Buckinghamshire bird news
Monday 1st May 2017
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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/05/17 | Lapwing | Dorney Lake, Dorney | 11 | D L Cleal |
| at least 4 pairs one with at least 3 young chicks. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Egyptian Goose | Dorney Lake, Dorney | 8 | D L Cleal |
| Pair with 4 young and another pair. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Buzzard | Calvert | 2 | D Shephard |
| Pair together. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Great Crested Grebe | Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert | 3 | D Shephard |
| 01/05/17 | Blackcap | Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert | 1 | D Shephard |
| Singing. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Little Grebe | Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert | 2 | D Shephard |
| Carrying nest material. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Sedge Warbler | Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert | 1 | D Shephard |
| Singing. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Swallow | Hillesden | 4 | D Shephard |
| 01/05/17 | Blackcap | Hillesden | 5 | D Shephard |
| Singing. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Red Kite | Hillesden | 1 | D Shephard |
| 01/05/17 | Mistle Thrush | Hillesden | 2 | D Shephard |
| 01/05/17 | Skylark | Hillesden | 1 | D Shephard |
| 01/05/17 | Lapwing | Hillesden | 1 | D Shephard |
| 01/05/17 | Oystercatcher | Hillesden | 2 | D Shephard |
| 01/05/17 | Willow Warbler | Hillesden | 1 | D Shephard |
| Singing. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Whitethroat | Hillesden | 2 | D Shephard |
| 01/05/17 | Kestrel | Hillesden | 1 | D Shephard |
| 01/05/17 | Corn Bunting | Pitstone Hill | 8 | L Evans |
| 01/05/17 | Red Kite | Pitstone Hill | 4 | L Evans |
| 01/05/17 | Lesser Whitethroat | Pitstone Hill | 1 | L Evans |
| 01/05/17 | Green Woodpecker | Pitstone Hill | 1 | L Evans |
| 01/05/17 | Mistle Thrush | Pitstone Hill | 1 | L Evans |
| 01/05/17 | Lesser Whitethroat | Pitstone Quarry | 1 | L Evans |
| 01/05/17 | Ring Ouzel | Pitstone Quarry | 1 | L Evans |
| A cracking male this afternoon feeding with a pair of Blackbird and Mistle Thrush at far east end of quarry (photographed). Dave Bilcock came over after I phoned him and also enjoyed nice views of it. My first at this site in nearly 20 years! | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Wheatear | Pitstone Quarry | 1 | L Evans |
| 01/05/17 | Garden Warbler | Pitstone Quarry | 1 | L Evans |
| Singing male. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Little Ringed Plover | Pitstone Quarry | 2 | L Evans |
| 01/05/17 | Mute Swan | Pitstone Quarry | 1 | L Evans |
| 01/05/17 | Oystercatcher | Pitstone Quarry | 2 | L Evans |
| 01/05/17 | Mandarin Duck | Pitstone Quarry | 2 | L Evans |
| Pair still. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Teal | Pitstone Quarry | 1 | L Evans |
| female. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Common Sandpiper | Pitstone Quarry | 1 | L Evans |
| 01/05/17 | KENTISH PLOVER | Pitstone Quarry | 1 | L Evans |
| A female discovered by David Bilcock at 0750 hours, on his second check of the quarry this morning - only the second record for the county following one at Willen Lake on 13th April 1981. Dave phoned Steve Rodwell who was closeby birding at Wilstone, as well as Roy Hargreaves & Ian Williams, to come over and confirm that he wasn't seeing things!! He also contacted me as I was driving towards Milton Keynes for Rob's GWE and within minutes place it on his twitter feed and consequently RBA. An extremely successful twitch considering the privacy of the site and the very limited parking availability and by 10am, some 50 or so local birders had connected. The bird traversed both the Bucks and Herts side of the imaginary border and although distant, afforded views of all of the salient features (eg, all dark legs, pallid appearance, incomplete breast-band, pale-brown collar, large head & LRP size). On the numerous occasions it was chased by the LRP, a clear-cut wing-bar could be seen. Due to the distance and haze involved, I managed only modest record shots of the bird, but Ian Williams who remained after I departed at 1030 managed to get much closer views of it and did well with much better shots. About 70 birders had connected before it was finally chased away by an LRP and off over Aldbury Nowers at 1137. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Yellow Wagtail | Linford Reserve, Linford GPs | 1 | P R Moon |
| Missed anything Rob :)? | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Gadwall | Linford Reserve, Linford GPs | 2 | P R Moon |
| 01/05/17 | Teal | Linford Reserve, Linford GPs | 3 | P R Moon |
| 01/05/17 | Cuckoo | Linford Reserve, Linford GPs | 1 | P R Moon |
| 01/05/17 | Common Sandpiper | Linford Reserve, Linford GPs | 1 | P R Moon |
| 01/05/17 | Little Egret | Linford Reserve, Linford GPs | 1 | P R Moon |
| 01/05/17 | Wigeon | Linford Reserve, Linford GPs | 3 | P R Moon |
| a pair and a lone drake. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Shoveler | Linford Reserve, Linford GPs | 2 | P R Moon |
| 01/05/17 | Little Ringed Plover | Linford Reserve, Linford GPs | 2 | P R Moon |
| 01/05/17 | Cetti's Warbler | Linford Reserve, Linford GPs | 2 | P R Moon |
| 1 singing on Blackhorse Lake and second near old skool Little Owl tree. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Little Ringed Plover | Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes | 2 | P R Moon |
| 16:04 | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Little Egret | Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes | 1 | P R Moon |
| In the Heronry. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Grey Heron | Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes | 8 | P R Moon |
| 01/05/17 | Cetti's Warbler | Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes | 1 | P R Moon |
| 01/05/17 | Common Sandpiper | Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes | 1 | P R Moon |
| 01/05/17 | Common Tern | Willen Lake South, Willen Lakes | 59 | P R Moon |
| 15:30 | Rob counted 54. Robs now said it was 59! | |||
| 01/05/17 | Black Tern | Willen Lake South, Willen Lakes | 1 | P R Moon |
| 15:30 | Still mid lake. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Swift | Willen Lake South, Willen Lakes | 2 | P R Moon |
| 15:30 | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Yellow Wagtail | Rowsham | 5 | M Wallen |
| In widely scattered areas, 4 of which were flying over/ around, but 1 stunning male was on the deck with horses looking simply stunning in the evening sunshine. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Wheatear | Rowsham | 1 | M Wallen |
| fem. 1 of the three from yesterday. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Wheatear | Dorney Lake, Dorney | 2 | D L Cleal |
| Male & female feeding 200 mtrs apart in the reserve. My first at Dorney this year. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Skylark | Springfield Farm Landfill | 2 | D L Cleal |
| 01/05/17 | Whitethroat | Springfield Farm Landfill | 5 | D L Cleal |
| 01/05/17 | Linnet | Springfield Farm Landfill | 3 | D L Cleal |
| 01/05/17 | Whinchat | Springfield Farm Landfill | 1 | D L Cleal |
| with PJS. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Wheatear | Springfield Farm Landfill | 3 | D L Cleal |
| With PJS. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Hobby | Dorney Lake, Dorney | 1 | D L Cleal |
| Flew low along the main lake to the east, being mobbed by a couple of juvenile BHGs and a party of Common Terns. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Black Tern | Dorney Lake, Dorney | 7 | D L Cleal |
| Part of the original flock that I saw, number decreased to 5 then they all left together after 45 mins. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Common Tern | Dorney Lake, Dorney | 30 | D L Cleal |
| When I arrived there was a large flock of terns at around the 500 mtr mark, many were flying quite high. By the time I got close enough to view the numbers had dropped but circa 30 CT were still present though the number gradually decreased. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Swift | Dorney Lake, Dorney | 50 | D L Cleal |
| Several in situ on my arrival then more parties over heading north. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Swallow | Dorney Lake, Dorney | 40 | D L Cleal |
| 01/05/17 | House Martin | Dorney Lake, Dorney | 20 | D L Cleal |
| 01/05/17 | Sand Martin | Dorney Lake, Dorney | 10 | D L Cleal |
| 01/05/17 | Skylark | Dorney Lake, Dorney | 1 | D L Cleal |
| 01/05/17 | Linnet | Dorney Lake, Dorney | 4 | D L Cleal |
| 01/05/17 | Buzzard | Tattenhoe, Milton Keynes | 2 | H Appleyard |
| Pair together by Water Spinney, one being much paler on the chest than the other. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Nuthatch | Howe Park Wood, Milton Keynes | 1 | H Appleyard |
| 01/05/17 | Little Egret | Tattenhoe, Milton Keynes | 1 | H Appleyard |
| Catching sticklebacks in the brook. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Kingfisher | Tattenhoe, Milton Keynes | 1 | H Appleyard |
| fem. Perched by the brook. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Goldcrest | Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes | 1 | H Appleyard |
| Calling near Milton Keynes Boundary Walk. SP819335. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Common Tern | Tattenhoe, Milton Keynes | 1 | H Appleyard |
 | Flying in a south easterly direction over the estate. A little too high up to be sure of species but definitely a tern. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Greenfinch | Howe Park Wood, Milton Keynes | 1 | H Appleyard |
| Singing in brambles just outside the wood. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Bullfinch | Adstock | 2 | B Parker |
| 15:30 | Pair on roadside verge just north of village. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Cormorant | Foxcote Res | 2 | B Parker |
| 15:40 | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Woodpigeon | Foxcote Res | 3 | B Parker |
| 15:40 | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Pheasant | Foxcote Res | 1 | B Parker |
| 15:40 | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Blackbird | Foxcote Res | 2 | B Parker |
| 15:40 | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Green Woodpecker | Foxcote Res | 1 | B Parker |
| 15:40 | Feeding on grassy slope below dam. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Reed Bunting | Foxcote Res | 1 | B Parker |
| 15:40 | Heard only. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Kestrel | Foxcote Res | 1 | B Parker |
| 15:40 | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Tufted Duck | Foxcote Res | 26 | B Parker |
| 15:40 | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Mallard | Foxcote Res | 5 | B Parker |
| 15:40 | 5 male. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Coot | Foxcote Res | 15 | B Parker |
| 15:40 | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Black-headed Gull | Foxcote Res | 35 | B Parker |
| 15:40 | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Great Crested Grebe | Foxcote Res | 8 | B Parker |
| 15:40 | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Common Tern | Foxcote Res | 9 | B Parker |
| 15:40 | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Common Sandpiper | Foxcote Res | 2 | B Parker |
| 15:40 | Both on the dam wall, feeding along edgeof water. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Ringed Plover | Foxcote Res | 1 | B Parker |
| 15:40 | On the dam although spends a lot of time in short vegetation growing on the retaining wall of the dam. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Green Sandpiper | Ravenstone Mill | 1 | P Baker |
| 16:00 | By small pond in field. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Arctic Tern | Little Marlow GP | 2 | A J Stevens |
| Came down during a shower, didn't stay long. With PS. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Dunlin | Little Marlow GP | 1 | A J Stevens |
| Still. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Ringed Plover | Little Marlow GP | 2 | A J Stevens |
| 01/05/17 | Common Sandpiper | Little Marlow GP | 1 | A J Stevens |
| 01/05/17 | Shelduck | Little Marlow GP | 1 | A J Stevens |
| 01/05/17 | Little Ringed Plover | Little Marlow GP | 5 | A J Stevens |
| 01/05/17 | Oystercatcher | Pitstone Quarry | 2 | R Ness |
| 12:00 | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Mandarin Duck | Pitstone Quarry | 1 | R Ness |
| 12:00 | m. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Ring Ouzel | Pitstone Hill | 1 | R Ness |
| 12:00 | m. on slope facing the quarry. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Sand Martin | Springfield Farm Landfill | 20 | D Ferguson |
| 01/05/17 | Whitethroat | Springfield Farm Landfill | 4 | D Ferguson |
| 01/05/17 | Wheatear | Springfield Farm Landfill | 1 | D Ferguson |
| male. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Firecrest | Wooburn Common | 1 | P J Stevens |
| 09:30 | Singing from large Douglas Fir in neighbours garden. Last heard in the same area on 10th April so perhaps birds on passage ? | |||
| 01/05/17 | Brambling | Marlow Bottom | 1 | A D Bassett |
| m in garden under feeders. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Pochard | Little Marlow GP | 1 | A D Bassett |
| m still. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Teal | Little Marlow GP | 1 | A D Bassett |
| Only 1 m seen. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Sedge Warbler | Little Marlow GP | 1 | A D Bassett |
| South bank. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Dunlin | Little Marlow GP | 1 | A D Bassett |
| S/p bird still. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Ringed Plover | Little Marlow GP | 2 | A D Bassett |
| Still. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Black Tern | Little Marlow GP | 8 | A D Bassett |
| Flew in at 6:15 stayed 30 mins then left high south. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Yellow Wagtail | Grange Farm, Widmer End | 1 | A J Petherbridge |
| 11:15 | In horse paddocks behind the tennis courts. A real stunner. | |||
| 01/05/17 | KENTISH PLOVER | Pitstone Quarry | 1 | T Wallen |
| fem. With MSW and a number of Bucks + Herts birders. Found by David Bilcock. Spending lots of time around the county boundary but seen to fly about and confidently recorded in both Bucks + Herts. Photographed ( at 200 metres !!!). | ||||
| 01/05/17 | KENTISH PLOVER | Pitstone Quarry | 1 | J E Rose |
| 09:00 | Found by Dave Bilcock. Still present at 10:10. Distinctive as it's right foot is missing. NOTE: Flew of high to the S at 11:35! | |||
| 01/05/17 | Oystercatcher | Willen Lake South, Willen Lakes | 2 | T Garner |
| 08:30 | On water ski pontoon, flew off north. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Common Sandpiper | Willen Lake South, Willen Lakes | 2 | T Garner |
| 08:30 | On water ski pontoon. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Common Sandpiper | Foxcote Res | 3 | P J Tizzard |
| On the dam. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Willow Warbler | Stowe | 1 | P J Tizzard |
| Territorial male-been here for ten days+. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Lesser Whitethroat | Stowe | 1 | P J Tizzard |
| 01/05/17 | Little Owl | Stowe | 1 | P J Tizzard |
| 01/05/17 | Lesser Whitethroat | Maid's Moreton | 1 | P J Tizzard |
| One rattling at Foscote SP717358. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Tufted Duck | Foxcote Res | 21 | P J Tizzard |
| 01/05/17 | Great Crested Grebe | Foxcote Res | 8 | P J Tizzard |
| 01/05/17 | Sedge Warbler | Foxcote Res | 1 | P J Tizzard |
| 01/05/17 | Black-headed Gull | Foxcote Res | 25 | P J Tizzard |
| Three on nests on rafts. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Common Tern | Foxcote Res | 7 | P J Tizzard |
| 01/05/17 | Goosander | Gayhurst Quarry | 1 | R Norris |
| 07:00 | Female flew over. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Common Tern | Gayhurst Quarry | 10 | R Norris |
| 07:00 | Birds back on territory, not passing migrants passing through. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Oystercatcher | Gayhurst Quarry | 5 | R Norris |
| 07:00 | All 5 flying around together at one point. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Cuckoo | Gayhurst Quarry | 1 | R Norris |
| 07:00 | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Little Egret | Gayhurst Quarry | 2 | R Norris |
| 07:00 | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Great White Egret | Gayhurst Quarry | 1 | R Norris |
| 07:00 | On Fishing Pit briefly then flew on to the river behind. Dark billed bird so presumably the bird that was at Manor Farm yesterday. | |||