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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
30/12/22	Brambling	Stokenchurch	8	J Newcombe
14:00	Flushed from Holly bushes by Sparrowhawk in Stockfield Wood.
29/12/22	Brambling	Winchmore Hill	1	R W Seekins
15:30	On Penn st farm set aside.
29/12/22	Brambling	Wingrave	1	J Dowling
10:00	ad m. With Finches at garden feeder. SP869193.
23/03/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	4	R Hargreaves

14/03/22	Brambling	Ivinghoe Beacon	3	R Hargreaves

11/03/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	1	R Hargreaves
09:45
11/03/22	Brambling	Pitstone Hill	5	R Hargreaves
10:45	Flew NE with Chaffinch flock.
23/12/22	Brambling	Winchmore Hill	1	R W Seekins
12:15	On garden feeder.
17/12/22	Brambling	Wapseys Wood WDS	1	D Ferguson
10:00	male.
15/12/22	Brambling	Hardmead	1	R Norris
10:00	At least one amongst Chaffinches.
13/12/22	Brambling	Dagnall	1	T Owen
11:33	ad fem. On sunflower seed feeder in garden. SP993165.
05/12/22	Brambling	Stokenchurch	20	J Newcombe
13:00	Approx 20 feeding on beech mast in Stockfield Wood.
26/11/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	5	T Wallen
10:25	With MSW. Over south or west during nearly 3hrs vis-mig.
26/11/22	Brambling	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	Observed on a morning migration watch, calling in flight to the west.
19/11/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	3	M Wallen
10:20	Over west in nearly 3hrs vis-mig.
18/11/22	Brambling	Hyde Lane	2	R A Fowles
20:24
11/11/22	Brambling	Stokenchurch	5	J Newcombe
14:00	At least 5 with small flock of Chaffinches in Stockfield Wood.
13/11/22	Brambling	Wingrave	1	J Dowling
14:45	Flyover S calling. SP869200.
13/11/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	2	M Wallen
08:30	Singles, over, in the fog.
12/11/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	12	M Wallen
09:30	Over, south or south-west in over 2hrs vis-mig.
12/11/22	Brambling	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	Single flight call heard on a morning migration watch.
06/11/22	Brambling	Fulmer Lake, Fulmer	2	D J Bevan
09:45	Seen in flight with chaffinches.
05/11/22	Brambling	South Heath	1	S Dennis
13:00	fem. At garden feeders, feeding with goldfinches, chaffinches and greenfinches.
02/11/22	Brambling	Booker	2	T Orchard
14:39	Same spot as last year.
30/10/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	71	M Wallen
11:35	Over, west, during 5hrs vis-mig session and BBC field trip.
29/10/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	15	M Wallen
09:45	Over, West in 2 hrs vis-mig.
31/10/22	Brambling	Tattenhoe, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	Seen on a morning migration watch from the garden, calling as it flew to the west over the estate.
31/10/22	Brambling	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	Several calls heard on a morning migration watch.
29/10/22	Brambling	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	Single call heard in the afternoon, presumably from a bird passing over.
27/10/22	Brambling	Little Marlow GP	1	M Wallen
09:00	Flying south, calling.
25/10/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	4	C E Woodward
12:31
25/10/22	Brambling	Buckingham	1	M S Hunt
09:35
22/10/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	22	T Wallen
11:15	With MSW and R.Hargreaves. An incredible morning with some high quality scarcities and great views of these. Over to the west or south-west in 4hrs solid vis-mig.
22/10/22	Brambling	Great Hampden	2	P Watts
15:00	At least two in church trees with chaffinch.
22/10/22	Brambling	Foxcote Res	3	P Woodham
10:16
21/10/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	22	M Wallen
10:30	Over to the west in vis-mig session which was severely hampered by fog. Flocks of 16, 5 and 1.
19/10/22	Brambling	Rowsham	1	M Wallen
07:45	Over-west.
21/10/22	Brambling	Penn Wood	1	P J Stevens
10:00	Over the west side.
20/10/22	Brambling	Mill End	7	A Stow
15:45	over heading south into Berks late afternoon. SU780855.
19/10/22	Brambling	Ivinghoe Beacon	83	L Evans
07:43	An impressive tally, far outnumbering Chaffinch today, including one single flock of 33 that Roy and I recorded.
19/10/22	Brambling	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	My first for the season in Bucks, heard calling twice as it flew over on a morning migration watch.
17/10/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	13	T Wallen
10:15	With MSW. Over, west, in 3hrs vis-mig.
15/10/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	3	M Wallen
10:20	With T.Wallen, over, going west, in just over 3hrs vis-mig.
13/10/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	2	M Wallen
09:30	Over to the West in 2 hours vis-mig. With C and A.Woodward.
13/10/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	2	C E Woodward
10:48	With flock of chaffinches.
14/04/22	Brambling	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	20	H Al-Farhan
07:00	Couldn't check every bird in time but didn't see a single chaffinch of the ones I did check so maybe not mixed flock. Flock size 40.
15/04/22	Brambling	Willen Lakes	5	H Al-Farhan
18:00
17/04/22	Brambling	Willen Lakes	1	H Al-Farhan
18:00
12/10/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	1	N Webber
08:00	Over calling.
11/10/22	Brambling	Bledlow	1	M Mckeown
10:15	Calling in flight.
10/10/22	Brambling	Rushmere Park	1	R D Andrews
08:12	Flew over calling heading NNE. My first of the autumn.
08/10/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	17	M Wallen
09:35	With TJWa. Over to the west in two and a half hours vis-mig session.
03/10/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	2	M Wallen
08:00	In 3 hrs vis-mig, first of the autumn. 1 over to the north-west. An hour or so later one came from the west over Ivinghoe Beacon and went south-east, this latter bird with N.Webber.
03/10/22	Brambling	Ivinghoe Beacon	1	N Webber
08:00	Flew over. Seen with Mike Wallen.
30/04/22	Brambling	Penn Wood	3	A D Bassett
09:00	m, 2f at least- bird race team.
29/04/22	Brambling	Penn Wood	4	P J Stevens
10:00	Still at least 4 still feeding in the tops of oaks above a very small pond in the centre of the wood with some singing. It's difficult to see what they are feeding on but maybe small insects attracted to oak catkins.
28/04/22	Brambling	Penn Wood	6	P J Stevens
16:30	At least 6 still feeding in the same oaks as yesterday with some singing.
27/04/22	Brambling	Penn Wood	5	P J Stevens
08:00	At least 5 feeding in the top of oaks west of The Penna but I don't know what they were feeding on(video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21cXMone7J4). Some of the males were singing.
22/04/22	Brambling	Berghers Hill	2	P J Stevens
13:00	Still visiting my garden.
14/04/22	Brambling	Winchmore Hill	2	R W Seekins
11:00	f. 2 under garden feeders.
07/04/22	Brambling	Lodge Hill	1	N Marriner
08:00	Tracking the Impact Breeding Bird Survey with Luke M.
17/04/22	Brambling	Flackwell Heath	1	J E Rose
08:00	Calling in Hornbeams near to Ronald Wood.
17/04/22	Brambling	Wingrave	1	J Dowling
17:00	f. On garden feeders briefly, flew off NE. SP869192.
17/04/22	Brambling	Holmer Green	1	A Rowe
13:01	male. Horse Paddock behind Rookery Meadow. Nice surprise on this morning BBS walk.
15/04/22	Brambling	Marlow Low Grounds	1	A D Bassett
06:30	In hedge next to path, called, then flew east.
12/04/22	Brambling	Rushmere Park	2	R D Andrews
08:15	Flew over calling. One landed in a pine but the other kept going further into the wood.
13/04/22	Brambling	Terriers, High Wycombe	2	D T Cox
20:24	male and female under garden feeders.
13/04/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	1	M Wallen
09:00	Over north.
13/04/22	Brambling	Little Marlow GP	1	P J Stevens
06:30	Still along the east bank.
12/04/22	Brambling	Rushmere Park	2	R D Andrews
08:15	Flew over calling. One landed in a pine but the other kept going further into the wood.
12/04/22	Brambling	Bradwell New Workings	1	R C B'stard
22:05	Whilst watching a Mistle Thrush a movement up a nearby tree caught my eye. I was amazed to see a male Brambling. Whilst watching the Brambling a Treecreeper was climbing the very same tree!
12/04/22	Brambling	Linford GPs	3	R C B'stard
21:57	From boardwalk. Feeding high in the Willow (?) trees. Please note that a permit is required for access to this site.
11/04/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	2	M Wallen
08:00	Singles, over - calling, during morning.
11/04/22	Brambling	Little Marlow GP	3	J E Rose
08:00	At least in trees along E bank.
11/04/22	Brambling	Little Marlow GP	3	A D Bassett
07:45	Lingering SE corner.
06/04/22	Brambling	Little Marlow GP	3	A D Bassett
13:30	m, 2f in SE corner.
10/04/22	Brambling	Little Marlow GP	1	A D Bassett
07:30	Male in SE corner.
09/04/22	Brambling	Linford Reserve, Linford GPs	1	M S Harvey
11:30
09/04/22	Brambling	St Leonard's	3	N Giles
11:11	At least 3. SP907061.
08/04/22	Brambling	Little Marlow GP	1	M Tinnelly
15:05	male. In south east corner.
08/04/22	Brambling	Little Marlow GP	1	S Ramm
08:00	m. Spade Oak public car park.
07/04/22	Brambling	Stoke Goldington	1	M Norwood
18:40
07/04/22	Brambling	Flackwell Heath		J E Rose
10:30	No Finches seen at all in the field that recently held good numbers.
07/04/22	Brambling	Hogback Wood, Beaconsfield	1	R M Jackson
08:20	M on feeder.
06/04/22	Brambling	Lee Common	1	D J Stone
	Female at garden feeder.
06/04/22	Brambling	Terriers, High Wycombe	1	D T Cox
19:46	female under the garden feeders.
06/04/22	Brambling	Holmer Green	1	D Smith
16:51	SU900972.
06/04/22	Brambling	Flackwell Heath	12	M Mayall
17:11	Garden feeders 6M, 6F.
06/04/22	Brambling	Speen	1	P R Symonds
17:03	f.
06/04/22	Brambling	Berghers Hill	12	P J Stevens
10:00	In garden. One singing again.
05/04/22	Brambling	Berghers Hill	10	P J Stevens
07:30	In garden. One singing but maybe not the full song.
04/04/22	Brambling	Little Marlow GP	2	J Orchard
17:45	Pair, Southeast corner.
05/04/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	1	M Wallen
09:30	Over north, calling.
04/04/22	Brambling	Lodge Hill	9	N Marriner
14:00
04/04/22	Brambling	Holmer Green	1	D Smith
15:47	SU900972.
04/04/22	Brambling	Little Marlow GP	1	S Ramm
12:50	m. SE corner with 2 female Chaffinches.
04/04/22	Brambling	Flackwell Heath	75	J E Rose
11:00	A flock of Bramblings, Linnets, Chaffinches and a single Goldfinch feeding on the same field as the large flocks earlier in the year. The field has now been sprayed, hoed and sown with a cereal crop.
04/04/22	Brambling	Daws Hill, High Wycombe	2	N D Manthorpe
06:52	f+m.
03/04/22	Brambling	Linford Reserve, Linford GPs	4	J R Chalk
14:41	Near woodland hide.
03/04/22	Brambling	Linford GPs	5	S Potter
15:00	Please note that a permit is required for access to this site.
03/04/22	Brambling	Linford Reserve, Linford GPs	7	J Richardson
08:30	At least 7, including 3 pristine males seen from the trach jus after the woodland hide.
02/04/22	Brambling	Linford GPs	12	R C B'stard
08:52	Feeding on Willow catkins? Behind Warbler Hide. Some nice (almost) sum plum males. Please note that a permit is required for access to this site.
03/04/22	Brambling	Wendover	5	P Chattle
08:47	ad male and fem. 5 still on hanging feeder, including one glorious male in full summer plumage. SP866087.
03/04/22	Brambling	Daws Hill, High Wycombe	3	N D Manthorpe
08:31	2f+1m.
02/04/22	Brambling	Linford Reserve, Linford GPs	1	M S Harvey
11:00
01/04/22	Brambling	Eythrope	1	N Marriner
14:00
01/04/22	Brambling	Little Marlow GP	1	L Evans
14:30	A nice singing (wheezing) male in trees in the SE corner.
01/04/22	Brambling	Wendover	2	P Chattle
15:01	ad male & fem. Overwintering pair still present on 1 April 22. Regularly taking sunflower hearts from hanging feeder. SP866087.
31/03/22	Brambling	Berghers Hill	5	P J Stevens
13:00	Feeding in my garden.
31/03/22	Brambling	Rushmere Park	18	R D Andrews
09:20	At least feeding in larches.
30/03/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	1	M Wallen
08:40	Over, in the fog, calling.
30/03/22	Brambling	Linford GPs	9	S Potter
10:00	Please note that a permit is required for access to this site.
30/03/22	Brambling	Speen	1	P R Symonds
11:11	m.
29/03/22	Brambling	Eythrope	3	L Marriner
19:48	2f 1m.
29/03/22	Brambling	Daws Hill, High Wycombe	2	N D Manthorpe
10:28	m+f. continuing to visit garden feeders.
28/03/22	Brambling	Bradenham	2	N Marriner
07:00
28/03/22	Brambling	Hunts Green	2	D J Stone
	Females. Seen with Stewart Dennis & Mike Collard.
26/03/22	Brambling	Marsh Gibbon	1	L Russell
18:37
26/03/22	Brambling	Speen	1	P R Symonds
16:16	m. Numbers right down after a week of fine weather.
26/03/22	Brambling	Rushmere Park	5	R D Andrews
08:35	Coming down to stream to drink but very nervous. Included one male almost in breeding plumage.
22/03/22	Brambling	Steps Hill	1	M Wallen
09:30	Over, calling.
22/03/22	Brambling	Dunton	1	G Marsh
10:30	juv fem. Caught and ringed at garden feed station.
25/03/22	Brambling	Daws Hill, High Wycombe	1	N D Manthorpe
10:30	f. number regularly at the feeders down from 3/4 as the month has progressed.
24/03/22	Brambling	Great Brickhill	1	R D Andrews
08:35	Heard calling from garden in trees beyond paddock.
24/03/22	Brambling	Rushmere Park	2	R D Andrews
08:05	At least two feeding high in a larch.
23/03/22	Brambling	Eythrope	1	L Marriner
19:23	Over calling with 3 chaffinch.
23/03/22	Brambling	New Bradwell	1	R C B'stard
16:51	male. Really wasn't expecting, when looking for my first Chaffinch of the day, to look up the vent of a beautiful male Brambling!
22/03/22	Brambling	Hunts Green	15	D J Stone
	Seen with Stewart Dennis & Mike Collard.
22/03/22	Brambling	Lee Common	3	D J Stone
	2 female & male briefly under garden feeder.
22/03/22	Brambling	Little Marlow GP	1	J Newcombe
16:00	Female in hedge on south bank.
21/03/22	Brambling	Hunts Green	11	D J Stone

20/03/22	Brambling	Flackwell Heath	3	J E Rose
15:00	Again no sign of the recent flock but three birds heard calling in different areas. No Linnets or Chaffinches either.
20/03/22	Brambling	Wingrave	1	J Dowling
11:00	f. F with c20 Chaffinches under feeders. SP869193.
19/03/22	Brambling	Linford Reserve, Linford GPs	1	J R Chalk
15:00	male. In the 2 tall, slim willows in the car park by the entrance and also on the ground below.
18/03/22	Brambling	Flackwell Heath	1	J E Rose
16:00	Heard but not seen. No sign of the large flock. Maybe due to the time of day. I usually visit on the morning.
18/03/22	Brambling	Hog Lane, Ashley Green	5	B Miller
09:00
17/03/22	Brambling	Terriers, High Wycombe	1	D T Cox
19:49	female under garden feeders first of the winter.
16/03/22	Brambling	Lee Common	1	D J Stone
	Male very briefly on feeders.
17/03/22	Brambling	Speen	6	P R Symonds
12:24
16/03/22	Brambling	Flackwell Heath	450	L Evans
	At least 450, possibly as many as 600, in one great mass in weedy field at SU 903 885; a fantastic spectacle and the largest influx locally for many a year.
16/03/22	Brambling	Speen	10	P R Symonds
09:45	Largest number so far in the front garden.
15/03/22	Brambling	Luxters Vineyard/Henleyhillwood	2	A Stow
16:00	2 males feeding on the lane at the beginning of the wood just west of Chiltern Valley brewery.
15/03/22	Brambling	Aston Hill	1	R D Andrews
10:35	Flew over with Chaffinches, given away by call when it landed in a tree.
15/03/22	Brambling	Nash	1	H Al-Farhan
07:00	SP783329.
15/03/22	Brambling	Burnham Beeches	2	L Evans

15/03/22	Brambling	Flackwell Heath	30	P Gibbs
15:34	Several small flocks present in trees above footpath in usual set aside field.
07/03/22	Brambling	Winchmore Hill	3	R W Seekins
09:30
04/03/22	Brambling	Winchmore Hill	3	R W Seekins
15:26	2f 1m. in garden.
12/03/22	Brambling	Berghers Hill	2	P J Stevens
11:30	In garden.
13/03/22	Brambling	Flackwell Heath	400	J E Rose
13:00	But possibly up to 500 still present in cover crop.
12/03/22	Brambling	Rowsham	1	M Wallen
07:00	Over, calling.
12/03/22	Brambling	Speen	3	P R Symonds
10:01	1m2f.
11/03/22	Brambling	Daws Hill, High Wycombe	5	N D Manthorpe
14:05	At garden feeders.
11/03/22	Brambling	Flackwell Heath	300	J E Rose
10:30	But possibly up to 400. Mainly perched high in trees alongside the field where they feed. A lot of chattering going on and I wonder if they are about the leave.
09/03/22	Brambling	Nash	1	H Al-Farhan
07:00	SP788330.
10/03/22	Brambling	Berghers Hill	3	P J Stevens
13:57	In garden.
09/03/22	Brambling	Flackwell Heath	150	J E Rose
11:00	Approx. In a setaside/cover crop often mixing with Chaffinches and Linnets.
08/03/22	Brambling	Speen	3	P R Symonds
16:08	2m1f. Feeding in the front garden with about a dozen chaffinches.
08/03/22	Brambling	Hogback Wood, Beaconsfield	1	R M Jackson
08:30	M on feeder.
07/03/22	Brambling	Hunts Green	3	D J Stone
	Seen with Stewart Dennis & Mike Collard.
07/03/22	Brambling	Flackwell Heath	50	J E Rose
11:00	At least 75 in a mixed flock of c600 birds. Difficult to count On the move a lot.
07/03/22	Brambling	Tove Valley	1	R S Hill
14:00	Male.
06/03/22	Brambling	Flackwell Heath	200	J E Rose
10:00	At least in a mixed flock.
04/03/22	Brambling	Speen	1	P R Symonds
13:53	f.
02/03/22	Brambling	Winchmore Hill	1	R W Seekins
08:30	f. been visiting garden for at least one month.
02/03/22	Brambling	Speen	1	P R Symonds
10:36	f. My first of the winter in the garden although other villagers have had regular visits for a while.
28/02/22	Brambling	Gussetts Wood, Hambleden	20	A Stow
16:00	20+ feeding on the west end of the wood and Dudley lane.
28/02/22	Brambling	Flackwell Heath	250	J E Rose
11:00	Approx. In field now cleared of vegetation.
27/02/22	Brambling	Lodge Hill	3	T James
11:44
27/02/22	Brambling	Stoke Goldington	12	M Norwood
10:23
26/02/22	Brambling	Flackwell Heath	1	J E Rose
14:30	A male in our garden.
23/02/22	Brambling	Tattenhoe, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	Early morning flyover, heard calling among a small flock of passerines heading east over the estate.
23/02/22	Brambling	Hunts Green	4	D J Stone

22/02/22	Brambling	Great Missenden	2	N Marriner
14:00	Cluster Big Farmland Bird Count.
22/02/22	Brambling	Hogback Wood, Beaconsfield	1	R M Jackson
13:50	M on feeder.
21/02/22	Brambling	Stoke Goldington	24	M Norwood
10:26
21/02/22	Brambling	Stoke Goldington	12	M Norwood
09:01
19/02/22	Brambling	Walter's Ash	1	N Fletcher
	fem. At garden feeders. First one this winter.
19/02/22	Brambling	Flackwell Heath	250	J E Rose
10:00	At least in setaside /cover crop.
17/02/22	Brambling	Hog Lane, Ashley Green	13	B Miller
14:45
15/02/22	Brambling	Saunderton	22	N Marriner
11:00
16/02/22	Brambling	Lodge Hill	4	N Marriner
10:30	Cluster Big Farmland Bird Count.
12/02/22	Brambling	Lane End	50	J Orchard
15:25	In the field by Fryers Farm. Only one small flock appears to be present this afternoon. Very hard to count as very mobile but at the very least 50. No Linnet in the flock and only a few Chaffinch.
15/02/22	Brambling	Winchmore Hill	1	R W Seekins
11:30	f. On feeders.
15/02/22	Brambling	Dinton	8	J W Gearing
10:30	Highest number on and under my garden feeders.
10/02/22	Brambling	Stokenchurch	30	J Newcombe
09:00	At least 30, in with mixed finch flock in pheasant cover near Studdridge Farm.
08/02/22	Brambling	Little Marlow GP	1	J Newcombe
13:00	Female, in Alders near car park.
14/02/22	Brambling	Lacey Green	27	N Marriner
10:00	Cluster Big Farmland Bird Count.
13/02/22	Brambling	South Heath	7	S Dennis
15:00	5m/2fm. Highest count for a while, often 1 or 2 feeding with other finches on feeders in garden.
13/02/22	Brambling	Marlow GPs	1	A D Bassett
10:30	Flew south over the Roach Pit calling.
13/02/22	Brambling	Little Marlow GP	1	A D Bassett
08:30	male in SE corner - scarce here.
13/02/22	Brambling	Flackwell Heath	75	J E Rose
09:30	Approx in a setaside/cover crop. With Linnets and Chaffinches.
12/02/22	Brambling	Lane End	50	J Orchard
15:25	In the field by Fryers Farm. Only one small flock appears to be present this afternoon. Very hard to count as very mobile but at the very least 50. No Linnet in the flock and only a few Chaffinch.
11/02/22	Brambling	Daws Hill, High Wycombe	1	N D Manthorpe
08:45	fem.
10/02/22	Brambling	Flackwell Heath		J E Rose
15:00	Surprisingly none seen today after recent large counts.
08/02/22	Brambling	Great Hampden	80	P Watts
08:30	In private farmland area.
06/02/22	Brambling	Flackwell Heath	500	J E Rose
13:30	Approx in a setaside/cover crop field with Linnets and a few Chaffinch.
05/02/22	Brambling	Lude Farm	300	P J Stevens
16:00	Over 300 feeding in the field south of Parsonage Farm. The proportion of brambling in the mixed finch flock has increased and is now mostly brambling(80%+).
05/02/22	Brambling	Saunderton	20	L Evans

03/02/22	Brambling	Prestwood	80	N Marriner
13:00	Min.

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