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



Monday, 31 August 2009

Large build up of YELLOW WAGTAILS

This evening with Kevin and Mike at Little Marlow GP - 35 Yellow Wagtails in meadow, 330 Greylags in at dusk and 1 Green Sandpiper (Alan Stevens)

Rowsham WHINCHATS

I went back down the fields tonight and found two WHINCHATS ( both looked like juveniles ) in the same place I found 1 this morning; tonight they were happily feeding from the tops of Wheat in a large field. However whilst I'm confident one was one of those from this morning, one clearly was different. I suspect the other I saw this morning was a female. So 3 today.

Also a nice little flock of YELLOW WAGTAILS in Rowsham earlier (Mike Wallen)

WHINCHATS in Stowe













3 WHINCHATS in Stowe. near the Bourbon Tower (Phil Tizzard)

Large flock of YELLOW WAGTAILS at Dorney

On the way to the carpark check amongst the cattle. At least 22 Yellow Wagtail seen this morning (Kevin Duncan). 2-3 COMMON GREENSHANK were also still present today on the Seasonal Pool.

In a bumper autumn for WHINCHAT - Mike Wallen finds two in ROWSHAM




Two WHINCHATS this morning in Rowsham, both fem/ imm. My first in Rowsham ( proper ) in 10 years. Both were on fences but some distance apart. One was on a fence adjacent to an old manure heap which I have checked twice, for chats, on every walk down my fields for 10 years. Today I put my bins on the heap/ fence to finally see a chat !! (Mike Wallen)

Saturday, 29 August 2009

YELLOW-LEGGED GULL

At around midday Steve Rodwell and I had a juv/1st winter YELLOW-LEGGED GULL in a field being ploughed at Smokey Row near Little Kimble. Also c60 LBBGulls, 1 Herring Gull and a few Black-headeds (Rob Andrews)

Broughton Grounds

At Broughton Grounds this morning, 1 Spotted Flycatcher and a juvenile Hobby; plus 6 Green Sandpiper at Willen (Rob Hill)