Buckinghamshire bird news

Friday 28th April 2017

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
28/04/17Garden WarblerBlue Lagoon1J Baker
 
28/04/17Canada GooseBlue Lagoon2J Baker
 
28/04/17BullfinchBlue Lagoon1J Baker
 
28/04/17Greylag GooseBlue Lagoon4J Baker
 
28/04/17WhitethroatBlue Lagoon2J Baker
 
28/04/17Reed WarblerBlue Lagoon4J Baker
 
28/04/17LinnetOlney4T Wood
SP888525.  
28/04/17BlackcapStowe2T Wood
Singing.  
28/04/17LinnetStowe8T Wood
Near visitors centre.  
28/04/17Green WoodpeckerStowe1T Wood
Very vocal.  
28/04/17Mistle ThrushStowe2T Wood
Probable pair as flying togethar.  
28/04/17WhitethroatCheddington2L Lambert
 
28/04/17RavenCheddington2L Lambert
over West End Hill.  
28/04/17LapwingCheddington1L Lambert
displaying.  
28/04/17YellowhammerCheddington6L Lambert
three pairs feeding on bare earth of field.  
28/04/17BuzzardRadclive1D Shephard
 
28/04/17CuckooHillesden1D Shephard
Calling loudly at dusk from SE corner of nature reserve.  
28/04/17Tawny OwlHillesden2D Shephard
Male and female calling.  
28/04/17GoldcrestHillesden2B Parker
05:30
Male singing from corner of garden to Hillesden House.  
28/04/17BlackbirdHillesden3B Parker
05:30
 
28/04/17Song ThrushHillesden3B Parker
05:30
 
28/04/17BlackcapHillesden5B Parker
05:30
Very vocal ... at least 5.  
28/04/17WhitethroatHillesden2B Parker
05:30
 
28/04/17Sedge WarblerHillesden1B Parker
05:30
At least one.  
28/04/17Reed WarblerHillesden2B Parker
05:30
At least 2 singing from conservation area.  
28/04/17Great Spotted WoodpeckerHillesden1B Parker
05:30
One drumming from corner of garden to Hillesden House.  
28/04/17ChiffchaffHillesden2B Parker
05:30
At least two.  
28/04/17Willow WarblerHillesden5B Parker
05:30
At least 5 ... very vocal.  
28/04/17JayHillesden1B Parker
05:30
 
28/04/17Lesser WhitethroatHillesden1B Parker
05:30
 
28/04/17CuckooHillesden1B Parker
05:30
Calling almost continuously from 05:30 until 07:20.  
28/04/17BullfinchHowe Park Wood, Milton Keynes1H Appleyard
male. Singing in trees near circular walk.  
28/04/17Stock DoveHowe Park Wood, Milton Keynes2H Appleyard
Perched together. Also heard cooing.  
28/04/17Sedge WarblerTattenhoe, Milton Keynes1H Appleyard
Singing by the brook in Tattenhoe linear park.  
28/04/17Common TernFoxcote Res2R S Hill
 
28/04/17Yellow WagtailFoxcote Res2R S Hill
 
28/04/17LinnetLillingstone Lovell7R S Hill
3 singing males.  
28/04/17CuckooLillingstone Lovell1R S Hill
Along Akeley Lane.  
28/04/17JayAston Clinton1G Du Boulay
15:45
 
28/04/17Sand MartinCalvert Sailing Lake, Calvert45T Watts
Through in small flocks during long watch, one of earliest migrants, Late -ish? Don't get that many here,Think many, many more migrants to come, held up by nagging strong Nrth wind.  
28/04/17OTHER SPECIESQuainton Hills10T Watts
Migrant common Warblers !! Not that many but they just don't appear on tops unless migrants, haven't had any/ many on top 'till today.  
28/04/17WheatearQuainton Hills2T Watts
 
28/04/17WheatearGranborough6T Watts
4+2 in ploughed fields.  
28/04/17Common TernCalvert Sailing Lake, Calvert3T Watts
 
28/04/17Common SandpiperCalvert Sailing Lake, Calvert2T Watts
 
28/04/17HobbyCalvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert1T Watts
 
28/04/17CuckooCalvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert1T Watts
 
28/04/17Garden WarblerLittle Marlow GP6M McQuaid
At least 6 birds singing along the concrete road at dawn.  
28/04/17Great White EgretStowe1T Holmes
Flew over the car park as we were leaving. I have never seen one before in this area.  
28/04/17StarlingChenies10L Evans
Nesting in chimneys in village - 3+ pairs.  
28/04/17House SparrowChenies8L Evans
8 at Woodville Farm.  
28/04/17SwallowChenies4L Evans
 
28/04/17Stock DoveChenies6L Evans
 
28/04/17SkylarkChenies1L Evans
Singing male in cereal crop near Mountwood Farm.  
28/04/17Carrion CrowChenies25L Evans
 
28/04/17Garden WarblerChess Valley1L Evans
Singing male at Frogmore Meadow.  
28/04/17KestrelChenies Bottom, Chenies1L Evans
Female on Mill Farm Meadow.  
28/04/17CuckooChenies Bottom, Chenies1L Evans
Calling male in trees by River Chess at back of Mill Farm Meadow - my first in the parish in 3 years!  
28/04/17WhitethroatChenies Bottom, Chenies2L Evans
2 singing males back in Mill Farm Meadow.  
28/04/17Common SandpiperFloodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)1E J Reed
 
28/04/17RedshankFloodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)1E J Reed
 
28/04/17Little Ringed PloverFloodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)1E J Reed
 
28/04/17OystercatcherFloodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)2E J Reed
 
28/04/17GoosanderFloodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)4E J Reed
A female with only three ducklings today.  
28/04/17Grey WagtailWolverton Mill, Stony Stratford1E J Reed
Carrying food, so presumably feeding young.  
28/04/17Grasshopper WarblerCosgrove, Milton Keynes1E J Reed
Still reeling occasionally in Cosgrove Leisure Park, SP808424 . . NOTE - this village is in Northants.  
28/04/17OystercatcherStony Stratford1E J Reed
 
28/04/17SwiftLittle Marlow GP20A J Stevens
10:00
Am only.  
28/04/17OystercatcherLittle Marlow GP2A J Stevens
10:00
 
28/04/17Common SandpiperLittle Marlow GP1A J Stevens
10:00
 
28/04/17Little Ringed PloverLittle Marlow GP6A J Stevens
10:00
 
28/04/17PochardLittle Marlow GP1A J Stevens
10:00
Male.  
28/04/17Red KiteGallows Bridge Farm, Gallows Bridge4P Woodham
12:00
 
28/04/17SkylarkGallows Bridge Farm, Gallows Bridge6P Woodham
12:00
 
28/04/17Red-legged PartridgeGallows Bridge Farm, Gallows Bridge1P Woodham
12:00
 
28/04/17WhitethroatGallows Bridge Farm, Gallows Bridge1P Woodham
12:00
 
28/04/17BlackcapGallows Bridge Farm, Gallows Bridge1P Woodham
12:00
 
28/04/17BuzzardGallows Bridge Farm, Gallows Bridge4P Woodham
12:00
 
28/04/17KestrelGallows Bridge Farm, Gallows Bridge1P Woodham
12:00
 
28/04/17Little EgretGallows Bridge Farm, Gallows Bridge2P Woodham
12:00
 
28/04/17CurlewGallows Bridge Farm, Gallows Bridge1P Woodham
12:00
 
28/04/17LapwingGallows Bridge Farm, Gallows Bridge6P Woodham
12:00
 
28/04/17Corn BuntingPitstone Hill12T J Lewis
 
28/04/17WheatearPitstone Hill4T J Lewis
 
28/04/17Green WoodpeckerCalvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert1M S Hunt
 
28/04/17BullfinchCalvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert3M S Hunt
 
28/04/17JayCalvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert1M S Hunt
 
28/04/17Willow WarblerCalvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert2M S Hunt
Singing.  
28/04/17Little GrebeCalvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert4M S Hunt
2 Pairs some "trilling".  
28/04/17OystercatcherCalvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert1M S Hunt
 
28/04/17Lesser WhitethroatCalvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert1M S Hunt
Singing.  
28/04/17Reed WarblerCalvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert1M S Hunt
Singing.  
28/04/17Reed BuntingCalvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert2M S Hunt
Singing.  
28/04/17Garden WarblerCalvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert2M S Hunt
Singing.  
28/04/17ChiffchaffCalvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert5M S Hunt
Singing.  
28/04/17BlackcapCalvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert8M S Hunt
Singing.  
28/04/17Reed WarblerJubilee River5T James
10:30
 
28/04/17Reed BuntingJubilee River2T James
10:30
 
28/04/17Cetti's WarblerJubilee River1T James
10:30
Heard.  
28/04/17Sedge WarblerJubilee River3T James
10:30
East of marsh ln car park.  
28/04/17Common TernFoxcote Res2P Woodham
11:00
 
28/04/17Common SandpiperFoxcote Res1P Woodham
11:00
 
28/04/17CuckooMarsworth Reservoir (Bucks section)1P Watts
10:00
One singing.  
28/04/17WheatearPitstone Hill3R D Andrews
08:10
2 male 1 fem.  
28/04/17PeregrineAylesbury3M Wallen
The egg has hatched !