Great Northern Diver | 4 December | Calvert Sailing Lake (photographed) |
Little Grebe | 13 January | Stowe Lakes |
Great Crested Grebe | 15 January | Linford Lakes NR |
Black-necked Grebe | ********** | ********** |
Cormorant | 13 January | Foxcote Reservoir |
Bittern | ********** | ********** |
Night-heron | 23 August | A sub-adult seen at dusk at Claydon Lakes (observed with Tim & Coleen Watts) |
Cattle Egret | 16 February | East of the A5 at Bletchley opposite Crossroads Farm at SP 896 338 |
Little Egret | 9 January | Chess Valley |
Great White Egret | 12 August | Little Misbourne |
Grey Heron | 9 January | Chess Valley |
Mute Swan | 9 January | Chenies Bottom |
Bewick's Swan | 24 February | A party of 6 adults at College Lake |
Whooper Swan | 27 June | An adult of unknown origin showing well at Spade Oak |
Tundra Bean Goose | 12 February | With 113 Greylag Geese north of Blackmorehill Farm near Middle Claydon at SP 707 254 |
Pink-footed Goose | 2 September | Adult of unknown origin with 12 Greylags in flight north over Drayton Beauchamp |
White-fronted Goose | 7 February | 41 at Hillesden Lakes |
Greylag Goose | 15 January | Gayhurst Pits |
Canada Goose | 13 January | Olney |
Barnacle Goose | 3 March | Cublington |
Egyptian Goose | 20 January | Castleman's Farm Fields |
Shelduck | 20 January | Pair back on Spade Oak Pit |
Mandarin Duck | 20 January | 31 on Burnham Beeches Upper Pond |
Wigeon | 13 January | Foxcote Reservoir |
Gadwall | 13 January | Foxcote Reservoir |
Teal | 6 January | Broughton Trout Pools |
Mallard | 9 January | Chess Valley |
Pintail | 15 January | Drake at Gayhurst 'Motorway Pit' |
Garganey | ********** | ********** |
Shoveler | 20 January | Spade Oak Pit |
Red-crested Pochard | 28 October | At long last! Two pairs at the end end (Works Bay) of Spade Oak Pit |
Pochard | 20 January | Spade Oak Pit |
Ferruginous Duck | 27 February | Spade Oak Pit (first-winter female) |
Tufted Duck | 13 January | Foxcote Reservoir |
Common Scoter | 27 March | Pair on main lake at College Lake BBOWT |
Goldeneye | 13 January | Foxcote Reservoir |
Goosander | ********** | ********** |
Red Kite | 3 January | Hedgerley Landfill |
Sparrowhawk | 3 March | Cheddington |
Buzzard | 3 January | Penn Wood |
Kestrel | 13 January | Stowe |
Merlin | 14 October | Juvenile female flew quickly west over Gallows Hill and Beacon (Ivinghoe Hills) |
Hobby | ********** | ********** |
Peregrine | ********** | ********** |
Red-legged Partridge | 28 February | 10 near Wing |
Grey Partridge | 6 January | Covey of 5 in Downs Farm Cereal Fields at Pitstone Hill |
Quail | 6 June | Shabbington |
Pheasant | 3 January | Penn Wood |
Water Rail | 20 January | 4 at Weston Turville Reservoir |
Moorhen | 6 January | Broughton Trout Pools |
Coot | 13 January | Foxcote Reservoir |
Oystercatcher | 3 March | Pitstone Quarry |
Black-winged Stilt | 20 April | Pair showing well on Spade Oak Pit (photographed); seen with finder Alan Stevens as well as Mike Collard & Jim Rose |
Avocet | 10 July | Showing well on tern islands in NE corner of Deep Lake (photographed) |
Little Ringed Plover | 11 March | Pitstone Quarry |
Ringed Plover | 30 April | Pair on spit at Spade Oak |
Kentish Plover | 1 May | Wow - a County Tick!! Female in Pitstone Quarry - found & identified by the supremo birder that David Bilcock is! |
Golden Plover | 18 February | 23 at Down Farm Pitstone Hill |
Lapwing | 20 January | Spade Oak Pit |
Little Stint | 16 May | Spade Oak Pit (adult in breeding plumage) |
Dunlin | 14 March | Pitstone Quarry |
Jack Snipe | 6 January | Broughton Trout Pools |
Snipe | 6 January | Broughton Trout Pools |
Woodcock | 31 October | Calvert BBOWT |
Black-tailed Godwit | 27 June | Two adult male Islandica at College Lake BBOWT Marsh |
Curlew | 7 March | 2 pairs at Gallows Bridge NR Far Flood |
Common Sandpiper | 27 April | 2 in the Manor Farm GP complex |
Green Sandpiper | 3 March | Pitstone Quarry |
Greenshank | 30 April | College Lake BBOWT (NW end of Deep Pit) |
Wood Sandpiper | 6 May | Marlow Low Grounds |
Redshank | 3 March | College Lake BBOWT |
Kittiwake | 6 March | 31 of 32 that were on Wilstone flew strongly west into Bucks airspace (28 at 5.15pm plus 3 more at 6.01pm) |
Black-headed Gull | 3 January | Hedgerley Landfill |
Little Gull | 27 March | 2nd winter at Startop's End |
Mediterranean Gull | 31 October | 2 adults in roost on Calvert BBOWT roost |
Common Gull | 6 January | Downs Farm |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | 20 January | Spade Oak Pit |
Herring Gull | 3 January | Hedgerley Landfill |
Yellow-legged Gull | 11 February | 2 adults at Calvert Sailing Lake roost |
Caspian Gull | 6 June | An apparent 3rd year at Spade Oak (photographed); two adults in roost at Calvert BBOWT roost |
Iceland Gull | 3 March | Adult on Calvert Landfill |
Great Black-backed Gull | 11 February | 3 in Calvert Sailing Lake roost |
Little Tern | 30 April | 2 at Spade Oak Pit |
Black Tern | 30 April | Single at Spade Oak Pit |
Common Tern | 4 April | Marsworth Reservoir |
Arctic Tern | 18 April | Single on Spade Oak Pit |
Stock Dove | 6 January | Aylesbury |
Woodpigeon | 2 January | Chaffinch House |
Collared Dove | 2 January | Chaffinch House |
Ring-necked Parakeet | 6 January | Chaffinch House |
Cuckoo | 28 April | Mill Farm Meadow (Chenies Bottom) |
Barn Owl | 14 February | Up to 6 adults in a communal roost in Chesham |
Little Owl | 9 February | Chenies Bottom |
Tawny Owl | 14 February | 3 calling at dusk at Hill Farm Chesham |
Short-eared Owl | ********** | ********** |
Swift | 24 April | 7 on Marsworth |
Kingfisher | 20 January | Spade Oak Pit |
Wryneck | 8 October | Pitstone Hill. Thanks to Dave Bilcock & Adrian Roche - showing very well. By far my bird of the year in relatively birdless Bucks. Thank God I'm moving |
Green Woodpecker | 15 January | Bury Fields |
Great Spotted Woodpecker | 15 January | Gayhurst Pits |
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | ********** | ********** |
Woodlark | ********** | ********** |
Skylark | 6 January | Downs Farm |
Sand Martin | 17 March | 8 at Spade Oak Pit |
Swallow | 27 March | 2 on Startop's End over canal |
House Martin | 22 April | 13 nests under construction at Waterman's Cottage, Lock 44 on the Grand Union Canal |
Tree Pipit | 14 August | Two at Ivinghoe Beacon |
Meadow Pipit | 6 January | Pitstone Hill |
Rock Pipit | 12 October | Scandinavian migrant affording exceptional views on bank and in bay in NE corner of Startop's End Reservoir |
Yellow Wagtail | 10 April | 3 nice males in the paddocks at Marsworth |
Grey Wagtail | 9 February | Chenies Bottom |
Pied Wagtail | 6 January | Chaffinch House |
Waxwing | 6 January | Flock of 13 in Aylesbury on Lynwood Road |
Wren | 3 January | Hedgerley Landfill |
Dunnock | 6 January | Chaffinch House |
Robin | 1 January | Chaffinch House |
Black Redstart | ********** | ********** |
Redstart | 24 April | Female below main car park at Ivinghoe Beacon |
Whinchat | 23 April | Female on Pitstone Hill |
Stonechat | ********** | ********** |
Wheatear | 21 March | Pitstone Hill (pair) |
Ring Ouzel | 2 April | Nice male on Ivinghoe Beacon |
Blackbird | 2 January | Chaffinch House |
Fieldfare | 6 January | Aylesbury |
Song Thrush | 2 January | Chaffinch House |
Redwing | 3 January | Penn Wood |
Mistle Thrush | 7 January | Little Chalfont |
Cetti's Warbler | 9 February | Roundmoor Ditch |
Grasshopper Warbler | 27 April | Reeling male in extreme SE corner of caravan park north of Ouse at Manor Farm |
Sedge Warbler | 4 April | Marsworth Reservoir |
Reed Warbler | 13 April | Singing male by Lock 41 at Marsworth Reservoir |
Blackcap | 19 March | Singing male at Taplow Lakes |
Garden Warbler | 24 April | Singing male in Top Scrub (Ivinghoe) |
Lesser Whitethroat | 24 April | Rattling male on west side of College Lake Reserve |
Whitethroat | 23 April | Pitstone Hill |
Dartford Warbler | ********** | ********** |
Yellow-browed Warbler | 30 September | Spade Oak Pit in SE corner in Willows on east shoreline |
Chiffchaff | 9 February | 14 in Roundmoor Ditch, Eton Wick |
Willow Warbler | 30-31 March | 6 singing males at College Lake |
Goldcrest | 20 January | Little Chalfont |
Firecrest | 14 March | 4 at The Hale, Wendover Forest |
Spotted Flycatcher | 11 May | Aston Clinton |
Bearded Tit | 20 January | Weston Turville Reservoir |
Long-tailed Tit | 3 January | Penn Wood |
Blue Tit | 2 January | Chaffinch House |
Great Tit | 3 January | Penn Wood |
Coal Tit | 2 January | Chaffinch House |
Marsh Tit | 15 January | Gayhurst Pits |
Nuthatch | 20 January | Burnham Beeches NNR |
Treecreeper | 7 March | Church Wood RSPB |
Jay | 15 January | Gayhurst Pits |
Magpie | 3 January | Chaffinch House |
Jackdaw | 3 January | Chaffinch House |
Rook | 3 January | Penn Wood Rookery |
Carrion Crow | 3 January | Penn Wood |
Raven | 28 February | Pair at Stoke Common and another pair near Sauderton |
Starling | 2 January | Chaffinch House |
House Sparrow | 2 January | Little Chalfont |
Tree Sparrow | 13 January | 8 at Dags Lane, Stoke Goldington |
Chaffinch | 2 January | Chaffinch House |
Brambling | 3 January | Penn Wood (21 roosted) |
Greenfinch | 6 January | Walter's Ash |
Goldfinch | 3 January | Chaffinch House |
Siskin | 20 January | Burnham Beeches NNR |
Linnet | 18 February | Pitstone Hill |
Redpoll | 7 March | Stoke Common |
Common Crossbill | 31 October | A party of 4 at Stoke Common |
Bullfinch | 2 January | Chaffinch House |
Hawfinch | 16 October | 11 all flew SE over Ivinghoe Beacon with a lingering first-year female in Whitebeam in Inkombe Hole |
Yellowhammer | 6 January | Pitstone Hill |
Reed Bunting | 20 January | Weston Turville Reservoir |
Corn Bunting | 28 February | 23 at Smalldean Farm |