Buckinghamshire Bird News
Saturday 4th February 2012
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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/02/12 | Lapwing | Dinton | 2 | J W Gearing | |
| 04/02/12 | Goldcrest | Widmer End | 1 | M Tinnelly | |
| 15:30 | On fat feeder in our garden (on Candytuft Green). A frequent visitor this winter. | ||||
| 04/02/12 | Fieldfare | Widmer End | 20 | M Tinnelly | |
| 16:00 | c.20 - approx half of mixed Fieldfare/Redwing flock on or around Candytuft Green taking turns to feed on the berries on tree at the top of the green. | ||||
| 04/02/12 | Redwing | Widmer End | 20 | M Tinnelly | |
| 16:00 | c.20 - approx half of mixed Fieldfare/Redwing flock on or around Candytuft Green taking turns to feed on the berries on tree at the top of the green. | ||||
| 04/02/12 | Shelduck | Little Marlow GP | 2 | J Rose | |
| 16:00 | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Tufted Duck | College Lake | 173 | L Evans | |
| 04/02/12 | Pochard | College Lake | 213 | L Evans | |
| 04/02/12 | Teal | College Lake | 122 | L Evans | |
| 04/02/12 | Wigeon | College Lake | 228 | L Evans | |
| 04/02/12 | Great Crested Grebe | College Lake | 6 | L Evans | |
| 04/02/12 | Gadwall | College Lake | 53 | L Evans | |
| 04/02/12 | Mallard | College Lake | 43 | L Evans | |
| 04/02/12 | Goldeneye | College Lake | 5 | L Evans | |
| All female-types. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Shelduck | College Lake | 1 | L Evans | |
| 04/02/12 | Brent Goose | Marsworth Reservoir (Bucks section) | 1 | L Evans | |
| The wintering first-winter Dark-bellied Brent feeding with 70 Greylag Geese in fields SSE of College Farm today, the first time it has decided to visit Bucks since its arrival in November. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | SNOW BUNTING | Marsworth Reservoir (Bucks section) | 1 | L Evans | |
| First-winter male in NE corner and still showing well. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Marsh Tit | Linford | 1 | E C | |
| Please note that a permit is required for access to this site. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Bullfinch | Linford | 1 | E C | |
| male. Please note that a permit is required for access to this site. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Lesser Redpoll | Linford | 3 | E C | |
| Please note that a permit is required for access to this site. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Water Rail | Weston Turville Reservoir | 1 | P Stanford | |
| 04/02/12 | Coot | Weston Turville Reservoir | 18 | P Stanford | |
| 04/02/12 | Mallard | Weston Turville Reservoir | 36 | P Stanford | |
| on/around small patch of unfrozen water. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Bittern | Marsworth Reservoir (Bucks section) | 2 | S Rodwell | |
| 04/02/12 | Green Sandpiper | Wycombe Marsh | 1 | D T Cox | |
| 12:30 | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Little Egret | Wycombe Marsh | 2 | D T Cox | |
| 12:30 | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Grey Wagtail | Wycombe Marsh | 2 | D T Cox | |
| 12:30 | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Kingfisher | Wycombe Marsh | 1 | D T Cox | |
| 12:30 | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Little Grebe | Wycombe Marsh | 1 | D T Cox | |
| 12:30 | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Kestrel | Kimblewick | 2 | R Billyard | |
| 04/02/12 | Yellowhammer | Kimblewick | 48 | R Billyard | |
| 04/02/12 | Grey Partridge | Kimblewick | 4 | R Billyard | |
| Still in same spot. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Moorhen | Lee Common | 1 | D J Stone | |
| Since the weather has turned colder our resident bird has changed its feeding habits,instead of walking around pecking at the bird seed.It now sits down next to the food and eats,also alot of standing on one leg which we never saw in the warmer weather. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Lapwing | Lee Common | 1 | D J Stone | |
| Heading east at 3-30pm. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Sparrowhawk | Lee Common | 2 | D J Stone | |
| Male early morning,female checking out the Goldfinch roost in afternoon. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Goldfinch | Lee Common | 29 | D J Stone | |
| In pre-roost gathering, could have been one less as a Sparrow Hawk flew past on patrol. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Common Gull | Princes Risborough | 8 | D J Stone | |
| Shootacre Lane. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Golden Plover | Princes Risborough | 2 | D J Stone | |
| Flew over Shootacre Lane near Junction with A4010. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Redwing | Bradenham | 20 | D J Stone | |
| Approx. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Fieldfare | Bradenham | 72 | D J Stone | |
| 04/02/12 | Yellowhammer | Bradenham | 8 | D J Stone | |
| 04/02/12 | Red Kite | West Wycombe Hill | 3 | D J Stone | |
| Feeding on carrion near A4010. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Buzzard | West Wycombe Hill | 2 | D J Stone | |
| 04/02/12 | Pied Wagtail | West Wycombe Hill | 1 | D J Stone | |
| Over. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Fieldfare | West Wycombe Hill | 5 | D J Stone | |
| 04/02/12 | Redwing | West Wycombe Hill | 60 | D J Stone | |
| 20 on hill & 40 on playing fields. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Bullfinch | West Wycombe Hill | 6 | D J Stone | |
| 04/02/12 | Fieldfare | Flackwell Heath | 6 | J Rose | |
| 16:00 | Approx in garden feeding on Cotoneaster berries. Unusual here. | ||||
| 04/02/12 | Redwing | Flackwell Heath | 30 | J Rose | |
| 16:00 | Approx in garden feeding on Cotoneaster berries. | ||||
| 04/02/12 | Kingfisher | Little Marlow GP | 1 | J Rose | |
| 16:00 | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Great Black-backed Gull | Little Marlow GP | 1 | J Rose | |
| 16:00 | ad. | ||||
| 04/02/12 | Snipe | Little Marlow GP | 1 | J Rose | |
| 16:00 | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Green Sandpiper | Little Marlow GP | 1 | J Rose | |
| 16:00 | Flushed from the ditch that runs alongside the footpath (where the plantation was cut down). | ||||
| 04/02/12 | Teal | Little Marlow GP | 245 | J Rose | |
| 16:00 | All of the local population seemed to have gathered together on the ice making counting easier than usual. | ||||
| 04/02/12 | Wigeon | Little Marlow GP | 13 | J Rose | |
| 16:00 | A small group swimming in one of the few unfrozen pieces of water. | ||||
| 04/02/12 | Red Kite | Hedgerley | 35 | C Lamsdell | |
| over tip area. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Raven | Iver Heath | 1 | C Lamsdell | |
| 04/02/12 | Bittern | Marsworth Reservoir (Bucks section) | 1 | M Collard | |
| Sat at the top of reeds; eventualy walked over the ice to the far side; magical. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Grey Wagtail | Marsworth, Bucks | 1 | M Collard | |
| 04/02/12 | Brent Goose | Marsworth, Bucks | 1 | M Collard | |
| Ian W picked up a flock of Canada's with a Brent over the Herts part of resy; the flock eventually came in Bucks in a distant field where they joined more Canada's. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Caspian Gull | Little Marlow GP | 1 | A J Stevens | |
| 13:00 | Came in at 3:40. | ||||
| 04/02/12 | Teal | Little Marlow GP | 245 | A J Stevens | |
| 13:00 | Stood on the ice. | ||||
| 04/02/12 | Siskin | Little Marlow GP | 6 | A J Stevens | |
| 13:00 | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Snipe | Little Marlow GP | 2 | A J Stevens | |
| 13:00 | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Bullfinch | Whitchurch | 1 | T Watts | |
| 04/02/12 | Bullfinch | Pitchcott | 1 | T Watts | |
| 04/02/12 | Bullfinch | Calvert Landfill, Calvert | 3 | T Watts | |
| PRIVATE SITE; NO GENERAL ACCESS. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Siskin | Calvert Landfill, Calvert | 2 | T Watts | |
| PRIVATE SITE; NO GENERAL ACCESS. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Lesser Redpoll | Calvert Landfill, Calvert | 1 | T Watts | |
| PRIVATE SITE; NO GENERAL ACCESS. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Red Kite | Calvert Landfill, Calvert | 31 | T Watts | |
| PRIVATE SITE; NO GENERAL ACCESS. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Raven | Calvert Landfill, Calvert | 6 | T Watts | |
| minimum. PRIVATE SITE; NO GENERAL ACCESS. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Coot | Calvert Landfill, Calvert | 28 | T Watts | |
| a 200% increase. PRIVATE SITE; NO GENERAL ACCESS. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Teal | Calvert Landfill, Calvert | 127 | T Watts | |
| influx, think record count for here. PRIVATE SITE; NO GENERAL ACCESS. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Mallard | Calvert Landfill, Calvert | 212 | T Watts | |
| influx. PRIVATE SITE; NO GENERAL ACCESS. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Caspian Gull | Calvert Landfill, Calvert | 1 | T Watts | |
| 1st or 2nd W ( Sun in my eyes!). PRIVATE SITE; NO GENERAL ACCESS. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Iceland Gull | Calvert Landfill, Calvert | 1 | T Watts | |
| 1st W ( pink/flesh based bill). PRIVATE SITE; NO GENERAL ACCESS. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Fieldfare | Buckingham | 8 | M S Hunt | |
| Feeding on ornamental crab fruits in our garden. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Little Egret | Buckingham | 1 | M S Hunt | |
| Frequenting a drainage culvert nr our house. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Kingfisher | Buckingham | 1 | M S Hunt | |
| managed to catch a fish in an unfrozen drainage culvert. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Little Grebe | Thorney CP | 2 | D Ferguson | |
| Lake is ice-free. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Snipe | Thorney CP | 1 | D Ferguson | |
| 04/02/12 | Kingfisher | Thorney CP | 1 | D Ferguson | |
| 04/02/12 | Lesser Redpoll | Thorney CP | 2 | D Ferguson | |
| 04/02/12 | Stock Dove | Haddenham | 15 | F Desmette | |
| 04/02/12 | Goosander | Haddenham | 4 | F Desmette | |
| 2 male 2 female. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Merlin | Haddenham | 1 | F Desmette | |
| 04/02/12 | Teal | Haddenham | 6 | F Desmette | |
| 04/02/12 | Golden Plover | Dinton | 3 | F Desmette | |
| 04/02/12 | Curlew | Dinton | 2 | F Desmette | |
| standing on ice. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Redwing | Haddenham | 8 | C Young | |
| in garden. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Sparrowhawk | Weston Turville Reservoir | 1 | S Richards | |
| f. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Tufted Duck | Weston Turville Reservoir | 5 | S Richards | |
| 04/02/12 | Teal | Weston Turville Reservoir | 2 | S Richards | |
| 04/02/12 | Gadwall | Weston Turville Reservoir | 3 | S Richards | |
| 04/02/12 | Common Gull | Wendover | 1 | S Richards | |
| 04/02/12 | Bullfinch | Wendover | 2 | S Richards | |
| 04/02/12 | Fieldfare | Wendover | 40 | S Richards | |
| approx. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Snipe | Wendover | 1 | S Richards | |
| 04/02/12 | Fieldfare | Holtspur | 10 | S L Barlow | |
| 09:15 | On apples in garden. | ||||
| 04/02/12 | Fieldfare | Rowsham | 4 | M Wallen | |
| In garden on apples. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Teal | Weston Turville Reservoir | 2 | M Wallen | |
| Pair, stood on ice. A very small patch of free water remains in front of the sailing club. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Fieldfare | Haddenham | 250 | C Young | |
| in garden and flying over. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Green Sandpiper | Wycombe Marsh | 1 | C Bullock | |
| 04/02/12 | Bullfinch | Buckingham | 2 | M S Hunt | |
| A pair feeding on a seed patch on the ground in our garden. | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Song Thrush | Long Crendon | 1 | L Bown | |
| 08:30 | |||||
| 04/02/12 | Blackbird | Long Crendon | 4 | L Bown | |
| 08:30 | male and 1 fem. feeding on wind falls. | ||||
| 04/02/12 | Blackcap | Long Crendon | 1 | J A Barnes | |
| 07:50 | fem. On the back lawn eating frozen bread! (-8 degrees). | ||||