AUTUMN MIGRATION AT TRING RESERVOIRS
Summer visitors - latest departure
	Average	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	Comments
Cuckoo	25-Jul		08-Jun		24-Aug			11-Aug		Very few latest records
Swift	23-Aug	25-Aug	07-Sep	30-Aug	09-Aug		17-Aug	21-Aug	23-Aug
Whitethroat	30-Aug	18-Sep	21-Aug	17-Aug	25-Aug	11-Sep	27-Aug
Lesser Whitethroat	30-Aug		15-Aug	21-Sep	28-Aug		03-Sep	21-Aug
Garden Warbler	05-Sep			17-Aug	22-Sep	26-Aug	10-Sep	05-Sep	17-Sep
Willow Warbler	08-Sep		31-Aug	07-Sep	08-Sep	02-Sep	22-Sep	12-Sep	06-Sep
Common Tern	11-Sep	11-Sep	07-Sep	03-Sep	26-Aug	18-Sep	01-Oct	12-Sep
Sand Martin	12-Sep	16-Sep	19-Sep	08-Oct	15-Sep	09-Sep	27-Aug	24-Aug	13-Sep
Sedge Warbler	20-Sep	25-Sep	12-Sep	14-Sep	29-Sep	23-Sep	24-Sep	22-Sep	12-Sep
Reed Warbler	26-Sep			05-Oct	29-Sep	23-Sep	24-Sep	26-Sep	20-Sep
Hobby	28-Sep	04-Oct	08-Oct	15-Sep	02-Oct	07-Oct	06-Oct	15-Sep	21-Sep
House Martin	04-Oct	01-Oct	14-Oct	10-Oct	16-Oct	03-Oct	10-Oct	26-Sep	13-Sep
Swallow	09-Oct	01-Oct	09-Oct	07-Oct	20-Oct		15-Oct	26-Sep	17-Oct
Chiffchaff and Blackcap excluded due to confusion caused by overwintering birds.
Unfortunately latest records for species are fairly irregular
Autumn passage birds - duration
	Average	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	Comments
Common Sandpiper	14-Jul	26-Jul	06-Jul	18-Jul	01-Jul	18-Jul	08-Jul	13-Jul	23-Jul	You should see these
until	26-Sep	01-Oct	11-Oct	12-Oct	13-Sep	07-Oct	23-Sep	12-Sep	13-Sep	mid July to mid Sept
Green Sandpiper	30-Jul	25-Jul	29-Jul	31-Jul	25-Jul	04-Aug	01-Aug	28-Jul	04-Aug
until	09-Oct	08-Sep	01-Sep	07-Sep	14-Oct	03-Nov	24-Nov	07-Nov
Greenshank	31-Jul	07-Aug	10-Jul	07-Aug	04-Jul	22-Aug	30-Jul	03-Aug	11-Aug	On the exposed mud at
until	27-Sep	02-Sep	19-Sep	12-Oct	22-Sep	18-Oct	05-Sep	24-Sep	26-Oct	Wilstone Reservoir
Black Tern	05-Aug	18-Aug	03-Aug	03-Aug	31-Jul	15-Aug	23-Jul	06-Aug		Often in small groups
until	07-Sep	18-Aug	10-Aug	14-Sep	19-Aug	09-Oct	24-Sep	12-Sep	13-Sep
Yellow Wagtail	20-Aug	18-Aug	31-Aug	09-Aug	25-Aug	Stayed	13-Aug	No	28-Aug	Sporadic, look around the
until	14-Sep	14-Sep	31-Aug	16-Sep	27-Sep	27-Sep	13-Aug	show	04-Oct	horses in the paddocks
Wheatear	31-Aug	13-Sep	13-Aug	13-Sep	08-Sep	10-Oct	08-Aug	09-Aug	24-Aug	Check paddock fences
until	28-Sep	23-Sep	29-Aug	17-Sep	01-Nov	16-Oct	01-Oct	06-Sep	14-Oct	and the Dry Canal area
Little Tern	25-Aug	No	No	07-Aug	No	05-Sep	14-Aug	12-Sep		We just get one passing
until	25-Aug	show	show	07-Aug	show	05-Sep	14-Aug	12-Sep		through each year.
Dunlin	03-Sep	28-Jul	28-Aug	02-Sep	24-Sep	25-Aug	15-Oct	15-Aug	13-Sep	Look out for Curlew
until	27-Nov	15-Nov	22-Nov	15-Jan	08-Dec	04-Dec	22-Oct	27-Nov	13-Nov	Sands and Little Stint
Winter visitors - earliest arrival
	Average	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	Comments
Redwing	16-Oct	23-Oct	01-Oct	05-Oct	07-Oct	31-Oct	04-Nov	13-Oct
Fieldfare	19-Oct	23-Oct	09-Oct	07-Oct	20-Oct	04-Nov	15-Oct	26-Oct
Goldeneye	24-Oct	20-Oct	17-Oct	17-Oct	07-Oct	05-Nov	22-Oct	26-Oct	17-Nov
Goosander	10-Nov	04-Dec	23-Oct	15-Nov	02-Nov	18-Nov	08-Nov	13-Nov	30-Oct
Bittern	26-Nov	01-Nov	23-Dec	19-Nov	07-Nov	24-Dec	24-Nov
Smew	02-Dec		28-Nov	09-Dec	10-Nov	20-Dec	19-Dec	27-Nov	23-Nov	Usually only 1 individual
Other ducks are not so clear cut