Dave Parmenter

Location: High Wycombe

Recent sightings

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
09/12/24LITTLE AUKHigh Wycombe, High Wycombe1D Parmenter
12:00
This is around the date when the Little Auk found on Allsaints church tower in 2025 was caught.  
23/01/25LapwingLittle Marlow GP1D Parmenter
11:00
The melanistic (not sure that is the correct description as it's browner rather than blacker) bird still present.  
24/01/25BlackcapHughenden Valley, High Wycombe2D Parmenter
11:00
male and fem. Unusual to get a female in the garden. The male has been a daily visitor (possibly two birds) this year. The male chased the female away!  
23/01/25SparrowhawkHughenden Valley, High Wycombe1D Parmenter
14:00
imm male. Chased birds in garden then sat in bush for 3-4 minutes.  
19/01/25WoodcockHigh Wycombe, High Wycombe10D Parmenter
12:30
At least 10 corpses on and around the All saints church tower, taken by Peregrines, some more recent than others!  
19/01/25LITTLE AUKHigh Wycombe, High Wycombe1D Parmenter
12:30
While on a housekeeping visit to tidy up the Peregrine platform we found a Little Auk corpse. Not freshly dead so presumably one from the December 2024 influx, on a similar date to the one seen in Leicester Cathedral's Peregrine claws (9/12/2024). Photographed.  
09/01/25BlackcapHughenden Valley, High Wycombe1D Parmenter
09:00
male. Around all week on feeders.  
09/01/25BlackcapHughenden Park, High Wycombe1D Parmenter
15:15
male.  
02/01/25PeregrineHigh Wycombe, High Wycombe2D Parmenter
13:36
ad pair.  
02/01/25PeregrineHigh Wycombe, High Wycombe1D Parmenter
13:34
All saints church.  

Recent photos

Little Auk
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Swallow
Swallow
White-rumped Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Black-tailed Godwit
Sabine's Gull
Little Auk
Little Auk
Little Auk
Little Auk
Arctic Tern
Lapland Bunting