Lee Evans's 2023 year list

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SpeciesDateLocation
Little Grebe1/1/2023Calvert BBOWT
Great Crested Grebe1/1/2023Calvert BBOWT
Black-necked Grebe********************
Cormorant1/1/2023Calvert BBOWT
Cattle Egret10/4/2023A full breeding-plumaged adult roosting on the main island at Spade Oak
Little Egret1/1/2023Stowe Lakes
Great White Egret6/2/2023Manor Farm
Grey Heron1/1/2023Stowe Lakes
Spoonbill4/6/2023Roosting adult at Spade Oak
Mute Swan1/1/2023Stowe Lakes
Whooper Swan1/1/20233 adults still just west of Cold Brayfield hamlet
Greylag Goose1/1/2023Manor Farm
Canada Goose1/1/2023Gallows Bridge Farm
Barnacle Goose12/1/2023With Greylag at Castleman's Farm Poultry Fields
Brent Goose1/1/2023Juvenile still in field NW of Foxcote Reservoir
Egyptian Goose1/1/2023104 at Castleman's Farm Poultry Fields
Shelduck4/1/20233 at Spade Oak Pit
Mandarin Duck9/1/2023Burnham Beeches NNR and Black Park CP
Wigeon1/1/2023Foxcote Reservoir
Gadwall1/1/2023Stowe Lakes
Teal1/1/2023Manor Farm
Mallard1/1/2023Stowe Lakes
Pintail1/1/2023Drake at Manor Farm
Garganey********************
Shoveler3/1/2023College Lake (just 1 drake!)
Red-crested Pochard9/2/2023A female on the Crowne Plaza Pit, Marlow
Pochard1/1/2023Spade Oak GP
Tufted Duck1/1/2023Calvert BBOWT
Scaup21/3/2023Adult drake at Caldecotte Lake South
Common Scoter16/9/2023An adult drake on the main lake at College BBOWT
Goldeneye1/1/2023Foxcote Reservoir
Smew9/10/2023A female on the Jubilee River 400 yards west of Dorney Wetlands. Two more at Fulmer Lake
Goosander********************
Red Kite1/1/2023Hyde Heath
Sparrowhawk1/1/2023Dorney Common North
Buzzard1/1/2023Calvert
Osprey19/11/2023A very late juvenile on the River Chess
Kestrel1/1/2023Calvert
Hobby********************
Peregrine********************
Red-legged Partridge4/1/2023Smalldean Lane
Grey Partridge3/1/20237 at Down Farm Cereal Fields, Pitstone Hill
Quail15/7/20232 calling at Ivinghoe Hills NR
Pheasant1/1/2023Foxcote Reservoir
Water Rail21/1/2023Chesham Waterside
Little Crake7/11/2023A juvenile at Linford NR - my first ever in the county
Moorhen1/1/2023Calvert BBOWT
Coot1/1/2023Calvert BBOWT
Oystercatcher1/3/2023Pair at College Lake
Avocet1/9/2023A moulting adult at Dorney Common Flood
Little Ringed Plover16/3/2023Spade Oak Pit
Ringed Plover8/5/2023Spade Oak Pit
Golden Plover1/1/2023Gallows Bridge Farm
Lapwing1/1/20231100 at Gallows Bridge Farm
Knot24/9/2023A juvenile on Dorney Common Flood
Little Stint17/9/2023A juvenile on Dorney Common Flood
Temminck's Stint22/5/2023On the far spit at Spade Oak Pit found by Adam Bassett
Dunlin14/3/2023Dorney Common Flood
Ruff14/9/2023Dorney Common Flood (juvenile)
Jack Snipe30/1/2023Stoke Common
Snipe1/1/20233 at Spade Oak GP
Woodcock1/3/2023Little Linford Wood
Black-tailed Godwit8/4/20232 at College Lake from the Octagon Hide
Curlew31/3/2023Pair on Dorothy Bolton Meadow
Common Sandpiper8/5/2023Spade Oak Pit
Green Sandpiper28/3/2023Wapsey's Landfill Reclamation
Greenshank29/5/2023Spade Oak Pit
Redshank2/3/2023College Lake
Black-headed Gull1/1/2023Calvert
Little Gull10/4/20233 (2 summer adults and a 2nd-summer) at Spade Oak Pit
Mediterranean Gull16/3/2023A nice adult in breeding plumage at Spade Oak
Common Gull1/1/2023Stowe
Lesser Black-backed Gull1/1/2023Waddesdon
Herring Gull1/1/2023Spade Oak GP
Yellow-legged Gull1/3/2023A 4w at Newton Leys
Caspian Gull26/1/20232 adults on Blue Lagoon Bletchley
Glaucous Gull4/1/2023A juvenile at Springfield Landfill (observed with David J Bevan)
Great Black-backed Gull1/1/2023Springfield Landfill/Spade Oak GP
Black Tern1/6/2023On marsh at College Lake BBOWT
Common Tern31/3/2023Foxcote Reservoir
Arctic Tern4/11/2023A juvenile on Willen Lake North Basin
Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon1/1/2023Aylesbury
Stock Dove1/1/2023Stowe Park
Woodpigeon1/1/2023Hyde Heath
Collared Dove1/1/2023
Ring-necked Parakeet1/1/2023Dorney Common
Cuckoo6/6/20232 calling males at Linford NR
Barn Owl
Little Owl6/2/2023Manor Farm
Tawny Owl26/1/2023Ashridge Forest
Long-eared Owl********************
Short-eared Owl********************
Nightjar********************
Swift8/5/20237 at Spade Oak Pit
Kingfisher20/1/2023Pow Wow Lake Chesham
Green Woodpecker1/1/2023Stowe Park
Great Spotted Woodpecker5/1/2023Lower Pound Lane, Marlow
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker********************
Skylark2/1/2023Misbourne LNR
Sand Martin25/3/2023Spade Oak GP - 8 moved quickly through
Swallow28/3/20232 with at least 98 Sand Martins over Spade Oak in heavy rain
House Martin6/4/2023Spade Oak GP
Tree Pipit21/8/2023Several grounded and flyover migrants over Ivinghoe Beacon in third week of August
Meadow Pipit2/1/2023Misbourne LNR
Yellow Wagtail10/4/20234 males in the Marsworth Horse Paddocks
Grey Wagtail20/1/2023Fulmer Lake
Pied Wagtail1/1/2023Dorney Common North
Waxwing15/12/2023A flock of 7 spent 20 minutes in my garden and road
Wren1/1/2023
Dunnock1/1/2023
Robin1/1/2023
Redstart7/8/20233 at Rowsham
Whinchat7/8/2023Moulting adult at Ivinghoe Beacon sheep pens
Stonechat********************
Wheatear19/3/20232 males on the Hay Meadow at College Lake
Ring Ouzel8/4/20233 males at Ivinghoe Beacon
Blackbird1/1/2023
Fieldfare1/1/2023
Song Thrush1/1/2023Edgcott
Redwing1/1/2023
Mistle Thrush5/1/2023Lower Pound Lane, Marlow
Cetti's Warbler1/1/2023Eton Wick Roundmoor Ditch
Sedge Warbler12/4/2023Marsworth Reedbed
Reed Warbler12/4/2023Marsworth Reedbed
Blackcap16/2/2023A male in Richard Ness's back garden in Hilltop, Chesham
Garden Warbler8/5/20232 singing males at Spade Oak Pit
Lesser Whitethroat2/5/2023
Whitethroat6/4/2023A singing male by the railway near Spade Oak GP
Dartford Warbler********************
Chiffchaff1/1/2023Emerson Valley
Willow Warbler1/1/2023Emerson Valley - my first ever wintering bird in the county
Goldcrest1/1/2023Emerson Valley
Firecrest6/2/2023Wendover Canal (The Wides)
Spotted Flycatcher6/6/2023Pair around pond in School House garden in Hardmead
Pied Flycatcher27/4/2023Cracking male at Howe Park Wood (photographed)
Long-tailed Tit1/1/2023Emerson Valley
Blue Tit1/1/2023
Great Tit1/1/2023
Coal Tit5/1/2023Hampden House
Marsh Tit30/1/2023Ashridge Forest
Nuthatch2/1/2023Great Hampden House
Treecreeper1/1/2023Emerson Valley
Jay1/1/2023
Magpie1/1/2023
Jackdaw1/1/2023
Rook1/1/2023
Carrion Crow1/1/2023
Raven5/1/2023Pair at Great Hampden House
Starling1/1/2023
House Sparrow1/1/2023Aylesbury
Tree Sparrow4/9/20232 juveniles in stubble at Amersham Flood Meadows
Chaffinch1/1/2023
Brambling4/1/2023Just 2 females in the Penn Wood Penna roost
Greenfinch1/1/2023
Goldfinch1/1/2023
Siskin1/1/2023Emerson Valley
Linnet1/1/2023
Lesser Redpoll1/3/2023A single at Grove
Common Crossbill26/10/2023At least a dozen in Wendover Woods (Hale end)
Bullfinch17/2/2023Pair at Chesham Fishing Lakes
Hawfinch2/1/2023Great Hampden House - the 2 wintering males
Yellowhammer1/1/2023Gallows Bridge Farm
Reed Bunting2/1/2023Misbourne LNR
Corn Bunting26/1/2023Smalldean Lane in Saunderton - 30 in setaside