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Tuesday 7th December 2021
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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/12/21 | Tufted Duck | Newton Leys | 3 | J Baker |
| 08:10 | ||||
| 07/12/21 | Mallard | Newton Leys | 12 | J Baker |
| 08:10 | ||||
| 07/12/21 | Mute Swan | Newton Leys | 6 | J Baker |
| 08:10 | 3 adults 3 immatures. | |||
| 07/12/21 | Lapwing | Springfield Quarry | 52 | R W Seekins |
| 10:00 | ||||
| 07/12/21 | Herring Gull | Newton Leys | 1 | M Wallen |
| 11:00 | ad. Colour Ringed. Left leg, orange with F3ZT. Ringed on 14 Jan 2017 at Pitsea Landfill Site, Essex, as an adult, 5th CY or older. Re-sighted as follows - 08 Jan 2019 at Platier d'Oye, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 20 Nov 2019 at Newton Leys, Bletchley, Milton Keynes. 28 Nov 2019 at Newton Leys, Bletchley, Milton Keynes. 29 Nov 2019 at Newton Leys, Bletchley, Milton Keynes. Then today. | |||
| 07/12/21 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Newton Leys | 1 | M Wallen |
| 10:15 | ad. Colour Ringed. Blue ring with AE in white. Dutch bird. Ringed as a breeding female on the 27th May 2014 at Neeltje Jans, Zeeland. Re-sighted breeding there in 2016, at Grovebury, Beds in August 2017, and at Newton Leys in late 2018 and Spring of 2019. Sighted at Newton Leys on 08/11/2019 and 03/12/2019, and then reappeared here on the 26/11/2020 and 27/11/20. Again at Newton Leys on the 7th-8th Jan 2021, and the 18th Feb 2021. Next sighting anywhere was back here today. | |||
| 07/12/21 | Great Black-backed Gull | Newton Leys | 1 | M Wallen |
| 10:30 | ad. Colour Ringed. Black Ring - JE290. Ringed as a chick on 13.07 2010 at Udvaare, Lindesnes, Vest-Agder, Norway 57°58'49"N 007°12'41"E. Re-sighted as follows. 26.08 2010 Skagen Havn, Havnevagten, Nordjylland, Denmark 57°43'00"N 010°35'44"E. 27.08 2010 Skagen Havn, Skagen, Nordjylland, Denmark 57°42'59"N 010°35'32"E. 29.08 2010 Skagen Nordstrand, Nordjylland, Denmark 57°45'03"N 010°37'19"E. 06.05 2013 Storøytåa, Mandal, Vest-Agder, Norway 57°59'18"N 007°26'10"E. 07.05 2013 Udvaare, Lindesnes, Vest-Agder, Norway 57°58'49"N 007°12'41"E. 01.07 2015 Udvaare, Lindesnes, Vest-Agder, Norway 57°58'49"N 007°12'41"E. 07.05 2019 Brennevinsmyra, Mandal, Vest-Agder, Norway 58°01'04"N 007°30'33"E. 06.06 2019 Brennevinsmyra, Mandal, Vest-Agder, Norway 58°01'04"N 007°30'33"E 3250. 18.10 2019 Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckingham, Great Britain,51°58'42"N 000°44'04"W. Then a further 10 times at Newton Leys in Oct/Nov/Dec 2019 and into January 2020, last seen on 15/01/2020. Not seen again until today. | |||
| 07/12/21 | Caspian Gull | Newton Leys | 1 | M Wallen |
| 10:30 | 3rd wint ? An absolute bruiser of a bird ! Probably a 3rd winter, but much of bird obscured by other gulls and then flushed. | |||
| 07/12/21 | Greenfinch | Beaconsfield | 9 | A J Stevens |
| 08:25 | ||||
| 07/12/21 | Siskin | Beaconsfield | 30 | A J Stevens |
| 08:25 | Single flock dropped into a birch tree in the garden. | |||
| 07/12/21 | Kingfisher | Wooburn Green | 1 | R Kirk |
| 07/12/21 | Nuthatch | Little Linford Wood | 1 | R A Fowles |
| 15:10 | ||||
| 07/12/21 | Coal Tit | Little Linford Wood | 3 | R A Fowles |
| 15:10 | ||||
| 07/12/21 | Marsh Tit | Little Linford Wood | 1 | R A Fowles |
| 15:10 | ||||
| 07/12/21 | Red-legged Partridge | Little Linford Wood | 14 | R A Fowles |
| 15:10 | By farm track. | |||
| 07/12/21 | Lesser Redpoll | Prestwood | 1 | R Collard |
| 13:59 | In garden briefly. | |||
| 07/12/21 | Siskin | Prestwood | 60 | M Collard |
| 13:56 | Above our garden calling, presume includes the earlier flock of 30 in the garden. Magical. | |||
| 07/12/21 | Carrion Crow | Turweston, Turweston | 2 | P Gomersall |
| 13:21 | ad. Seen in back fields chased by a horse. | |||
| 07/12/21 | Redwing | Back Wood | 30 | N Webber |
| 08:15 | ||||
| 07/12/21 | Lesser Redpoll | Back Wood | 5 | N Webber |
| 08:15 | Same large finch flock. There may have been more but whole flock very mobile. | |||
| 07/12/21 | Brambling | Back Wood | 2 | N Webber |
| 08:15 | In same large finch flock as described separately. Located by calls. | |||
| 07/12/21 | Siskin | Back Wood | 100 | N Webber |
| 08:15 | In the trees at the top of the rough pasture near the A5 was a large flock of finches, probably in excess of 150 birds, dominated by Siskins, but also including Goldfinches, Chaffinches, at least 2 Brambling and several Lesser Redpolls. Very flighty, most of the flock had dispersed by 08.45. | |||
| 07/12/21 | Woodcock | Back Wood | 1 | N Webber |
| 09:15 | Flushed from one of the less used, boggy paths. | |||
| 07/12/21 | Starling | Tyler's Green | 16 | R Dixon |
| 12:08 | including first winters. In one noisy, busy group on fat ball feeders and crumbs on ground. Fed voraciously the moved on. | |||
| 07/12/21 | Great Spotted Woodpecker | Tyler's Green | 1 | R Dixon |
| 12:08 | m. Briefly on feeder, then back to Robinia tree. | |||
| 07/12/21 | Robin | Turweston, Turweston | 1 | P Gomersall |
| 11:56 | male. Sat on water dish and feeding on suet cone. | |||
| 07/12/21 | Great Tit | Turweston, Turweston | 1 | P Gomersall |
| 11:56 | ad. Seen on nut and suet feeders in front garden. | |||
| 07/12/21 | Siskin | Prestwood | 30 | R Collard |
| 09:40 | In our back garden for 5 minutes only. | |||
| 07/12/21 | Siskin | Prestwood | 30 | R Collard |
| 09:39 | In our back garden for 5 minutes only. | |||