| BIRD SIGHTINGS AT TRING RESERVOIRS IN 2000 | ||||||
| Date | Species | Number | Location | Comments | ||
| 31-Dec-00 | Bittern | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | flew low over reeds and landed again | ||
| Merlin | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Starling | 200 | c | Marsworth Reservoir | late afternoon roost | ||
| Yellowhammer | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | male | |||
| Reed Bunting | 20 | c | Marsworth Reservoir | late afternoon roost | ||
| Corn Bunting | 80 | c | Marsworth Reservoir | late afternoon roost | ||
| 30-Dec-00 | Egyptian Goose | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | juvs | ||
| Teal | 400 | + | Tringford Reservoir | |||
| Wood Pigeon | 300 | c | Marsworth Reservoir | |||
| Grey Wagtail | 2 | Marsworth Reservoir | along Wendover Arm Canal | |||
| Stonechat | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | 1st Winter - Rusty orange breast, white patches on wings, streaky head & back, darker head & pale eyestripe | |||
| Fieldfare | 2 | Tringford Reservoir | ||||
| Greenfinch | 30 | c | Marsworth Reservoir | along Wendover Arm Canal | ||
| Bullfinch | 4 | Marsworth Reservoir | 2m,2f along Wendover Arm Canal | |||
| 29-Dec-00 | Greylag Goose | 8 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Northern Pintail | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | male | |||
| Common Goldeneye | 5 | Wilstone Reservoir | 1m,4 redhead | |||
| Goosander [Common Merg | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | 2m, 1 redhead | |||
| Ruddy Duck | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Stock Dove | 10 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Little Owl | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | bent willow has been split in half in gales and was deserted, Little Owl was sitting on top of leafless bush in scrubby field n | |||
| Green Woodpecker | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Fieldfare | Wilstone Reservoir | Feeding on Hawthorn and ivy berries. | ||||
| Song Thrush | 4 | + | Wilstone Reservoir | Mixed with Redwing, FF, Blackbirds and Mistle thrush feeding in ivy in hedgerow at side of reservoir. | ||
| Redwing | Wilstone Reservoir | Feeding on Hawthorn and ivy berries. | ||||
| Chiffchaff | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 28-Dec-00 | Northern Pintail | 5 | Wilstone Reservoir | 2m,3f | ||
| Goosander [Common Merg | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | males | |||
| Mediterranean Gull | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | 1st winter, in gull roost | |||
| 26-Dec-00 | Northern Pintail | 8 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | 8+ females | |
| Smew | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | red-head, "to end of month"-MDC | |||
| Goosander [Common Merg | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | male | |||
| Ruddy Duck | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 25-Dec-00 | Stock Dove | 13 | Miswell Farm | In field with BH Gulls | ||
| Jackdaw | 36 | Miswell Farm | ||||
| 22-Dec-00 | Goosander [Common Merg | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | male | ||
| 21-Dec-00 | Great Cormorant | 44 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Goosander [Common Merg | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | 2m,1f | |||
| 20-Dec-00 | Goosander [Common Merg | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | male | ||
| 19-Dec-00 | Smew | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | male | ||
| Goosander [Common Merg | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | males | |||
| Mediterranean Gull | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | immature | |||
| Great Black-backed Gull | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 17-Dec-00 | Little Grebe | 2 | Tring Reservoirs | |||
| Great Crested Grebe | 34 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Great Cormorant | 41 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Grey Heron | 5 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mute Swan | 306 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Wigeon | 922 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Gadwall | 102 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mallard | 722 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Northern Shoveler | 73 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Pochard | 121 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Tufted Duck | 200 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| 17-Dec-00 | Common Goldeneye | 5 | Tring Reservoirs | |||
| Moorhen | 28 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Coot | 324 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Woodcock | 2 | Sewage Farm | flew over FT & WB heads in the early morning | |||
| Black-headed Gull | 227 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Common (Mew) Gull | 3 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 21 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Herring Gull | 4 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Kingfisher | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Fieldfare | 28 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Siskin | 4 | Sewage Farm | flew over | |||
| 16-Dec-00 | Winter Wren | Sewage Farm | ringed | |||
| Redwing | Sewage Farm | ringed | ||||
| Jackdaw | 100 | c | Sewage Farm | flew over | ||
| 15-Dec-00 | Goosander [Common Merg | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | drake, "built up to 4 drakes and 3 redheads by end of month"-MDC | ||
| 13-Dec-00 | Goosander [Common Merg | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | 1m,1f | ||
| 10-Dec-00 | Bittern | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | flying over reeds. Seen by M.Stephenson, 31 St Peter Rd, Luton | ||
| 03-Dec-00 | Water Rail | 2 | Marsworth Reservoir | heard | ||
| Green Woodpecker | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | heard | |||
| Winter Wren | 2 | Sewage Farm | ringed | |||
| Dunnock | 3 | Sewage Farm | ringed | |||
| Redwing | 2 | Sewage Farm | ringed | |||
| Goldcrest | 1 | Sewage Farm | ringed | |||
| Long-tailed Tit | 5 | Sewage Farm | 4+1 ringed | |||
| Marsh Tit | 1 | Sewage Farm | ringed. Only record | |||
| 01-Dec-00 | Eastern White Pelican (Eur | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | "all month"-MDC | ||
| Common Goldeneye | 12 | ma | Wilstone Reservoir | up to 12 with 3 drakes all month | ||
| 26-Nov-00 | Gadwall | 33 | c | Tringford Reservoir | ||
| 25-Nov-00 | Mute Swan | 121 | Wilstone Reservoir | 37 of the 121 had brown feathers | ||
| Greylag Goose | 8 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Canada Goose | 8 | Wilstone Reservoir | incl 1 injured, with wing dragging in water. In front of hide | |||
| Little Owl | 1 | Miswell Farm | on stump at fishing pond | |||
| Starling | 550 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | three large flocks of 120-200. 120+ birds resting in tops of trees to left of hide. | ||
| Goldfinch | 20 | Dry Canal | ||||
| 24-Nov-00 | Bittern | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | observer noted as "FoTR" | ||
| Goosander [Common Merg | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | 1 male and 2 redheads | |||
| 21-Nov-00 | Canada Goose | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | dead on spit in front of hide | ||
| Golden Plover | 35 | Wilstone Reservoir | in field with Lapwing | |||
| Black-headed Gull | 3000 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | late afternoon | ||
| Common (Mew) Gull | 50 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 70 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Herring Gull | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Stock Dove | 15 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Green Woodpecker | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 20-Nov-00 | Little Grebe | 2 | Tring Reservoirs | |||
| Great Crested Grebe | 51 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Great Cormorant | 45 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Eastern White Pelican (Eur | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | ||||
| Grey Heron | 20 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mute Swan | 191 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Wigeon | 620 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Teal | 87 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mallard | 1700 | + | Tring Reservoirs | |||
| Northern Pintail | 3 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Pochard | 68 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Tufted Duck | 155 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Common Goldeneye | 3 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Ruddy Duck | 3 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| 20-Nov-00 | Kestrel | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | |||
| Moorhen | 53 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Coot | 383 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| 19-Nov-00 | Eastern White Pelican (Eur | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | |||
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | 2 | Marsworth Reservoir | harrassed the Starlings in the reedbed but not seen catching anything. | |||
| Mediterranean Gull | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Yellow-legged Gull | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | in gull roost | |||
| Black-legged Kittiwake | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | in gull roost | |||
| Starling | 1500 | c | Marsworth Reservoir | evening roost | ||
| Corn Bunting | 6 | Marsworth Reservoir | only 6 turned up and rested in the tall trees. They waited about 15mins then flew off and probably roosted in bushes on far sid | |||
| 18-Nov-00 | Mediterranean Gull | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | in gull roost | ||
| 17-Nov-00 | Great Crested Grebe | 48 | Wilstone Reservoir | 48 together was a large group | ||
| Eastern White Pelican (Eur | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | All yellow bill, no black feathers | |||
| 16-Nov-00 | Water Rail | 1 | Sewage Farm | heard in reed/scrub to right of lagoon at 16:25 | ||
| Fieldfare | 37 | Sewage Farm | flew past | |||
| Bullfinch | 1 | Sewage Farm | flew over hide | |||
| 15-Nov-00 | Little Grebe | 4 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Great Crested Grebe | 51 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Great Cormorant | 52 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Ruddy Duck | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Golden Plover | 51 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Lapwing | 300 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Green Sandpiper | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | flew up the creek from the hide | |||
| Kingfisher | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 13-Nov-00 | Eastern White Pelican (Eur | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | until 30/11/00 at least. At Wilstone then Tringford. | ||
| 12-Nov-00 | Yellow Wagtail | 1 | Sewage Farm | ?? On raft. No dark on upper body. | ||
| 11-Nov-00 | Grey Wagtail | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| 09-Nov-00 | Bullfinch | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | 1m,1f | ||
| 08-Nov-00 | Goosander [Common Merg | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | redhead in front of hide | ||
| 06-Nov-00 | Northern Shoveler | 57 | Startopsend Reservoir | |||
| Starling | 200 | c | Sewage Farm | 6+ flocks of 30+ flying towards reedbed at Marsworth to roost | ||
| 05-Nov-00 | Golden Plover | 107 | Wilstone Reservoir | left of hide | ||
| 04-Nov-00 | Meadow Pipit | 12 | Wilstone Reservoir | Rushy Meadow | ||
| Redwing | 12 | Wilstone Reservoir | Rushy Meadow | |||
| 01-Nov-00 | Canada Goose | Wilstone Reservoir | including 1 Canada X White-front | |||
| Golden Plover | 29 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Skylark | 10 | Miswell Farm | passage | |||
| Goldfinch | 26 | Miswell Farm | ||||
| 31-Oct-00 | Great Crested Grebe | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | juv | ||
| Mute Swan | 4 | Startopsend Reservoir | 2ad, 2juv | |||
| Ruddy Duck | 1 | Startopsend Reservoir | ||||
| Golden Plover | 54 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Common (Mew) Gull | 1 | Startopsend Reservoir | ||||
| Skylark | 15 | c | Tringford Reservoir | passage, over Canal Fair fields | ||
| Linnet | 100 | + | Tringford Reservoir | over Canal Fair fields. Only record at Tringford | ||
| 30-Oct-00 | Short-eared Owl | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | flyover | ||
| 25-Oct-00 | Whooper Swan | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Golden Plover | 40 | + | Wilstone Reservoir | on the mud | ||
| Stonechat | 2 | Tringford Reservoir | pair on the fence down the horse field next to Tringford Water Pumping Statin | |||
| 23-Oct-00 | Golden Plover | 60 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Lapwing | 390 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 255 | Wilstone Reservoir | 150+155 | |||
| Grey Wagtail | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 22-Oct-00 | Little Grebe | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | |||
| Great Crested Grebe | 48 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| 22-Oct-00 | Great Cormorant | 19 | Tring Reservoirs | |||
| Grey Heron | 6 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mute Swan | 288 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Whooper Swan | 4 | Wilstone Reservoir | adults "(possibly wild)"-MDC | |||
| Whooper Swan | 2 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Canada Goose | 626 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Barnacle Goose | 2 | Tring Reservoirs | 2 until 1/11/00 | |||
| Wigeon | 550 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Gadwall | 65 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Teal | 674 | Tring Reservoirs | yes, 674! | |||
| Mallard | 1422 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Northern Pintail | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | 2m,1f | |||
| Northern Pintail | 3 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Pochard | 43 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Tufted Duck | 128 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Common Goldeneye | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Moorhen | 149 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Coot | 460 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Golden Plover | 52 | Tring Reservoirs | at Wilstone | |||
| Dunlin | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | we think this was a different bird to the one on 17/10 which had remnants of black on belly and this one was pure white underne | |||
| Black-headed Gull | 236 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Meadow Pipit | 13 | Wilstone Reservoir | on mud in front of hide. Passage? | |||
| Firecrest | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | reported at Wilstone Car Park. FoTR as observer | |||
| 19-Oct-00 | Common Shelduck | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | until 15/11/00 | ||
| 18-Oct-00 | Mediterranean Gull | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | in roost | ||
| 17-Oct-00 | Mute Swan | 9 | Wilstone Reservoir | one adult with 8 brown (this years) birds | ||
| Whooper Swan | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Golden Plover | 34 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Green Woodpecker | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Bullfinch | 1 | Dry Canal | heard | |||
| 15-Oct-00 | Whooper Swan | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | "new birds"-SR | ||
| Greylag Goose | 16 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Northern Pintail | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | female | |||
| Golden Plover | 30 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Dunlin | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | until 17th | |||
| Little Owl | 2 | Miswell Farm | ||||
| Kingfisher | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | perched on edge of concrete bank side by side. They swallowed and stretched their heads upwards, sometimes wagging their tails | |||
| Skylark | 10 | c | Miswell Farm | passage | ||
| Swallow | 8 | Miswell Farm | ||||
| Rock Pipit | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | "reports of birds all month"-MDC | |||
| 13-Oct-00 | Bar-headed Goose | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Garganey | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | "present until at least 20th"-MDC | |||
| Ringed Plover | 2 | Startopsend Reservoir | ||||
| Golden Plover | 10 | Wilstone Reservoir | amongst Lapwing | |||
| Redshank | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | flying over towards poplars | |||
| Starling | 150 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | in fields | ||
| Yellowhammer | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | male perched high in tree near cemetry | |||
| 11-Oct-00 | Redshank | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| 10-Oct-00 | Ringed Plover | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | on spit in front of hide feeding at waters edge | ||
| House Martin | 40 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| 08-Oct-00 | Canada Goose | 520 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | 2 Hybrids - one bigger than othe Canadas with buffy face patch grey legs and more stripy back (CanadaXGreylag?) other was small | |
| Northern Shoveler | 150 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Stonechat | 1 | Sewage Farm | possibly same bird as at Dry Canal as work is going on there now | |||
| 07-Oct-00 | Water Rail | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| 06-Oct-00 | Hobby | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Golden Plover | 4 | Wilstone Reservoir | on spit in front of hide | |||
| Stonechat | 1 | Dry Canal | ||||
| 01-Oct-00 | Whooper Swan | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | presumed escape, present all month | ||
| Northern Pintail | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | male | |||
| Garganey | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | Clashed in air with Kestrel. | |||
| Kestrel | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | Clashed in air with Sparrowhawk. | |||
| Hobby | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Common Tern | 1 | Startopsend Reservoir | juvenile - dark carpel bar, round hear, reddish tinge to legs & bill (although pale tip to bill and v. dark legs). | |||
| Swallow | 2 | Startopsend Reservoir | passage, with House Martins | |||
| House Martin | 30 | c | Startopsend Reservoir | passage? | ||
| Northern Wheatear | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | ||||
| Linnet | Marsworth Reservoir | only record at Marsworth | ||||
| Bullfinch | 1 | Sewage Farm | heard | |||
| 30-Sep-00 | Great Crested Grebe | 31 | Marsworth Reservoir | 1 juv | ||
| European Honey-buzzard | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | Flew across from college lake in SW direction. Dark carpal patch. Dark bold bars under wings & tail dark trailing edge to wing, | |||
| Hobby | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | distant to N.E. | |||
| Black-headed Gull | 40 | Marsworth Reservoir | incl 1 which snapped up a comma butterfly flying across reservoir. | |||
| Collared Dove | 27 | Tringford Reservoir | Together on wires at Heygates. | |||
| Northern Wheatear | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | On fence in field behind marsworth (Stud Farm). | |||
| Blackcap | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | Blackcap & chiff chaff with flock of tits. | |||
| Chiffchaff | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | ||||
| Treecreeper | 2 | Marsworth Reservoir | 2 birds singing loudly in wood between Marsworth and Startops res. | |||
| 29-Sep-00 | Garganey | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | in front of hide | ||
| Golden Plover | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 4 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 27-Sep-00 | Whooper Swan | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Hobby | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 24-Sep-00 | Sedge Warbler | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | From ringing record. | ||
| Reed Warbler | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | From ringing record. | |||
| Blackcap | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | From ringing record. | |||
| 23-Sep-00 | Wigeon | 100 | + | Wilstone Reservoir | ||
| Garganey | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| European Honey-buzzard | 1 | Dry Canal | mobbed by Crows over dry canal. | |||
| Hobby | 1 | Sewage Farm | ||||
| Hobby | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Ringed Plover | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Common Sandpiper | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Black Tern | 1 | Startopsend Reservoir | ||||
| Collared Dove | 5 | Miswell Farm | family group : 2 ads, 3 juvs with no collar and scraggy heads. | |||
| Kingfisher | 2 | Sewage Farm | hovering and diving | |||
| 23-Sep-00 | Northern Wheatear | 1 | Miswell Farm | flew up from grass and perched on fence post. Up and down every few minutes. 1st yr or female with gingery fringes to wing feat | ||
| Jackdaw | 75 | + | Miswell Farm | feeding in field | ||
| Rook | 80 | c | Miswell Farm | feeding in field | ||
| 22-Sep-00 | Mute Swan | Wilstone Reservoir | including 2 lots of 2 cygnets | |||
| Whooper Swan | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Greylag Goose | 13 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Canada Goose | 146 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Gadwall | 10 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Northern Pintail | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | female | |||
| Northern Shoveler | 60 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Pochard | 35 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Ruddy Duck | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Ringed Plover | 2 | Startopsend Reservoir | ||||
| Lapwing | 280 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Common Sandpiper | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Black Tern | 1 | Startopsend Reservoir | ||||
| Willow Warbler | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Long-tailed Tit | 11 | Wilstone Reservoir | 4 + 7 | |||
| Jackdaw | 30 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 20-Sep-00 | Hobby | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| 17-Sep-00 | Great Cormorant | 12 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Mute Swan | 214 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Whooper Swan | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | damaged neck - feathers growing back | |||
| Northern Pintail | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Garganey | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | 1 on spit - faint supercilium, no white on tail, pale under chin, rusty coloured underparts, all dark bill, pale edges to prima | |||
| Ruddy Duck | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Hobby | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | 1 ad, 1 juv. | |||
| Green Sandpiper | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 16-Sep-00 | House Martin | 50 | Sewage Farm | |||
| 12-Sep-00 | Garganey | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| 11-Sep-00 | Garganey | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| 10-Sep-00 | Common Buzzard | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Sandwich Tern | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Black Tern | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Barn Owl | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | over the fields | |||
| Barn Owl | 1 | Sewage Farm | ||||
| Whinchat | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Whinchat | 4 | Dry Canal | ||||
| Garden Warbler | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | From ringing record. | |||
| 09-Sep-00 | Little Grebe | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | |||
| Great Crested Grebe | 30 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Great Cormorant | 6 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Grey Heron | 11 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mute Swan | 169 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Gadwall | 7 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Teal | 22 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mallard | 872 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Tufted Duck | 88 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Kestrel | 2 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Hobby | 3 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Hobby | 2 | Sewage Farm | flying around lagoon and perched in lagoon trees 9:00am | |||
| Moorhen | 135 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Coot | 299 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| 09-Sep-00 | Common Sandpiper | 1 | Sewage Farm | |||
| Common Sandpiper | 3 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Black Tern | 2 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Kingfisher | 3 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| 05-Sep-00 | Hobby | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Greenshank | 3 | Startopsend Reservoir | ||||
| Common Sandpiper | 1 | Startopsend Reservoir | ||||
| Common Sandpiper | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 03-Sep-00 | Whooper Swan | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | with damaged neck (like a collar of bare skin) but still seems OK | ||
| Hobby | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | Perched in trees on centre bank | |||
| Common Sandpiper | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Little Owl | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | 2 at bent willow then we heard another calling and located it firther along the hedgerow - evidence of breeding? | |||
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | flew over ringing area | |||
| Robin | Wilstone Reservoir | ringed | ||||
| Sedge Warbler | Wilstone Reservoir | ringed | ||||
| Reed Warbler | Wilstone Reservoir | lots ringed | ||||
| Lesser Whitethroat | Wilstone Reservoir | |||||
| 02-Sep-00 | Whooper Swan | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Common Sandpiper | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 01-Sep-00 | Hobby | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Greenshank | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Common Sandpiper | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Lesser Spotted Woodpeck | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | juv. Near hide | |||
| Grey Wagtail | 4 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 31-Aug-00 | Greenshank | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Common Sandpiper | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 30-Aug-00 | Hobby | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | Hobbies flew up and clashed talons in mid air. | ||
| Common Sandpiper | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 29-Aug-00 | Western Marsh Harrier | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | juv female. Stayed 15 mins with 10 of them in reedbed. It came from Wendover Woods direction and disappeared in direction of Wi | ||
| Common Sandpiper | 6 | Wilstone Reservoir | LA, CL saw 2 | |||
| 28-Aug-00 | Green Sandpiper | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Common Sandpiper | 6 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Great Black-backed Gull | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Spotted Flycatcher | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | behind hide | |||
| 27-Aug-00 | Red-crested Pochard | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | female. MDC says it has a yellow plastic leg-ring | ||
| Common Sandpiper | 7 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Sand Martin | 10 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Winter Wren | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | juv still with yellow gape sunbathed in front of hide while two others quarrelled | |||
| Lesser Whitethroat | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | one near watercress beds | |||
| Whitethroat | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Spotted Flycatcher | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Long-tailed Tit | 10 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | nr watercress beds | ||
| Yellowhammer | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 26-Aug-00 | Common Sandpiper | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| 25-Aug-00 | Lapwing | 100 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Common Sandpiper | 5 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 24-Aug-00 | Common Sandpiper | 4 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| House Martin | 50 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 23-Aug-00 | Little Grebe | 2 | Tring Reservoirs | |||
| Great Crested Grebe | 41 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Great Cormorant | 4 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Grey Heron | 12 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mute Swan | 218 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Greylag Goose | 2 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Wigeon | 4 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| 23-Aug-00 | Teal | 20 | Tring Reservoirs | |||
| Mallard | 1080 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Northern Shoveler | 29 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Pochard | 11 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Tufted Duck | 52 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Moorhen | 65 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Coot | 243 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Snipe | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Common Sandpiper | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Common Sandpiper | 4 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Kingfisher | 2 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Grey Wagtail | 4 | Wilstone Reservoir | up to 4 all month | |||
| Long-tailed Tit | 10 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Blue Tit | Wilstone Reservoir | very bright blue | ||||
| Bullfinch | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | pair | |||
| Yellowhammer | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 22-Aug-00 | Common Sandpiper | 5 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Green Woodpecker | 1 | Sewage Farm | ||||
| 21-Aug-00 | Little Grebe | 3 | Sewage Farm | 2 adults 1 in breeding plumage 1 in winter plumage and 1 juv. | ||
| Mute Swan | 8 | Startopsend Reservoir | pr with 6 cygnets | |||
| Common Buzzard | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | overhead being mobbed by Jackdaws. Observer noted as "F0TR" | |||
| Ringed Plover | 2 | Startopsend Reservoir | ||||
| Common Sandpiper | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Pied Wagtail | 12 | Startopsend Reservoir | Passage flock on concrete bank. | |||
| Reed Warbler | 3 | + | Marsworth Reservoir | Foraging at the base of reeds - 1 ad with 2 juvs - one juv being fed by adult. | ||
| Blackcap | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | male eating elderberries along Wendover Arm canal. | |||
| 20-Aug-00 | Eurasian Spoonbill | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | only stayed for about 8 mins at around 07:30 | ||
| Osprey | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | south west across back of reservoir | |||
| Hobby | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | until 31/8/00 | |||
| Ruff | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | observer noted as "F0TR" | |||
| Common Sandpiper | 4 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Jay | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | on footpath to hide | |||
| 19-Aug-00 | Green Woodpecker | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Winter Wren | Wilstone Reservoir | ringed | ||||
| Robin | Wilstone Reservoir | ringed | ||||
| Reed Warbler | Wilstone Reservoir | ringed | ||||
| Lesser Whitethroat | Wilstone Reservoir | ringed | ||||
| Garden Warbler | Wilstone Reservoir | ringed | ||||
| Blackcap | Wilstone Reservoir | ringed | ||||
| Chiffchaff | Wilstone Reservoir | ringed | ||||
| Willow Warbler | Wilstone Reservoir | ringed | ||||
| Blue Tit | Wilstone Reservoir | ringed | ||||
| Bullfinch | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | 1f,1j. Ringed | |||
| 18-Aug-00 | Common Sandpiper | 5 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Common Tern | 8 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 17-Aug-00 | Mute Swan | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | adult with one full grown cygnet | ||
| Lapwing | 75 | Wilstone Reservoir | first flock seen this autumn | |||
| Common Sandpiper | 5 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Common Tern | Wilstone Reservoir | incl adults and juvs plunge diving for fish. Until now the terns have been picking food (insects?) from the surface. | ||||
| Swift | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Sand Martin | 30 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Pied Wagtail | 15 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Willow Warbler | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | juv. | |||
| Bullfinch | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | 1m,1f | |||
| 16-Aug-00 | Common Sandpiper | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| 15-Aug-00 | Great Crested Grebe | 10 | Marsworth Reservoir | inc 1 juv | ||
| Mute Swan | 8 | Startopsend Reservoir | pr with 6 full size cygnets | |||
| Sedge Warbler | 3 | Marsworth Reservoir | juv sedge clambouring around the bases of the reeds picking at food on reeds and off exposed mud below them. | |||
| 14-Aug-00 | Northern Pintail | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | female | ||
| Hobby | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Common Sandpiper | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Little Tern | Wilstone Reservoir | |||||
| Black Tern | 5 | Wilstone Reservoir | 3ad, 2juv | |||
| 13-Aug-00 | Hobby | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| 12-Aug-00 | Common Sandpiper | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| 11-Aug-00 | Little Grebe | 1 | Sewage Farm | juv | ||
| Western Marsh Harrier | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | fly through | |||
| 10-Aug-00 | Bullfinch | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| 09-Aug-00 | Common Buzzard | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Green Woodpecker | 1 | Sewage Farm | ||||
| 08-Aug-00 | Greenshank | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Green Sandpiper | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Northern Wheatear | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 06-Aug-00 | Lesser Whitethroat | Wilstone Reservoir | family outside the hide | |||
| 02-Aug-00 | Little Grebe | 3 | Sewage Farm | 1 ad with 2 juvs | ||
| Great Crested Grebe | 3 | Sewage Farm | 1 ad with 2 juvs | |||
| Great Cormorant | 5 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Gadwall | 11 | Sewage Farm | ||||
| Common Sandpiper | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 01-Aug-00 | Whooper Swan | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | adult present all month | ||
| Bar-tailed Godwit | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | flew over | |||
| 31-Jul-00 | Green Sandpiper | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| 30-Jul-00 | Little Grebe | 3 | Sewage Farm | 1 ad plus 2 juvs | ||
| Great Crested Grebe | 3 | Sewage Farm | 1 adult plus 1 juv plus 2nd juv from different brood? | |||
| Mute Swan | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | adult plus 2 well grown cygnets | |||
| Northern Shoveler | 4 | Sewage Farm | 3M, 1F | |||
| Tufted Duck | 7 | + | Sewage Farm | including juvs | ||
| Greenshank | 1 | Sewage Farm | through 20:00hrs | |||
| Barn Owl | 1 | Sewage Farm | Flew through L to R 21.06 hrs | |||
| Tawny Owl | 1 | Sewage Farm | fledgling calling in poplars to L of hide 21.15 | |||
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | in ringing area | |||
| Swallow | 200 | + | Sewage Farm | several hundred swallows high to E. | ||
| Winter Wren | Wilstone Reservoir | ringed | ||||
| Robin | Wilstone Reservoir | ringed | ||||
| Blackbird | Wilstone Reservoir | ringed | ||||
| Sedge Warbler | Wilstone Reservoir | lots ringed | ||||
| Reed Warbler | Wilstone Reservoir | lots ringed incl one 6yr old retrap | ||||
| Blackcap | Wilstone Reservoir | lots ringed | ||||
| Chiffchaff | Wilstone Reservoir | ringed | ||||
| Willow Warbler | Wilstone Reservoir | ringed | ||||
| Goldcrest | Wilstone Reservoir | ringed | ||||
| 28-Jul-00 | Bar-tailed Godwit | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | fly over | ||
| Common Sandpiper | 5 | Wilstone Reservoir | "ones and twos seen from the 11th"-MDC | |||
| 27-Jul-00 | Little Owl | 1 | Miswell Farm | on pollarded willows by fishing pool. | ||
| Grey Wagtail | 4 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Sedge Warbler | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | 3 juvs foraging next to the hide window | |||
| 26-Jul-00 | Common Sandpiper | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Pied Wagtail | 15 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | probably made up of two broods from reservoir bank nests. | ||
| 25-Jul-00 | Little Grebe | 2 | Sewage Farm | juvs | ||
| Great Crested Grebe | 3 | Sewage Farm | 2 ads with 1 juv | |||
| Tufted Duck | 6 | Sewage Farm | 1F with 5 juvs | |||
| Black Tern | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | moulting adult summer | |||
| Kingfisher | 2 | Sewage Farm | ||||
| 24-Jul-00 | Great Crested Grebe | 4 | Sewage Farm | 2 adults with 2 chicks - each adult followed by one chick which peeped constantly and was fed with weed by ad. | ||
| Oystercatcher | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Common Sandpiper | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | possibly 4 | |||
| 23-Jul-00 | Ruddy Turnstone | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | in evening | ||
| Black Tern | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | in evening | |||
| 21-Jul-00 | Little Grebe | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | |||
| Great Crested Grebe | 26 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Great Cormorant | 8 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Grey Heron | 15 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mute Swan | 21 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mallard | 647 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Northern Pintail | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Pochard | 11 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Moorhen | 47 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Coot | 114 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Lapwing | 1 | Sewage Farm | well grown lapwing chick | |||
| Common Tern | 29 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| 19-Jul-00 | Little Grebe | 1 | Sewage Farm | juvenile | ||
| Great Crested Grebe | 3 | Sewage Farm | ad plus 2 juveniles | |||
| Grey Heron | 1 | Sewage Farm | young | |||
| Canada Goose | 7 | Sewage Farm | 2 ad plus 5 young | |||
| Tufted Duck | 7 | Sewage Farm | F with 6 young | |||
| Lapwing | 2 | Sewage Farm | 1 ad plus 1 juv on far island | |||
| 13-Jul-00 | Green Woodpecker | 1 | Sewage Farm | |||
| 12-Jul-00 | Great Crested Grebe | 4 | Marsworth Reservoir | 2 ads with 2 chicks | ||
| Grey Heron | 4 | Tringford Reservoir | 4 nests : 3 chicks, 1 chick, 1 adult lying low, 2 chicks. | |||
| Mute Swan | 8 | Startopsend Reservoir | pr with 6 cygnets | |||
| Greylag Goose | 14 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Tufted Duck | 11 | Sewage Farm | 1F with 8 ducklings & 1F with 1 duckling | |||
| Tufted Duck | 9 | Startopsend Reservoir | 2 broods of 4 + 5 chicks | |||
| Kingfisher | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | Flew across the reservoir with a fish in it's beak & into the wooded bank near the hide. Later we saw it fly from the reservoir | |||
| Sand Martin | 15 | Marsworth Reservoir | ||||
| Pied Wagtail | 5 | Wilstone Reservoir | One seen taking food into (nest) hole in reservoir wall and one came out with a faecal sack. | |||
| Dunnock | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | juv. | |||
| Great Tit | Startopsend Reservoir | family | ||||
| Carrion Crow | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | juv, snapping up insects from the grass. It had an injured leg and was limping. The skin was bare on the thigh but it seemed h | |||
| Chaffinch | Wilstone Reservoir | juvs | ||||
| 08-Jul-00 | Little Grebe | 2 | Sewage Farm | Ad. With 1 well grown juv. | ||
| Black-necked Grebe | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | in summer plumage | |||
| Black-necked Grebe | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | breast & back charcoal grey so not quite full breeding plumage | |||
| Canada Goose | 12 | Sewage Farm | 11 adults with 1 gosling beginning to get adult feathers. | |||
| Gadwall | 9 | Sewage Farm | 2 adults with 7 well grown young | |||
| Tufted Duck | 4 | Sewage Farm | 1F with 3 young | |||
| Hobby | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Common Sandpiper | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Swift | 500 | + | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Pied Wagtail | 10 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | about 5 juvs and 2 adults taking food to a nest in crevice (near the one we had seen earlier). Could have been parents of the n | ||
| 05-Jul-00 | Little Ringed Plover | 2 | Startopsend Reservoir | at 08:45 | ||
| 05-Jul-00 | Black-tailed Godwit | 1 | Startopsend Reservoir | at 07:45 | ||
| 01-Jul-00 | Mute Swan | 8 | Startopsend Reservoir | pr with 6 cygnets | ||
| Whooper Swan | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Wigeon | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | tatty male | |||
| Pied Wagtail | 10 | Wilstone Reservoir | 2 adults & 8 juvs, but not sure if all juvs from same brood | |||
| Reed Warbler | 2 | Marsworth Reservoir | pair searching for food in small willows by reedbed and flying to and from nest. | |||
| Garden Warbler | 2 | Marsworth Reservoir | in tall ash tree by canal - nest in ivy covered trunk ? | |||
| Chaffinch | Wilstone Reservoir | gathering emerging damselfly larva and taking them to nest in trees by the stream along the bank | ||||
| 30-Jun-00 | Black Tern | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| 28-Jun-00 | Great Crested Grebe | 4 | Sewage Farm | 2 adults, one with 2 small chicks on back. They looked just a day or 2 old. The mother? Fed them with little bits of weed over | ||
| Gadwall | 2 | Sewage Farm | ||||
| Tufted Duck | 20 | c | Sewage Farm | 1 brood with 9 chicks and 1 brood with 5 chicks | ||
| Blackbird | 1 | Sewage Farm | male in display flight | |||
| 27-Jun-00 | Grasshopper Warbler | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | 'reeling' in the back of the site | ||
| Grasshopper Warbler | 1 | Sewage Farm | heard | |||
| 26-Jun-00 | Grey Heron | 2 | Tringford Reservoir | 2 heron nests in large trees at the back with young in nest. | ||
| Grey Heron | Wilstone Reservoir | 2 nests found with young in each and adults nearby or on nest. | ||||
| Mute Swan | 8 | Startopsend Reservoir | 2 adults with 6 cygnets | |||
| Goldcrest | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | juvenile | |||
| Jackdaw | 60 | + | Tringford Reservoir | In large dead trees at back coming down to pick up duck food. | ||
| Rook | 65 | c | Tringford Reservoir | In large dead trees at back coming down to pick up duck food. | ||
| Yellowhammer | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | heard (Little Tring) | |||
| 24-Jun-00 | Little Grebe | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | |||
| Great Crested Grebe | 37 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Great Cormorant | 6 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Grey Heron | 19 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mute Swan | 116 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Whooper Swan | 4 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mallard | 500 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Tufted Duck | 22 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Hobby | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Water Rail | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Moorhen | 23 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Coot | 201 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 3 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Kingfisher | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| 23-Jun-00 | Whooper Swan | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | adults | ||
| Greylag Goose | 15 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Hobby | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Common Tern | 36 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Little Owl | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | quite active repeatedly flying
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| Swift | 150 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Green Woodpecker | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 20-Jun-00 | Mute Swan | 8 | Startopsend Reservoir | Pr + 6 cygnets | ||
| Pochard | 15 | Startopsend Reservoir | ||||
| Ruddy Duck | 3 | Marsworth Reservoir | ||||
| Chaffinch | 4 | Startopsend Reservoir | pr w 2 young | |||
| 18-Jun-00 | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | caught and ringed | ||
| 16-Jun-00 | Whooper Swan | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Tufted Duck | 11 | Sewage Farm | Pair with 9 chicks | |||
| 14-Jun-00 | Whooper Swan | 4 | Wilstone Reservoir | Whooper had been calling and trumpeting a lot yesterday and while we were there 3 1st year Whoopers flew in and started to feed | ||
| Hobby | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Swift | 500 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| 13-Jun-00 | Whimbrel | 8 | Wilstone Reservoir | flew over | ||
| 12-Jun-00 | Mute Swan | 100 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | incl 1 w 2 cygnets | |
| Whooper Swan | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Canada Goose | 14 | Wilstone Reservoir | 13 ad with 1 gosling | |||
| Swallow | 5 | Miswell Farm | Flying around farm buildings prob. 3 pairs nesting there. | |||
| Pied Wagtail | 4 | Wilstone Reservoir | 2 adults 2 juvs near nest site | |||
| Rook | 67 | Miswell Farm | feeding in fields | |||
| Starling | 12 | Wilstone Reservoir | inc juvs feeding in short grass along banks of res and on rocky bank picking up damselflies as they emerged. | |||
| House Sparrow | 3 | Miswell Farm | Nesting in roof of farm building | |||
| Chaffinch | 2 | Miswell Farm | Pair with food visiting nest which was low down in dense hedge at top of high bank. | |||
| Chaffinch | 6 | Wilstone Reservoir | 3 pairs - apparently nesting quite close together. | |||
| 06-Jun-00 | Teal | 2 | Sewage Farm | pair mating | ||
| 05-Jun-00 | Great Crested Grebe | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | 1 with 1 juv | ||
| Mute Swan | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | Aggressively chasing Canadas away from spit which held a recently dead cygnet (the last of 5?) | |||
| Canada Goose | 24 | Wilstone Reservoir | inc. pair with 1 juv | |||
| Hobby | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Swift | 160 | + | Wilstone Reservoir | 160 - 200 over res. Spiralling upwards | ||
| Grey Wagtail | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Winter Wren | Wilstone Reservoir | with young in hedge | ||||
| Song Thrush | 2 | Dry Canal | singing males (Territory count) | |||
| Song Thrush | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | 2 singing around res. (TC) | |||
| Blue Tit | 5 | Wilstone Reservoir | searching for food in hedgerows - particularly ash trees. | |||
| Rook | 80 | + | Miswell Farm | in field feeding with juveniles | ||
| House Sparrow | Miswell Farm | with young | ||||
| House Sparrow | 6 | Wilstone Reservoir | On edges and banks of reservoir gathering insects and nymph cases. | |||
| 04-Jun-00 | Northern Pintail | 1 | Sewage Farm | male | ||
| Turtle Dove | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | Wilstone orchard | |||
| 03-Jun-00 | Western Marsh Harrier | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | flying over reeds | ||
| 01-Jun-00 | Whooper Swan | 4 | Wilstone Reservoir | adults. Same suspect feral birds, present all month | ||
| 30-May-00 | Whooper Swan | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Hobby | 6 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 29-May-00 | Hobby | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| 28-May-00 | Great Crested Grebe | 7 | Wilstone Reservoir | 3 pairs and one juv. | ||
| Grey Heron | 2 | Sewage Farm | 1 adult, 1 juv. | |||
| Whooper Swan | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | With MS reaching up and pulling down birch leaves to feed. | |||
| Canada Goose | 3 | Sewage Farm | pair with 1 gosling | |||
| Canada Goose | 5 | Wilstone Reservoir | 4 plus juv. | |||
| Hobby | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Coot | 4 | Sewage Farm | adult with 3 chicks - feeding them with bits of weed | |||
| Green Woodpecker | 1 | Sewage Farm | heard | |||
| 28-May-00 | Pied Wagtail | 4 | Wilstone Reservoir | Male with mouthful of insects walked around with wings out , tail fanned and back feathers raised, female nearby. One nest in | ||
| Lesser Whitethroat | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | heard (slightly dubious) | |||
| Whitethroat | 4 | Wilstone Reservoir | 2 pairs in Rushy Meadow | |||
| Long-tailed Tit | 12 | Wilstone Reservoir | 2 family groups with 3 and 5 juvs. | |||
| Starling | Wilstone Reservoir | Gathering insects from banks of res. With juvs. | ||||
| House Sparrow | 6 | Wilstone Reservoir | Standing on banks of res. Looking over edge waiting for emerging damselflies. | |||
| 27-May-00 | Whooper Swan | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Black Tern | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 26-May-00 | Hobby | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| 25-May-00 | Western Marsh Harrier | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| 24-May-00 | Whooper Swan | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | |||
| Hobby | 4 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 22-May-00 | Hobby | 2 | Marsworth Reservoir | |||
| 19-May-00 | Canada Goose | 10 | Wilstone Reservoir | 8 plus goslings | ||
| Hobby | 4 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Common Tern | 27 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Swift | 200 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| House Martin | 200 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | passage? | ||
| Jackdaw | 25 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 17-May-00 | Canada Goose | 5 | Sewage Farm | Brood of 5 | ||
| Pochard | 8 | Startopsend Reservoir | Brood of 8 | |||
| Reed Warbler | 3 | Sewage Farm | 3 singing | |||
| 15-May-00 | Mute Swan | Wilstone Reservoir | Only 4 cygnets now, also found broken swan egg on path by Rushy Meadow - fox? | |||
| Canada Goose | 5 | Wilstone Reservoir | pr plus 3 goslings | |||
| Hobby | 11 | Wilstone Reservoir | overhead | |||
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Blackbird | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | female carrying food | |||
| Sedge Warbler | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | Possible nest site | |||
| Whitethroat | 2 | Miswell Farm | 2 males in display flight | |||
| Long-tailed Tit | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | Nest with food being brought. | |||
| Jackdaw | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | Entering tree hole nest site in meadow | |||
| House Sparrow | 5 | Miswell Farm | pair with nest mat'l plus 3 others | |||
| 14-May-00 | Great Crested Grebe | 9 | Wilstone Reservoir | incl 1 juv. | ||
| Mute Swan | 7 | Wilstone Reservoir | pair w 5 chicks which subsequently died off one by one over 3 weeks. Last one seen dead on 5/6/00 | |||
| Greylag Goose | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | incl 1 gosling | |||
| Canada Goose | 7 | Wilstone Reservoir | incl 3 goslings | |||
| Coot | Wilstone Reservoir | 4 nests visible. Jo Cooper saw a Pike attack a Coot at Wilstone today. | ||||
| Common Sandpiper | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Cuckoo | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | heard | |||
| Green Woodpecker | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Pied (White) Wagtail | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Dunnock | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | Nesting nr feeding area - one bird waiting with food in mouth other bird calling loudly agitated. | |||
| Robin | 5 | Wilstone Reservoir | singing between steps and hide | |||
| Blackbird | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | female and singing male in woods nr hide. | |||
| Long-tailed Tit | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | Nest with bird passing food inside. | |||
| Jackdaw | Wilstone Reservoir | adults taking food to nest in the meadow at the back of the hide | ||||
| Carrion Crow | 6 | Wilstone Reservoir | Parent feeding 5 well-grown chicks in the nest - red gapes seen well from bank nr steps. | |||
| 13-May-00 | Greenshank | 1 | Sewage Farm | |||
| 12-May-00 | Common Sandpiper | 1 | Sewage Farm | |||
| 09-May-00 | Garganey | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | male, right in front of the hide | ||
| 09-May-00 | Hobby | 8 | Wilstone Reservoir | or 9 | ||
| 07-May-00 | White-fronted Goose | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | "until 13/5/00 at least. Obvious escape"-MDC | ||
| Garden Warbler | Sewage Farm | |||||
| 06-May-00 | Little Grebe | 3 | Tring Reservoirs | |||
| Great Crested Grebe | 29 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Great Cormorant | 10 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Grey Heron | 19 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mute Swan | 149 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Whooper Swan | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Whooper Swan | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | ||||
| Greylag Goose | 17 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mallard | 250 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Northern Shoveler | 5 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Pochard | 18 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Tufted Duck | 164 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Ruddy Duck | 5 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Kestrel | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Coot | 118 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Lapwing | 1 | Sewage Farm | on nest on first island | |||
| Sanderling | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | winter/1st summer plumaged | |||
| Bar-tailed Godwit | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Whimbrel | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Common Sandpiper | 4 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Black Tern | 6 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Kingfisher | 3 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| 05-May-00 | Black-tailed Godwit | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | flew over | ||
| Common Sandpiper | 1 | Sewage Farm | & on 6th | |||
| Little Tern | 11 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Black Tern | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 03-May-00 | Hobby | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | One hobby went after a brimstone butterfly flying over the reservoir, both times missed. | ||
| Whitethroat | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Blackcap | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | 3-4 birds singing in woods nr hide. | |||
| 02-May-00 | Great Crested Grebe | 2 | Sewage Farm | appear to have abandoned nesting attempt. | ||
| Grey Heron | Wilstone Reservoir | young birds standing up on nests in sun. | ||||
| Mute Swan | 2 | Sewage Farm | 1 on nest | |||
| Whooper Swan | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Bar-headed Goose | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Canada Goose | 8 | Sewage Farm | including 3 possible nests on islands & tern raft | |||
| Mandarin Duck | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | male, last sighting on 6/5/00 | |||
| Gadwall | 8 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Hobby | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Swift | 50 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Pied (White) Wagtail | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 01-May-00 | Hobby | Wilstone Reservoir | "Hobbies seen all month"-MDC | |||
| 30-Apr-00 | Garden Warbler | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | From ringing record. | ||
| 29-Apr-00 | Lapwing | 2 | Sewage Farm | pair mating | ||
| 28-Apr-00 | Whooper Swan | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | "sub-adult, seen into May. Escape suspected because of Luton breeders staying too long"-MDC | ||
| Wigeon | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | At Wilstone? | |||
| 26-Apr-00 | Great Crested Grebe | 3 | Sewage Farm | 1 on nest | ||
| Black Tern | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 24-Apr-00 | Great Crested Grebe | 2 | Sewage Farm | loafing - doing nothing regarding the half built nest. | ||
| Canada Goose | 5 | Sewage Farm | 3 possibly on nests | |||
| Lapwing | 3 | Sewage Farm | 2 seemed to be on nests plus male standing on far island - it took off and chased off a crow which flew over then returned to i | |||
| Jay | 2 | Sewage Farm | ||||
| 23-Apr-00 | Mute Swan | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | pair demolishing one of the shooting hides ripping off the reed sides and laying them down to make a nest platform. | ||
| Oystercatcher | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Common Sandpiper | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Common Tern | 19 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Swift | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 22-Apr-00 | Hobby | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Coot | 8 | Marsworth Reservoir | pair with 6 young | |||
| Reed Warbler | Marsworth Reservoir | singing | ||||
| 21-Apr-00 | Cuckoo | 1 | Sewage Farm | in trees at back of lagoon | ||
| Cetti's Warbler | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | it sang three times | |||
| 20-Apr-00 | Whimbrel | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | flying over | ||
| Swallow | 200 | Sewage Farm | passage? | |||
| Jay | 2 | Sewage Farm | ||||
| 19-Apr-00 | Little Grebe | 4 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Grey Heron | Wilstone Reservoir | sitting on nests - 3 chicks visible | ||||
| Bar-headed Goose | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Ruddy Duck | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | male | |||
| Northern Goshawk | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Osprey | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Coot | 60 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | 1 building nest nr hide | ||
| Common Sandpiper | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Willow Warbler | 3 | + | Wilstone Reservoir | heard singing between steps & hide | ||
| Carrion Crow | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | pair - 1st crow seen bringing food (egg?) to 2nd bird which begged, accepted food, wiped bill then flew to next tree and settle | |||
| 18-Apr-00 | Great Crested Grebe | 2 | Sewage Farm | nest seen and birds mating. | ||
| Northern Pintail | 1 | Sewage Farm | ||||
| Oystercatcher | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Lapwing | 3 | Sewage Farm | one turning eggs on rear island | |||
| Sedge Warbler | 1 | Sewage Farm | singing in reeds - 1st record for 2000 | |||
| Bullfinch | 2 | Sewage Farm | ||||
| 17-Apr-00 | Western Marsh Harrier | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | briefly | ||
| Kingfisher | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | ||||
| 16-Apr-00 | Great Crested Grebe | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | building nest up against reeds. | ||
| Common Goldeneye | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | female | |||
| Ruddy Duck | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | 1m,2f - male displaying very energetically with big tufts on top of his head. | |||
| Green Woodpecker | 1 | Miswell Farm | ||||
| Green Woodpecker | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | In field next to canal. | |||
| Pied (White) Wagtail | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | on bank of res. | |||
| Mistle Thrush | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | Sitting on nest high up in tree, nest looked like it was made from straw. | |||
| Sedge Warbler | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | From ringing record. | |||
| Willow Warbler | 1 | Sewage Farm | Very yellow | |||
| Willow Warbler | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | First heard this year. | |||
| Long-tailed Tit | 6 | Wilstone Reservoir | 2 nests found, 1 subsequently raised young but other abandoned. 1 nest with 2 ad. Going in and out, another nest near cressbeds | |||
| Long-tailed Tit | Dry Canal | pair getting very agitated as if nest nearby. | ||||
| Jackdaw | 40 | c | Miswell Farm | |||
| Jackdaw | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | carrying nesting material | |||
| Carrion Crow | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | sitting on nest | |||
| Goldfinch | 40 | c | Miswell Farm | |||
| Reed Bunting | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | pair catching insects in the air from island | |||
| 14-Apr-00 | Pied (White) Wagtail | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | |||
| 13-Apr-00 | Eurasian Sparrowhawk | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | circling | ||
| 13-Apr-00 | Osprey | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Oystercatcher | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Little Ringed Plover | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Black-legged Kittiwake | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | adult | |||
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | in a tree | |||
| 12-Apr-00 | Red-breasted Merganser | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | 1m,1f. Seen in evening only | ||
| Lapwing | 5 | Sewage Farm | 2 birds mating and 2 others displaying | |||
| Redshank | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 11-Apr-00 | Little Tern | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | seen in evening only | ||
| House Martin | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Yellow Wagtail | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 10-Apr-00 | Northern Pintail | 1 | Sewage Farm | |||
| 09-Apr-00 | Little Grebe | 2 | Tring Reservoirs | |||
| Great Crested Grebe | 34 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Great Cormorant | 13 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Grey Heron | 19 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mute Swan | 185 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Whooper Swan | 2 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Whooper Swan | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | "on and off for 2 weeks (feral?)"-MDC | |||
| Greylag Goose | 22 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Wigeon | 3 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Gadwall | 21 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mallard | 322 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Northern Pintail | 1 | Sewage Farm | male | |||
| Northern Pintail | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Northern Shoveler | 20 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Tufted Duck | 172 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Common Goldeneye | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Kestrel | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Coot | 153 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Lapwing | 4 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 2 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Common Tern | 2 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | ||||
| House Martin | 3 | Marsworth Reservoir | ||||
| 08-Apr-00 | Northern Pintail | 1 | Sewage Farm | male | ||
| Little Gull | 7 | Wilstone Reservoir | present for 1-2 hrs | |||
| 07-Apr-00 | Little Grebe | 4 | Sewage Farm | 2 pairs | ||
| Grey Heron | Wilstone Reservoir | 1 chick seen in nest | ||||
| Teal | 16 | Sewage Farm | 9M,7F | |||
| Pochard | 10 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Little Owl | 4 | Wilstone Reservoir | seen in different areas around the reservoir, 3 territories likely | |||
| Grey Wagtail | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Willow Warbler | 1 | Sewage Farm | singing - 1st record for 2000 | |||
| Jackdaw | 50 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Rook | Miswell Farm | 16 nests in rookery nr Miswell Farm | ||||
| Carrion Crow | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | on nest in field behind car park | |||
| Raven | 2 | Marsworth Reservoir | Flying over Marsworth village. Seen from Startops Res. | |||
| 06-Apr-00 | Northern Pintail | 1 | Sewage Farm | male | ||
| Garganey | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | 1m,1f. Evening only | |||
| Goosander [Common Merg | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | female, At Wilstone? | |||
| Green Woodpecker | 1 | Sewage Farm | ||||
| 05-Apr-00 | Ruddy Duck | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Osprey | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Stock Dove | 11 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Northern Wheatear | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | an track next to Rushy Meadow, looked like a female | |||
| Redwing | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 04-Apr-00 | Western Marsh Harrier | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | briefly, in evening | ||
| 04-Apr-00 | Osprey | 1 | Startopsend Reservoir | also seen at Wilstone. It stayed 40 mins altogether. | ||
| Osprey | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | also seen at Startops. It stayed 40 mins altogether. | |||
| Chiffchaff | 3 | Sewage Farm | singing | |||
| 02-Apr-00 | Mandarin Duck | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | male, all month | ||
| Red Kite | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | overhead at 13:45 | |||
| Snipe | 23 | Sewage Farm | ||||
| Redshank | 1 | Sewage Farm | ||||
| Common (Mew) Gull | 10 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Green Woodpecker | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | heard | |||
| Blackbird | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | 2 males singing | |||
| Blackcap | Sewage Farm | |||||
| Chaffinch | 6 | Wilstone Reservoir | minimum of 3 pairs along bank between steps and overflow | |||
| 01-Apr-00 | Common Shelduck | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | drake | ||
| Northern Pintail | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | drake | |||
| Lapwing | 4 | Sewage Farm | one male looked like it was making a scrape | |||
| Sand Martin | 36 | Sewage Farm | up to 50 seen regularly until end of June | |||
| Swallow | Wilstone Reservoir | |||||
| Blackcap | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | From ringing record. | |||
| 28-Mar-00 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Sand Martin | 201 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | passage | ||
| Blackcap | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | male | |||
| 26-Mar-00 | Northern Goshawk | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | female | ||
| 25-Mar-00 | Whooper Swan | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Merlin | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | male | |||
| Black-tailed Godwit | 7 | Wilstone Reservoir | flew over | |||
| 24-Mar-00 | Whooper Swan | 2 | Tring Reservoirs | at Wilstone? | ||
| Whooper Swan | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | adults, seen until 26th | |||
| 22-Mar-00 | Grey Heron | Wilstone Reservoir | on nests | |||
| Ruddy Duck | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | female | |||
| Kingfisher | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Northern Wheatear | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | males | |||
| Fieldfare | 211 | Miswell Farm | ||||
| Goldcrest | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Reed Bunting | 5 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 21-Mar-00 | Teal | 20 | + | Sewage Farm | ||
| Western Marsh Harrier | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | female roosted in the reedbed but not seen to leave in the fog the next day | |||
| 20-Mar-00 | Mandarin Duck | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | drake | ||
| 19-Mar-00 | Northern Pintail | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | male | ||
| Blackcap | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | male | |||
| 13-Mar-00 | Water Rail | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | heard | ||
| Kingfisher | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | ||||
| Starling | 300 | Marsworth Reservoir | ||||
| 12-Mar-00 | Little Grebe | 3 | Tring Reservoirs | |||
| Great Crested Grebe | 29 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Great Cormorant | 23 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Grey Heron | 25 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mute Swan | 196 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Greylag Goose | 3 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Wigeon | 282 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Gadwall | 42 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Teal | 32 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mallard | 279 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Northern Pintail | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Northern Shoveler | 12 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Pochard | 63 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Tufted Duck | 188 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Moorhen | 36 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Coot | 214 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| 12-Mar-00 | Black-headed Gull | 113 | Tring Reservoirs | |||
| Green Woodpecker | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Sand Martin | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Meadow Pipit | 35 | Wilstone Reservoir | passage? | |||
| Chiffchaff | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | singing | |||
| Chiffchaff | 1 | Startopsend Reservoir | singing | |||
| Chiffchaff | 1 | Sewage Farm | singing | |||
| Chiffchaff | Wilstone Reservoir | |||||
| Yellowhammer | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | male & female. All records for reservoirs shown | |||
| 11-Mar-00 | Woodcock | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | In Rushy Meadow behind the hide | ||
| 10-Mar-00 | Greater Scaup | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | female. At Wilstone? | ||
| Red Kite | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | DATE??, via RH | |||
| 09-Mar-00 | Bittern | 1 | Sewage Farm | flew over from L to R | ||
| Goosander [Common Merg | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | pair | |||
| Green Woodpecker | 1 | Sewage Farm | and on 15th | |||
| Green Woodpecker | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | along canal | |||
| Bullfinch | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | heard along Wendover Arm canal | |||
| 07-Mar-00 | Greylag Goose | 7 | Tringford Reservoir | |||
| Northern Pintail | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | male | |||
| Bullfinch | 1 | Sewage Farm | ||||
| 06-Mar-00 | Northern Pintail | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | drake | ||
| Snipe | 20 | Sewage Farm | on island | |||
| 05-Mar-00 | Bullfinch | 3 | Sewage Farm | 1M,2F | ||
| 04-Mar-00 | Ruddy Duck | 1 | Startopsend Reservoir | |||
| Ruddy Duck | 6 | Marsworth Reservoir | ||||
| Black-legged Kittiwake | 10 | Wilstone Reservoir | 8ad, 2 1st winter in the roost | |||
| Bullfinch | 1 | Sewage Farm | heard | |||
| 02-Mar-00 | Common Goldeneye | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | females | ||
| Goosander [Common Merg | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | pair | |||
| 26-Feb-00 | Bittern | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | |||
| 25-Feb-00 | Stonechat | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | on towpath | ||
| Goldcrest | 6 | c | Sewage Farm | |||
| 20-Feb-00 | Grey Heron | 16 | Wilstone Reservoir | 9 nests visible on island. | ||
| Water Rail | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | heard | |||
| Common (Mew) Gull | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | heard drumming nr ringing area | |||
| Fieldfare | 147 | Miswell Farm | ||||
| Blackcap | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | male | |||
| Bullfinch | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | 1m, 1f | |||
| 19-Feb-00 | Stonechat | 2 | Tringford Reservoir | in new tree plantation | ||
| Siskin | 4 | Tringford Reservoir | in new tree plantation | |||
| 17-Feb-00 | Kestrel | 1 | Dry Canal | male sat in middle of field on ground unmoving (asleep?) surrounded by large flock of feeding FF and SG. | ||
| Fieldfare | 200 | c | Dry Canal | |||
| 16-Feb-00 | Lesser Redpoll | Tringford Reservoir | ||||
| 15-Feb-00 | Redwing | 16 | Marsworth Reservoir | 5:00pm. Roosting in trees | ||
| Corn Bunting | 102 | Marsworth Reservoir | 0.708333333 | |||
| 13-Feb-00 | Water Rail | 1 | Sewage Farm | heard | ||
| Jack Snipe | 1 | Sewage Farm | on near island | |||
| Redwing | 26 | Marsworth Reservoir | gathered to roost in bushes by reed bed | |||
| Bullfinch | 2 | Sewage Farm | 1m,1f eating shoots of blackthorn. | |||
| Corn Bunting | 127 | + | Marsworth Reservoir | about 17:00. Gathered in trees around reservoir, then as a flock circled reed bed 2 - 3 times, back into tree than a few second | ||
| 12-Feb-00 | Dunlin | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Jack Snipe | Sewage Farm | |||||
| Snipe | 2 | Sewage Farm | ||||
| Green Woodpecker | 2 | Sewage Farm | ||||
| 11-Feb-00 | Bittern | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | |||
| 09-Feb-00 | Northern Pintail | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | male | ||
| Grey Wagtail | 4 | Marsworth Reservoir | in drained canal | |||
| Dunnock | 5 | Marsworth Reservoir | counted along canal | |||
| Robin | 3 | Marsworth Reservoir | counted along canal | |||
| Blackbird | 8 | Marsworth Reservoir | counted along canal | |||
| Song Thrush | 3 | Marsworth Reservoir | counted along canal | |||
| Redwing | 13 | Marsworth Reservoir | counted along canal | |||
| Blue Tit | 4 | Marsworth Reservoir | counted along canal | |||
| Great Tit | 8 | Marsworth Reservoir | counted along canal | |||
| Jackdaw | 10 | Marsworth Reservoir | counted along canal | |||
| Greenfinch | 8 | Marsworth Reservoir | counted along canal | |||
| Goldfinch | 10 | Marsworth Reservoir | counted along canal | |||
| 08-Feb-00 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 14 | Miswell Farm | flying over towards Wilstone Reservoir | ||
| Fieldfare | 180 | Miswell Farm | ||||
| Redwing | 19 | Miswell Farm | ||||
| 06-Feb-00 | Great Cormorant | 25 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Grey Heron | 25 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | At nesting heronry on centre island. (1st time this year) | ||
| Green Woodpecker | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | Found dead in water by bank of reservoir. Cheast was exposed/ripped - sparrowhawk? | |||
| Fieldfare | 40 | c | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| 05-Feb-00 | Chiffchaff | 1 | Sewage Farm | singing - 1st record for 2000 | ||
| Willow Tit | 1 | Sewage Farm | singing. Only record | |||
| Chaffinch | 1 | Sewage Farm | singing - first heard of year | |||
| 04-Feb-00 | Little Grebe | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | |||
| Great Crested Grebe | 28 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Great Cormorant | 15 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Grey Heron | 8 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mute Swan | 104 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Greylag Goose | 5 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Wigeon | 631 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Gadwall | 39 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Teal | 34 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mallard | 244 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Northern Shoveler | 35 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Pochard | 196 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Tufted Duck | 180 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Common Goldeneye | 6 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Goosander [Common Merg | 3 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Ruddy Duck | 2 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Moorhen | 33 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Coot | 255 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Dunlin | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Black-headed Gull | 292 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Kingfisher | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| 01-Feb-00 | Mandarin Duck | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | "stayed all month"-MDC | ||
| Red-crested Pochard | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | "stayed all month"-MDC | |||
| 31-Jan-00 | Black-headed Gull | 200 | c | Marsworth Reservoir | flying over canal | |
| Grey Wagtail | 1 | Sewage Farm | flying over | |||
| Pied Wagtail | 30 | c | (see comments) | along Wendover Arm canal | ||
| Bullfinch | 4 | Sewage Farm | 1m,3f | |||
| Corn Bunting | 31 | Marsworth Reservoir | 4:30pm roost count | |||
| 27-Jan-00 | Robin | 1 | Sewage Farm | very tame in hide | ||
| Bullfinch | 1 | Sewage Farm | Male - feeding on buds of bush to left of lagoon. Water frozen. | |||
| 25-Jan-00 | Bittern | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | |||
| Fieldfare | 237 | Miswell Farm | ||||
| Redwing | 11 | Miswell Farm | ||||
| Starling | 114 | Miswell Farm | ||||
| Goldfinch | 13 | Miswell Farm | ||||
| Goldfinch | 12 | Dry Canal | ||||
| 24-Jan-00 | Smew | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | redhead | ||
| 17-Jan-00 | Greater Scaup | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | female | ||
| Water Rail | 2 | Marsworth Reservoir | heard from reedbed | |||
| Common (Mew) Gull | 50 | + | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Wood Pigeon | 340 | Marsworth Reservoir | ||||
| Corn Bunting | 167 | Marsworth Reservoir | 4:30pm roost count | |||
| 16-Jan-00 | Little Grebe | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | |||
| Great Crested Grebe | 48 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Great Cormorant | 42 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Little Egret | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | from 16:10 until at least 16:30 | |||
| Grey Heron | 7 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mute Swan | 170 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Greylag Goose | 7 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Canada Goose | 337 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Wigeon | 692 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Gadwall | 50 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Teal | 81 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Mallard | 515 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Pochard | 95 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Tufted Duck | 109 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Common Goldeneye | 4 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Goosander [Common Merg | 4 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Ruddy Duck | 3 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Moorhen | 20 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Coot | 239 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Black-headed Gull | 113 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Kingfisher | 1 | Tring Reservoirs | ||||
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | in small tree between Marsworth and Startops Reservoirs | |||
| 15-Jan-00 | Bittern | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | seen | ||
| Bewick's (Tundra) Swan | 4 | Wilstone Reservoir | 2ad,2juv | |||
| 12-Jan-00 | Bittern | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | |||
| Grey Wagtail | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 11-Jan-00 | American Black Duck | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | female, seen by a single observer | ||
| 09-Jan-00 | Wood Pigeon | 200 | c | Sewage Farm | flying over | |
| Bullfinch | 2 | Sewage Farm | males | |||
| 08-Jan-00 | Meadow Pipit | 6 | Miswell Farm | |||
| Fieldfare | 32 | Miswell Farm | ||||
| Starling | 115 | Miswell Farm | ||||
| Bullfinch | 6 | Sewage Farm | ||||
| 02-Jan-00 | Grey Heron | 10 | Wilstone Reservoir | |||
| Bar-headed Goose | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Barnacle Goose | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Northern Pintail | 3 | Wilstone Reservoir | 2m,1f | |||
| Red-crested Pochard | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Smew | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | redhead | |||
| Goosander [Common Merg | 4 | Wilstone Reservoir | 3m,1f | |||
| Golden Plover | 29 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Lapwing | 560 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Fieldfare | Wilstone Reservoir | |||||
| Magpie | Wilstone Reservoir | seen all year | ||||
| Goldfinch | 20 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 01-Jan-00 | Bittern | 1 | Marsworth Reservoir | possibly 2, "present all month"-MDC | ||
| Bittern | 2 | Marsworth Reservoir | ||||
| Mute Swan | 194 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| Barnacle Goose | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | 1 Barnacle present all year with occasional 2nd bird | |||
| Common Shelduck | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | & on 2/1/00 | |||
| Mandarin Duck | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | drake, present all month | |||
| Red-crested Pochard | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | drake, present all month | |||
| Goosander [Common Merg | 1 | Startopsend Reservoir | ||||
| Goosander [Common Merg | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | ||||
| 01-Jan-00 | Red Kite | 1 | Wilstone Reservoir | flew over at 14:05 | ||
| Little Owl | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | up[ to 4 seen at Wilstone regularly every month | |||
| Treecreeper | 1 | Tringford Reservoir | one/two seen in winter but no records in summer. | |||
| Rook | 20 | Wilstone Reservoir | records all year except July and August | |||
| Carrion Crow | Wilstone Reservoir | records all year | ||||
| Bullfinch | 2 | Wilstone Reservoir | pair | |||