The Story So Far - 2010

A total of 127 species have now been recorded in Buckinghamshire in 2010 (see list below)

1) Little Grebe; 2) Great Crested Grebe; 3) Atlantic Great Cormorant; 4) EURASIAN BITTERN (6+); 5) Little Egret (25+); 6) Grey Heron; 7) Mute Swan; 8) WHOOPER SWAN (2 adults); 9) BEWICK'S SWAN (1 adult); 10) EURASIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE (4); 10) Greylag Goose; 11) Atlantic Canada Goose; 12) Barnacle Goose; 13) DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE (1); 14) Common Shelduck; 15) Egyptian Goose; 16) Mandarin Duck; 17) Mallard; 18) Gadwall; 19) NORTHERN PINTAIL (7+); 20) Northern Shoveler; 21) Eurasian Wigeon; 22) Common Teal; 23) Northern Pochard; 24) Red-crested Pochard; 25) Tufted Duck; 26) RING-NECKED DUCK (adult drake); 27) Common Goldeneye; 28) SMEW (5); 29) Goosander; 30) RUDDY DUCK (1); 31) Red Kite; 32) HEN HARRIER (1+); 33) Common Buzzard; 34) Eurasian Sparrowhawk; 35) NORTHERN GOSHAWK (2+); 36) Common Kestrel; 37) PEREGRINE; 38) MERLIN (5+); 39) Red-legged Partridge; 40) Grey Partridge; 41) Common Pheasant; 42) Water Rail; 43) Moorhen; 44) Eurasian Coot; 45) COMMON CRANE (2); 46) Oystercatcher; 47) Ringed Plover; 48) European Golden Plover; 49) Lapwing; 50) Green Sandpiper (10); 51) Common Redshank; 52) EURASIAN CURLEW (1); 53) Woodcock; 54) Common Snipe; 55) JACK SNIPE; 56) Black-headed Gull; 57) Common Gull; 58) MEDITERRANEAN GULL (2); 59) Argenteus/argentatus Herring Gull; 60) YELLOW-LEGGED GULL (19+); 61) CASPIAN GULL (7); 62) Lesser Black-backed Gull; 63) Great Black-backed Gull; 64) GLAUCOUS GULL (1); 65) ICELAND GULL (1); 66) Stock Dove; 67) Woodpigeon; 68) Eurasian Collared Dove; 69) Tawny Owl; 70) LONG-EARED OWL (5); 71) SHORT-EARED OWL (2); 72) Barn Owl; 73) Little Owl; 74) Common Kingfisher; 75) Ring-necked Parakeet; 76) Green Woodpecker; 77) Great Spotted Woodpecker; 78) LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER (2); 79) Eurasian Skylark; 80) Meadow Pipit; 81) Pied Wagtail; 82) Grey Wagtail; 83) Winter Wren; 84) BOHEMIAN WAXWING (2); 85) Dunnock; 86) European Robin; 87) BLACK REDSTART (1 male); 88) COMMON STONECHAT (2); 89) Song Thrush; 90) Redwing; 91) Mistle Thrush; 92) Fieldfare; 93) Common Blackbird; 94) Blackcap; 95) CETTI'S WARBLER (5); 96) Common Chiffchaff; 97) Goldcrest; 98) FIRECREST (2); 99) Great Tit; 100) Coal Tit; 101) Blue Tit; 102) Marsh Tit; 103) Long-tailed Tit; 104) Nuthatch; 105) Common Treecreeper; 106) Common Magpie; 107) Jay; 108) Jackdaw; 109) Rook; 110) Carrion Crow; 111) COMMON RAVEN; 112) Common Starling; 113) House Sparrow; 114) TREE SPARROW (22+); 115) Chaffinch; 116) BRAMBLING; 117) Linnet; 118) Lesser Redpoll; 119) Goldfinch; 120) Greenfinch; 121) Siskin; 122) Bullfinch; 123) COMMON CROSSBILL (60+); 124) Reed Bunting; 125) Yellowhammer; 126) CORN BUNTING; 127) LESSER WHITETHROAT (overwintering bird)

SHELDUCK at Manor Farm

With the pumps on this week and the water level down about a foot or so this week with areas of mud slowly but surely appearing here and there prospects look good.Today, new arrivals in a pair of COMMON SHELDUCK, a second Green Sandpiper joining the overwintering one and a pair of the Goosander flock still remain as does a single Grey Wagtail (Chris Gleadell)

Willen Spit 7 March

Paul Moon recorded two OYSTERCATCHERS and the first 2 RINGED PLOVERS of the year

6 March Sighting

At Linford this morning, a drake NORTHERN PINTAIL on the main lake before it flew off west, a PEREGRINE zipped over going east, and there were a minimum 26 Lesser Redpolls in alders near the far hide.

Also 1 Little Egret, 2 Oystercatcher, and 5 Bullfinch near the visitor centre. 2-3 Skylark in song were nice to hear too (Rob Hill)

Emberton BARNACLE GEESE have returned

A visit to Emberton Park this morning revealed that approximately 65 of our summering Barnacle Geese have returned. Also present 11 Goosander (3 drakes), 5 Goldeneye (all drakes), 3 Buzzards and a Kingfisher (Rob Norris)

COMMON CRANES fly west

0845 hours on Wednesday 3 March: As Malc McGar was just turning into the reserve at Linford, two COMMON CRANES flew strongly west.

At Linford Reserve, drake Common Goldeneye and 2 Oystercatchers in field behind left hand owl box. Also 1 Lesser Redpoll seen in a flock of about 30 Siskins in the Alders and Water Rail near the woodland hide.

SHELDUCKS return as county tally now reaches 121

COMMON SHELDUCKS (two pairs) have returned to Dorney Lakes, the total number of species now recorded in Buckinghamshire this year now rising to 121.