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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
18/10/21	Redstart	Willen Lakes	1	M Baker
12:01	Very brown looking Female Redstart brief view North Lake South east corner.
12/09/21	Redstart	Stowe	1	M S Hunt
09:10	Calling not seen.
11/09/21	Redstart	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	1w male. Still present at long hedgerow between two of the fields, occasionally showing well at a distance while taking insects from the ground and perching on the bushes facing the sun.
11/09/21	Redstart	Rowsham	2	M Wallen
08:45	1st wint male + fem. Both present from previous days. The male has been here for 42 days.
10/09/21	Redstart	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	Presumably the first winter male first seen on Wednesday, seen at a distance foraging around the same hedgerow between two of the fields.
10/09/21	Redstart	Steps Hill	1	M Wallen
08:45	On the Ringshall slope.
09/09/21	Redstart	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	1w male. Very little doubt about this being yesterday's bird, seen perched and foraging around the exact same hedgerow between two of the fields.
08/09/21	Redstart	Rowsham	2	M Wallen
08:00	male + fem. Long staying 1st wint male, and a female that's been present at least a few days.
08/09/21	Redstart	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	1w male. Perched at long hedgerow between two of the fields. Initially seen by one of the ponds where it was chased away by a Reed Bunting.
07/09/21	Redstart	Ivinghoe Beacon	1	H Appleyard
	fem. Perched and foraging around bushes near the car park.
07/09/21	Redstart	Rowsham	3	M Wallen
08:00	1 1st wint male, 1 female, 1 not seen. In different areas. Only the female may have been part of the group present for the last two days.
06/09/21	Redstart	Rowsham	4	M Wallen
19:00	1st wint male. All first wint males. In same area as last night, but last night it was 2 and 2 females.
05/09/21	Redstart	Quainton Hills	1	T Watts
20:50	Fem/ imm.
06/09/21	Redstart	Willen Road Excavations, Milton Keynes	1	S Bosher
09:00
05/09/21	Redstart	Gallows Bridge Farm, Gallows Bridge	2	N Marriner
07:30	2 fem/imm.
05/09/21	Redstart	Rowsham	4	M Wallen
18:30	Together with Wheatears and Whinchats. 2 first wint males, 2 females (almost certainly first winters too).
05/09/21	Redstart	Lodge Hill	1	M Mckeown
19:30	Drovers fence line.
05/09/21	Redstart	Cuddington	1	M S Hunt
09:30	Calling from dense vegetation not seen.
05/09/21	Redstart	Linford GPs	1	A Handford
11:28	Male in Stanton Low. Field with the old little owl tree. Please note that a permit is required for access to this site.
04/09/21	Redstart	Rowsham	3	M Wallen
17:30	2 with Whinchats and a Wheatear. 1 of these a 1st wint male has been here at least a few days, if not a week or more. The other a female/ juv (not seen well) is new. The other bird (1st wint male) in a different area has been here since Aug 28th.
04/09/21	Redstart	Great Brickhill	1	R D Andrews
09:20	Probable male seen at distance in cherry tree on edge of paddock but flew before I could get the scope on it and not seen again. Saw white stripe above bill and could see tail quivering but very obscured behind leaves.
03/09/21	Redstart	Rowsham	1	M Wallen
08:15	1st wint male. Long stayer still present.
03/09/21	Redstart	Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)	1	D Sedgwick
14:20	juvenile/female. A single bird seen feeding along the river footpath in a Hawthorn Bush with 2 Chiffchaff, by the gate into the reserve at the Aqueduct end of the site.
03/09/21	Redstart	Little Marlow - Emmetts Fields	1	D J Bevan
13:00	Single bird seen in flight. SU870886.
02/09/21	Redstart	Rowsham	4	M Wallen
09:45	3 birds still here, 1 of which last seen over 10 days ago. 1 new 1st wint male.
01/09/21	Redstart	Newton Longville	1	H Appleyard
	My first Redstart for this site, unfortunately only seen as it flew out of one hedgerow and behind another not far from Salden Wood.
01/09/21	Redstart	Great Brickhill	1	R D Andrews
08:25	male. Feeding along hedgeline of freshly cut hayfield, dropping down from a Hawthorn every now and then.
01/09/21	Redstart	Rowsham	1	M Wallen
16:30	1st wint male. Same bird first found on the 28th Aug.
01/09/21	Redstart	Ivinghoe Beacon	1	M Wallen
09:00	juv. Long stayer still present.
30/08/21	Redstart	Rowsham	2	M Wallen
09:00	Together, very brief views in hedge. Possibly both birds that were already present in other areas but have come together. Could also be new ones of course !
30/08/21	Redstart	Gallows Bridge	1	N Marriner
08:00	Male.
29/08/21	Redstart	Wapseys Wood WDS	2	D J Bevan
21:17
29/08/21	Redstart	Ivinghoe Beacon	2	M Wallen
08:30	juv/ fem. Still present along the fence line from the S bend to the beacon. One definitely a juv, the other is probably too but I didn't get close enough to check.
29/08/21	Redstart	Steps Hill	1	E Griffiths
15:05	sheep pen field fenceline, near S bend.
29/08/21	Redstart	Bledlow	1	M Mckeown
07:15	Male sat on fence where originally found 10 days ago, silent.
28/08/21	Redstart	Rowsham	3	M Wallen
09:00	2 found on the morning walk, at least 1 of which was a new bird. This evening another new bird, a 1st Wint male was found in a completely different area.
27/08/21	Redstart	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	1w male. Foraging between thickets near the brook in the linear park/Tattenhoe Valley Park, at the exact same spot as the adult male I found on 1st April. Image in the gallery.
27/08/21	Redstart	Bledlow	1	C E Woodward
11:18
26/08/21	Redstart	Ivinghoe Beacon	2	M Wallen
08:00	juv + 1. A juv on the fenceline to the sheep field. Another bird calling frequently in the scrub at the very top corner of the same fence line (not seen), as I was busy vis-migging.
25/08/21	Redstart	Ravenstone STW, Ravenstone	1	R Norris
13:30	fem/juv.
25/08/21	Redstart	Marlow Bottom	1	A D Bassett
07:55	Fem/imm type. Flew into conifer in my garden, had a quick preen, then into adjacent silver birch and off. First record actually in the garden following last year's first record from the garden.
25/08/21	Redstart	Bledlow	2	M Mckeown
07:15	Male showing very well calling constantly at the top of a Horse Chestnut , female further up the the stoney track.
23/08/21	Redstart	Ivinghoe Beacon	1	A Roach
11:30	Fence from s-bend.
22/08/21	Redstart	Bledlow	3	M Mckeown
07:15	3 or 4 but difficult to see down the different hedgerows.Same place as Wednesday.
21/08/21	Redstart	Bledlow	2	M Mckeown
07:30	Moulting male and female still present, I think more, I only had a quick look.
18/08/21	Redstart	Steps Hill	1	M Wallen
08:00	juv/fem. Possibly two, on the Ringshall slope at the top on the edge of the woodland in with a huge flock of tits and warblers.
18/08/21	Redstart	Bledlow	3	M Mckeown
10:00	In the hedge up the stoney road to the Leathern Bottle near the path to Chinnor.One calling all female or immatures.
12/08/21	Redstart	Steps Hill	1	M Wallen
09:30	Ringshall slope.
11/08/21	Redstart	Rowsham	1	M Wallen
08:30	1st wint male. Juv/ 1st wint male, freshly arrived today.
07/08/21	Redstart	Rowsham	2	M Wallen
08:00	Adult male and presumed juv. Together in same part of hedge where adult and young first found a month ago.
07/08/21	Redstart	Gallows Bridge Farm, Gallows Bridge	1	N Marriner
08:30	Fem/imm.
31/07/21	Redstart	Rowsham	1	M Wallen
08:00	male. A new adult male in a completely new area.
01/08/21	Redstart	Rowsham	1	M Wallen
08:00	juv. A new bird, in a new area.
02/08/21	Redstart	Rowsham	2	M Wallen
08:00	1 unaged, unsexed, 1 adult male.
29/07/21	Redstart	Rowsham	1	M Wallen
08:00	1st wint male. Just one seen in quite a quick look, and a quick look doesn't work when they're moulting because they don't come out much. This is one of the original juvs, now pretty much in 1st wint plumage.
25/07/21	Redstart	College Lake	1	E Griffiths
12:28	f? continuous calling without gap sounded very Redstart like, poor views looked bigger than Chiff Chaff... possible f Redstart, but possible hyperactively calling Chiff Chaff!
23/07/21	Redstart	Rowsham	1	M Wallen
07:30	Unaged, unsexed. Fliting through hedge in shade where 4 birds have been present. Calling briefly- this is the first call I've heard from any of the birds here this autumn.
20/07/21	Redstart	Rowsham	4	M Wallen
06:00	The first day of spending proper time with the family found on the 11th July resulted in seeing that the adult male is with 3 juvs. All birds in moult with the adult in very heavy post breeding moult and the juvs in their post juv moult, 1 already looking like a 1st wint male. There was possible another bird in a different area, only glimpsed from distance and no doubt the other male found a few days ago is still here. Probably 5-6 in total.
20/07/21	Redstart	Lodge Hill	1	M Mckeown
10:00	Immature in the Bridleway hedge not calling.
20/07/21	Redstart	Buckingham	1	M S Hunt
07:30	Calling in tree line near our house but not seen.
18/07/21	Redstart	Rowsham	1	M Wallen
07:30	ad male. In a quick look whilst walking dogs.
16/07/21	Redstart	Rowsham	4	M Wallen
07:30	The adult male and 2 juvs first seen last Sunday. A new adult male in a different area, may well have been present a few days. Both adults suspected to be returning birds, both already in heavy moult.
11/07/21	Redstart	Rowsham	2	M Wallen
07:30	Probably 3. An adult male in company of (no doubt) one of its offspring, almost certainly a second juv with them. The first early morning sunshine in the whole of July and these found straight away. I suspect they've been here for days/ week.
07/05/21	Redstart	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	fem. The latest Redstart I have ever recorded here on spring passage (only April in previous years), perched and foraging around a set of bushes where many of the past sightings have been, now close to a field with ongoing excavation.
07/05/21	Redstart	Thornborough	1	M S Hunt
10:30	Calling from dense scrub but not seen.
30/04/21	Redstart	Quainton Hills	2	T Watts
18:23	Male South slopes / wary female transmitter field on summit.
23/04/21	Redstart	Willen Road Excavations, Milton Keynes	1	E J Reed
	male.
29/04/21	Redstart	Hyde Lane	2	R S Hill
14:30	A showy female catching flies in a sunny hedge. Plus a more elusive male seen in flight only. Seen with Michael Hunt.
28/04/21	Redstart	Steps Hill	1	M Wallen
09:00	On west side, calling repeatedly from area of scrub, not seen.
27/04/21	Redstart	Rowsham	1	M Wallen
08:00	Unsexed. Calling it's head off early morning, seen briefly, re-attended a short while later, not re-found.
23/04/21	Redstart	Willen Road Excavations, Milton Keynes	1	P Watts
12:30	Male, seen in fallow area.
23/04/21	Redstart	Willen Road Excavations, Milton Keynes	1	N Webber
14:30	Male along southern fence line of set-aside field.
23/04/21	Redstart	Maid's Moreton	1	M S Hunt
10:45	Male.
23/04/21	Redstart	Willen Road Excavations, Milton Keynes	1	R D Andrews
10:30	male. Same area as the Hoopoe.
23/04/21	Redstart	Foxcote Res	1	P Gibbs
10:30	In field on right hand side of road, half a mile up the road from Foxcote reservoir towards Leckhamstead.
18/04/21	Redstart	Rowsham	1	M Wallen
08:30	fem. A new bird.
14/04/21	Redstart	Pump Lane, Marlow	1	R W Seekins
11:00	m.
18/04/21	Redstart	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	A Handford
06:37	Sw corner.
17/04/21	Redstart	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	male. Stunning male, spending a while sat in the sunshine and catching insects around brambles along the edge of one of the fields before unfortunately being flushed by a walker on the road nearby. Image in the gallery.
16/04/21	Redstart	Rowsham	1	M Wallen
18:00	fem. Same bird from a couple of days ago present this evening in same hedge.
16/04/21	Redstart	Quainton Hills	1	T Watts
16:32	Male.
14/04/21	Redstart	Rowsham	2	M Wallen
09:00	male and fem. Male present this morning has been here for 5 days. This evening in a quick look I located a female. This is in the same hedge that has already held 2 males this spring. The female is the 5th bird here in 6 days, but the first female for me this spring. Photo'd.
13/04/21	Redstart	Milton Keynes, Central, Milton Keynes	1	S Nichols
	male. Yday Male bird was still showing well on wastegroun Opp Argos.
13/04/21	Redstart	Rowsham	3	M Wallen
09:00	male. 3 of the 4 that have been around in recent days are still present.
13/04/21	Redstart	Little Linford Wood	1	R C B'stard
13:57	Male on hedgeline and oak tree.
13/04/21	Redstart	Pump Lane, Marlow	1	A D Bassett
08:30	male in paddocks.
13/04/21	Redstart	Newton Leys	1	J Baker
07:46	male. In bushes next to lake behind Asda.
12/04/21	Redstart	Rowsham	2	M Wallen
16:30	male. 1 of the 3 from yesterday remains, a new bird found this afternoon in a completely different area.
11/04/21	Redstart	Rowsham	3	M Wallen
08:00	male. All in close proximity to each other, 2 in the same bit of hedge 30 metres apart with a third bird 100m away in a different hedge.
12/04/21	Redstart	Incombe Hole, Steps Hill	1	N Webber
07:30	male. Very flighty. At first near the Ring Ouzel, but soon lost to view.
11/04/21	Redstart	Gayhurst Quarry	1	R Norris
07:30	male. At the west end of Fishing Pit. Very mobile around the low willows on the edge of the pit.
11/04/21	Redstart	Marlow Bottom	1	A D Bassett
17:00	Male in hedges north of the village and south of the M40. Calling frequently.
11/04/21	Redstart	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	1	M Scott
20:45	Seen 8 15 am in same location as previous 2 days.
09/04/21	Redstart	Wapseys Wood WDS	1	R W Seekins
07:30	m. A brief appearance.
10/04/21	Redstart	Rowsham	2	M Wallen
08:30	male. 1 present from the day before.
11/04/21	Redstart	Little Kingshill	1	D Parmenter
09:30	male. frequenting the hedgerow near the Nags Head pub. SP900001.
11/04/21	Redstart	Quainton Hills	1	T Watts
13:39	Female.
11/04/21	Redstart	Milton Keynes, Central, Milton Keynes	2	J Richardson
07:00	Males, on the rough ground opposite Sainsbury's in central Milton Keynes.
11/04/21	Redstart	Pitstone Hill	1	R Ness
09:15	m. In bushes, west slope, facing quarry.
11/04/21	Redstart	Thornton	1	J N Buck
08:00	m. Calling.
10/04/21	Redstart	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	male. Yesterday's male still present, occasionally showing well while perched and foraging out in the open near the east end of the site.
10/04/21	Redstart	Foxcote Res	1	P Woodham
12:51	Field below dam.
09/04/21	Redstart	Rowsham	1	M Wallen
10:45	male. Whilst I was photographing the Rouzel that had just arrived, this bird appeared in the background ! It remained until at least late afternoon.
09/04/21	Redstart	Quainton Hills	1	T Watts
20:20	Male base East slopes.
09/04/21	Redstart	Milton Keynes, Central, Milton Keynes	2	S Nichols
17:25	male. There have been no passerines at this site for the last 10 days, on arrival there was 2 Blackbirds and a Song Thrush. upon walking round I also found two immaculate Male Common Redstarts and a Willow Warbler, clearly a mini fall at this rough ground opp Sainsburys.
09/04/21	Redstart	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	male. Seen well from a distance, foraging around one of the green corridors as part of the Tattenhoe Valley Park near the east end of the site. Chased by Robins on a few occasions.
08/04/21	Redstart	Quainton Hills	1	L G Bryant
16:04	f. Typo Not a black redstart.
06/04/21	Redstart	Pitstone Hill	1	R W Seekins
08:30
06/04/21	Redstart	Pitstone Hill	1	H Al-Farhan
17:00	Male. By the gully.
05/04/21	Redstart	Pitstone Hill	1	S E Douglas
15:36	Male feeding from bushes on west side of hill in biting, freezing wind (photo).
04/04/21	Redstart	Little Marlow - Emmetts Fields	1	R W Seekins
09:15	m. On dung heap near farm.
03/04/21	Redstart	Little Marlow - Emmetts Fields	1	J Orchard
16:36
04/04/21	Redstart	Pitstone Hill	1	R Ness
08:30	m. In bushes wet of car park. Very elusive (too may dog walkers).
03/04/21	Redstart	Little Marlow - Emmetts Fields	1	J E Rose
18:00	Male found by AB still present. Moving between manure heaps and hedgerow.
03/04/21	Redstart	Little Marlow - Emmetts Fields	1	A D Bassett
09:00	Male still commuting between the hedge and the manure heaps pursued by a couple of Robins.
30/03/21	Redstart	Ivinghoe Beacon	1	J Baker
13:00	male.
02/04/21	Redstart	Pitstone Hill	1	C Gibbs
08:30
02/04/21	Redstart	Little Marlow - Emmetts Fields	1	A D Bassett
10:00	Male around manure heaps and adjacent hedge. Still present early pm.
01/04/21	Redstart	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	male. My first for this year and earliest to date by 2 days, given away by calls and briefly seen perched by a small thicket in the linear park/Tattenhoe Valley Park.
30/03/21	Redstart	Ivinghoe Hills	1	B Miller
17:45	ad male. Bird found earlier still present on the slope below the Beacon car park.
30/03/21	Redstart	Steps Hill	1	S Newman
14:47	Stonking male. Very elusive. In scrub below carpark. Supprised there were any birds with the amount of visitors.

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