the roost (CMH), Snipe 5, PINTAIL 2 (SCN), Goosander 15 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Great Black-backed Gull 65 in the roost |
28th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 2 first-winters in the roost (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 1 in the roost (CMH), PINTAIL 1 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Little Grebe 2, Shoveler 5, Stock Dove 25, Goosander 2 |
27th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 first-winter (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 2 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Shelduck 3, PINTAIL 1 drake (CMH), Goldeneye 9, Teal 7, Little Grebe 2 |
24th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 1st-winter (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Goosander 11, Red Kite 1, CATTLE EGRET 2 still at Stanford Hall (CB)
| Mediteranean Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
Happy Christmas to all visitors to Stanford Reservoir |
23rd | Water Rail 1, GREAT EGRET 1, Chiffchaff 1, Shoveler 4, Buzzard 2, Mistle Thrush 1, Goosander 3 |
22nd | CASPIAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), PINTAIL 2 (CMH), Great Black-backed Gull c130, Goosander 1, Chiffchaff 1, Little Egret 1, Pied Wagtail 10, Little Grebe 3 |
20th | Goosander 4 (3 drakes), Great Black-backed Gull 97, Little Grebe 2 |
17th | Coot 529, Tufted Duck 164, Gadwall 101, Pochard 55, Mute Swan 70, Wigeon 92, Great Crested Grebe 7, Little Grebe 3 Cormorant 12, Greylag Goose 158, Goldeneye 5, Mallard 45 |
16th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 first-winter (CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), Great Black-backed Gull 147 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 3 over dam at dusk (CMH), Pochard 55, Goosander 2 drakes, Little Grebe 3, Shoveler 4, CATTLE EGRET 2 still at Stanford Hall (CB/B&FG), BRAMBLING 2 (S Wright) |
15th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 2 first-winters in the roost (CMH), Common Gull min of 1800 in the roost (CMH), Great Black-backed Gull c70, Little Grebe 3, Siskin 15, CATTLE EGRET 2 still at Stanford Hall |
13th | CASPIAN GULL 1 adult briefly this AM (CMH), Little Egret 2, Siskin 1, CATTLE EGRET 2 still at Stanford Hall (CMH) |
12th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 first-winter in the roost (CMH), Great Black-backed Gull 94 in the roost (CMH), CATTLE EGRET 2 still at Stanford Hall, Little Egret 2, Lesser Redpoll 17 |
11th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 first-winter in the roost (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 1 adult in the roost (CMH), Goosander 10 (7 drakes), Goldeneye 15, CATTLE EGRET 2 still at Stanford Hall, Little Egret 1, Little Grebe 3, Water Rail 1
| Mediterranean Gull (Chris Hubbard) | |
10th | BRAMBLING 1, CATTLE EGRET 2 still at Stanford Hall (CMH) |
9th | GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1, CATTLE EGRET 2 at Stanford Hall (CB) |
8th | MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 first-winter in the roost (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Goosander 2, Redwing 67 ringed (SRG), Fieldfare 12 ringed (SRG) |
7th | GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Little Grebe 1 |
6th | Goldeneye 11, Shoveler 10, Little Grebe 2 |
5th | *BARNACLE GOOSE* 46 briefly, the first since 2021 (SCN), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 2 (SCN)
| Barnacle Geese (Steve Nichols) | |
3rd | GREAT EGRET 1 (SCN), Teal 11, Goldeneye 3, Teal 11 |
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