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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
30/12/21	Starling	Gallows Bridge Farm, Gallows Bridge	3000	R Cadd
10:00	Min. est., moving around main meadow and adjacent fields in several sizeable flocks.
30/12/21	Starling	Padbury	20	M S Hunt
09:45
28/12/21	Starling	Tattenhoe, Milton Keynes	12	H Appleyard
	An addition to the Tattenhoe Park count. Seen passing over the estate.
28/12/21	Starling	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	84	H Appleyard
	Passing through mostly in small flocks as part of a morning movement.
25/12/21	Starling	Buckingham	100	M S Hunt
09:15	Some visiting feeding station and starting to go into breeding plumage now.
22/12/21	Starling	Loudwater	1	R Kirk
	100 plus.
22/12/21	Starling	Ford	13	L Howard
10:27	on fat feeders.
21/12/21	Starling	Broughton, Aylesbury	1	S Potter
10:45	Appeared to be collecting nesting material (feathers and twigs).
16/12/21	Starling	Ickford	250	N Marriner
12:30
16/12/21	Starling	Ashendon	15000	T Watts
21:25	Colossal flock late afternoon, estimate as flock passed in front of me.
13/12/21	Starling	Marsh Gibbon	20000	L Russell
15:45	Thousands of starlings just gone overhead. Most ever seen here.
13/12/21	Starling	Turweston, Turweston	100	P Gomersall
15:27	ad. Flew over back fields to poss:roost.
11/12/21	Starling	Ilmer	6	D J Stone
	Seen with Stewart Dennis.
11/12/21	Starling	Turweston, Turweston	1	P Gomersall
11:28	ad. On top of feeding station.
09/12/21	Starling	Haversham	1	R C B'stard
08:55	Would urge people to go see the Starlings on the power/telephone wires behind Crossroads Farm, Haversham. How many? Innumerable. Amazing.
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.
06/12/21	Starling	Pump Lane, Marlow	20	R Kirk

02/12/21	Starling	Little Marlow GP	500	J E Rose
16:00	Approx in a mini murmeration.
28/11/21	Starling	Ashendon	3000	D J Stone
	Seen with Stewart Dennis.
24/11/21	Starling	Aylesbury	200	S Hetherington
15:55	Absolute guess at numbers - but it was a decent sized murmeration seen when driving past the Watermead junction.
21/11/21	Starling	Ashendon	2500	D J Stone
	Approx. In fields between Ashendon & Westcott. Seen with Stewart Dennis.
17/11/21	Starling	Wooburn Green	4	R Kirk

14/11/21	Starling	Ashendon	1000	D J Stone
	At least. Seen with Stewart Dennis.
14/11/21	Starling	Chearsley	200	D J Stone
	Approx. Seen with Stewart Dennis.
11/11/21	Starling	Steps Hill	86	M Wallen
09:00	Over west in 2 flocks.
07/11/21	Starling	Little Marlow GP	300	J E Rose
17:47	Approx in a small murmeration but it seemed to peter out before dusk.
07/11/21	Starling	Cuddington	250	D J Stone
	Approx. Seen with Stewart Dennis.
06/11/21	Starling	Lee Common	118	D J Stone
	Approx. In 70 minute watch from 8-30am, with Stewart Dennis. All west.
05/11/21	Starling	Lee Common	466	D J Stone
	Approx. In 1&1/2 hours watch from 8-10am. All west except 32 north.
05/11/21	Starling	Steps Hill	97	M Wallen
09:00	Over, west, still a really poor autumn for these here.
03/11/21	Starling	Little Marlow STW	5	R Kirk

04/11/21	Starling	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	500	R Cadd
06:55	Hide 1. Approx number leaving roosts in reedbeds front of hide.
01/11/21	Starling	Steps Hill	47	M Wallen
08:25	Over, west.
04/11/21	Starling	Whitchurch	120	T Watts
16:51	Minimum flying towards Aylesbury approaching dusk.
04/11/21	Starling	Buckingham	120	M S Hunt
07:45
03/11/21	Starling	Buckingham	70	M S Hunt
11:15
01/11/21	Starling	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	800	R Cadd
06:48	Hide 1. Approx count, emerging from reedbed roosts in front of hide. Most off to E.
30/10/21	Starling	Aston Clinton	200	D J Stone
	Approx. Gathering on over head power cables.
30/10/21	Starling	Little Marlow GP	500	J E Rose
18:00	Approx but still building.
26/10/21	Starling	Steps Hill	62	M Wallen
09:45	Over- west.
25/10/21	Starling	Rowsham	89	M Wallen
09:45	Over west in 2hrs vis-mig, in small flocks.
26/10/21	Starling	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	1000	R Cadd
07:40	Hide 1. Approx. count; emerged from roost in RH central & LH central reedbeds. Off to S.
22/10/21	Starling	Steps Hill	371	M Wallen
10:30	West, through the hill.
21/10/21	Starling	Turweston, Turweston	2	P Gomersall
13:30	ad. On feeders first of the autumn.
14/10/21	Starling	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	131	H Al-Farhan
07:00
18/10/21	Starling	Pump Lane, Marlow	80	R Kirk

18/10/21	Starling	Buckingham	250	M S Hunt
11:53
17/10/21	Starling	Bishopstone	1000	D J Stone
	Approx. In cultivated fields.
17/10/21	Starling	Aston Clinton	150	A C Bayliss
11:00	Approx. Single flock. Been on the local fields for a couple of weeks now.
16/10/21	Starling	Steps Hill	95	M Wallen
10:40	Over the hill, west, in nearly 4hrs vis-mig.
14/10/21	Starling	Rowsham	400	M Wallen
09:30	Approx, in one flock.
13/10/21	Starling	Steps Hill	30	M Wallen
09:00	Approx, a single flock going West.
10/10/21	Starling	Steps Hill	11	M Wallen
10:00	Through west in 2 flocks.
09/10/21	Starling	Great Brickhill	50	R D Andrews
10:15	Approx hawking insects with Jackdaws quite high up. Other flocks seen going west early on.
09/10/21	Starling	Wooburn Green	4	R Kirk

09/10/21	Starling	Turweston, Turweston	3	P Gomersall
13:16	juv. Seen on feeders first of the autumn.
08/10/21	Starling	Dorney Common, Dorney	350	D L Cleal
16:30
08/10/21	Starling	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	150	G Alcock
18:22	Approx - roosted as the bittern emerged briefly at 18.19.
07/10/21	Starling	Wooburn Green	3	R Kirk

07/10/21	Starling	Loudwater	14	R Kirk

07/10/21	Starling	Wooburn Green	1	R Kirk

05/10/21	Starling	Buckingham	50	M S Hunt
11:36
04/10/21	Starling	Steps Hill	18	M Wallen
08:30	The first flocks of the autumn, a few small flocks over to the west, all typically low down.
30/09/21	Starling	Dorney Common, Dorney	400	D L Cleal
14:30
30/09/21	Starling	Loudwater	60	R Kirk

30/09/21	Starling	Burroughs Grove	30	R Kirk

29/09/21	Starling	Loudwater	60	R Kirk

29/09/21	Starling	Buckingham	12	M S Hunt
11:30
23/09/21	Starling	Wooburn Green	3	R Kirk

19/09/21	Starling	Buckingham	40	M S Hunt
08:30
17/09/21	Starling	Loudwater	71	R Kirk

17/09/21	Starling	Wooburn Green	25	R Kirk

17/09/21	Starling	Dorney Common, Dorney	200	D L Cleal
15:00
17/09/21	Starling	Buckingham	40	M S Hunt
08:30
14/09/21	Starling	Haddenham	42	S Potter
15:21	All on telephone mast on industrial estate.
12/09/21	Starling	Wooburn Green	12	R Kirk

10/09/21	Starling	Dorney Common, Dorney	350	D L Cleal
14:30
05/09/21	Starling	Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)	4	M Shepherd
11:33
28/08/21	Starling	Rowsham	300	M Wallen
09:00	Approx, in one flock, stripping elderberries.
28/08/21	Starling	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	66	H Appleyard
	Around this number on one of the sport fields near the west end of the site.
25/08/21	Starling	Newton Longville	280	H Appleyard
	Counted from image of flock over fields not far from Tattenhoe Park.
25/08/21	Starling	Pitstone Hill	12	S E Douglas
09:00
19/08/21	Starling	Broughton, Aylesbury	9	S Potter
11:30
12/08/21	Starling	Buckingham	250	M S Hunt
12:08
08/08/21	Starling	Buckingham	250	M S Hunt
14:04
04/08/21	Starling	Tattenhoe, Milton Keynes	22	H Appleyard
	Seen in flight over the estate, some catching flying ants.
29/07/21	Starling	Buckingham	10	M S Hunt
08:25
25/07/21	Starling	Turweston, Turweston	3	P Gomersall
13:30	juv. On feeders.
23/07/21	Starling	Middle Claydon	40	M S Hunt
09:30
22/07/21	Starling	Broughton, Aylesbury	12	S Potter
11:41	Attacking the feeders.
16/07/21	Starling	Loudwater	15	R Kirk

15/07/21	Starling	Chesham	150	M Collard
22:23	In a garden; estimate of a good number at this time of the year.
01/07/21	Starling	Turweston, Turweston	12	P Gomersall
13:00	Adults and young on front feeders.
28/06/21	Starling	Loudwater	11	R Kirk

27/06/21	Starling	Dorney Common, Dorney	250	D L Cleal
14:00
24/06/21	Starling	Wooburn Green	5	R Kirk

18/06/21	Starling	The Rye, High Wycombe	10	R Kirk

13/06/21	Starling	Chalfont St Giles	70	J Edwards
16:13	Still around the feeders in the garden and still no Rosy ones !
11/06/21	Starling	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	12	H Appleyard
	1 ad 11 juv. Flock feeding on one of the fields. Surprisingly only one adult among them, though the juveniles were foraging independently.
12/06/21	Starling	Penn Street	1	I Ryder
06:45	Young bird with white throat clumsily walking on wooden rail in garden. Rare garden visitor.
11/06/21	Starling	Bourne End	11	R Kirk

10/06/21	Starling	Loudwater	20	R Kirk

05/06/21	Starling	Chalfont St Giles	75	J Edwards
11:08	A flock descended on the garden this morning, all but one juvs. Chaos on the feeders! No Rosy ones sadly.
03/06/21	Starling	Stony Stratford	60	R A Fowles
17:43	Small groups lots of juvys.
02/06/21	Starling	Bourne End	5	R Kirk

02/06/21	Starling	Turweston, Turweston	3	P Gomersall
11:22	2nd family seen being fed and later feeding themselves.
31/05/21	Starling	Wooburn Green	15	R Kirk

29/05/21	Starling	Rowsham	250	M Wallen
08:30	Many around the fields, with really good numbers of juveniles. Presumably the wet May has helped their breeding season. Included a flock of c200, whereas the biggest flock the day before was c100.
29/05/21	Starling	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	29	H Appleyard
	Adults and juveniles feeding on one of the fields.
28/05/21	Starling	Hillesden	1000	P J Tizzard
11:22	Estimate of large flock going to roost. At least 620 counted from a photo of one section of the flock.
23/05/21	Starling	The Rye, High Wycombe	40	R Kirk

21/05/21	Starling	The Rye, High Wycombe	30	R Kirk

10/05/21	Starling	Turweston, Turweston	5	P Gomersall
13:10	male and fem. Seen on front feeders feeding 1 young 2 others feeding themselves.
09/05/21	Starling	Turweston, Turweston	5	P Gomersall
14:20	male fem. Seen on feeders and feeding 3 young.
07/05/21	Starling	Tattenhoe, Milton Keynes	5	H Appleyard
	2 ad and 3 juv.
05/05/21	Starling	Olney	7	M Shepherd
14:35
05/05/21	Starling	Little Marlow Village	10	K Messenger
09:30	Mobbing magpie in flight. Spectacular!
04/05/21	Starling	Little Kimble	2	D Cooling
18:55	feeder. SP822071.
04/05/21	Starling	Turweston, Turweston	5	P Gomersall
13:12	Dropped in on feeders then out again.
25/04/21	Starling	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	The leucistic individual I first saw here in late February, briefly seen as it flew past me while walking past one of the fields.
20/04/21	Starling	Turweston, Turweston	4	P Gomersall
14:53	Seen feeding and bathing in water dish.
15/04/21	Starling	Broughton, Aylesbury	2	S Potter
12:00	Appear to be nesting under our eaves again.
06/04/21	Starling	Turweston, Turweston	4	P Gomersall
14:07	On feeding stations in front garden.
01/04/21	Starling	Whitchurch	2	T Watts
18:57	Noteworthy as dissapeared as breeders in recent years. Pair everyday same spot and male singing from our roof, think they've found nest spot in currently empty manor house on opposite side of road ?
31/03/21	Starling	Wooburn Green	4	R Kirk

30/03/21	Starling	Wooburn Green	10	R Kirk

28/03/21	Starling	Turweston, Turweston	4	P Gomersall
15:05	Update from last sighting same location.
28/03/21	Starling	Turweston, Turweston	2	P Gomersall
13:49	On nugget feeder.
28/03/21	Starling	Buckingham	70	M S Hunt
08:35
26/03/21	Starling	Turweston, Turweston	3	P Gomersall
13:45	On feeders in front garden.
25/03/21	Starling	Burnham	9	A Horastead
07:50	Feeders in back garden.
23/03/21	Starling	Loudwater	50	R Kirk

23/03/21	Starling	Berryfields	8	C Griffin
11:20	SP789162.
22/03/21	Starling	Turweston, Turweston	2	P Gomersall
11:13	On feeders in front garden.
18/03/21	Starling	Rowsham	2500	M Wallen
07:30	Approx, in one feeding flock.
17/03/21	Starling	Buckingham	400	M S Hunt
08:40	Circa 400.
15/03/21	Starling	Rowsham	5300	M Wallen
07:30	Approx. Presumably the same flock from yesterday, although a few fields away had clearly grown to c3500, then a huge flock of c1000 flew in to join them, swiftly followed by c800.
14/03/21	Starling	Rowsham	2500	M Wallen
07:00	Approx, in one huge feeding flock, moving across a field, a spectacular sight.
12/03/21	Starling	Loudwater	30	R Kirk

10/03/21	Starling	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	40	H Appleyard
	Estimate of a small flock in one of the fields including the leucistic bird from late February.
09/03/21	Starling	Buckingham	500	M S Hunt
08:40	Circa 500.
07/03/21	Starling	Rowsham	800	M Wallen
07:30	Approx, a single strung out flock, low and fast to the north-east.
08/03/21	Starling	Little Marlow GP	2000	J E Rose
17:00	Approx but maybe quite a few more in a mumeration.
06/03/21	Starling	Stowe	385	P J Tizzard
15:42	Counted from photo.
08/03/21	Starling	Mentmore	150	D J Stone
	Approx.
08/03/21	Starling	Nether Winchendon	1000	J W Gearing
14:07	Feeding in lambs field.
06/03/21	Starling	Turweston, Turweston	2	P Gomersall
11:14	On feeder in front garden.
05/03/21	Starling	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	8	H Appleyard
	Including the largely pale leucistic bird found last Friday, foraging together on one of the fields.
28/02/21	Starling	Little Marlow GP	2000	A D Bassett
18:00	Approx in murmuration.
02/03/21	Starling	Little Marlow GP	1500	J E Rose
18:00	Possibly up to 2000 in a mini mumeration.
02/03/21	Starling	Gallows Bridge	15	G Alcock
12:58
28/02/21	Starling	Little Marlow GP	2000	D L Cleal
18:00	Impressive Murmuration was the final act, aided and abetted by a few hundred Jackdaw cheering them on!
28/02/21	Starling	Calvert Green	1000	G Alcock
15:29	At least 1k, most like 1.5k+. In 2 large groups murmurating by the main road. Awesome.
28/02/21	Starling	Turweston, Turweston	2	P Gomersall
14:38	Seen on front feeders.
26/02/21	Starling	Little Marlow GP	1500	J E Rose
17:45	possibly up to 2000 in a mini mermeration. Roosted in reed bed.
27/02/21	Starling	Buckingham	500	M S Hunt
11:00	Circa 500 in a tight almost murmuration type flock high up heading south.
26/02/21	Starling	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	14	H Appleyard
	Perched and foraging around one of the fields including a rather "ghostly" leucistic individual, sporting a whitish/silvery feathers. Image in the gallery.
25/02/21	Starling	Little Marlow GP	1000	S Ramm
18:00	Murmurating when I arrived for 10 minutes, went down into reeds at 18:00.
24/02/21	Starling	Hillesden	1	G Alcock
12:12
23/02/21	Starling	Monks Risborough	1000	P Stanford
17:20	At least 1000 flying over, roosting elsewhere.
23/02/21	Starling	Twyford	81	G Alcock
12:47
22/02/21	Starling	Calvert Green	21	G Alcock
17:01
21/02/21	Starling	Rowsham	2000	M Wallen
09:00	Approx, going West to East early morning in many , mainly small flocks. Max flock size c300.
19/02/21	Starling	Rowsham	500	M Wallen
08:00	Approx, in one flock.
20/02/21	Starling	Rowsham	600	M Wallen
14:00	Approx, over, west to east in many small flocks, presumably going home.
18/02/21	Starling	Rowsham	5000	M Wallen
08:00	Approx, in 2 huge flocks.
18/02/21	Starling	Buckingham	30	M S Hunt
13:20
17/02/21	Starling	Ford	1	L Howard
15:16	singing and wing displaying in walnut tree.
17/02/21	Starling	Calvert Green	20	G Alcock
14:56	Estimate - on a telegraph wire On my daily plod.
16/02/21	Starling	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	2346	H Appleyard
	By far the largest Starling flock I have ever recorded in the Tattenhoe area, crossing over from Newton Longville and heading to the west. Counted from 2 pictures taken when the flock briefly split into two.
16/02/21	Starling	Buckingham	200	M S Hunt
12:30
09/02/21	Starling	Tattenhoe, Milton Keynes	2	H Appleyard
	Visiting garden feeders.
09/02/21	Starling	Calvert Green	20	G Alcock
14:50
06/02/21	Starling	Hunts Green	50	D J Stone
	Approx on HS2 Badlands.
02/02/21	Starling	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	20	J J Robertson
11:00
02/02/21	Starling	Rowsham	3500	M Wallen
08:00	Approx. A single flock of c2500 feeding in fields. c1000 further birds flew in from the north, made up from a number of different sized flocks, largest about 200. Impressive numbers.
02/02/21	Starling	Twyford	100	G Alcock
14:31	Est.
01/02/21	Starling	Loudwater	40	R Kirk

31/01/21	Starling	Twyford	1000	G Alcock
14:12
29/01/21	Starling	Gallows Bridge Farm, Gallows Bridge	5000	R Cadd
16:00	Approx count, feeding W end main meadow and surrounding area.
29/01/21	Starling	Ravenstone STW, Ravenstone	180	R A Fowles
16:12
23/01/21	Starling	Rowsham	1000	M Wallen
09:00	Approx, in a tight knit feeding flock amongst a huge flock of Redwings and Fieldfares.
22/01/21	Starling	Loudwater	30	R Kirk

12/01/21	Starling	Ickford	15	L Evans

12/01/21	Starling	Oakley Airfield	80	L Evans

08/01/21	Starling	Marsworth Reservoir (Bucks section)	1400	L Evans
	Roosting in the reedbed.
10/01/21	Starling	Weston Turville Reservoir	237	M Wallen
16:00	In to roost, in reeds. Counted from photo.
03/01/21	Starling	Gallows Bridge	170	L Evans

01/01/21	Starling	Shenley Wood, Milton Keynes	314	L Evans
	Flighting to roost.
08/01/21	Starling	Buckingham	30	M S Hunt
14:25	At our feeding station.
06/01/21	Starling	Loudwater	50	R Kirk

04/01/21	Starling	Bourne End	10	R Kirk

03/01/21	Starling	Shenley Wood, Milton Keynes	19	P R Moon
	Over Medbourne playing fields at dusk, heading towards the city.
03/01/21	Starling	Buckingham	120	M S Hunt
14:45
01/01/21	Starling	College Lake	1	H Appleyard

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