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



Friday 23 April 2010

Thursday Sightings - Adam Bassett

Visited a couple of sites today (Thursday 22 April):

LMGP - a Common Sandpiper on the tern raft and then the south bank and the Common Tern flock had risen to 4 birds.

Dorney Lake - first visit since the causeway was re-opened. A cracking male WHINCHAT was on the fence at the start of the return lake, although I couldn't find it later on my return. 6 Northern Wheatears, 4m, 2f were also at the start of the return lake and having just read Kevin D's e-mail from last night, might be yesterday's birds? A Common Redshank was also on the edge of the return lake here. About 20 Common Swifts called noisily overhead for a while before moving on, a single flock of about 15 birds and 2 groups of 2. Nothing much else except another male Wheatear by the seasonal pool - yesterday's bird? 2 Shelduck on the Reserve Pool and another on the Seasonal Pool.

Frustratingly, I was at Dorney Wetlands yesterday afternoon, briefly, and did not have time to check Dorney Lake, so whether I could have jammed in on the Avocet, who knows. There were 4 Hobbies hawking together over DW and Slough Sewage Farm yesterday, which is only just into Berks, but none strayed over the border. I have now seen 9 Hobbies over the past 3 days, groups of 4, 2, 2 and 1, but all in Berks.

Adam Bassett