Not a bad day at College Lake today - the adult drake COMMON SCOTER from Wilstone ended up spending most of the day on the main lake, obviously feeding well, and was still there at 5pm. Also, 7 Pintails and good numbers of wigeon, pochard, tufted duck and shoveler. Highlight of the day though was a SHORT-EARED OWL which was actually spotted thermaling at around 250 ft with five buzzards. Personally I have never seen anything like this and for a time doubted my ID skills! Good numbers of fieldfare going through all day, and redwings around the hedgerows around the reserve (Paul Reed)
The COMMON SCOTER was still present at dusk, showing very well in the bay adjacent to the Ogtagonal Hide, whilst the gull roost held 880 birds, including 550 Black-headed, a first-winter MEDITERRANEAN, 5 Common, 17 Herring, 226 Lesser Black-backed and 3 YELLOW-LEGGED (Lee Evans)
This is an account of the personal observations of Lee G R Evans (LGRE) in his home county of Buckinghamshire. It also hosts all sightings of interest within the county but only those considered authentic by the author. I am extremely grateful for any images of local birds as well as of any information relating to birds within the boundaries - contact me anytime on 07881 906629 or email LGREUK400@aol.com.