| 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 Merganser] |
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 Merganser] |
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 Merganser] |
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 Merganser] |
1 |
|
Wilstone Reservoir |
male |
|
| 21-Dec-00 |
Great Cormorant |
44 |
|
Wilstone Reservoir |
|
|
Goosander [Common Merganser] |
3 |
|
Wilstone Reservoir |
2m,1f |
|
| 20-Dec-00 |
Goosander [Common Merganser] |
1 |
|
Wilstone Reservoir |
male |
|
| 19-Dec-00 |
Smew |
1 |
|
Wilstone Reservoir |
male |
|
|
Goosander [Common Merganser] |
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 Merganser] |
1 |
|
Wilstone Reservoir |
drake, "built up to 4
drakes and 3 redheads by end of month"-MDC |
|
| 13-Dec-00 |
Goosander [Common Merganser] |
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 (European) |
1 |
|
Tringford Reservoir |
"all month"-MDC |
|
|
Common Goldeneye |
12 |
max |
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 Merganser] |
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 (European) |
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 (European) |
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 (European) |
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 (European) |
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 Merganser] |
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 Woodpecker |
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 |
|