YEARLISTING IN 2016

Compared to most recent years, when for example I recorded 165 species in the county in 2011, 187 in 2012 and 173 in 2013, this has been a particularly poor one with just 157 species recorded by mid December - one of my worst years on record

YEARLISTING IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

It's all over - 2012 has come to an end. I managed a total of 187 out of the 198 species recorded all told in Buckinghamshire - 94% of the total - probably my highest-ever annual tally.

The current record is 191 species achieved in 2006 and held jointly by both Rob Hill and Simon Nichols



Wednesday 13 January 2010

The Story So Far - 108 species

With 13 days down, Buckinghamshire has played host to a total of 108 species thus far in 2010. I have managed to see 88 of these.

1) Great Crested Grebe
2) Little Grebe
3) Atlantic Great Cormorant
4) EURASIAN BITTERN (4 birds, including 2 at WTR and singles at Linford NR and Marsworth Reservoir)
5) LITTLE EGRET (6+)
6) Grey Heron
7) Mute Swan
8) WHOOPER SWAN (2 adults at Calvert Sailing Lake)
9) BEWICK'S SWAN (1 adult at Calvert BBOWT)
10) EURASIAN WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (adult at Newport Pagnell)
11) Greylag Goose (Category C)
12) Atlantic Canada Goose (Category C)
13) Egyptian Goose (Category C)
14) Mallard
15) Gadwall
16) NORTHERN PINTAIL (Calvert BBOWT)
17) Shoveler
18) Eurasian Wigeon
19) Common Teal
20) Pochard
21) RED-CRESTED POCHARD (16 at Calvert BBOWT and at least three in MK)
22) Tufted Duck
23) RING-NECKED DUCK (adult drake at Foxcote Reservoir)
24) Common Goldeneye
25) SMEW (4 recorded, with single drakes at Willen North and Thorney CP, Iver, and 2 redheads at Caldecott Lake)
26) GOOSANDER (25+ mainly in North Bucks)
27) RUDDY DUCK (1 at Calvert Sailing Lake)
28) Red Kite
29) Common Buzzard
30) Eurasian Sparrowhawk
31) Common Kestrel
32) PEREGRINE (4+)
33) Red-legged Partridge (Category C)
34) Grey Partridge
35) Common Pheasant (Category C)
36) Water Rail
37) Moorhen
38) Coot
39) European Golden Plover
40) Lapwing
41) Green Sandpiper (1)
42) Common Redshank (College Lake)
43) EURASIAN CURLEW (1 flyover)
44) Woodcock
45) Common Snipe
46) Black-headed Gull
47) Common Gull
48) MEDITERRANEAN GULL (adult at Marlow GP)
49) Herring Gull
50) CASPIAN GULL (4 records mostly at Calvert)
51) YELLOW-LEGGED GULL (Calvert Lakes)
52) Lesser Black-backed Gull
53) Great Black-backed Gull
54) GLAUCOUS GULL (single juvenile at Calvert)
55) Stock Dove
56) Woodpigeon
57) Eurasian Collared Dove
58) Tawny Owl
59) Barn Owl
60) Little Owl (Category C)
61) Common Kingfisher
62) Ring-necked Parakeet (Category C)
63) Green Woodpecker
64) Great Spotted Woodpecker
65) Eurasian Skylark
66) Meadow Pipit
67) Pied Wagtail
68) Grey Wagtail
69) Wren
70) Dunnock
71) European Robin
72) Common Stonechat
73) Song Thrush
74) Redwing
75) Mistle Thrush
76) Fieldfare
77) Common Blackbird
78) Blackcap (10+)
79) CETTI'S WARBLER (3)
80) Goldcrest
81) FIRECREST (2 in Hogback Wood, Beaconsfield)
82) Great Tit
83) Blue Tit
84) Coal Tit
85) Marsh Tit
86) Long-tailed Tit
87) Nuthatch
88) Common Treecreeper
89) Common Magpie
90) Jay
91) Jackdaw
92) Rook
93) Carrion Crow
94) COMMON RAVEN (16+)
95) Common Starling
96) House Sparrow
97) Chaffinch
98) BRAMBLING (peak of 83 in Penn Wood)
99) Linnet
100) LESSER REDPOLL
101) Goldfinch
102) Greenfinch
103) Siskin
104) Bullfinch
105) COMMON CROSSBILL (5 in Penn Wood)
106) Reed Bunting
107) Yellowhammer
108) CORN BUNTING (48+)

Also recorded

109) FERRUGINOUS DUCK (escaped drake on Jubilee River at Dorney)