2011:
Sat 31 Dec Wilstone: ad. Mediterranean Gull in gull roost (David Bicock); 25+ Linnet, Water Pipit (Chris Woodham HBC)
Sat 31 Dec Startopsend: Snow Bunting (Rob Andrews)
Sat 31 Dec Marsworth: Jack Snipe, 30+ Corn Bunting in to roost (Chris Woodham HBC)
Fri 30 Dec Wilstone: Mediterranean Gull in roost (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Fri 30 Dec Startopsend: Snow Bunting (Chris Needham); plus 2 Red-crested Pochard (F) (Martin Johnson HBC)
Fri 30 Dec Marsworth: Jack Snipe (in SE corner) (Martin Johnson HBC)
Thu 29 Dec Wilstone: early am: colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit (yellow above orange on L leg and green above yellow above green on R leg), Brent Goose, Water Pipit (Roy Hargreaves); 1 Little Grebe, 8 Great Crested Grebes, 5 Mute Swans, 256 Wigeon, 8 Gadwall, 375 Teal, 44 Shoveler, 107 Pochard, 73 Tufted Duck, 7 Goldeneye (inc 2 M), 760 Coot, 45 Golden Plover, 32 Lapwings, 17 Pied Wagtails, plus 52 Linnets in flock nr. hide, plusin field nr. Cemetery Corner: 71 Greylag Geese, 10 Canada Geese, 1 Brent Goose (Lee Evans)
Thu 29 Dec Startopsend: Snow Bunting, 12 Mute Swans, 7 Canada Geese, 46 Gadwall, 4 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Little Grebe (Lee Evans)
Thu 29 Dec Marsworth: 4 Great Crested Grebes, 6 Teal, 21 Shovelers (Lee Evans); 2 Common Snipe, Jack Snipe (in SE corner but elusive) (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Thu 29 Dec Tringford: 2 Mute Swans, 5 Grey Heron, 22 Teal and 2 M Shoveler (Lee Evans)
Wed 28 Dec Wilstone: Brent Goose (in field behind jetty), 4 Bewick's Swan (Anthony Dorman HBC)
Wed 28 Dec Startopsend: Snow Bunting, this afternoon. (Anthony Dorman HBC)
Tue 27 Dec Wilstone: early am: Brent Goose, 4 Bewick’s Swans, plus 70+ Linnets (Roy Hargreaves); plus first-winter Peregrine hunting plover, c150 Golden Plover (in air after Peregrine attack) (Mike & Ted Wallen HBC), 2 Little Egret, 5 Goldeneye (inc 1 M) (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Tue 27 Dec Startopsend: early am: Snow Bunting, plus immature M Peregrine over (Roy Hargreaves)
Tue 27 Dec Marsworth: 2 Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, Water Rail (T.Wood HBC)
Mon 26 Dec Wilstone: early am: Brent Goose (in field with Greylag Geese), 4 Bewick’s Swans, 2 Little Egrets, 3 Goldeneye (1M 2F), c300 Golden Plover (Roy Hargreaves)
Mon 26 Dec Startopsend: Snow Bunting (Nick Sinden HBC)
Mon 26 Dec Marsworth: Jack Snipe (Simon Cumming HBC)
Sun 25 Dec Startopsend: am: Snow Bunting (Francis Buckle)
Sun 25 Dec Marsworth: am: 2 Water rails (Francis Buckle)
Sat 24 Dec Wilstone: Brent Goose in field with Greylag Geese (nr. jetty) Mike/Ted Wallen)
Sat 24 Dec Startopsend: am: Snow Bunting still (Mike/Ted Wallen)
Sat 24 Dec Marsworth: am: Jack Snipe, Common Snipe, 3 Water Rails, Grey Wagtail, 19 Shoveler (Mike/Ted Wallen)
Fri 23 Dec Wilstone: Water Pipit, 4 Bewick's Swan, 150 Golden Plover (David McCarthy HBC)
Fri 23 Dec Startopsend: Snow Bunting (in NE corner) (Ben Miller)
Thu 22 Dec Wilstone: ad. Mediterranean Gull in Gull roost (David Bilcock)
Thu 22 Dec Startopsend: Snow Bunting (Mike Collard)
Thu 22 Dec Marsworth: Water Rail (Ephraim Perfect HBC)
Wed 21 Dec Wilstone: ad. Mediterranean Gull in Gull roost (David Bilcock); 4 Bewick's Swan, Brent Goose in field behind jetty, 175 Golden Plover (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Wed 21 Dec Startopsend: Snow Bunting (Lucy Flower)
Wed 21 Dec Marsworth: Jack Snipe & Water Rail (Lucy Flower)
Tue 20 Dec Wilstone: Brent Goose and 4 Bewick’s Swans still (Roy Hargreaves)
Tue 20 Dec Startopsend: Snow Bunting (Roy Hargreaves)
Tue 20 Dec Marsworth: Jack Snipe, Common Snipe (Roy Hargreaves); plus 2 Water Rail, 44 Fieldfare (Lee Evans HBC)
Mon 19 Dec Wilstone: 4 Bewick’s Swans, plus Brent Goose in field with Greylag Geese (Roy Hargreaves); 31 Linnets, Brent Goose in field nr. Cemetery Corner with 7 Canada Geese and 67 Greylag Geese 4 Bewick's Swans, 11 Great Crested Grebes, 9 Mute Swans, 311 Wigeon, 18 Shoveler, 230 Common Teal, 42 Tufted Duck, 106 Pochard and 752 Coot (Lee Evans); plus 66 Fieldfare (Lee Evans HBC)
Mon 19 Dec Startopsend: Snow Bunting , Meadow Pipit with Pied Wagtails (Roy Hargreaves); 3 Pied Wagtails, 5 Great Crested Grebes, 6 Mute Swans, 65 Gadwall, 31 Wigeon, 22 Shoveler, 37 Tufted Duck, 8 Pochard, 287 Coot and 10 Moorhens (Lee Evans)
Mon 19 Dec Tringford: 2 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Mute Swans, 6 Teal, 8 Shoveler, 26 Tufted Duck, 6 Pochard and 62 Coots (Lee Evans)
Sun 18 Dec Wilstone: 4 Bewick’s Swans, Brent Goose with Greylag and Canada Geese in field nr. Cemetery Corner, Water Pipits with Meadow Pipits, Shelduck (Roy Hargreaves); plus 23 Golden Plover, Little Egret (HBC obs. not recorded)
Sun 18 Dec Startopsend: Snow Bunting (Roy Hargreaves); plus Peregrine (Lee Batten HBC)
Sun 18 Dec Marsworth: 2 Water Rail, Grey Wagtail (Lee Batten HBC)
Sat 17 Dec Wilstone: Brent Goose with the 67 Greylag Geese in grass field E of res. nr. Cemetery Corner (Lee Evans), 4 Bewick's Swans, M Shelduck (David Bilcock via Lee Evans), Water Pipit (Tony Hukin via Lee Evans)
Sat 17 Dec Startopsend: Snow Bunting ( first-winter M) (Lee Evans/Francis Buckle/Rob Andrews); plus M Pintail (Rose Collard HBC)
Fri 16 Dec Wilstone: Brent Goose with Greylag Geese in field behind jetty, 4 Bewick's Swans (from hide) (David Bilcock); Water Piptit (nr. jetty) (Mike Campbell); plus 10 Golden Plover, M Goldeneye, F Red-crested Pochard, Shelduck (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Fri 16 Dec Startopsend: Snow Bunting (David Bilcock); plus 2 (pr.) Red-crested Pochard (Mike Campbell)
Thu 15 Dec Wilstone: Goldeneye (M), 2 Red-crested Pochard (F), Shelduck (Steve Blake HBC), Goosander (F), Brent Goose (in field with 20+ Greylag Geese), 4 Bewick's Swan (John Fisher HBC)
Thu 15 Dec Startopsend: Snow Bunting (Mike Collard and others); Red Kite (Andrew Steele HBC)
Thu 15 Dec Marsworth: Kingfisher (Andrew Steele HBC)
Thu 15 Dec Tringford: Green Sandpiper (Steve Blake HBC)
Wed 14 Dec Wilstone: Brent Goose, 4 Bewick's Swan (David Bilcock); plus 11 Mute Swans, 250 Wigeon, 883 Coots, plus report of Great Grey Shrike in meadow behind the hide (Lee Evans)
Wed 14 Dec Startopsend: Snow Bunting (David Bilcock/Mike Collard); plus 2 Red-crested Pochard (pr.), 42 Gadwall (Lee Evans)
Wed 14 Dec Marsworth: Goosander (F) (Lee Evans)
Tue 13 Dec Wilstone: Brent Goose (with 67 Greylag Geese), 4 Bewick Swans (David Bilcock/Lee Evans)
Tue 13 Dec Startopsend: Snow Bunting (Mike Collard/David Bilcock/Ben Miller/Lucy Flower); plus 2 Grey Wagtail (Simon West HBC), 2 Red-crested Pochard (pair), Red Kite (Ian Bennell HBC)
Mon 12 Dec Startopsend: Snow Bunting (via Lee Evans)
Sat 10 Dec Wilstone: 11 Great Crested Grebe, 32 Cormorant, 24 Mute Swan, 4 Bewick’s Swan, 67 Greylag Geese, 7 Canada Goose, Dark-bellied Brent Goose (juv. still in field by Rushy Meadow), 16 Mallard, 4 Gadwall, 24 Shoveler, 85 Wigeon, 230 Common Teal, 134 Northern Pochard, 2 f Red-crested Pochard, 54 Tufted Duck, 5 Goldeneye (all F-type), 23 Common Pheasant, 531 Coot, 47 Moorhen, 21 Linnet (Lee Evans); Grey Wagtail, 30+ Linnet (Tony Birch HBC)
Sat 10 Dec Startopsend: 9 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, 7 Mute Swan, 96 Mallard, 40 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler (M), 24 Common Teal, 1 Northern Pochard (M), 2 (pr.) Red-crested Pochard, 23 Tufted Duck, 288 Coot (Lee Evans)
Sat 10 Dec Marsworth: 9 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Cormorant (fishing), 2 Grey Heron, 17 Mallard, 27 Shoveler, 11 Common Teal, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Redwing, 7 Fieldfare, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Magpie, 3 Starling, 7 Chaffinch, 8 Goldfinch, 5 Reed Bunting, 147 Corn Bunting to roost in reedbed (from 15.30) (Lee Evans)
Sat 10 Dec Tringford: 3 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan, 30 Common Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 62 Coot (Lee Evans)
Wed 7 Dec Wilstone: 2 Red-crested Pochard, Brent Goose, Red Kite, 4 Bewick's Swan (Andrew Steele HBC)
Tue 6 Dec Wilstone: 3 Bewick's Swan (1 ad. 2 juv.) (Nigel Agar HBC),
M Goldeneye (Stuart Harrison HBC)
Mon 5 Dec Wilstone: Little Egret, 50 Golden Plover, Red Kite, 4 Bewick's Swan, Shelduck (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Sat 3 Dec Wilstone: 3 Goldeneye (inc. 1 M), 150+ Linnet (in two flocks of 110 and 40+ seen from hide), 4 Bewick's Swan (Ian Williams HBC), Brent Goose in usual field (Phil Rhodes HBC)
Fri 2 Dec Wilstone: Shelduck, M Pintail, 2 Water Rail, Brent Goose (first-winter still in fields E of res.) (Mike Wallen HBC)
Mon 28 Nov Wilstone: 11 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Grebe, 20 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 34 Mute Swan, 2 (pair) Whooper Swan, 4 Bewick’s Swan, 67 Greylag Goose (in fields E of res.), 7 Canada Goose, the Brent Goose (on res.), 1 M Shelduck, 57 Mallard, 24 Gadwall, 1 M Pintail, 86 Shoveler, 233 Wigeon, 216 Common Teal, 137 Northern Pochard, F Red-crested Pochard, 36 Tufted Duck, 2 Goldeneye (F types), 1 Red Kite, 6 M Common Pheasant, 32 Moorhen, 622 Coot , 6 Golden Plover, 17 Lapwing, 114 Black-headed Gull, 7 Common Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Water Pipit, 8 Meadow Pipit, 21 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, Wren, Robin, Song Thrush, 40 Fieldfare (to E of res.), 5 Blackbird, 11 Long-tailed Tit, 34 Starling, 17 Linnet, plus Magpie, Carrion Crow, Rook and Jackdaw, plus 2 Collared Dove (in Wilstone village) (Lee Evans)
Mon 28 Nov Startopsend: 12 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, 11 Cormorant, 2 Mute Swan, 93 Mallard, 36 Gadwall, 10 Shoveler, 22 Wigeon, 73 Common Teal, 112 Northern Pochard, 4 Red-crested Pochard (2M, 1 first-w, 1F), 52 Tufted Duck, 14 Moorhen, 276 Coot, 3 Lapwing, 1 Dunlin, 76 Black-headed Gull, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Song Thrush, 16 House Sparrow (nr. Startop Farm) (Lee Evans)
Mon 28 Nov Marsworth: 3 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 12 Mallard, 4 Common Teal, 51 Black-headed Gull, c200
Woodpigeon (nr. Marsworth village), 16 Collared Dove, 1 Grey Wagtail, Wren, , Robin, 3 Blue Tit & 1 Reed Bunting (in reedbed), Chaffinch, plus 3 Dunnock & 1 Bullfinch (along Watery Lane) (Lee Evans)
Mon 28 Nov Tringford: 5 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Cormorant (inc. ringed bird 'CAU'), 2 Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan, 12 Mallard, 4 Common Teal, Green Sandpiper, 51 Black-headed Gull, 2 Pied Wagtail (Lee Evans)
Sun 27 Nov Wilstone: F Smew, M Pintail, 3 Goldeneye (1M 2F), 3 F Red-crested Pochard, Chiffchaff (Charlie Jackson)
Sat 26 Nov Wilstone: early am: Brent Goose still in Dry Canal field, 4 Bewick’s Swans on res., party of Linnets on mud nr. old overflow (Roy Hargreaves); F (red-head) Smew (David Bilcock via Lee Evans); c45 Fieldfare (Lucy Flower HBC)
Fri 25 Nov Wilstone: early am: Brent Goose still in field between Dry Canal paths, 4 Bewick’s Swans on lagoon to r of hide (old No 1 res.) (Roy Hargreaves)
Thu 24 Nov Wilstone: early am: Brent Goose still in Dry Canal field, 4 Bewick’s Swans, 1 M Goldeneye (Roy Hargreaves)
Thu 24 Nov Startopsend: 2 Red-crested Pochard (M&F) (Steve Blake HBC)
Wed 23 Nov Wilstone: 3 Bewick's Swan, Brent Goose, 2 Whooper Swan (Michael Howard HBC)
Tue 22 Nov Wilstone: early am: Brent Goose still in field by Dry Canal, 4 Bewick’s Swan (Roy Hargreaves)
Mon 22 Nov Startopsend:early am:
3 Red-crested Pochard (1M 2F) (Roy Hargreaves)
Mon 21 Nov Wilstone: early am: Brent Goose still in field by Dry Canal, 4 Bewick’s Swan (Roy Hargreaves)
Mon 21 Nov Startopsend: early am:
Water Pipit, 3 Red-crested Pochard (1M 2F) (Roy Hargreaves)
Sun 20 Nov Wilstone: 4 Goldeneye (Mike Wallen/ Ted Wallen HBC)
Sat 19 Nov Wilstone: early am: Brent Goose still in field nr. thetwo paths down from Dry Canal, 4 Bewick’s Swans still, Water Pipit, 5+ Dunlin, plus Little Egret over (Roy Hargreaves); plus ad. Mediterranean Gull (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Sat 19 Nov Startopsend: Dunlin (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Fri 18 Nov Wilstone: early am: Bewick’s Swans, plus Brent Goose still in field down from the Dry Canal (Roy Hargreaves); Dunlin, 300+ Golden Plover, 5 F Goldeneye, 2 Red Kite, 4 Bewick's Swan (2 ad. 2 juv.) (Jeff Bailey HBC), Brent Goose still in field nr. Rushy Meadow, 2 M Pintail, F Red-crested Pochard (Lee Evans HBC)
Thu 17 Nov Wilstone: Water Pipit, White-fronted Goose in field nr. jetty and on reservoir, 4 Bewick’s Swan, Brent Goose in field nr path down from dry canal nr. the old orchard, plus 22 Red-legged Partridge in fields around Dry Canal (Roy Hargreaves); mid am: Sparrowhawk, plus large flock of Fieldfares in trees behind hide (Francis Buckle); mid pm: 6 Dunlin & 2 Golden Plover with Lapwing flocks (Mike Collard); late pm: 4 Bewick's Swans, White-fronted Goose with the Greylags, Brent Goose in field still (Ben Miller)
Thu 17 Nov Marsworth: 100+ Corn Buntings to roost in reedbed (Ben Miller)
Wed 16 Nov Wilstone: 5 Dunlin, White-fronted Goose with Greylags, 4 Bewick's Swan (Lucy Flower/Francis Buckle HBC)
Tue 15 Nov Wilstone: early am: Brent Goose still in fields at back, 4 Bewick’s Swans, 4 Dunlin, Water Pipit and Peregrine (Roy Hargreaves); 4 Bewick's Swan, 5 Dunlin, Red Kite (Jeff Bailey HBC), 2 Whooper Swan),1 M Pintail, 4 Goldeneye (all F-types), M Peregrine, 411 Golden Plover, 389 Lapwing, Water Pipit (Lee Evans HBC), White-fronted Goose with Greylags (Stuart Harrison HBC)
Tue 15 Nov Marsworth: 74 Corn Bunting in reedbed at dusk (Lee Evans HBC)
Mon 14 Nov Wilstone: early am: Brent Goose in field, 10 Bewick’s Swans (6 later left), ad. Peregrine, Water Pipit, 5 Dunlin with the Golden Plover (Roy Hargreaves); mid am: 4 Bewick's Swans (2 ad. and 2 juvs.), Brent Goose (juv/1st-winter) in field nr. Rushy Meadow & on res., 5 Dunlin, 2 Whooper Swans (the feral pair) (Mike Wallen); 2 Common Snipe, c250 Golden Plover (Mike Wallen HBC), 120 Fieldfare over (Jeff Bailey HBC), Water Pipit (Andrew Miller HBC)
Sun 13 Nov Wilstone: 10 Bewick's Swans (7 adults, 3 juveniles) (aka Tundra Swan) (several obs. via Ben Miller/David Hutchinson/Lee Evans & others), plus Brent Goose (Dark-bellied ssp) in grass field just west of Rushy Meadow (Lee Evans); late pm: 10 Bewick's Swans still present at dusk, plus 3 Dunlin amongst the 400+ Golden Plover, plus Little Owl calling from fields towards Drayton Beauchamp (Ian Williams); plus 4 F Goldeneye (Mike Wallen/Ted Wallen HBC), Grey Wagtail (Lucy Flower HBC), Pintail, F Red-crested Pochard (Joan Thompson HBC)
Sat 12 Nov Wilstone: Brent Goose in field nr. cress-beds behind res. (Roy Hargreaves via David Bilcock/Mike Collard); plus Water Pipit, c.40 Meadow Pipits, 4 Pintail (2M 2F), 4 Goldeneye, Dunlin and Snipe with the Golden Plover flock, plus 3 Goosander over (Roy Hargreaves); 30 Mute Swans, the 2 adult Whooper Swans, 65 Greylag Geese, 4 Gadwall, 238 Eurasian Wigeon, 90 Common Teal, 65 Shoveler and 92 Northern Pochard, 5 Pintail (2 ad. M, 1 first-winter M, 2F), a Red-crested Pochard, 5 F Goldeneye, 411 European Golden Plovers, 1 Dunlin, 2 Common Snipe and the Water Pipit (Lee Evans); plus 27 Skylark, 8 Yellowhammer, 9 Linnet (Lee Evans HBC)
Sat 12 Nov Startopsend: 14 Great Crested Grebes, 4 Mute Swans, 14 Canada Geese, 5 Gadwall, 65 Teal, 15 Pochard, 11 Shoveler and 3 Red0crested Pochard (1 adult drake, 1 adult female and a first-winter female) (Lee Evans)
Sat 12 Nov Marsworth: 4 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Mute Swan, 27 Shoveler, 4 Water Rails, plus a Wren in full song (Lee Evans)
Sat 12 Nov Tringford: 2 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Mute Swans, several Teal and Shoveler and 28 Tufted Duck (Lee Evans)
Fri 11 Nov Startopsend: F Goldeneye (Mike Wallen HBC)
Thu 10 Nov Wilstone: Water Pipit (Lee Evans); Twite (Steve Blake via Lee Evans); late pom: flock of 20 Meadow Pipit, 30+ Pied Wagtails, Water Pipit,
400+ Golden Plover (Charlie Jackson)
Thu 10 Nov Startopsend: 3 Red-crested Pochard (1M 2F) (Steve Blake HBC)
Thu 10 Nov Marsworth: late pm (16.15): 78 Corn Buntings, 1 Water Rail (Ian Williams)
Wed 9 Nov Wilstone: am: Water Pipit, Dunlin, 2 Goldeneye (Roy Hargreaves)
Tue 8 Nov Wilstone: 3 Goldeneye (all F), 380 Golden Plover (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Mon 7 Nov Wilstone: 411 Golden Plover, 4 Little Grebes, 7 Great Crested Grebes, 36 Mute Swans, the 2 adult Whooper Swans, 62 Greylag Geese, just 78 Wigeon, 113 Common Teal, 42 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 1 M Pintail, 44 Pochard, 27 Tufted Duck and 10 Meadow Pipits (Lee Evans)
Sun 6 Nov Wilstone: Water Pipit, 3 Dunlin and the flock of Golden Plover (Roy Hargreaves)
Sun 6 Nov Startopsend: 3 Red-crested Pochard (1M 2F) (Mike Wallen HBC)
Sun 6 Nov Tringford: Cormorant (the ringed bird (CUA) from NE Scotland, back for its 7th winter at Tring) (David Bilcock)
Sat 5 Nov Wilstone: am: Grey Plover over (David Bilcock); late am: 30+ Linnet in meadow behind hide (Lucy Flower); flock of 13 Bullfinch over hide meadow (Roy Hargreaves)
Wed 2 Nov Startopsend: 5 Red-crested Pochard (2M 3F) (Mike Wallen HBC)
Tue 1 Nov Wilstone: 200 Golden Plover, Red Kite (Keith Messenger HBC)
Tue 1 Nov Startopsend: Little Egret, 5 Red-crested Pochard (2M 3F) (Mike Wallen HBC)
Tue 1 Nov Marsworth: 52 Corn Bunting (35+ went in to reedbed around 16:20 followed by small groups of 4-5 birds) (Lynne Lambert HBC)
Mon 31 Oct Wilstone: 5 Pintail (4M 1F), 2 Whooper Swan (G Lapworth/M Smith HBC)
Sat 29 Oct Wilstone: early am: Water Pipit with Meadow Pipits, Dunlin with Golden Plover flock, plus several Lesser Redpolls, Siskin and Linnets over, 1+ Little Egrets (flew in from Tringford) (Roy Hargreaves); plus Wheatear (Charlie Jackson); 4 Pintail, Wheatear (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Fri 28 Oct Wilstone: early am: Water Pipit (Roy Hargreaves); 4 Meadow Pipits, Dunlin, 206 Golden Plover, Common Snipe, 9 Pintail (5M 4F), Jay, Blackcap, 4 Little Grebe, 9 Great Crested Grebe and 39 Mute Swans (Lee Evans)
Fri 28 Oct Startopsend: 3 Red-crested Pochard (2M 1F), 16 Great Crested Grebes, 56 Eurasian Wigeon and 2 Common Gulls (adult and first-winter) (Lee Evans)
Fri 28 Oct Tringford: 4 Little Egrets, a Green Sandpiper, 2 Mute Swans, 62 Common Teal and 25 Shoveler (Lee Evans)
Thu 27 Oct Wilstone: Water Pipit, 3 Rock Pipits, plus a large flock of Golden Plover, Wheatear
(Roy Hargreaves); plus 2 Whooper Swans, Grey Wagtail, 2 (pair) Pintail, plus 2 Goldcrest (Mike Collard)
Thu 27 Oct Tringford: Green Sandpiper and two Little Egrets (Roy Hargreaves)
Wed 26 Oct Wilstone: 160 Golden Plover, 1 (pos. 2) Rock Pipits, 1 Water Pipit, 1 Pintail, plus 12+ Mistle Thrushes and 40+ Fieldfares in fields nr. Cemetry Corner (Francis Buckle); 265 Golden Plover, 7 Pintail (4M 3F), 2 Red Kite (Jeff Bailey HBC), 2 Rock Pipit, Water Pipit, Dunlin, 2 Whooper Swan (Nick Sinden HBC)
Tue 25 Oct Wilstone: 7 Pintail,
2 Whooper Swan (Lee Evans HBC), Water Pipit (Lee Evans/Andrew Miller HBC), c235 Golden Plover (Andrew Miller HBC)
Mon 24 Oct Wilstone: early am: Water Pipit, flock of Meadow Pipits, 6+ Pintail, a good-sized flock of Golden Plover (Roy Hargreaves); pm: Water Pipit, 10 Meadow Pipits, 3 Pied Wagtails, 1 M Linnet, the pair of Whooper Swans, 7 Pintail (4M 3F), 34 Mute Swans (Lee Evans);
7 Pintail (4M 3F) (Lee Evans/Jeff Bailey HBC), 91 Golden Plover, Red Kite (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Sun 23 Oct Wilstone: 2 Red-crested Pochard (M&F) (Chris Side HBC)
Sat 22 Oct Wilstone: early am: Great White Egret over (Stuart Wilson/Ian Williams HBC)
Fri 21 Oct Wilstone: 3 Little Grebes, 34 Mute Swans (including the family party, the cygnets being banded with orange rings), the 2 adult Whooper Swans, 134 Wigeon, Teal, 52 Shoveler, 92 Pochard, a pair of Red-crested Pochards, 147 Golden Plovers on the bund (Lee Evans)
Fri 21 Oct Startopsend: 2 Ravens lingering overhead, 5 Red-crested Pochards (4M 1F), 15 Great Crested Grebes, 4 Mute Swans, 55 Wigeon, 16 Teal, 5 Shoveler and 29 Pochard (Lee Evans)
Fri 21 Oct Tringford: 3 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Little Egret, 2 Mute Swans and 28 Common Teal (Lee Evans)
Thu 20 Oct Wilstone:2 Red-crested Pochard (M&F), 2 Pintail (M&F), 63 Golden Plover (Steve Blake HBC)
Thu 20 Oct Startopsend: 3 M Red-crested Pochard (Steve Blake HBC)
Thu 20 Oct Tringford: Raven over canal at Little Tring (Steve Blake HBC)
Wed 19 Oct Wilstone: Pintail, 2 Common Snipe, 140 Golden Plover, 2 Whooper Swan (Joan Thompson HBC)
Tue 18 Oct Wilstone: early am: 30 Meadow Pipits, c30 Pied Wagtails, 1 M Pintail, 2 (pr.) Red-crested Pochards, plus Golden Plover on mud, 8 Siskin and 1 Lesser Redpoll over (Roy Hargreaves)
Sun 16 Oct Wilstone: am: Rock Pipit (nr. jetty), Short-eared Owl (Ian Williams); M Common Scoter (briefly - moved on to College Lake), 8 Pintail, 167 Golden Plover, Common Snipe, 3 Siskin (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Sun 16 Oct Startopsend: 2 Red-crested Pochard, Common Snipe (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Sun 16 Oct Tringford: Tringford Res (Tring Reservoirs), Green Sandpiper (Steve Rodwell)
Sat 15 Oct Wilstone: Rock Pipit, Dunlin (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Fri 14 Oct Wilstone: 2 Dunlin (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Thu 13 Oct Wilstone: 194 Golden Plover (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Wed 12 Oct Wilstone: 2 Rock Pipits, 696 Coot, 328 Wigeon, 230 Teal, 24 Gadwall, 118 Shoveler and 4 Pintail (2 M), 37 Mute Swans, 311 Lapwings and 116 Golden Plover (Lee Evans); Grey Wagtail (Lee Batten HBC)
Wed 12 Oct Startopsend: 9 Great Crested Grebes and 22 Pied Wagtails roosting on raft (Lee Evans)
Tue 11 Oct Wilstone: 26 Golden Plover (Nigel Agar HBC), Rock Pipit (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Mon 10 Oct Wilstone: Rock Pipit, Swallow, 2 Dunlin over (Mike Wallen HBC)
Mon 10 Oct Startopsend: 1st winter Little Gull, plus good
numbers of Teal and Shoveler & the usual Red-crested Pochards (Rob Andrews)
Sun 9 Oct Wilstone: Rock Pipit, Common Snipe, 200 Golden Plover (100+ on res. and c100 over), 2 Dunlin, 7 Pintail (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Sat 8 Oct Wilstone: am: Wheatear (on bank nr. car park) & late am: 2 Rock Pipits (nr. jetty/Cemetery corner), juv. Arctic Tern (David Bilcock); early pm: Wheatear (on track from cemetery), 10+ Swallows (Johne Taylor)
Fri 7 Oct Wilstone: 11 Swallows, 1 House Martin, 3 Skylarks through, plus 4 Little Grebes, 9 Great Crested Grebes, 33 Mute Swans, the 2 Whooper Swans, 233 Common Teal, 8 Gadwall, 68 Eurasian Wigeon, 9 Pintail (inc. 1 M), 109 Shoveler and 19 Pied Wagtails (Lee Evans); 11 Swallow
, House Martin (Lee Evans HBC), 10 Golden Plover, Grey Wagtail (Keith Messenger HBC)
Thu 6 Oct Wilstone: Common Snipe, 5 Golden Plover (Steve Blake HBC)
Thu 6 Oct Startopsend: M Red-crested Pochard almost out of eclipse (Mike Wallen HBC)
Thu 6 Oct Tringford: 11 Little Egret, Green Sandpiper (Steve Blake HBC)
Mon 3 Oct Wilstone: 8 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Grebe, 8 Greylag Geese, 79 Atlantic Canada Geese, 6 Gadwall, 58 Wigeon, 175 Teal, 6 Pintail (1 M), 1 Common Buzzard, 211 Black-headed Gulls and 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Lee Evans)
Mon 3 Oct Startopsend: 6 Great Crested Grebes and the 3 Red-crested Pochards (Lee Evans)
Mon 3 Oct Tringford: 6 Little Egrets,1 Great Crested Grebe, 16 Real, 10 Gadwall and 1 Little Grebe (Lee Evans); 7 Little Egret (Lee Evans HBC)
Sat 1 Oct Wilstone: early am: Great White Egret (briefly) (David Bilcock via Roy Hargreaves)
Thu 29 Sep Wilstone: early am: many Lapwing & 2 Snipe on mud nr. hide, plus 20+ Linnet on fields behind res., parties of Skylark around, 2 juv. Little Grebes (Roy Hargreaves)
Wed 28 Sep Wilstone: early am: juv Little Stint, 9 Pintail, 6 Little Egrets, numerous Meadow Pipits over in constant trickle, 2 Swallows, 4 Siskins, 10 Lesser Redpolls, 5 Chiffchaffs, plus Whitethroat nr. Dry Canal (Roy Hargreaves); pm: 2 Great White Egrets (Doug Helsby)
Tue 27 Sep Wilstone: very early am: Ringed Plover, several Chiffchaffs, plus several Tawny Owls calling (Roy Hargreaves); 2 adult Whooper Swansl, 34 Mute Swans, 18 Gadwall, 346+ Common Teal, 38 Wigeon, 6 Pintail, 84 Shoveler, 94 Pochards, 11 Little Egrets, 3 Hobbies, 1 Common Chiffchaff (Lee Evans)
Mon 26 Sep Marsworth: F Red-crested Pochard (Drew Lyness HBC)
Sun 25 Sep Wilstone: Ruff, Ringed Plover, 9 Pintail, 7 Yellow Wagtail, 18 Little Egret, Siskin (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Sat 24 Sep Wilstone: early am: Ruff, Ringed Plover, 2 Snipe, 2 Golden Plover, plus in fields behind res.: c 30 Linnet, several Meadow Pipits, Yellowhammers and Skylark, plus ' a constant trickle' of Meadow Pipits & a poss. Rock Pipit over (Roy Hargreaves); 350+ Common Teal, 6 Pintails (Lee Evans); Mediterranean Gull (first-winter), 2 Hobby, Siskin (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Fri 23 Sep Wilstone: early am: Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 8+ Pintail, 5 Golden Plover, Yellow Wagtail on mud with Pied wagtails (Roy Hargreaves); Golden Plover, Yellow Wagtail (Steve Rodwell HBC), Little Stint (briefly) (Ian Williams HBC)
Thu 22 Sep Wilstone: Ringed Plover, Kingfisher, Ruff (John Foster HBC)
Black-tailed Godwit (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Tue 20 Sep Wilstone: mid pm: 1 Peregrine,
17 Little Egret,
38 Lesser Black-backed Gulls,
1 Black-tailed Godwit (Roger Merrison)
Mon 19 Sep Wilstone: early am: F Ruff (Reeve), 1+ Ringed Plover, 6 Pintail, plus Yellow Wagtail and Meadow Pipits over, 2+ Hobby (Roy Hargreaves); first-winter Little Gull (David Bilcock via Lee Evans); juv. Ruff, juv. Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Pintail, 17 Little Egrets, c 300 Teal, 150 Shoveler, 22 Wigeon, 31 Mute Swans (Lee Evans); late pm: Ruff, first-winter Little Gull (David Bilcock); plus 2 Ringed Plover (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Mon 19 Sep Startopsend: 3 Red-crested Pochards, Kingfisher (Lee Evans)
Fri 16 Sep Wilstone: 2 Ringed Plover (Mike Wallen HBC)
Thu 15 Sep Wilstone: Hobby (Geoff Young HBC)
Wed 14 Sep Wilstone: early am: juv Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Ringed Plover (Roy Hargreaves)
Wed 14 Sep Startopsend: early am:
juv Shag (Roy Hargreaves)
Tue 13 Sep Wilstone:16 Ringed Plover, Black Tern, 2 Common Tern, Hobby (carrying hirundine taken at the res.) (Mike Wallen HBC), 3 Common Tern (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Tue 13 Sep Startopsend: 2 Whooper Swan (feral pair), 2 Red-crested Pochard, F Pintail (Mike Wallen HBC)
Mon 12 Sep Wilstone: Little Stint
still with Ringed Plovers, Hobby, M Pintail (in eclipse), Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Common Sandpipers, 9+ Little Egrets (Rob Andrews); plus Ruff, 18 Ringed Plover, juv. Black Tern (Mike Ilett HBC), 3 Hobby (G Lapworth/M Smith HBC), 3 Red-crested Pochard (2M 1F) (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Mon 12 Sep Startopsend: 2 Whooper Swan, 2 Red-crested Pochard (Mike Ilett HBC)
Sun 11 Sep Wilstone: early am: Little Stint, the Ringed Plover flock, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, Ruff, Greenshank, Whimbrel, plus 8 Siskin and several Yellow Wagtails and Meadow Pipits over (Roy Hargreaves); 2 Siskin, White Wagtail, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Swift (Steve Rodwell HBC), Little Stint, 3 Hobby (family group), 2 Whooper Swan, Mute Swan, 3 Red Kite, 2 Black-tailed Godwit (Chris Holtby HBC)
Sat 10 Sep Wilstone: Pectoral Sandpiper, Little Stint, Whimbrel (reported), Swift and Hobby (Mike Collard); Spotted Flycatcher in hedge nr. overflow, plus 2 Golden Plover & 20+ Yellow Wagtails over (Roy Hargreaves)
Fri 9 Sep Wilstone: early am: Pectoral Sandpiper, 4 Dunlin, Little Stint (Don Otter); the ringed Plover flock, Black Tern, Ruff, 2 Black-tailed Godwits (Roy Hargreaves); pm: Pectoral Sandpiper (a juv. F), 18 Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Little Stint, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpipers, 135 Lapwings, 2 Common Terns, Black Tern, 8 Great Crested Grebes, 22 Little Egrets, 30 Mute Swans, 2 Whooper Swans, 10 Gadwall, 175 Common Teal, 90 Shoveler, 58 Pochard, 522 Coot, 3 Hobbies, juv. Sparrowhawk, 1 Swift, 4 Common Chiffchaffs, 1 Grey- & 1 Yellow Wagtails over (Lee Evans)
Thu 8 Sep Wilstone: early am: Pectoral Sandpiper, juv Little Stint, the Ringed Plovers, Dunlin (found by Warren Claydon), 2 Black-tailed Godwits, Ruff, plus Whinchat and Wheatear on hedge nr. Rushy Meadow (Roy Hargreaves); late pm: juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper with 17 Ringed Plovers, juv. Dunlin, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Little Stint, 2 Green Sandpipers, 1 Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpipers, 2 Common Terns, juv. Black Tern, 2 Swifts, 150 House Martins and 57 Sand Martins, plus Whinchat and Whearear in fields behind Rushy Meadow (Lee Evans)
Wed 7 Sep Wilstone: Pectoral Sandpiper (Steve Rodwell/David Bilcock via Rob Andrews); late pm: Pectoral Sandpiper, Two Black-tailed Godwits, (adult and a juv.), juv. M Ruff, 2 Green Sandpipers, juv. Little Stint, 3 Common Sandpipers, 1 Greenshank, juv. Black Tern, 4 Common Terns, 21 Little Egrets, 6 Swifts, 240+ House Martins, 3 Yellow Wagtails (Lee Evans)
Tue 6 Sep Wilstone: pm: juv. Black Tern, 15 Ringed Plovers (inc. 5 Tundra ssp), juv. Ruff, 1 Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpipers, 5 Swifts, >370 House Martins, 2 Common Terns, 3 Hobbies, 19 Little Egrets, 2 Whooper Swans, 36 Mute Swans, 135 Common Teal, 5 Wigeon, 110 Shoveler, 85 Pochard, plus 4 Chinese Water Deer (Lee Evans)
Mon 5 Sep Wilstone: early am: Common Tern, 13 Ringed Plover, Little Stint, 14 Little Egret, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, Ruff, plus 2+ Yellow Wagtails over (Roy Hargreaves); plus 137 Lapwing, 11 Great Crested Grebe, 102 Canada Geese, 34 Mute Swan, 226 Mallard, 10 Gadwall, 5 Wigeon, 125 Common Teal, 110 Shoveler, 516 Coot, Hobby, 41 Jackdaws, juv. Common Whitethroat (Lee Evans); late pm plus Common Tern, Swift (Joan Thompson)
Mon 5 Sep Startopsend: 2 Little Egrets, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Mute Swan, 2 Whooper Swan (pair), 9 Greylag Geese, 225 Mallard, 1 M Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, 29 Tufted Duck, 1 F Pochard, 2 Red-crested Pochard (pair), 208 Coot, 22 Sand Martin (Lee Evans)
Mon 5 Sep Tringford: 10 Little Egret, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Grey Heron, 14 Tufted Duck (mostly juvs.), 88 Coot (Lee Evans)
Sun 4 Sep Wilstone: late pm: 20 Red Knot (David Bilcock and others), juv. Little Stint, 15 Ringed Plover, 1 juv. Ruff, 1 Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpipers, 22 Little Egret, 1 Swift, c40 Sand Martins, 120 House Martins (Lee Evans)
Sun 4 Sep Tringford: 6 Swift (Lee Evans)
Sat 3 Sep Wilstone: early am: juv Little Stint with Ringed Plovers, 1 Ruff, 1 Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpipers, 20+ Little Egrets (Roy Hargreaves); plus 7+ Ringed Plover, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Hobby, 4+ White Wagtail, Red Kite (HBC observer not recorded)
Fri 2 Sep Wilstone: early am: 3 Curlew Sandpipers, juv. Peregrine, Little Stint, Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff, several Yellow Wagtails over, Whinchat with Yellowhammers, Willow Warblers and Whitethroat (all in hedge nr. overflow), Greenshank and Redshank over (Roy Hargreaves); late pm: 1 Common Snipe, 2 juv. Ruff, juv. Little Stint, 8 Ringed Plovers (inc. 4 juv.), 2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Greenshank, 17 Great Crested Grebes, 386 Coot, 19 Little Egret, 16 Mute Swan, 135 Common Teal, 67 Shoveler, 69 Pochard, 26 Tufted Duck, 3 Hobbies, 3 Common Terns, 1 Yellow Wagtail over, 143 Swallows, 115+ House Martins (Lee Evans)
Fri 2 Sep Wilstone: Ruff (Ephraim Perfect HBC)
Thu 1 Sep Wilstone: Whinchat in hedge nr. the long dung heap (Roy Hargreaves)
Wed 31 Aug Wilstone: late pm: 12 Ruff (1M, 2F, 9 juv.), 2 juv. Little Stint, juv. Dunlin, 6 Ringed Plovers, 2 Green Sandpipers, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshanks,plus
26 Mute Swans, 175 Common Teal, 18 Gadwall, 38 Shoveler, 58 Pochard, 11 Great Crested Grebe, 477 Coot, 5 Grey Herons, 18 Little Egrets, 1 juv. Herring Gull, 5 Common Terns, 330 Lapwings, plus in 'hide meadow': 6 Spotted Flycatchers, juv. Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat, M Blackcap, juv. Sparrowhawk, 3 Hobbies, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2+ Stock Doves, 11 Goldfinch, 2 Goldcrest, 8 Blue Tits, 1 juvenile Great Tit, Robin, Wren and Song Thrush, plus the 4 resident Chinese Water Deer and 2 Red Foxes (Lee Evans); plus 3 Common Sandpiper, 8 Ringed Plover (Jeff Bailey HBC), 2 Black-tailed Godwit (Steve Rodwell HBC),
5 Red Kite (Jason Chapman HBC)
Tue 30 Aug Wilstone: late pm: 2 Swifts over, 2 Ruff, 2 Greenshank, Common Sand, 12
Little Egret (Rob Andrews); Little Stint (Steve Rodwell via Rob Andrews)
Tue 30 Aug Startopsend: late pm: 3 Yellow Wagtails, F Red-crested Pochard (Rob Andrews)
Mon 29 Aug Wilstone: am: juv Little Stint, juv. Dunlin, 1 Ruff, 4+ Greenshank, 9 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 3 Hobbies (Mike Wallen); plus 2 Redshank, Green Sandpiper (Andrew Miller HBC), 6 Little Egret (Mike Wallen/Ted Wallen HBC)
Sun 28 Aug Wilstone: early am: 6 Ruff, 4 Ringed Plover, Little Stint, juv. Dunlin, 6 Ringed Plover, little Ringed Plover, plus 21 Yellow Wagtails over (Roy Hargreaves); 2 juv. Spotted Flycatchers ringed (Johne Taylor); late pm: Little Stint, 6 juvenile Ruffs, 10 Ringed Plovers, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 10 Greenshank Green Sandpiper (Lee Evans); plus 12 Ringed Plover, 8 Swift, (Steve Rodwell HBC), 8 Greenshank, Common Sandpiper (Joan Thompson HBC)
Sun 28 Aug Startopsend: 25 Yellow Wagtail (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Sat 27 Aug Wilstone: early am: Little Stint (Roy Hargreaves/David Bilcock); plus 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 5 Ruff, Greenshank, Ringed Plover, plus Chinese Water Deer (Roy Hargreaves); plus 3 Hobby, 2 Red Kite, Green Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank, 16 Little Egret (Simon West HBC)
Fri 26 Aug Wilstone: 4 Ruffs (David Bilcock); late pm: 3 juv. Arctic Terns (David Bilcock); mid am: 4 juv. Ruff, 9 Greenshank, 9 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 juv. Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Common Sandpipers, 1 Green Sandpiper, 8 Common Terns, 85 Sand Martins, 130 House Martin, 65 Swallow (Lee Evans); 4 Spotted Flycatcher in field behind res. (Steve Rodwell via Lee Evans); 2 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Ruff, 16 Little Egret, 3 Arctic Tern, 5 Common Sandpiper, 7 Ringed Plover (Mike Wallen/ Ted Wallen HBC); late pm Bat Walk: Common & Soprano Pipistrelles, Daubenton's Bat, Serotine, Natterer’s Bat, Leisler’s Bat (Keith Evans)
Fri 26 August Startopsend: late am: 3 Ruffs (1M 2 reeve (F)) (Lee Evans via David Bilcock); plus 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 juv. Black-tailed Godwits & 8 Little Egrets (prob. from Wilsone), 2 ad.Whooper Swan (Lee Evans)
Thu 25 Aug Wilstone: early am: Black-necked Grebe, 3 Ruff, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 8 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper and numbers of Greenshank (Roy Hargreaves); late pm: Black-necked Grebe, 4 juv. Ruffs, 2 juv. Black-tailed Godwits, 9 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpipers, the 8 Ringed Plovers, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 15 Little Egrets, 8 Wigeon, 127 Common Teal, 34 Cormorants, juv. Sparrowhawk, 43 House Martins, plus in hedgerow on E of res: Lesser Whitethroat, 3 juv. Willow Warblers, 5 Common Chiffchaffs, plus 4 Chinese Water Deer (Lee Evans); plus 3 Yellow Wagtail (Lee Evans HBC) 3 Green Sandpiper, Hobby (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Wed 24 Aug Wilstone:early am: 4 juv. Ruff and2 juv. Black-tailed Godwits, plus Greenshanks and Common Sandpipers (numbers not recorded), 8 Ringed Plover, 1+ Yellow Wagtails over, 2 Little Ringed Plover, ad. Sanderling, plus 2 Little Owls (nr. Miswell Farm) and 12 Red-legged Partridge in field S of Dry Canal (Roy Hargreaves); late pm: 2 juv. Black-tailed Godwit, 4 juv. Ruff, 9 Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpipers, 1 Green Sandpiper,8 Ringed Plover, 2 juv. Little Ringed Plover, 112+ Common Tea, 48 Northern Pochard, 15 Little Egrets, 9 Wigeon, 2 Swifts, 65 Sand Martins, 30+ House Martins, 2 Jays (Lee Evans)
Tue 23 Aug Wilstone: am & pm: 1 Wheatear, 4 Ruff (3 juv. 1 F (reeve)) ,2 juv. Blacl-tailed Godwit, 3 ad. Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper, 13 Greenshank, 330 Lapwing, 14 Little Egret, plus departed 5 Wigeon, 18 Gadwall, 78 Teal, plus in Cemetery Corner field 22 Chaffinch, 1 Linnet, 1 juv. Willow Warbler (Lee Evans); late pm: 2 juv. Black Terns, 7 Ringed Plovers, juv. Little Ringed Plover (Lee Evans)
Tue 23 Aug Startopsend: 2 ad. Whooper Swans, 4 Mute Swans, 6 Great Crested Grebes, 3 Little Egrets, 4 Red-crested Pochard (2M 1F 1 juv.), 194 Coot (Lee Evans)
Tue 23 Aug Marsworth: 2 Mute Swans and 2 Great Crested Grebes (Lee Evans)
Tue 23 Aug Tringford: 9 Grey Herons, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 22 Tufted Ducks, 70 Coot (Lee Evans)
Mon 22 Aug Wilstone:early am: juv Black Tern (Roy Hargreaves); mid am/early pm: major migrant passage: ad. Osprey, 2 juv. Marsh Harriers, 16 Red Kite and 11 juv. Common Buzzard, plus 2 Sparrowhawk over; other birds: Black Tern, 2 juv. Mediterranean Gulls, 216 Black-headed Gulls, 16 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 25 Common Terns, 4 juv. Ruff, 13 Greenshank, 2 juv Black-tailed Godwit, juv. Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Common Sandpipers, 330 Lapwing, 43 Common Teal, 17 Shoveler, 18 Gadwall, 8 Wigeon, 30 Northern Pochard, 14 Little Egret, plus 190+ Swallows & 85 House Martins over, Chiffchaff singing in NW corner, juv. Coal Tit, 1 Grey Wagtai, 27 Mute Swans, plus the 2 regular Chinese Water Deer (Lee Evans); plus
2 Ringed Plover (Joan Thompson HBC), 15 Little Egret (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Sun 21 Aug Wilstone: early am: juv Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Greenshank, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Lesser Ringed Plovers, 1 Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper and 3 Green Sandpiper (Roy Hargreaves); juv. Black Tern, 2 juv. Black-tailed Godwit, juv. Dunlin, 5 Swift (Steve Rodwell HBC), 4 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 10 Little Egret, Red Kite, 14 Greenshank (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Sun 21 Aug Marsworth: 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 feeding young nr. reeds (Peter Lyons HBC)
Sat 20 Aug Wilstone: early am: Whinchat nr. jetty/ Cemetery Corner (Dan Forder via Ben Miller); pm: juv. Black-tailed Godwit, 16 Greenshank, 5 Common Sandpipers, 2+ Green Sandpipers, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover and juv Dunlin (Roy Hargreaves); Peregrine, Red Kite, 13 Greenshank (Andrew Steele HBC), Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ringed Plover (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Thu 18 Aug Wilstone: Redshank, juv. Dunlin, 15 Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, 8+ Greenshank, 2 juv. Little Ringed Plover (Joan Thompson HBC)
Wed 17Aug Startopsend: 2 Red-crested Pochard (Joan Thompson HBC), 2 Whooper Swan (Joan Ta HBC)
Tue 16 Aug Wilstone: early am: 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 8 Ringed Plover, juv Dunlin, c.8 Greenshank, 1+ Common Sandpipers, plus the regular F Chinese Water Deer and fawn (Roy Hargreaves); Hobby, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Greenshank, 6 Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper (S Richards HBC)
Mon 15 Aug Wilstone: early am: 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Green Sandpipers, 4 Common Sandpipers, juv Dunlin, Greenshank, plus Wheatear nr. Rushy Meadow and Raven over (Roy Hargreaves); late pm: 7 Swift, 2 Black-tailed Godwit (Ian Williams HBC)
Sun 14 Aug Wilstone: early am: Peregrine (prob. juv. F), 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank flew in, 12 Greenshank, 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, juv. Dunlin, 4+ Green Sandpiper, 4+ Common Sandpipers (Roy Hargreaves); 13 Greenshank (Francis Buckle); 3 Redshank (1 ad. 2 juv.), Dunlin, 4 Ringed Plover (ad. & 3 juv.), 2 juv. Little Ringed Plover, 12 Little Egret, 12 Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Black-tailed Godwit (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Sun 14 Aug Marsworth: 2 Spotted Flycatcher (Alex Lewis HBC)
Sat 13 Aug Wilstone: early am: Grey Plover, juv. Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Greenshank, 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin (ad. & juv.), 4+ Green Sandpipers, 3+ Common Sandpipers, 3+ Little Egrets (Roy Hargreaves)
Fri 12 Aug Wilstone: early am: 4 Black-tailed Godwits, 9 Greenshank, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, juv. Dunlin, 5 Green Sandpipers, 3 Common Sandpipers, plus 9 Red-legged Partridge in field S of Dry Canal (Roy Hargreaves); am: 7 Greenshank, 4 Black-tailed Godwits, juv. Dunlin, ad. Osprey 9 (moulting) (Francis Buckle); early pm: juv. Curlew, juv. Yellow-legged Gull, 4 ad. Black-tailed Godwit, 11 Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpipers, the juv. Dunlin, 382 Lapwing, juv. Red-crested Pochard, 17 Common Teal, 17 Shoveler, 11 Northern Pochard and 41 Mute Swan, 22 Little Egret, 52 Common Terns, Spotted Flycatcher (in hedgerow N of overflow), 2 juv. Blackcaps, 22 Swallows, 46 House Martins, 2 (pr.) Stock Doves (Lee Evans); plus 2 Dunlin (ad. & juv.), 3 Ringed Plover, 3+ Common Sandpiper (Ian Williams HBC)
Fri 12 Aug Startopsend: pm: 2 Whooper Swans (Lee Evans)
Thu 11 Aug Wilstone: 31Little Egret,7 Greenshank, 5+ Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpipers, ad. Dunlin, 395 Lapwings, Ringed Plover, 10 Great Crested Grebes, 8 Common Teal, 38 Mute Swans, 87 Canada Geese, 59 Greylag Geese, 51 Common Terns, 1 Swift, 43 House Martins (Lee Evans)
Thu 11 Aug Startopsend: 148 Mallard, 2 Whooper Swans, 2 Mute Swans, 42 Tufted Duck, 2 Northern Pochard, 4 Great Crested Grebe and 8 Moorhen (Lee Evans)
Thu 11 Aug Marsworth: 4 Great Crested Grebes, 2 (pr.) Moorhen with 1 tiny young, 8+ Reed Warblers (Lee Evans)
Thu 11 Aug Tringford: 8 Little Egrets, 2 Mute Swans, 27 Tufted Duck and 3 Northern Pochards (Lee Evans)
Wed 10 Aug Wilstone: early am: Spotted Redshank, 8 Greenshank, 2 Dunlin, 2/3 Little Ringed Plovers, 5+ Green Sandpipers, 3+ Common Sandpipers (Roy Hargreaves); mid pm: 1 ad. Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin (2 ad. 1 juv.), 2 Little Ringed Plover, 8 Greenshank, 1 juv. Spotted Redshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper (Ian Williams); plus Hobby (Joan Thompson HBC)
Tue 9 Aug Wilstone: Spotted Redshank, 8 Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit (Ephraim Perfect HBC)
Mon 8 Aug Wilstone: early am: 5 ad. Black-tailed Godwits, Spotted Redshank, 7 Greenshank, 8 Green Sandpipers, 7 Common Sandpipers, 1 ad. Little Ringed Plover, 20+ Little Egrets, 1 juv. Yellow-legged Gull (Roy Hargreaves); late am/early pm: 6 ad. Blacl-tailed Godwits, Spotted Redshank, 6 Greenshank, 6 Green Sandpipers, 2+ Common Sandpipers, plus 17
Great Crested Grebe, 19 Cormorant, 21 Little Egret, 31 Mute Swan, 2 Whooper Swan, 10
Gadwall, 8+
Common Teal, 8
Shoveler, 6
Common Buzzard, 8 Red Kite, 4 Sparrowhawk, 2 Hobby, 388 Coot, 172
Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, 268
Black-headed Gull, 40
Lesser Black-backed Gull (inc. birds on fields being ploughed by Cemetery Corner), 44 Common Tern, 11
Sand Martins, 32
House Martins, 11 Starling, 29
Mistle Thrush, mixed flock of 240
Rook and Jackdaw nr. dry Canal (Lee Evans); plus 3 Hobby, 2 Whooper Swan (Andrew Miller HBC)
Mon 8 Aug Marsworth: noonish: Hobby over (Lee Evans)
Mon 8 Aug Tringford: noonish: 4 broods of Tufted Duck, totalling 14 ducklings (Lee Evans)
Sun 7 Aug Wilstone: early am: Spotted Redshank, 6+ Greenshank, 20+ Little Egrets (Roy Hargreaves); late pm: 9 Whimbrel (David Bilcock);
plus 2 Whooper Swan (feral pair), 5 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 5 Swift (Mike Wallen/Ted Wallen HBC)
Sat 6 Aug Wilstone: am: 7+ Greenshank, 7+ Green Sandpipers, 6+ Common Sandpipers and 'plenty' of Little Egrets (Roy Hargreaves); mid-am: juv. Spotted Redshank, 9 Common Sandpiper (Ian Williams HBC), 7 Green Sandpiper, 7 Greenshank, 21 Little Egret (Ian Williams/Mike Wallen/Ted Wallen HBC), 2 Whooper Swan (feral pr.) (Mike Wallen/Ted Wallen HBC); 18 Common Teal, 607 Coot, 197 Lapwing, 82 Common Tern, 66 House Martins (Lee Evans); late pm: Spotted Redshank still (David Bilcock)
Fri 5 Aug Wilstone: 7 Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 17 Little Egret, 7 Greenshank (Jeff Bailey HBC), juv. Little Ringed Plover (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Thu 4 Aug Wilstone: 8 Green Sandpiper, 8 Common Sandpiper, 6 Greenshank, juv. Mediterranean Gull, Whimbrel (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Wed 3 Aug Wilstone: 27 Little Egret, 5 Greenshank, 9 Green Sandpiper, 6 Common Sandpiper, 2 Whooper Swan, (Lee Evans HBC),
plus juv. Little Ringed Plover (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Tue 2 Aug Wilstone: late pm: 27 Little Egrets, 9 Green Sandpipers, 5 Common Greenshanks, 6 Common Sandpipers, 2 ad. Whooper Swans (prob. from Wardown Park), 12 Teal, 28 Mute Swans, the Sparrowhawk family, M Wigeon and 19 Mistle Thrushes (Lee Evans)
Mon 1 Aug Wilstone: early am: 4 Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpipers, 3 Common Sandpipers, 3 Water Rails and 1 Little Ringed Plover, 17 Little Egrets; late pm: 25+ Little Egrets, 2 (feral) Whooper Swans (Roy Hargreaves); 3 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Water Rail (1 ad. 1 juv.), 5 Greenshank (Samuel Perfect HBC)
Sun 31 Jul Wilstone: Water Rail (Andrew Steele HBC),
18 Little Egret, Kingfisher, 2 Red Kite (Jeff Bailey HBC),
5 Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper (Clifford Smout HBC)
Sat 30 Jul Wilstone: early am: F Ruff (known as a Reeve), 4 Greenshank, 4 Common Sandpipers, 3+ Green Sandpipers and 3 Lesser Ringed Plovers, (fewer) Little Egrets, plus the Spotted Flycatcher family in the orchard, visible from dry canal (Roy Hargreaves); 3 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 juv. Water Rail (Mike Wallen HBC), 15 Little Egret, M Ruff, 4 Greenshank, 2 Little Ringed Plover (Ian Bennell HBC)
Sat 30 Jul Startopsend: 10 Red Kite over newly ploughed field between Startops res and Wilstone (Ian Bennell HBC)
Fri 29 Jul Wilstone: early am: 19 Little Egrets, 4 juv. Greenshanks, 1 juv. Common Redshank, juv. Mediterranean Gull, plus a party of Spotted Flycatchers in trees nr. Rushy Meadow (Roy Hargreaves); later am: ad. Ruff (Steve Rodwell via Lee Evans); 5 Greenshank, 1 Common Redshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 152 Lapwings, M Garganey, 12 Common Teal, 21 Little Egret, 31
Great Crested Grebe, 29
Mute Swan, 10
Gadwall, 1 M Wigeon, 7
Shoveler, 23
Tufted Duck, 9
Pochard, 553
Coot, 57 Moorhen, 3 juv. Water Rail, 106
Black-headed Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 53
Common Tern, 8
Red Kites, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher,
Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Swallows through, 2 Mistle Thrush,
Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2+ Spotted Flycatcher (in Rushy Meadow), 11 Starling, plus Chinese Water Deer with fawn by the reed edge (Lee Evans)
Thu 28 Jul Wilstone: 21 Little Egret (Steve Rodwell via Roy Hargreaves), 6 Greenshank, 70 Moorhen (Steve Rodwell via Lee Evans); plus Common Sandpiper, ad. Dunlin, ad. Curlew, 2 juv. Water Rail, 3 juv. Little Ringed Plover, juv. Redshank, Green Sandpiper (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Wed 27 Jul Wilstone: 3 Greenshank, 4 juv. Water Rail, Marsh Harrier over, juv. Common Redshank, 13 Little Egret (inc. 2 juv.), 34 Cormorants, 26 Mute Swans, the Manadrin, 4 Shoveler, 3 Wigeon, 4 Teal, 7 Pochard, 78 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpipers, the 2nd-summer Lesser Black-backed Gull, 85 Black-headed Gulls, 52 Common Terns, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Stock Dove and Western Reed Warbler (Lee Evans); juv. Marsh Harrier over, Green Sandpiper (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Tue 26 Jul Wilstone: early am: Green Sandpiper (heard), 1 Common Sandpiper, 15 Little Egrets (Roy Hargreaves)
Mon 25 Jul Wilstone: early am: 4 juv. Water Rail, 1 (local) juv. Little Egrets, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper; late pm: 17 Little Egrets, plus in field south of Cemetery Corner (just harvested): 5 Foxes and 2 Muntjac, 1 ad. Common Gull (Roy Hargreaves); Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher (Jeff Bailey HBC), 8 Red Kite, 87 Lapwing,
11 Little Egret (15 reported by Jeff Bailey), 2 Little Ringed Plover (Lee Evans HBC)
Sun 24 Jul Wilstone: Yellow Wagtail (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Sat 23 Jul Wilstone: early am: 18 (poss. 19) Little Egrets, juv. Shag, 2 Redshank, 4+ Common Sandpipers, Mandarin, 2 Little Ringed Plover (Roy Hargreaves); am: Shag still (David Bilcock); Peregrine, 4 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpipe), 2 Little Egret (Andrew Steele HBC)
Fri 22 Jul Wilstone: am & pm: juv. Shag (David Bilcock and others); pm: plus 2 Black-tailed Godwit,3 juv. Redshank, 3+ Common Sandpiper, 11 Little Egrets, 4 Shoveler and 2 Common Teal (Lee Evans)
Thu 21 Jul Wilstone: early am: 3 Redshank, 4 Common Sandpipers and 3 Green Sandpipers 7 Wigeon (Roy Hargreaves); am: 4 Redshanks,
3 Common Sandpiper,
1 Green Sandpiper (Francis Buckle); pm: juv. Shag (Steve Rodwell via Roy Hargreaves);
plus Yellow Wagtail (Lee Evans/Steve Rodwell HBC), Mandarin (Lee Evans/Jeff Bailey HBC), juv. Water Rail (Steve Rodwell HBC), 12 Little Egret (Lee Evans HBC)
Wed 20 Jul Wilstone: early am: 1 Little Ringed Plover, 11 Little Egrets, 3 or 5 Common Sandpipers, 2 or 3 Redshank and 1 Mandarin (Roy Hargreaves); late pm: 33 Great Crested Grebe, 12 (poss. 16) Little Egret, 11
Grey Heron, 32 Cormorant, 33
Mute Swan, 26
Greylag Goose, Mandarin Duck, 77
Mallard, 10
Gadwall, 4
Shoveler, 4 Wigeon, 61
Tufted Duck, 7 Pochard,
Moorhen adults with 3 young, 597
Coot, 167
Lapwing, 5 juv. Common Redshank, 4 (poss. 5)
Common Sandpiper, 74
Common Tern (inc.19+ juvs), 2 M Pied Wagtail, 4
Mistle Thrush, 6
Blue Tit with 7
Long-tailed Tit (in Willows on central bund), 17
Jackdaw (in tree behind car park) (Lee Evans); 5 Common Sandpiper (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Tue 19 Jul Wilstone: early am: 16 Little Egrets, 2 (poss. 3) Common Sandpipers, 2 Redshank (ad. & juv.), Mandarin, plus Marsh Tit heard (Roy Hargreaves); plus Red Kite, Kingfisher (Lee Batten HBC), 2 juv. Redshank, 3 Common Sandpiper, ad. Oystercatcher (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Mon 18 Jul Wilstone: 5 Redshank (4 ad., 1 juv.), 16 Little Egret, 200 Lapwing, 4 Redshank (3 ad., 1 juv.) (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Sun 17 Jul Wilstone: early am: 5 Black-tailed Godwits (David Bilcock); late pm: 14 Little Egrets, juv. Redshank (Roy Hargreaves);plus pm: 13 Little Egret, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper (Mike Wallen/ Ted Wallen HBC), 2+ Common Sandpiper (L.Flower HBC)
Sat 16 Jul Wilstone: early am: 14 Little Egrets, 2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Redshank, 1 Common Snipe (Roy Hargreaves); pm: 42 Great Crested Grebe, 14 Little Egret, 38
Mute Swan, 3
Common Teal, 4
Eurasian Wigeon, 10
Gadwall, 1
Red Kite, 184
Lapwing, 1
Common Redshank, 2
Common Sandpiper, 25
Black-headed Gull, 78
Common Tern (inc. 16 juvs), 82 common Swift, 15
Sand Martin, 11 House Martin (Lee Evans); late pm: 15 Little Egret (Ian Williams via Roy Hargreaves)
Sat 16 Jul Startopsend: pm: 2 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Mute Swans, 58 Mallard, 23 Tufted Duck, 62 Black-headed Gulls and 22 Sand Martins (Lee Evans)
Sat 16 Jul Marsworth: pm: M Red-crested Pochard (in full eclipse), 5 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Mute Swans, 42 Greylag Geese (in horse fields), 61 Mallard, 8 House Martins, plus a family of Robins and a M Greenfinch in wood (Lee Evans)
Sat 16 Jul Tringford: pm:
1 Great Crested Grebe, 9 Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swans, 8 Tufted Duck, 32 Coot (inc. 4 young), 8 Sand Martin and 3 Swallows (Lee Evans)
Fri 15 Jul Wilstone: early am: 13 Little Egrets, Oystercatcher, 2 Common Sandpiper, juv Redshank, plus Green Sandpiper heard (Roy Hargreaves); early pm: 13 Little Egrets, 38 Mute Swans, 28 Great Crested Grebes, 3 Eurasian Wigeon and 169 Lapwings (Lee Evans);
Mandarin (Steve Rodwell HBC), Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Redshank (Ian Bennell HBC)from hide (Ian Bennell)
Thu 14 Jul Wilstone: 2 Common Sandpiper, juv. Redshank, 5 Little Egret, 3 Red Kite (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Wed 13 Jul Wilstone: early am: 4 Black-tailed Godwits, 1+ Common Sandpiper, 1 juv. Redshank, 12 (poss. 13) 12 Little Egrets, plus Chinese Water Deer with fawn (Roy Hargreaves); juv. Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Marsh Tit (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Wed 13 Jul Startopsend: 2 Oystercatcher (ad. & juv.) (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Tue 12 Jul Wilstone: Oystercatcher, juv. Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 12 Little Egret (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Mon 11 Jul Wilstone: early am: 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 7 Little Egrets, 4 Red Kites (Roy Hargreaves);
4 Common Sandpiper, juv. Redshank, Oystercatcher, 11 Little Egret, Green Sandpiper (Steve Rodwell HBC), Dunlin (Steve Rodwell/Dave Bilcock HBC)
Sun 10 Jul Wilstone: Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 8 Little Egret (Jeff Bailey HBC); 10 Little Egret, Common Sandpiper (Drew Lyness HBC)
Sat 9 Jul Wilstone: 2 Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Little Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, 1+ Common Sandpipers (Roy Hargreaves)
Fri 8 Jul Wilstone: early am: M Garganey (in eclipse), 1+ Common Sandpiper, 9 Little Egrets, 1 Mandarin (Roy Hargreaves); 10 Black-tailed Godwits, 124 Lapwings, 1 Common Sandpiper, 9 Little Egrets, 36 Mute Swans, 42 Atlantic Canada Geese, 1 eclipse M Garganey, 6 Common Teal, 4 Shoveler, 1 M Wigeon, 9 Northern Pochard, 10 Gadwall, 22 adult Black-headed Gulls, 31 Common Terns (including 7 fledged juvs), 16 Moorhen (4 juvs), 46 Common Swifts, 1 House Martin and 11 Sand Martins (Lee Evans); Common Sandpiper (Jeff Bailey HBC), Hobby (seen to take house martin) (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Thu 7 Jul Wilstone: 2 Red Kite (Jeff Bailey HBC), 9 Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper (Jeff Bailey/S Richards HBC),
c 90 Lapwing (S Richards HBC)
Wed 6 Jul Wilstone: Oystercatcher, Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Mandarin, 7 Little Egret (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Tue 5 Jul Wilstone: 2 Red Kite, 7 Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper (Michael Howard (prob. Wilstone but exact reservoir not specified) HBC), Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Mon 4 Jul Wilstone: 9 Little Egret (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Sat 2 Jul Wilstone: early am: 9 Little Egrets (inc. at least 5 juvs), 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpipers, 20+ Teal (Roy Hargreaves); pm: 4 Little Egrets, plus large Pike near bank, and 1 ad. Chinese Water Deer with 2 small youngsters (Mike Collard); 4 Little Egret (David & Sarah Lyons HBC), Marsh Tit (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Thu 30 Jun Wilstone: 5 Little Egret, Common Sandpiper (Steve Blake HBC)
Wed 29 Jun Wilstone: late pm: 3 Common Sandpipers, 1 juv. Little Grebe, 22
Great Crested Grebe, 16
Cormorant, 6 Little Egret (inc 2 fresh juv.), 43
Mute Swan (non-breeding flock), 193
Greylag Geese (moulting birds),
M Mandarin Duck, M eurasian Wigeon (oversummering bird), 12
Common Teal, 8
Gadwall, 5 Shoveler, 22
Tufted Duck, 9 Pochard, 282
Coot, 4
Lapwing, Oystercatcher, 3
Black-headed Gulls over, 68
Common Tern (inc. severalindependent juvs), 2 (pair) Hobby (Lee Evans)
Tue 28 Jun Wilstone mid pm: 1 Hobby, 2 Little Egret, c 150 Greylag Geese, c 100 Swift, 'a few' Swallows, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Lapwing, 5 Gadwall, Common Buzzard, plus 8 singing Whitethroat & 1 Yellowhammer nr. dry canal, plus 2+ Linnets in oil-seed rape, pair Stock Doves & Whitethroat carrying food nr. cemetery, Reed Buntings and singing Reed Warblers in oil-seed rape nr. cemetery corner (Stephen Richards); Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 2 Mandarin (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Mon 27 Jun Wilstone: early am: Curlew, 4 Little Egrets, 2 Teal, the Wigeon (Roy Hargreaves)
Sat 25 Jun TWTW: am: Green Sanpiper (Johne Taylor)
Fri 24 Jun Wilstone: Kingfisher, 5 Little Egret (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Thu 23 Jun Wilstone: 5 Little Egret, 7 Red Kite (Steve Blake HBC)
Thu 23 Jun Tringford: F Goldeneye (Steve Blake HBC)
Tue 21 Jun Wilstone: 4 Curlew (Steve Rodwell via Lee Evans, also HBC); 4 Little Egret, Hobby, Red Kite (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Mon 20 Jun Wilstone: early am: 1 Little Egret, 2 Redshank, 2 Teal, 2 Cuckoos (Roy Hargreaves)
Mon 20 Jun Marsworth: Cuckoo (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Sat 18 Jun Wilstone: Oystercatcher (Mike Collard)
Sun 19 Jun Wilstone: Grasshopper Warbler (Johne Taylor)
Fri 17 Jun Wilstone: Little Egret (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Wed 15 Jun Wilstone: M Mandarin (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Sat 11 Jun Wilstone: early am: juv Little Egret, 3 Mandarin, M Wigeon (Roy Hargreaves)
Fri 10 Jun Wilstone: Little Egret, 3 Hobby (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Sat 4 Jun Wilstone: early am: 3 Little Egrets, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 m Wigeon; early pm: 1 Little Tern flying with the Common Terns (both Roy Hargreaves); mid-pm: plus juv. Black-headed Gull with a first-summer and an adult, 16 Mute Swans, 16 Great Crested Grebes, 56 Greylag Geese, 2 Little Egrets, 46 Common Terns, 'a small scattering' of Common Swifts (42 per HBC), Sand Martins and House Martins (Lee Evans); late pm: Little Tern (still) (David Bilcock)
Thu 2 Jun Wilstone: 3 Little Egret, Cuckoo, 2 Hobby, Oystercatcher (Steve Blake HBC)
Thu 2 Jun Marsworth: Cuckoo (Steve Blake HBC)
Wed 1 Jun Wilstone: late am: 4 Hobbies, F Yellow Wagtail on jetty side, 9 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 4 Pied Wagtail (with 3 well-grown juvs), 3 Little Egret, Kingfisher, 1 Sand Martin, 2 Lapwings, plus 2 Linnets and 2 M Yellowhammer 'out back' (Steve Richards); 5 Hobby, Oystercatcher (Gordon Cox HBC)
Mon 30 May Wilstone: early am: 2 Little Egrets, 3 Mandarin, F Teal, Oystercatcher, Hobby and Spotted Flycatcher (in wood nr. cemetery corner), Channel Wagtail still (nr. concrete posts) (Roy Hargreaves); pm: lots of Swifts and Common Terns, Redshank, M Wigeon, plus Lesser Black-backed Gull predating Swift and carrying it off, plus Chinese Water Deer standing in the water (Don Otter); 1,000+ Swift, 2 Little Egret (Lee Evans HBC)
Sun 29 May Wilstone: Spotted Flycatcher on a tree by the new overflow (Roy Hargreaves)
Sat 28 May Wilstone: early am: 2 Little Egrets, 3 Mandarin (Roy Hargreaves); early am: M Yellow Wagtail nr. jetty (Samuel Perfect HBC)
Sat 28 May Marsworth: Cuckoo in ash trees near sewage works (Samuel Perfect HBC)
Fri 27 May Wilstone: early am: Gargeny, 1+ Little Egrets, 3 (2M 1F) Mandarin, M Wigeon (Roy Hargreaves); 4 Hobby, 2 Little Egret, Wigeon, several hundred Swift (maybe even a thousand+), 50+ Sand Martin, 200+ House Martin (mostly over dry canal), 8 Linnet in oil seed rape field nr. cemetery corner, Sparrowhawk (carrying prey into trees behind hide) (Steve Richards); mid pm: 2 (pair) Gargeny, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Egrets, 5,600+ Common Swifts (a plume of birds stretching from Tringford to the west side of Wilstone), plus large numbers of hirundines, particularly House Martins and c50 Sand Martins, two families of Great Crested Grebe (two stripy young and one), 368 Coots (two families with 6 and 4 chicks), 5 Mute Swans, 2 Greylag Geese, 8 Gadwall, 33 Tufted Duck, 16 Northern Pochards, 57 Common Terns and 1 Grey Wagtail (Lee Evans); late pm: 2 (pr.) Gargeny (David Bilcock)
Fri 27 May Startopsend: M Yellow Wagtail, Linnet, c10 Sand Martins (Steve Richards); Grey Wagtail (Lee Evans HBC)
Thu 26 May Wilstone: 3 Little Egret, Hobby (Steve Blake HBC)
Wed 25 May Wilstone: 6 Hobby, 2 Red Kite, 2 Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Tue 24 May Wilstone: late pm: 2 Arctic Terns amongst the Common Terns (David Bilcock)
Mon 23 May Wilstone: Oystercatcher (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Sat 21 May Wilstone: early am: F Cuckoo (in trees in centre of res.), plus 2 Spotted Flycatchers in Cemetery corner (David Bilcock); 3 Mandarin Duck (1 F),
5 Hobby,
1 Kingfisher, (unspecified numbers of)
Gadwall, pochard and Tufted Duck,
2 Blackcap,
1 Common Buzzard,
1 Red Kite,
1 Lapwing, Greater Spotted Woodpecker and Cuckoo heard (John Foster)
Fri 20 May Wilstone: 8+ Hobby (Robin Hilton HBC) late pm: Quail over nr. car park (Mike Campbell)
Thu 19 May Wilstone: late pm: 2 Hobby (Ernest Leahy HBC)
Wed 18 May Wilstone: early am: F Ring-necked Duck (David Bilcock via Mike Wallen); late am: F Ring-necked Duck with 58 Tufted Ducks, 11 Northern Pochards (1 drake), 12 Gadwalls, 2
Great Crested Grebes with young, 1 Hobby, 540 Common Swifts (Lee Evans); late pm Ring-necked Duck (a 1st-summer F still present), 4 or 5 Hobbies (Roy Hargreaves); Common Sandpiper, c800 Swift (Mike Wallen HBC);
Siskin (Steve Rodwell HBC); 3 Hobby (Ian Bennell HBC)
Sun 15 May Wilstone: Arctic Tern with Common Terns (birds seen early am, later am & mid pm) (Roy Hargreaves & David Bilcock); mid am: 300+ Swifts, 60+ Common Tern, 3+ Hobbies, plus over dry canal: 100+ House Martins, 4 M Yellowhammers (Steve Richards); F Marsh Harrier, Arctic Tern (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Sun 15 May Startopsend: 100+ Sand Martins, a few House Martins, c12 Swifts, 2 imm. Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Steve Richards)
Sun 15 May Marsworth: M and F Red-crested Pochard, Lapwing over (Steve Richards); plus 300+ Swift (Kevin Hornby HBC)
Sun 15 May Tringford: 1 adult Lesser Black-backed Gull
(Steve Richards)
Thu 12 May Wilstone: early am: Wood Sandpiper over, Common Sandpiper nr. old overflow, plus Channel Wagtail still (Roy Hargreaves); late pm: 9 Hobby (Charlie Jackson)
Wed 11 May Startopsend: Channel Wagtail in the horse field N of res. (could be bird from Wilstone) (David Bilcock); also reported with 1 M Yellow Wagtail (Charlie Jackson)
Tue 10 May Wilstone: early am: Channel Wagtail still, M Mandarin (Roy Hargreaves)
Tur 10 May Startopsend: 4 Yellow Wagtail in paddocks nr. layby (inc. the M Channel Wagtail) (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Mon 9 May Wilstone: early am: Channel Wagtail and a F Yellow Wagtail still, 2 Ravens over, M Manderin (Roy Hargreaves)
Sun 8 May Wilstone: Spotted Flycatcher nr. Cemetery corner (David Hutchinson); plus 2 Raven (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Sat 7 May Wilstone: Whimbrel (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Fri 6 May Wilstone: 2 Sandwich Tern over, Raven, Little Egret (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Thu 5 May Wilstone: early am: 4 Black Terns, Whimbrel over, Grasshopper Warbler singing in Rushy Meadow (Roy Hargreaves); Hobby (Keith Messenger HBC)
Thu 5 May Startopsend: mid pm: Red-crested Pochard and a Little Egret (Ben Miller)
Thu 5 May
Marsworth: 4 Black Terns, Cuckoo calling, plus Yellow Wagtail behind (Ben Miller)
Wed 4 May Wilstone: early am: 1 Black Tern (David Bilcock); 2 Black Tern, 6 Hobby, Cuckoo heard, 2 Common Sandpiper (Joan Thompson HBC)
Wed 4 May Startopsend: early am: 3 Whimbrel landed in horse paddocks (seen earlier by Roy Hargreaves over Wilstone) (David Bilcock); Red-crested Pochard (M), c80 Swift, c20 Swallow, c10 Sand Martin (Mike Wallen HBC)
Wed 4 May Marsworth: 1 Black Tern (David Bilcock); Cuckoo M singing (Mike Wallen HBC)
Tue 3 May Wilstone: early am: Whimbrel through, 4 Black Terns, 3+ (poss. 6) Common Sandpipers, Dunlin nr. car park, plus 'Channel' Yellow Wagtail still in back fields (Roy Hargreaves); late pm: 5 Black Terns (David Bilcock); 7 Hobby (Derek Girvan HBC)
Mon 2 May Wilstone: 4 Hobby, 2 Black Tern (Derek Girvan HBC)
Mon 2 May Startopsend: Common Sandpiper (Mike Wallen HBC)
Mon 2 May Marsworth: M Cuckoo seen & heard (Mike Wallen HBC)
Sun 1 May Wilstone: early am: Avocet, 6 Bar-tailed Godwits, 3 Whimbrel, 1 Redshank through, a flock of 8 Waxwings over (David Bilcock); 2 Black Tern, 2 Hobby (D. Jordan HBC); Redshank through, 3 Whimbrel through (Ian Williams HBC); 15 Swift, Common Sandpiper (Mike Wallen/ Ted Wallen HBC)
Sun 1 May Startopsend: 14 Swift, F Red-crested Pochard (Mike Wallen/ Ted Wallen HBC)
Sun 1 May Marsworth: M Red-crested Pochard (Mike Wallen/ Ted Wallen HBC)
Sat 30 Apr Wilstone: early am: 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, plus a further 13 through, 2 Black Terns (David Bilcock); Grasshopper Warbler in Rushy Meadow (Roy Hargreaves); a little later: plus Whimbrel, Curlew and Green Sandpiper through (Ian Williams); Channel wagtail still nr. cress beds (Francis Buckle); late pm: Spoonbill fly through (Ian Williams with Steve Rodwell); 2 Black Tern,Common Sandpiper, Spoonbill circled res. 08.30, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit (early am), 2 Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 2 Whimbrel through at 09.45 (Ian Williams HBC);
2 Black Tern, 3 Hobby, 8 Swift (S Richards HBC) Cuckoo calling (M Harris HBC)
Sat 30 Apr Startopsend: 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Swift (S Richards HBC)
Fri 29 Apr Wilstone: early am: major passage of Bar-tailed Godwits, with 9+ at res. and up to 80 locally inc. College Lake, plus Blue-headed 'Channel' Wagtail (subsp. of Yellow Wagtail) in field behind res. with Yellow Wagtail (Roy Hargreaves/David Bilcock); plus Whimbrel over (Francis Buckle); Song Thrush, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Linnet, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, 2 M Wigeon, several Greylag Geese, Grey Heron, Cormorant, 80+ Common Tern, 1 Black Tern, 6 Swifts, several Barn Swallows, Sand Martins and House Martins, 3 Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Dunnock, a singing M Common Chiffchaff, 4 singing M Common Whitethroats, Jackdaw, singing Cetti's Warbler, singing M Mistle Thrush, Red Kite, M Northern Pochard, Hobby, Yellow Wagtail over, 6 M Gadwall , 1 M Shoveler, & in field behind res: Blue-headed Yellow Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Skylark (Lee Evans); total of 37 Bar-tailed Godwit through between dawn and 09.30, Whimbrel, 2 Common Sandpiper (Ian Williams HBC)
Fri 29 Apr Startopsend: Black-headed Gull, 4 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Mute Swans, 4 Greylag Geese, 55 Tufted Duck, 2 Pied Wagtails and 14 Sand Martin (Lee Evans)
Fr1 29 Apr Marsworth: Song Thrush, Sedge and Reed Warblers, M Willow Warbler,M Reed Bunting, 5 Great Crested Grebes, 1 F Red-crested Pochard (with 1 chick), M Grey Wagtail (Lee Evans)
Fri 29 Apr Tringford: 1 Great Crested Grebe, a pair of Mute Swans nesting and a female Mallard with five chicks (Lee Evans); Chiffchaff singing,
Buzzard overhead being tackled by 2 Grey Heron and 1 Carrion Crow,
Cuckoo & Hobby over (John Ball)
Thu 28 Apr Wilstone: early am: Black Tern, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits (M & F), Whimbrel over (heard), plus 2 Wheatears in harrowed field& singing Lesser Whitethroat nr. dr canal (Roy Hargreaves); am: 4+ Arctic Terns, 1 Black Tern and many Common Terns (Francis Buckle); 2 Hobby, Black Tern , 2+ Arctic Tern, Cetti's Warbler (Steve Blake HBC)
Thu 28 Apr Tringford: 3 Swift, Little Egret (Steve Blake HBC)
Wed 27 Apr Wilstone: early am: 2 Black Tern (at about0 8:00), 2 M Wigeon,
Grasshopper Warbler singing in Rushy Meadow, several House Martin over Drayton Bank (John Hale); am: 8+ Arctic Terns, 2 Black Terns, 3 Hobbies (David Bilcock via Ben Miller); late pm: 9 Arctic Terns, 2 Black Terns, 40+ Common Swifts, M Yellow Wagtail over (Lee Evans); plus 2 Red Kite (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Tue 26 Apr Wilstone: early am: 2 Wigeon, Hobby, a few Swallows and House Martins, plus 3 Waxwing over, 1 Wheatear in harrowed field above (Roy Hargreaves); early pm: 3 Hobby, 18+ Swift with 250+ Sand Martin, 44 Barn Swallows and 26 House Martin, 14 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Mute Swans, 3 remaining Eurasian Wigeon (2 M), 42 Tufted Duck and 8 Northern Pochards, 130+ Common Terns, 1 Yellow Wagtail, M Common Chiffchaff singing in hedgerow nr. new overflow, M Common Whitethroats between car park and the Drayton corner, plus several Red Kite overflying (Lee Evans); late pm: 2 Hobbies, 1 Little Gull, 1 Lapwing, 3 Wigeon (2M 1F), 130+ Common Terns (Ian Williams)
Tue 26 Apr Startopsend/Marsworth: 40 Swifts, 50+ House Martins, 250+ Sand Martins, 35+ Swallows, with 8+ Reed Warblers singing and 1 M Reed Bunting in Marsworth reedbed (Lee Evans)
Tue 26 Apr Marsworth: mid pm: 150+ Sand Martins,
3 Arctic terns, pair Red-crested Pochard with 2 ducklings, plus
Kingfisher along Wendver Arm canal (Lynne Lambert)
Mon 25 Apr Wilstone: am: Snipe in reedbed (Johne Taylor)
Mon 25 Apr Marsworth: Red-crested Pochard with 2 duckling (Francis Buckle)
Sun 24 Apr Wilstone: early am: Whimbrel, Swift (David Bilcock); plus Garden Warbler in wood behind reedbed, 2 singing Cetti's and 1 Grasshopper Warbler behind Rushy Meadow, 1 Common Sandpiper nr. jetty (Ian Williams);; plus Common Sandpiper (Ian Williams HBC); Little Gull
, Grasshopper Warbler singing in Rushy Meadow (Ian Williams HBC); Grasshopper Warbler and Cettis Warbler both heard, a few House Martins and Swallows (Francis Buckle)
Sun 24 Apr Marsworth: Grasshopper Warbler, Cetti'sWarble, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler all singing (Ben Miller)
Sat 23 Apr Wilstone: early am: Black Tern, 3 Wheatears (1 nr. jetty, 2 in harrowed field above (Roy Hargreaves); am: (briefly) M Redstart in hedgerow of field behind hide nr. dung heap (Ian Williams); Yellow Wagtail, Black Tern (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Sat 23 Apr Marsworth: am: Cetti's Warbler singing (Ben Miller); Cuckoo (in flight) (Jack O'Neil)
Fri 22 Apr Wilstone: early am: 2 Whimbrel through, 2 Ravens over, 2 Wigeon (still), plus 2 Wheatear on ploughed field above res. (Roy Hargreaves); am: Grasshopper Warbler singing in Rushy Meadow, Cetti's Warbler singing (Mike Campbell); 50 Common Tern, Cuckoo (S Richards HBC)
Fri 22 Apr Startopsend: early am: 2 Little Gulls (Ed Griffiths via Ben Miller); mid/late pm: Black Tern (Ben Miller); Black Tern, Yellow Wagtail (S Richards HBC)
Fri 22 Apr Marsworth: am: Black Tern (Ian Williams/David Bilcock via Ben Miller)
Thu 21 Apr Wilstone: early am: Whimbrel over, 2 Dunlin through, Grasshopper Warbler heard in Rushy Meadow, plus 4 Wheatear in ploughed field above res. (Roy Hargreaves); 2 Hobby hawking over reedbeds, 2 Red Kite, Little Egret (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Thu 21 Apr Startopsend: 2 Oystercatcher low over res., plus 2 Yellow Wagtail in horse paddocks nr. road (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Wed 20 Apr Wilstone:early am: 6 Wheatear in ploughed field above res. (Roy Hargreaves);am: Hobby, Cuckoo (R Woodcock via Ben Miller); late pm: 28 Common Terns (Lee Evans)
Wed 20 Apr Startopsend: late pm: ad. summer Black Tern, M Red-crested Pochard, 2 (pr.) Great Crested Grebes, 32 Tufted Ducks, 3 Coots, 20 Common Terns (Lee Evans)
Wed 20 Apr Marsworth: am: Grasshopper Warbler singing in reedbed (Lynne Lambert); late pm: Cetti's Warbler singing, 8+ Reed Warblers singing, 4 Sedge Warblers, Grey Wagtail, Mistle Thrush, M Goldcrestsinging, plus 1M Yellow Wagtai & 12 Pied Wagtails in the horse fields across canal, plus pr Lapwing displaying S of res. (Lee Evans); later pm: Grasshopper Warbler singing from reedbed (David Bilcock via Lee Evans)
Tue 19 Apr Wilstone: noon: Hobby through (Jim Heron)
Mon 18 Apr Wilstone: 2 Raven, plus 3 Wheatear in harrowed field nr. dry canal (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Mon 18 Apr Startopsend: early am: 1 Red-crested Pochard, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Common Terns (Ben Miller)
Sun 17 Apr Wilstone: early am: 5 Wheatears in plought field above res. (Roy Hargreaves); early am: Cuckoo callind & displaying over reebed (Charlie Jackson); Nasal-banded Tufted Duck (David Bilcock); Reed Warbler singing, Little Egret, Peregrine, Wheatear by dry canal, Cuckoo (S Richards HBC)
Sun 17 Apr Startopsend: Yellow Wagtail (Mike Wallen HBC)
Sun 17 Apr Marsworth: am: Cuckoo, seen & heard (Francis Buckle
Sat 16 Apr Wilstone: early am: Common Sandpiper, Lesser Whitethroat (in hedges nr. jetty), Waxwing over, Brambling & Reed Warbler nr. hide. 2 Wigeon, 5 Teal, plus 4 Wheatears in on & nr. ploughed field/dry canal above res. (Roy Hargreaves); Grasshopper Warbler heard from Cemetery track (via Roy Hargreaves)
Sat 16 Apr Marsworth: ) late pm: 4 Yellow Wagtails with about 8 Pied Wagtails in paddocks (Charlie Jackson); late pm: 6 possibly 8 Yellow Wagtails and a single White Wagtail with 20 Pied Wagtails in paddocks over canal (David Bilcock)
Fri 15 Apr Wilstone: early am: Common Sandpiper, 4 Oystercatchers, plenty of Sand Martins, plus 6 Northern Wheatears in ploughed field S of Dry Canal, Res (Roy Hargreaves); mid pm: 4 Wheatear (3F 1M) on ploughed field next to dry canal, Black Redstart (F or 1st summer M) in oil seed rape nr. cemetery, on dry canal: singing Corn Bunting with several Linnets and a few Yellowhammerseast of Drayton Beauchamp bridge, 5 singing Whitethroats along canal towards Tringford, plus 10 Stock Doves, a pair of Pied Wagtails, 2 Swallo & 2 Sand Martins over, 40 Common Terns , 2 Common Buzzard, a few Shoveler, several Gadwall, Willow Warbler singing, many Backcaps (Steve Richards); Yellow Wagtail (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Fri 15 Apr Startopsend/Marsworth: 40 Sand Martins, 6 or 7 Common Terns, 2 Red Kite over (Steve Richards)
Fri 15 Apr Marsworth: M Reed Bunting, Cetti's Warbler, plus 11+ Pied Wagtails in paddock over canal (almost all males) (Steve Richards); 2 Yellow Wagtails also in paddocks (Ben Miller)
Fri 15 Apr Tringford: 2 M Teal, 2 F Mallards with ducklings, 3 pairs Tufted Duck, plus 6 Swallows over buildings & Mistle Thrush nr. Little Tring (Steve Richards)
Thu 14 Apr Wilstone: many Common Terns (Francis Buckle)
Thu 14 Apr Marsworth: Cuckoo (heard not seen), Sedge Warbler (Francis Buckle); 5 Common Tern (Mike Wallen HBC)
Wed 13 Apr Wilstone: Raven, Little Egret (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Wed 13 Apr Startopsend: Yellow Wagtail (M), c40 Sand Martin, House Martin, 3 Common Tern (Mike Wallen HBC)
Tue 12 Apr Wilstone: early am: Common Sandpiper, Marsh Tit singing in Rushy Meadow (Roy Hargreaves); Common Sandpiper, 58 Common Terns, 600+ Sand Martins, 1 House Martin, Cetti's Warbler singing, plus 2 Stock Doves, 2 M Pied Wagtails and 2 Northern Wheatears in ploughed field immediately south of the Dry Canal (Lee Evans);
Little Egret, 3 Red Kite (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Tue 12 Apr Marsworth: 3 Coot nesting, 4 pairs Great Crested Grebes, Common Kingfisher, Common Treecreeper, 4 M Sedge Warblers singing, Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler (Lee Evans)
Sun 10 Apr Wilstone: early am: M Wheatear (sat on the dung heap nr. jetty), Oystercatcher (presumably a local bird), several Common Terns, Dunlin (briefly) (Roy Hargreaves); early am: 4 Sandwich Terns, Yellow-legged Gull with 6 Lesser Black-backed Gulls over (David Bilcock)
Sat 9 Apr Wilstone: early am: ad. Little Gull with Common Terns, Brambling heard nr. hide, plus Common Whitethroat nr. dry canal (Roy Hargreaves);
20+ Common Tern (Jack O'Neil); Green Sandpiper, Little Egret (Steve Rodwell)
Sat 9 Apr Marsworth: Male Yellow Wagtail in horse paddock next to canal (Jack O'Neil)
Fri 8 Apr Wilstone: 17.00 ish: c20 Common Terns, 1 Swallow, 'a handful' of Shoveler, Buzzard low over res., many Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs singing, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Pied Wagtail, Mistle Thrush, plus M Whitethroat and plus 2 Pied Wagtils at dry canal (Stephen Richards); plus Kingfisher in front of hide (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Fri 8 Apr Marsworth: M Red-crested Pochard, M Yellow Wagtail, over, 6 Common Tern (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Wed 6 Apr Wilstone: early am: Yellow Wagtail over, a few lingering M Wigeon, plus 17 Waxwing in trees nr. barn conversions towards Wilstone village (Roy Hargreaves);11 Common Terns (Alan Bartlett)
Tue 5 Apr Wilstone: Raven, Little Egret (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Mon 4 Apr Wilstone: early am: Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Little Egret, 2 Swallows, c.50 Sand Martins and Willow Warblers, c.20 Siskins in trees on NW bank (Roy Hargreaves; )2 Common Tern, Little Egret, 100+ Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 2 Red Kite (Jeff Bailey HBC);
25 Golden Plover (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Sun 3 Apr Wilstone: 2 Willow Warbler. (S Richards HBC); 200+ Sand Martin, 1 Little Egret (Joan Thompson & Ben Miller); 3 Waxwing (briefly nr. car park,) 2 Raven, Little Egret (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Sun 3 Apr Startopsend: 5 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 1 House Martin (Joan Thompson & Ben Miller
Sun 3 Apr Marsworth: Sedge Warbler (observer not recorded HBC); M Red-crested Pochard, F Yellow Wagtail in paddocks opposite (Joan Thompson & Ben Miller)
Sat 2 Apr Wilstone: early pm: 6 Sandwich Terns (briefly!) (David Bilcock with Steve Rodwell); plus Water Pipit, Raven, Yellow Wagtail (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Fri 1 Apr Wilstone: early am: 1 Goldeneye and a few remaining Wigeon, plus on Dry Canal: Wheatear and Ring Ouzel ( both nr. footpath to Miswell Farm) (Roy Hargreaves); 3 Common Tern, Little Egret ,
50+ Sand Martin (Jeff Bailey HBC); Skylark, 4 Yellowhammer (Lee Evans HBC)
Fri 1 Apr Startopsend: 3 Red-crested Pochard (inc.2 M) (Jeff Bailey HBC)); 1 Yellow Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtail in field opposite cafe (Alan Bartlett)
Fri 1 Apr Tringford: Swallow, 3 Red Kite (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Thu 31 Mar Wilstone: mid pm: 1+ adult Little Gulls with Black-headed Gulls, 1 House Martin with other hirundines (Joan Thompson); no time given: F Goldeneye, c80 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, House Martin (Steve Carter HBC); Little Egret, Common Tern, 2 Knot (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Wed 30 Mar Wilstone: pm: 6 Little Gulls (Joan Thompson); pm: House Martin, 17+ Swallows, 53 Sand Martins (Lee Evans); late pm: 32 Great Crested Grebes, Little Egret, 14 Gadwall, 22 Shoveler, 282 Tufted Ducks, 1 Black-headed Gull, Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff singing from wood onE bank (Lee Evans); plus 20+ Swallow (Simon West HBC)
Wed 30 Mar Startopsend: ad. Little Gull (Mike Campbell, also Jeff Bailey HBC)
Tue 29 Mar Wilstone: Common Tern, feeding with 8 Black-headed Gulls, 2 Swallow & 2 Sand Martins through, Little Egret, 15 Shoveler, 77 Tufted Duck and 27 Northern Pochard (Lee Evans); plus Water Pipit in field behind car park (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Mon 28 Mar Wilstone: early am: 1 F Goldeneye, Water Pipit,
2 Blackcaps, Oystercatcher through (Ian Williams); Raven (Derek Girvan HBC);
Peregrine, Little Egret, Water Pipit (Steve Rodwell HBC); 2 Red Kite (Joan Thompson HBC)
Sun 27 Mar Wilstone: am: Blackcaps singing, 8+ Chiffchaffs, 16 occupied Heron nests & 10 Cormorant nests (Johne Taylor)
Sun 27 Mar Wilstone, Startopsend, Marsworth, Tringford: late pm: Osprey over all reservoirs fishing succesfully (David Bilcock/Steve Rodwell)
Sun 27 Mar Startopsend: late pm: 6 Sand Martins, singing Chiffchaff, 2 Red-crested Pochards (Ben Miller)
Sun 27 Mar Marsworth: late am: Adult dark coloured Mink in first reed channel nr. overflo (Howard Clarke)
Sat 26 Mar Wilstone: early am: Waxwing over, Blackcap singing, c15 Sand Martins through, plus 'a few' Goldeneye and Wigeon (Roy Hargreaves); Oystercatcher (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Fri 25 Mar Wilstone: pm: Water Pipit (Ian Williams via Roy Hargreaves)
Thu 24 Mar Marsworth: Common Buzzard (Keith Evans)
Wed 23 Mar Wilstone: 4 singing Chiffchaff, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Yellowhammer (inc. 2 singing M), 2 Little Grebe, a 'handful' of both Shoveler and Wigeon, and overhead 30+ Lesser Black- backed Gulls (inc. several sub adult), 4 Song Thrush, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Steve Richards); Water Pipit, 3 Common Buzzards (Lee Evans)
Tue 22 Mar Wilstone: Water Pipit (Mike Campbell).
Tue 22 Mar Startopsend: 3 Red-crested Pochards (2 drakes) (Mike Campbell)
Mon 21 Mar Wilstone: F Goldeneye, F Goosander,
Kingfisher, Red Kite, Water Pipit, 2 Little Egret (Jeff Bailey HBC); M Mandarin (Peter Griffin HBC)
Sun 20 Mar Wilstone: am: Water Pipit (Ian Williams); Swallow (towards Drayton Beauchamp) (Alan Bartlett)
Sun 20 Mar Startopsend: am: Rock Pipit, 4 Red-crested Pochard (3 M 1 F), 12+ Chiffchaff (Ian Williams)
Sat 19 Mar Wilstone: early am: Water Pipit, Scandinavian Rock Pipit, F Goosander, several Wigeon and Goldeneye, 2+ Sand Martins, plus Raven nr. Dry Canal (Roy Hargreaves)
Sat 19 Mar Startopsend: Red-crested Pochard (M) (Ian Bennell HBC)
Fri 18 Mar Wilstone: am: Swallow, 12 Sand Martins, the F Goosander, Chiffchaff, Water Pipit, Scandinavian Rock Pipit (Francis Buckle); plus Lesser Black-backed Gull over, 21 Great Crested Grebes, 11 Grey Heron nests, 5 Mute Swans (including 2 first-summers), 65 Greylag Geese, 4 Gadwall, 12 Common Teal, 44 Shoveler, 41 Northern Pochard, 87 Tufted Duck and 3 F Common Goldeneyes, 2 Mistle Thrushes, 2 Dunnocks, M Song Thrush singing, 4 Long-tailed Tits were unusual in feeding in the bankside Willows (Lee Evans);plus Cetti's Warbler singing, Chiffchaff singing, Little Egret, 6 Lapwing , 12 Goldeneye (10F 2M displaying), Red Kite over (Ian Bennell HBC)
Thu 17 Mar Wilstone: Swallow, Water Pipit, Chiffchaff singing (Bill Haines HBC); 8 Sand Martin, F Goosander (Jeff Bailey/Bill Haines HBC);
8 Goldeneye (inc. 2M), Little Egret, 2 Red Kite (Jeff Bailey HBC); plus M Red-crested Pochard (Jeff Baily conf. Lee Evans)
Wed 16 Mar Wilstone: Chiffchaff nr. hide (Peter Griffin HBC); late pm: Mediterranean Gull (in full breeding plumage) in gull roost (David Bilcock)
Tue 15 Mar Wilstone: Raven & Red Kite over (Richard Bennett)
Tue 15 Mar Marsworth: Chiffchaff singing nr. canal, plus Brimstone butterfly (Alan Bartlett)
Tue 15 Mar Tringford: Chiffchaff nr. hide (Alan Bartlett)
Mon 14 Mar Wilstone: 10 Goldeneye (inc. 2M), 2 Little Egret, Grey Wagtail (Jeff Bailey HBC); early pm: Little Ringed Plover, 4 Red Kite (Lee Evans HBC)
Mon 14 Mar Marsworth: Woodcock (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Sun 13 Mar Wilstone: 4 Goldeneye (1M 3F), 2 Little Egret (Mike/Ted Wallen HBC); F Goosander (Mike Wallen HBC)
Sun 13 Mar Startopsend: 2 (pr.) Red-crested Pochard (Mike Wallen/Ted Wallen HBC)
Sun 13 Mar Marsworth: Chiffchaff singing (Mike Wallen/Ted Wallen HBC)
Sat 12 Mar Wilstone: am: 6 Sand Martins at Wilstone and a Redshank (Charlie Jackson/Francis Buckle); pm: Two very large flocks of Fieldfares, Green Sandpiper, 4 Greater Spotted Woodpeckers (Doug Helsby); 1 F Goosander (Mike Wallen, also Samuel Perfect HBC); M Stonechat nr. cemetery, 7 Goldeneye (inc. 2M) (S Richards HBC)
Sat 12 Mar Startopsend: 1 M Red-crested Pochard (Mike Wallen); late pm: Chiffchaff singing (Samuel Perfect HBC)
Fri 11 Mar Wilstone: early am: M Stonechat, 3 Little Egrets, Sand Martin, 8 Barnacle Geese with Greylags, plus Yellowhammers in field behind res., Raven nr. Miswell Farm (Roy Hargreaves);late pm: 2 Herring Gulls in gull roost with 2000+ Black-headed Gulls, plus 8 Barnacle Geese (still) in field nr. old overflow (David Bilcock); 8 Banacle Geese with 65 Greylag Geese in field as above, Sand Martin, 2 ad. M Pied Wagtails, 2 Little Egrets, 8 Mute Swans, 9 Eurasian Wigeon, 8 Gadwall, 27 Common Teal, 49 Shoveler, 46 Tufted Duck, 8 Pochard, 5 F Common Goldeneye, plus Song Thrush nr. farm shop (Lee Evans); 9 Goldeneye (inc 2 M) (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Thu 10 Mar Wilstone: early am: M Stonechat (on fence parallel to cemetery track), M Red-crested Pochard, 2 Little Egrets (Roy Hargreaves)
Tue 9 Mar Wilstone: dusk: 2 Sand Martin over reedbed (Stuart Wilson HBC)
Mon 8 Mar Wilstone: Water Pipit, F Goosander (Derek Girvan HBC)
Sun 6 Mar Wilstone: ad. Mediterranean Gull, Little Gull both in gull roost (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Sun 6 Mar Marsworth: early am: Peregrine circling (Lynne Lambert)
Sat 5 Mar Wilstone: pm: ad. Water Pipit, Goosander, Mediterranean Gull in roost (David Bilcock)
Fri 4 Mar Wilstone: early am: Water Pipit, 2 M Mandarin (Roy Hargreaves); late pm: adult Mediterranean gull was in the roost (David Bilcock); F Goosander, 10 Goldeneye (3M 7F), Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, Water Pipit (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Fri 4 Mar Startopsend: 2 Red-crested Pochard (pair) (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Thu 3 Mar Wilstone: F Goosander, 2 Little Egret, Smew (F - redhead) (Steve Blake HBC)
Wed 2 Mar Wilstone: early am: Smew, Water Pipit, 2 Little Egrets (Roy Hargreaves); plus F Goosander (Joan Thompson HBC)
Wed 2 Mar Tringford: 30+ Siskins in the Alders at the back (Mike Campbell); Little Egret (Joan Thompson HBC)
Tue 1 Mar Wilstone: early am: F Goosander, Redshank, F Smew, Water Pipit, 2 Little Egrets (Roy Hargreaves); plus 12 Goldeneye (inc. 3 M displaying) (Joan Thompson HBC)
Sat 26 Feb Wilstone: early am: 2+ Little Egrets (Roy Hargreaves); 3 Little Egret, F Goosander (Jan Hein van Steenis HBC)
Sat 26 Feb Marsworth: F Pintail over, 2 Red-crested Pochard (pair) (Jan Hein van Steenis HBC)
Fri 25 Feb Wilstone: early an: Oystercatcher (flying round calling), Water Pipit (Roy Hargreaves)
Thu 24 Feb Wilstone: mid pm: Kingfisher flying low nr. Wilstone Cemetery (heading towards Startopsend) (Steve Richards); 3 Little Egret,
3 Egyptian Goose (resting on far side of spit (Samuel Perfect HBC); 10 Common Snipe (Michael Howard HBC)
Thu 24 Feb Startopsend: am: Goosander, plus usual Tufted Ducks, Pochards etc (Roger Payne); mid pm: Grey Wagtail,' several dozens' of Pochard, 2 (pr.) Red-crested Pochard (with F inspecting one of the 'islands'), c2 Common Gulls (Steve Richards)
Thu 24 Feb Marsworth: am: 100+ Shoveler (Roger Payne); mid pm: c70 Shoveler (but only c 15 Fs) (Steve Richards)
Thu 24 Feb Tringford: mid pm: 10 Teal, 12 Tufted Duck, 3 Pochard (Steve Richards)
Wed 23 Feb Wilstone: Little Egret, 9 Redwing, Water Pipit (nr. overflow) (Lee Evans HBC); mid pm: Kingfisher, 2 Snipe, c 40 Lapwing, Cetti's Warbler singing, plus 50+ Fieldfare over (heading N) with another c 40 around res. in3 groups, 4 yellowhammer nr. track to
cemetery (Steve Richards)
Wed 23 Feb Marsworth: 2 Bittern (1 in flight), Barn Owl (over field behind reedbed), 90+ Corn Bunting (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Tue 22 Feb Wilstone: early am: Water Pipit (Roy Hargreaves)
Mon 21 Feb Wilstone: 2 M Goldeneye (Lee Evans HBC)
Sun 20 Feb Wilstone: early am: Curlew (accidentally flushed & flew off) (Ian Williams); Curlew heard (but not seen), 2 Cetti's Warblers plus Reed Buntings singing, 20+ Fieldfare roosted in reedbed (Johne Taylor); later am: F Goosander, 5F Common Goldeneye, 3 Little Egret, 14 Great Crested Grebes, up to 14; 10 active nests of Grey Herons, 16+ Cormorants, 6 Mute Swans (inc. 1 first-year, 2 (pr.) Canada Geese, 65 Greylag Geese (in adjoining field) 10 Gadwall, 5 Shoveler, 17 Common Teal, 22 Eurasian Wigeon, 92 Tufted Duck, 109 Northern Pochard, 279 Coot, 55 Lapwing, 8 Comon Snipe, Grey Wagtail, 2 Great Tits, M Common Blackbird, Goldfinch, 3 Herring Gulls, 3 ad. Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Lee Evans); plus 55 Lapwing (Lee Evans HBC); late pm: in gull roost: ad. Great Black-backed Gull, 39 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 3 Herring Gulls, > 80 Common Gulls, with > 3,000 Black-headed Gulls (Lee Evans with Steve Rodwell)
Sun 20 Feb Startopsend: am: 2 (pr.) Red-crested Pochards, 5 Great Crested Grebes, 1 ad. Mute Swan, 8 Pochard, 1 Shoveler, 35 Tufted Duck, 142 Coot (Lee Evans)
Sun 20 Feb Marsworth: am: 63 Shovelers, 7 Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Coot, 3 Moorhens, 12 Canada Geese (in paddocks), 1 M Great Tit in full song (Lee Evans); late pm: 159 Corn Buntings (by 17.00), 3 Bitterns (one in the Bucks section of reedbed, one midway along reedbed, one close to sluice), 1or 2 squealing Water Rails (heard not seen), 2 Barn Owls hunting over meadow behind res. (Lee Evans and others)
Sat 19 Feb Wilstone: early am: Water Pipit (Roy Hargreaves/David Bilcock) were on Startop’s and a Marsworth
Sat 19 Feb Startopsend: early am: F Goosander, M Red-crested Pochard (Roy Hargreaves/David Bilcock)
Sat 19 Feb Marsworth: early am: M Peregrine over (Roy Hargreaves/David Bilcock)
Fri 18 Feb Wilstone:8 Common Snipe (Jeff Bailey - 4 reported by T Wood HBC); 10 Goldeneye (3M 7F), 2 Little Egret (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Fri 18 Feb Startopsend: M Red-crested Pochard,
F Goosander (T.Wood & Jeff Bailey HBC)
Fri 18 Feb Marsworth: late pm: 4 Bitterns (2 Bitterns crashing through reeds nr. canal as they chased one another, settling in area closest to lock, 2 Bitterns roosting in the far reedbed
looking from footpath between over flow and hide) (David Bilcock)
Wed 16 Feb Marsworth: Bittern (at 16.30), Barn Owl over rough meadow behind res. (at 17.08) (Mike Wallen); Grey Wagtail (nr. canal) (T.Wood HBC); Bittern (in back reedbed then flew to end nr. canal (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Wed 16 Feb Wilstone: Mediterranean Gull flew in over roost at 16:20 (A.Grimsey HBC)
Wed 16 Feb Tringford: Ring-necked Parakeet over (noisily) (members of Harpenden RSPB Group via Mike Collard)
Mon 14 Feb Wilstone: Egyptian Goose (flew in but didn't settle), Little Egret, Redshank, F Goosander (Roy Hargreaves)
Mon 14 Feb Marsworth: Bittern (flew briefly up then down into reedbed at 13.00) (Phil Gallagher); late pm: Bittern (in open channel); Barn Owl (over field behind res. - also reported by Doug Helsby HBC), 2 Bittern (one showed well at 16.30 then briefly in flight and visible making roosting platforms 17.20 to 17.30) (A.Grimsey / Mike Wallen and Ted Wallen HBC);
c110 Corn Bunting to roost (A.Grimsey HBC - 80+ reported by Doug Helsby HBC)
Mon 13 Feb Wilstone: 15 Common Snipe, 6 Goldeneye (2M 4F), Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler (called but not seen), Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Sun 13 Feb Marsworth: Bittern (at 16.20), Water Rail (Mike Collard)
Sat 12 Feb Marsworth: 2 Red-crested Pochard (Mike Wallen/Ted Wallen HBC);
Bittern (Luke Massey / Paul Moss HBC);
Barn Owl (behind reservoir), 120+ Corn Bunting (to roost between 16.45 and 17.30) (Ian Williams HBC)
Fri 11 Feb Wilstone: late pm: 2 Little Egrets, F Goosander (Roy Hargreaves)
Fri 11 Feb Marsworth: early am:
30 Corn Bunting singing & flying out of reedbed (07.00); late pm: Barn Owl from Wendover Arm into rough ground behind res. at 16.10 (both Lynne Lambert HBC); 2 Barn Owls over the meadow behind res., 4 Bitterns (two in Herts section, two in Bucks section), plus 2 Pipistrelles and a medium-sized bat (Roy Hargreaves)
Fri 11 Feb Tringford: 35 Redwing (Lynne Lambert HBC)
Thu 10 Feb Wilstone: 12 Common Snipe, 5 Goldeneye (3M 2F), Little Egret (Steve Blake HBC)
Wed 9 Feb Wilstone: early am: 2 Little Egrets (Roy Hargreaves); 12 Common Snipe, Little Egret, 6 Goldeneye (2M 4F), Red Kite (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Tue 8 Feb Wilstone: early pm: Peregrine over (putting up Lapwing etc), 1 Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher, F Goosander, 4 Snipe (Peter Leigh)
Tue 8 Feb Marsworth: late pm: F Goosander over, 1 Bittern (at 16.35) (Peter Leigh); 100+ Corn Bunting (possibly 130) (Lynne Lambert HBC)
Mon 7 Feb Marsworth: 3 Bitterns (David Bilcock)
Sun 6 Feb Marsworth: late pm: 4 Bitterns, all visible at the same time in the reedbeds directly opposite the footpath, plus 2 Barn Owls in field behind reedbed (Ian McConnell), plus 100+ Corn Buntings (Lynne Lambert)
Sat 5 Feb Wilstone: am: immature F Peregrine (chasing the lapwings), F Goosander, 5 Little Egrets (David Bilcock with Roy Hargreaves); late pm: in gull roost: 2 Mediterranean Gulls (1 ad. 1 first-winter), 1 ad. Yellow-legged Gull, 6 Herring Gulls (David Bilcock)
Fri 4 Feb Wilstone: mid-am: Water Pipit, Redshank, c30 Golden Plover with large numbers of Lapwing, 6 Goldeneye (2 males displaying) (Francis Buckle)
Thu 3 Feb Wilstone: early am: Water Pipit, F Goosander, plus 2 Ravens over Dry Canal (Roy Hargreaves)
Wed 2 Feb Wilstone: early am: Redshank, Little Egret, 2 (pr.) Pintail, 5 Goldeneye (Roy Hargreaves); F Goosander, 6 Goldeneye (2M), 2 Common Snipe, Red Kite (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Tue 1 Feb Wilstone: early am: Little Egret, F Goosander, Water Pipi, plus Green Sandpiper heard but not seen (Roy Hargreaves)
Tur 1 Feb Marsworth: late pm: 65+ Corn Buntings (Mike Collard)
Mon 31 Jan Wilstone: noon: mixed flock of Redwing and Fieldfare (c50 birds) in field below headbankto between steps and entrance to wood (Catherine Hayden)
Mon 31 Jan Marsworth: late pm: 45 Corn Bunting to roost, Red Kite (Lynne Lambert HBC); 2 Bittern (at 16.00) (Jeff Bailey HBC); plus 100+ Corn Buntings, plus Otter (walking in one of the cut rides near where bitterns seen at 16.30) (Tom Wrexham)
Sun 30 Jan Wilstone: 3 Grey Partidge nr, dry canal above res. nr Little Tring (Lee Evans); late pm: 3 Little Egrets, 29 Cormorants, 59 Wigeon, 44 Shoveler, 3 Common Goldeneye (1M 2F,) 11 Great Crested Grebes, Grey Wagtail over, plus in gull roost: 4,016+ Black-headed Gulls(prob. up to 5,000 birds later), 346 Common Gulls, 1 juv. Herring Gull, 9 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Lee Evans and others)
Sun 30 Jan Startopsend:3 Red-crested Pochards, 6 Great Crested Grebes (Lee Evans)
Sun 30 Jan Marsworth: 2 Bitterns (one paler bird wandering about in the open in the first cut channel, a darker one climbing up the stems to roost), 1 Water Rail squeeling, 80 Corn Buntings to roost) (Lee Evans)
Sat 29 Jan Wilstone: late pm: first-winter Mediterranean Gull in gull roost, F Goosander (David Bilcock)
Sat 29 Jan Marsworth: late pm: 2 Bitterns (one roosting in the far reedbed, one nr. first cut channel) (David Bilcock)
Fri 28 Jan Wilstone: 11 Great Crested Grebes, 3 Little Grebes, 583 Coot, 6 Greylag Geese, 63 Mallard, 38 Common Teal, 231 Eurasian Wigeon, 64 Shoveler, 182 Pochard, 108 Tufted Duck, 8+ Pintail (Lee Evans); late pm: in gull roost: c4,500 Black-headed Gulls, 1 first-winter Mediterranean Gull, 1 ad. Yellow-legged Gull (David Bilcock)
Wed 26 Jan Wilstone: early am: 13 Pintail (7M 6F), F Goosander, 500+ Lapwing, 36 Golden Plover (Roy Hargreaves)
Tue 24 Jan Wilstone: 5 Goldeneye (2M 3F), 3 Common Snipe, 35 Golden Plover, Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, Grey Wagtail, F Goosander (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Sun 23 Jan Wilstone: F Goosander (Charlie Jackson)
Sun 23 Jan Startopsend: 3 Red-crested Pochard (2M 3F) (Charlie Jackson)
Sun 23 Jan Marsworth: Bittern (at 12.00) (Charlie Jackson)
Sat 22 Jan Wilstone: am: 2 Green Sandpipers, c30 Golden Plovers (Charlie Jackson); 3 Little Egret, 70-80 Golden Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper (Phil Butler / Andrew Miller HBC); F Goosander, Grey Wagtail (Andrew Miller HBC)
Fri 21 Jan Wilstone: 2 Green Sandpiper, 6 Common Snipe, Little Egret, 35 Golden Plover, M Pintail, 3 Goldeneye (2M 1F), Red Kite (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Thu 20 Jan Marsworth: pm: Bittern (at 13.30) (David Bilcock); Bittern (in flight at 16.30) (Steve Carter/Ernest Leahy HBC), c80 Corn Bunting to roost (Steve Carter HBC)
Wed 19 Jan Wilstone: Goosander, 9 Goldeneye, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Egrets (Roy Hargreaves); Mediterranean Gull in gull roost (Charlie Jackson)
Wed 19 Jan Marsworth: 130 Corn Bunting (D A Girvan HBC)
Tue 18 Jan All Reservoirs: Overall counts for the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS): 18 Great crested grebe, 5
Little Grebe, 40 Cormorant, 8
Grey Heron, 3
Little Egret, 16
Mute Swan, 55 Greylag Goose, 13 Canada Goose, 2
Shelduck, 48 Wigeon, 154
Teal, 10
Gadwall, 129
Mallard, 77
Shoveler, 208
Pochard, 3
Red-crested Pochard, 169 Tufted duck, 8
Goldeneye, 1 Goosander, 18
Moorhen, 772
Coot, 32
Golden plover, 878
Lapwing, 1
Dunlin, 1 Common gull, 202
Black headed gull (Warren Claydon)
Tue 18 Jan Wilstone:early am: M Red-crested Pochard, F Goosander, 2 Shelduck, 1 Little Egret, 2 (poss. 3) Dunlin and 26 Golden Plover in with the Lapwings, plus 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull & 4 Herring Gulls over (Roy Hargreaves); pm: Curlew over, F Goosander, 2 Shelducks, plus Golden Plover in with Lapwing flock (Mike Campbell); plus Redshank, 31 Golden Plover 4 Goldeneye (2M 2F) (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Tue 18 Jan Marsworth: Bittern (at 15.15), 110 Corn Bunting to roost (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Sun 16 Jan Wilstone: early am: Water Pipit, 2 Little Egrets, 1 Redshank, 2 Whooper Swans (Roy Hargreaves); 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe, 23 Cormorant, 8
Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 2
Mute Swan, 2 Whooper Swanss, 50
Greylag Geese, 55
Mallard, 5
Gadwall, 609 Eurasian Wigeon, 412
Common Teal, 44
Shoveler, 78
Tufted Duck, 142
Pochard, 3 Common Goldeneye (1M 2F), 1 F Goosander, 345
Coot, 835 Lapwing, 26 Golden Plover, 1 Redshank, 501 Black-headed Gull , 83
Common Gull , 2
Lesser Black-backed Gull , 1 Herring Gull (Lee Evans); Mediterranean Gull (Steve Rodwell via David Bilcock)
Sun 16 Jan Startopsend: 3 Red-crested Pochard (2M 1F), 1 Mute Swan, 31 Canada Geese, 94 Mallard, 22 Tufted Duck, 21 Northern Pochard, 312 Coot (Lee Evans)
Sun 16 Jan Marsworth: 1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Canada Geese, 4 Greylag Geese, 12 Mallard, 4 Coot (Lee Evans); late pm: c50 Corn Buntings to roost, 1 Bittern, plus 6 Mute Swan on adjacent canal (Keith Evans)
Sun 16 Jan Tringford: 44 Shoveler, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Grey Heron, 1 Mute Swan, 13 Pochard, 18 Coot and 3 Moorhen (Lee Evans)
Sat 15 Jan Startopsend: late pm: 8 Red-crested Pochards (4M 4F) (Keith Evans)
Sat 15 Jan Marsworth: late pm: 35+ Corn Buntings, Bittern (at 16.25) (Keith Evans)
Fri 14 Jan Startopsend: 2 Red-crested Pochards (M), 12 Shoveler, c50 Greylag Geese, c25 Canada Geese, plus the usual numerous Coots and Tufted Ducks (Keith Evans)
Fri 14 Jan Marsworth: late pm: 1 Shoveler, 65+ Corn Buntings (at 16.20-16.30), possible Bittern (at 17.10) (Keith Evans)
Thu 12 Jan Wilstone: 15 Golden Plover, 600+ Lapwing, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Thu 12 Jan Startopsend: 8 Red-crested Pochard (4M 4F) (Jeff Bailey HBC)
Tue 11 Jan Marsworth: 20 Corn Bunting to roost (at 15.50) (Geoff Young HBC)
Sun 9 Jan Wilstone: Cetti's Warbler (Johne Taylor); in gull roost: ad. Mediterranean Gull, plus partially albinistic Black-headed Gull (with white mantle and no obvious ear spot) (David Bilcock)
Sun 9 Jan Marsworth: Woodcock, 12 Corn Bunting to roost (at 15.45) (Lynne Lambert HBC)
Sat 8 Jan Wilstone: am: 4 Little Egrets (Roy Hargreaves)
Sat 8 Jan Marsworth: 40 Corn Buntings to roost, Tawny Owl hooting (Roy Hargreaves)
Fri 7 Jan Marsworth: late pm: 38 Corn Buntings to roost, Bittern (at 16.30) (Francis Buckle)
Wed 5 Jan Wilstone: early am: 6 Pintail (4M 2F) (Roy Hargreaves)
Wed 5 Jan Startopsend: early am: 7 Red-crested Pochards (3M 4F) (Roy Hargreaves)
Tue 4 Jan Wilstone: early am: Water Pipit, Coal Tit heard (Roy Hargreaves); 2 Pied Wagtails,1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Kingfisher, 8 Pintail, 3 Common Goldeneye (Lee Evans); Mediterranean Gull (Steve Rodwell HBC)
Tue 4 Jan Marsworth: Bittern (Mick Wells via Lynne Lambert)
Mon 3 Jan Marsworth: Bittern (in flight 15.35), c20 Corn Buntings (Keith Evans); Barn Owl (in field behind reedbed) (Jeff Bailey HBC); 2 Red-crested Pochard (1M 2F) (Bruce Russell HBC)
Sun 2 Jan Wilstone: late pm: 317 Common Teal, 239 Wigeon and 134 Northern Pochard, 12 Mute Swans, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebes, 8 Pintail (4M 4F), 1 Goosander (F) (2 reported earlier by Ian Williams), plus in the gull roost: 1,600+ Black-headed Gulls, 96+ Common Gulls, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 1 Mediterrean Gull (found by David Bilcock) (Lee Evans)
Sun 2 Jan Marsworth: late pm: 2 Bitterns (1 roosting halfway up the hedgerow behind reedbed almost directly opposite hide, 1 in flight at reedbed at 16.30), Barn Owl, 2+ Tawny Owls, 1 Water Rail, plus 54 roosting Corn Buntings (Lee Evans with others)
Sat 1 Jan Wilstone: early am: 3 M Goosanders (also reported by David Bilcock), 8 Pintail, 3 Goldeneye, plus 17 Red-legged Partridge in field nr. Dry Canal (Roy Hargreaves); 3 M Goosanders, 7 Great Crested Grebe, 1
Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 12
Cormorants, 15
Mute Swan (inc 1 first-winter), 25
Mallard, 12
Gadwall, 213
Common Teal, 202
Eurasian Wigeon, 49
Shoveler, 4 Northern Pintail (2M 2F), 27
Tufted Duck, 84
Northern Pochard, 3
Common Goldeneye (1M 2F), 394
Coot, 66 Woodpigeon (in adjoining fields), 1 Kingfisher, 1
Pied Wagtail, 23 Starling over, 1
Wren, M
Yellowhammer over, plus many Black-headed and Common Gulls, plus 4 House Sparrows nr. Wilstone Great Farm (Lee Evans); plus Red Kite (Stuart Harrison HBC)
Sat 1 Jan Startopsend: 28 Mute Swans (1 first-year), 268 Coot, 11 Moorhen, 22 Tufted Ducks and 18 Northern Pochard (Lee Evans)
Sat 1 Jan Marsworth: 10 House Sparrows nr. Anglers Retreat (Lee Evans); Bittern (poss. roosting not in reeds but in the hedge behind the reed bed opposite the hide) (David Bilcock)
Notes:
HBC indicates sightings taken from Herts Bird Club website, with our thanks.
TWTW is FoTR's Tring Water Treatment Works site.
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