Bird news

Monday 20th January 2025

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
20/01/25KestrelChipping Norton2S B Akers
12:30
SP283268.  
20/01/25SparrowhawkChipping Norton1S B Akers
12:30
male. SP283268.  
20/01/25Grey WagtailChipping Norton1S B Akers
12:30
SP283268.  
20/01/25Mute SwanChipping Norton3S B Akers
12:30
SP283268.  
20/01/25Grey HeronChipping Norton1S B Akers
12:30
SP283268.  
20/01/25Meadow PipitChipping Norton3S B Akers
12:30
SP283268.  
20/01/25TealChipping Norton9S B Akers
12:30
On the small lake. SP283268.  
20/01/25StonechatChipping Norton2S B Akers
12:30
On the marsh. SP283268.  
20/01/25MerlinChipping Norton1S B Akers
12:30
Hunting fast and very low at the wetland nr Swailsford Bridge - first ever record here. SP283268.  
20/01/25Grey HeronDix Pit1A S Luedtke
minimum count.  
20/01/25Ring-necked DuckDix PitA S Luedtke
Negative newsno sign of our American visitor.  
20/01/25GoosanderDix Pit4A S Luedtke
2m,2f. on lake 32.  
20/01/25Great Crested GrebeDix Pit6A S Luedtke
minimum count.  
20/01/25Tufted DuckDix Pit35A S Luedtke
absolute minimum count, surely more about.  
20/01/25ShovelerDix Pit80A S Luedtke
minimum count.  
20/01/25WigeonDix Pit6A S Luedtke
probably a few more about.  
20/01/25PochardDix Pit110A S Luedtke
pretty exact number since all the birds from the lake were gathered in the middle for the night.  
20/01/25GoosanderDix Pit1A S Luedtke
f.  
20/01/25GoldeneyeDix Pit4A S Luedtke
1m,3f. another group.  
20/01/25GoldeneyeDix Pit4A S Luedtke
4f. single females in different parts of the lake.  
20/01/25GoldeneyeDix Pit8A S Luedtke
4m,4f. together in a group but with these no courting.  
20/01/25GoldeneyeDix Pit13A S Luedtke
4m,9f. All four males already trying to impress the females with their courtship head movements.  
20/01/25Marsh HarrierCassington GPs1T Godfrey
14:49
f/imm. Spends a lot of time hidden perched among the reeds. SP462110.  
20/01/25Grey PartridgeBegbroke8S Myers
08:30
One group of six, one pair in fields adjacent to the science park.