Lee Evans's 2019 year list

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SpeciesDateLocation
Little Grebe3/1/2019Pitstone Quarry
Great Crested Grebe18/1/2019Willen Lake South
Black-necked Grebe********************
Cormorant3/1/2019College Lake BBOWT
Shag29/9/2019A highly mobile juvenile on Startop's End Reservoir for a brief period (photographed)
Bittern********************
Cattle Egret4/6/2019An adult in full breeding plumage at the west end of the flood on Dorney Common (photographed)
Little Egret12/1/201917 roosted on island in willow on Pow Wow Lake
Great White Egret3/1/20193 together on Gayhurst Motorway Pit
Grey Heron3/1/2019Gayhurst Motorway Pit
Mute Swan3/1/2019College Lake BBOWT
Greylag Goose3/1/2019Bletchley and Gayhurst (198 birds)
Canada Goose3/1/2019Bletchley
Barnacle Goose26/2/201956 back at Olney Water Meadows
Brent Goose3/3/2019A first-winter with Canada Geese at Gallows Bridge Farm
Egyptian Goose
Shelduck8/3/2019A male at Fulmer Lake
Mandarin Duck27/1/201936 birds at Burnham Beeches NNR on Upper Pond
Wigeon3/1/2019College Lake BBOWT
Gadwall3/1/2019College Lake
Teal18/1/2019Haversham Sailing Lake
Mallard3/1/2019College Lake
Pintail3/1/2019Drake on marsh at College Lake BBOWT
Garganey********************
Shoveler3/1/20196 on marsh College Lake
Red-crested Pochard28/1/20194 (2 pairs) on the Crown Plaza Lake at Marlow
Pochard3/1/2019College Lake
Tufted Duck3/1/2019College Lake
Common Scoter9/4/20192 immature drakes at Foxcote Reservoir at 1630 hours (photographed)
Goldeneye18/1/2019Willen Lake South
Red-breasted Merganser28/1/2019adult drake on River Colne again on west side of Broadwater GP
Goosander********************
Red Kite3/1/2019Little Chalfont
Sparrowhawk3/1/2019Gayhurst Motorway Pit
Buzzard3/1/2019
Kestrel3/1/2019
Merlin16/12/2019A brown male on the main field at Gallows Bridge
Hobby7/5/2019Marsworth Reservoir (2 hunting)
Peregrine********************
Red-legged Partridge27/1/2019Harehatch Lane
Grey Partridge9/2/2019Pair NE of Hill Farm at Little Linford
Quail20-21/6/20192 calling males in barley at Pitstone Hill
Pheasant3/1/201940 adjacent to Buttermilk/Nun Wood, Little Brickhill
Water Rail13/3/2019Sarratt Bottom Chess Water Meadows
Moorhen3/1/2019College Lake
Coot3/1/2019College Lake
Oystercatcher19/2/2019Pair on College Lake
Black-winged Stilt14/5/2019A pair showing well in front of the Octagon Hide (photographed) (found by Simon Potter)
Avocet23/3/2019An adult showing well from the Octagon Hide College Lake (photographed)
Stone-curlew15/5/2019Gallows Bridge Main Meadow (photographed)
Little Ringed Plover22/3/2019A pair on the new pit at Marlow Low Grounds
Ringed Plover1/6/2019An adult from Octagon Hide (College Lake BBOWT)
Golden Plover25/3/2019478 in the Chisbridge Lane Triangle fields at Rockwell End
Lapwing3/1/2019College Lake
Knot18/4/2019Winter-plumaged bird at Spade Oak
Dunlin18/4/2019Spade Oak Pit
Ruff23/12/2019Two with Lapwing on Three Points Meadow, Gallows Bridge
Jack Snipe11/1/2019College Lake (showing well from Octagon Hide - photographed)
Snipe3/1/2019College Lake
Woodcock19/2/2019Two flushed from the understorey of Little Linford Wood
Black-tailed Godwit30/3/2019Single adult Icelandic on marsh at College Lake BBOWT
Bar-tailed Godwit8/5/2019A summer-plumaged male at Spade Oak (photographed)
Curlew3/3/2019Upper Ray Meadows
Common Sandpiper8/5/20195 on spit at Spade Oak GP
Green Sandpiper18/1/2019Haversham Sailing Club
Greenshank13/5/2019Spade Oak Pit
Wood Sandpiper30/7/2019At west end of Dorney Flood (photographed)
Redshank19/2/1019First of the year at College Lake
Turnstone30/7/2019Two summer adults at far end of dam (photographed)
Kittiwake10/2/2019An adult winter high over Drayton Beauchamp and Wendover Forest at 1110 hours (photographed). Had been at Wilstone Reservoir from 1044
Black-headed Gull3/1/2019College Lake
Little Gull8/4/20198 at Startop's End Reservoir during a massive movement of the species inland
Mediterranean Gull3/12/20192w on Bletchley Tip
Common Gull3/1/2019Bletchley Landfill Lagoon
Lesser Black-backed Gull3/1/2019College Lake
Herring Gull3/1/2019Bletchley Landfill Lagoon (also 70+ Argentatus)
Yellow-legged Gull3/1/20192 adults on Bletchley Lagoon
Caspian Gull3/1/2019A first-winter on Bletchley Lagoon
Great Black-backed Gull3/1/201919 at Bletchley Lagoon
Black Tern22/4/2019A single at Spade Oak GP
White-winged Black Tern19/5/2019A superb breeding-plumaged adult at Foxcote Reservoir, showing well 1800-1930 hours (photographed) (with Steve Rodwell et al) My first in the county discounting the 2 in Bucks airspace as they departe
Common Tern8/4/2019Startop's End Reservoir
Arctic Tern12/4/2019At least 5 present on east side of Spade Oak (photographed)
Stock Dove3/1/2019Gayhurst Pits
Woodpigeon3/1/2019College Lake
Collared Dove3/1/2019Chaffinch House
Ring-necked Parakeet27/1/2019Parkfield Latimer
Cuckoo25/4/2019Linford Reserve
Barn Owl31/1/2019Chesham Hill Farm (after 11th attempt!)
Little Owl6/1/2019Chesham Hill Farm (hooting from 1640)
Tawny Owl3/1/2019Ivinghoe Hills Beech trees
Short-eared Owl********************
Swift8/5/2019Good numbers at both Marsworth and Spade Oak
Kingfisher26/1/2019Chesham Pow Wow Lake
Green Woodpecker28/1/2019South Heath
Great Spotted Woodpecker3/1/2019Gayhurst Pits
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker********************
Woodlark********************
Skylark28/1/2019South Heath
Sand Martin10/3/20192 at Spade Oak GP
Swallow02/04/201950+ at Spade Oak
House Martin02/04/20192 at Spade Oak
Tree Pipit12/4/2019Gallows Hill
Meadow Pipit3/1/2019Gayhurst Pits
Yellow Wagtail4/4/2019Nice male in Marsworth Paddocks
Grey Wagtail18/1/2019Haversham
Pied Wagtail18/1/2019Ravenstone Sewage Works
Waxwing14/1/2019In tall trees opposite Morrison's supermarket in Aylesbury town centre (photographed) (seen with Adrian Roach)
Wren3/1/2019
Dunnock3/1/2019
Robin3/1/2019
Redstart5/4/2019A first-winter male in Tattenhoe Park (photographed)
Whinchat7/5/2019A female at Pitstone Hill
Stonechat********************
Wheatear8/3/2019A male at Ashford Lane Horse Paddock near Dorney, one of my earliest ever locally
Ring Ouzel8/4/2019Male on Steps Hill (photographed)
Blackbird3/1/2019
Fieldfare3/1/2019Pitstone Hill
Song Thrush3/1/2019Bury Fields, Newport Pagnell
Redwing3/1/2019Ivinghoe Hills
Mistle Thrush14/1/2019Wendover Woods
Cetti's Warbler28/1/2019River Colne by Broadwater Lake
Grasshopper Warbler2/7/2019Reeling male north of the river at Manor Farm
Sedge Warbler4/4/2019A singing male in reedbed at Marsworth
Reed Warbler12/4/2019Singing male in Marsworth Reedbed
Blackcap28/3/2019Singing male at Shardeloes Lake
Garden Warbler25/4/20194 singing males at Linford Reserve
Lesser Whitethroat25/4/2019Rattling male at Linford Reserve
Whitethroat18/4/2019Steps Hill
Dartford Warbler********************
Chiffchaff28/1/20193 in vegetation bordering the River Colne at Broadwater GP
Willow Warbler02/04/2019A singing male by the canal at Marsworth Reservoir
Goldcrest14/1/2019Wendover Woods
Firecrest19/2/2019In holly at South Heath
Spotted Flycatcher30/5/2019Two pairs in North Bucks - Hardmead & Gayhurst Churchyards
Pied Flycatcher26/8/20193 juveniles within 100 yards of each other in scattered trees at Tattenhoe Park (Milton Keynes) (observed with Harry Appleyard)
Long-tailed Tit3/1/2019Pitstone Quarry
Blue Tit3/1/2019
Great Tit3/1/2019
Coal Tit3/1/2019Chaffinch House
Marsh Tit14/1/2019A pair by the Hale entrance of Wendover Woods
Nuthatch3/1/2019Ivinghoe Beeches
Treecreeper3/1/2019Ivinghoe Beeches
Jay3/1/2019Ivinghoe
Magpie3/1/2019
Jackdaw3/1/2019
Rook14/1/2019Nest building in Wendover Road, Aylesbury
Carrion Crow3/1/2019
Raven14/1/2019Wendover Woods
Starling3/1/2019Marsworth Village
House Sparrow3/1/2019Gayhurst Pits
Tree Sparrow25/3/20194 at Hill Farm, Little Linford
Chaffinch3/1//2019Ivinghoe Beeches
Brambling3/1/20192 at Ivinghoe Beeches
Greenfinch3/1/2019Gayhurst Pits
Goldfinch3/1/2019Chaffinch House
Siskin28/1/201920+ at Denham Country Park
Linnet28/1/2019130 at South Heath
Common Crossbill14/1/2019Just 3 located in Wendover Woods
Bullfinch3/1/2019Pitstone Hill
Hawfinch18/11/2019Great Hampden (5 in usual 2 isolated copses in kale field)
Yellowhammer6/1/2019Chesham Hill Farm
Reed Bunting3/1/2019Gayhurst Pits
Corn Bunting27/1/2019Down Farm (40 in recently tilled field Aldbury side of farm)