2019 Sightings

PIED FLYCATCHER - Lower Moors, CWP by woodchip pile between Sandpool  & main road - Colin & Trevor Pinchen, Chris Snook

10 WHITE WAGTAIL - CWP200

3 RING OUZEL - SPTA east

2 Wheatear, House Martin, 5 Red Kite - Pewsey Downs - Geoff Fawcett

Wheatear, 30 Fieldfare - Middle Woodford - Keith Simpson

12 House Martin, 2 Swallow, 50 Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, 6 Teal, 10 Lapwing - Langford Lakes - Keith Simpson

2 Little Egret - Frogmore, Westbury - Mike Smith

24 Swallow, House Martin - Westbury STW - Mike Smith

Red Kite - Bradford on Avon - Caroline Street

2 Swallow - Cricklade - Robin Griffiths

Redstart (1st spring record), Wheatear, 4 Curlew, 13 Linnet, 2 Blackcap - Blakehill - Robin Griffiths

Red Kite, Raven - leigh Delamere - Tony Oram

4 WHITE WAGTAIL, Yellow Wagtail (1st spring record), Sedge Warbler (1st spring record), 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Green Sandpiper, Willow Warbler - CWP200 - Simon Gathercole

2 GARGANEY - CWP74 - Neil Cowley

2 Red Kite - Lacock - William Loaring

Red Kite - Chicklade - Toby Mylett

40 House Martin, 20 Sand Martin,  Blackcap, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff - Langford Lakes - Mike & Angela Trew, Toby Mylett

2 OYSTERCATCHER, 2 Shelduck, Chiffchaff, 4 Lapwing, 2 Red-crested Pochard - Eysey, CWP - Nigel Sluman

 2 Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Willow Warbler - CWP200 - Nigel Sluman

150 Golden Plover - Mere Down - Alison Rymell

2 GREAT WHITE EGRET - Standlynch Water Meadows - Andrew Carter

14 Golden Plover - Standlynch Down - Andrew Carter

4 COMMON CRANE - in flight over Salisbury - Stephen Hackett

3 Swallow - Devizes - Ed Nash

Lesser Redpoll - Somerford Common - Robin Griffiths

Willow Warbler, 2 Swallows, Snipe, Lesser Redpoll, Marsh Tit - Ravensroost - Robin Griffiths

2 WOODCOCK, 14 Blackcap, 8 Chiffchaff - Nightingale Wood - Graham Deacon

6 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, Red Kite, Reed Bunting, Swallow - Wylye - Bjorn Howard

HEN HARRIER (ringtail) - Amesbury - Granville Pictor

MERLIN, 50 Corn Bunting, Swallow - SPTA east - Granville Pictor

Green Sandpiper6 House Martin, 50 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 4 Snipe, 4 Teal - Langford Lakes - Mike Smith, John Simpson

Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Kingfisher - Chippenham - Joanna Hutchinson

Red Kite - Melksham - William Loaring

6 Swallow, 4 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff - Vincient's Wood - Tim Salkeld

3 Little Egret - Haywood - Mike Smith

2 Wheatear, 2 Swallow, 6 Curlew - Blakehill - Robin Griffiths

2 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 4 Swallow. Kingfisher, 4 Common Buzzard, 12 Linnet - Kellaways - Nigel Sluman

2 Blackcap - Stoford - Bob Blamey

90 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 6 Common Buzzard - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

2 Lesser Redpoll, 10 Yellowhammer - Great Cheverell - Mick Davey

2 Raven, Red Kite, 4 Common Buzzard, Swallow, 4 House Martin, 2 Grey Wagtail, 7 Siskin, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap - Bowood - Joanna Hutchinson

Swallow, Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Wagtail - Peckingel - Tim & James Salkeld

2 Swallow - Southwick Park - Dave Hanham

MARSH HARRIER - SPTA east - Tom Edwards

COMMON REDPOLL, 20 Lesser Redpoll, 30 Siskin, 3 Brambling - Axford - Matt Prior

Wheatear, Red Kite, 25 Tree Sparrow, 12 Fieldfare - Horton Down - Rich Prior

Wheatear, Fieldfare, 2 Blackcap - Winsley - Matt Ames

4 COMMON CROSSBILL, 9 Marsh Tit, 6 Siskin, Brambling, Raven, Red Kite - Savernake - Joanna Hutchison

5 Swallow - Peckingell - James Salkeld

5 GARGANEY, 2 OYSTERCATCHER, RUFF, 6 Shelduck, 46 Teal, 32 Shoveler - CWP74 - Nigel Pleass

Ringed Plover, 6 Green Sandpiper, 3 Redshank - CWP200 - Nigel Pleass

3 Swallow, 60 Sand Martin, Dunlin, 2 Redshank, 6 Snipe, 6 Shelduck, 12 Shoveler, 7 Wigeon CWP305 Nigel Pleass

Red Kite - Westbury - Keith & John Simpson

Red Kite - Melksham - William Loaring

101 Golden Plover, 2 Red Kite - SPTA centre - Andrew Bray

60 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greylag Goose, Kingfisher, Reed Bunting - Langford Lakes - Mike & Angela Trew, Barry Mitchell

Snipe, Brambling, Lesser Redpoll, 2 Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff, 10 Reed Bunting - Nightingale Wood - Phil & Graham Deacon

Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, Little Egret, 7 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, Cetti’s Warbler. Red Kite, Stonechat - Langford Lakes - Rob Partis

DIPPER - Long Dean - Robin Nelson

15 Sand Martin, Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 4 Teal, Little Egret, 2 Stonechat, 5 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warbler - Langford Lakes - John Osborne

2 Blackcap, 9 Chiffchaff - Shaw Forest, Swindon - Nigel Sluman

Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff - Moulden Hill, Swindon - Nigel Sluman

Swallow (1st spring record) - Broughton Gifford - Brian Bray

Little Ringed Plover, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Green Sandpiper, Reed Bunting, 4 Snipe, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 14 Chiffchaff, 3 Teal - Langford Lakes - Jon Lee, Bjorn Howard

Blackcap, 8 Chiffchaff, 5 Corn Bunting, 15 Fieldfare, 70 Linnet, Raven, 2 Red Kite, 7 Yellowhammer - Wylye - Bjorn Howard

2 Little Ringed Plover - CWP200 - Ben Sykes

GREAT WHITE EGRET - CWP59 - Ben Sykes

Water Rail - The Mead, Westbury - Mike Smith

Chiffchaff - New Park, Westbury - Mike Smith

Raven, Red Kite, 5 Common Buzzards, 3 Marsh Tit, Siskin, Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff - Castle Combe - Joanna Hutchinson

2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Marsh Tit, Blackcap - Long Dean - Joanna Hutchinson

Grey Wagtail - Codford - Jon Lee

11 Chiffchaff, 4 Redwing - Nightingale Wood - Graham Deacon

2 GREAT WHITE EGRET - North Meadow, Cricklade - Tony Gadsdon

SHORT-EARED OWL - Battlesbury Hill - Alan Taylor

Raven - Melksham - Alan Carpenter

2 Curlews, Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff - Blakehill - Robin Griffiths

Red Kite - Leigh Delamere - Tony Oram

83 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

3 Curlew, 12 Fieldfare, 17 Redwing, Little Owl, 5 Common Buzzard, 20 Meadow Pipit - Blakehill - Joanna Hutchinson

2 Peregrine - Swindon - Derek Clark

3 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Redshank, 6 Green Sandpiper - CWP200 - Simon Gathercole

GREAT WHITE EGRET - CWP74 - Simon Gathercole

2 Raven, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail - Bradford on Avon - Caroline Street

2 Raven, Marsh Tit - Heaven's Gate - Mike & Angela Trew

Stonechat - Westbury Downs - Mike & Angela Trew

Red Kite - Melksham - William Loaring

4 Golden Plover, Red Kite - Cley Hill - Lee Dutton

GREAT WHITE EGRET, 6 Little Egret, 22 Lapwing, 6 Curlew, 2 Shelduck, Shoveler, Goldeneye, 4 Pochard, 9 Wigeon - CWP74 - John Grearson

8 Lapwing, 3 Raven - Shalbourne - Andrew Dawson

2 Red Kite - Old Derry Hill - Chris Walker

HEN HARRIER (ringtail), 2 Grey Partridge - SPTA centre - Peter Amor

6 Wheatear, 100 Fieldfare, 2 Corn Bunting, 25 Linnet, 3 Red Kite - Middle Woodford - Shayne Ford, Charlie Davies

21 Corn Bunting, 19 Stock Dove - Gore Cross - Mike & Angela Trew

Willow Warbler (1st spring record), 4 House Martin (1st spring record), Pochard x Tufted Duck hybrid, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Snipe, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap3 Red Kite, 2 Raven, 2 Stonechat - Langford Lakes - Mike & Angela Trew

DARTFORD WARBLER, Stonechat - SPTA east - Steve Strange

2 Siskin - Thickwood - Chris Woods

SHORT-EARED OWL - Battlesbury Hill - Alan Taylor

Siskin - Corsham - Alan Carpenter

4 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Redshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 18 Teal - CWP200 - Mike & Angela Trew

GREAT WHITE EGRET, 2 Shelduck - CWP74 - Mike & Angela Trew

2 Wheatear, 2 Stonechat, 3 Red Kite, 2 Raven - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

Chiffchaff, 10 Fieldfare, 290 Wood Pigeon - Bradford on Avon - Matt Ames

4 Chiffchaff, Red Kite, Marsh Tit - Gasper - John Howell

3 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Redwing, 6 Reed Bunting - Nightingale Wood - Graham Deacon

5 Chiffchaff - Semington - William Loaring

4 Chiffchaff - Hilperton - William Loaring

2 Shoveler, Teal, 2 Snipe, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 3 Cetti's Warbler - Langford Lakes - John Osborne

70 Golden Plover, 8 Lapwing, 5 Common Buzzard, Raven, 2 Chiffchaff, 75 Linnet, 34 Yellowhammer, 17 Corn Bunting - Berwick Bassett Down - Simon Gathercole

12 Chiffchaff, 3 Cwtti's Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Peregrine - CWP68-74 - Nigel Pleass

2 WILLOW TIT, 7 Marsh Tit, 2 Raven - Great Ridge Wood - Jon Lee

2 Grey Wagtail - Codford - Steve Dewey

2 Lapwing - SPTA east - Steve Dewey

2 Red Kite - SPTA centre - Steve Dewey

DIPPER, 2 Kingfisher - Box - Ben Sykes

 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 15 Teal - CWP200 - Merv Carlyon, Barry Mitchell

Chiffchaff - Salisbury - Stephen Hackett

Chiffchaff - Hilperton - Andrew Prescott

Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff - Lower Moor Farm, CWP - Simon Tucker

7 Chiffchaff, Stonechat, Raven - SPTA centre - Phil & Graham Deacon, Andrew Bray

7 Chiffchaff, Marsh Tit, Raven - West Woods - Jon Lee

Blackcap - Corsham - Alan Carpenter

4 GARGANEY, 2 OYSTERCATCHER, GREAT WHITE EGRET, 3 Shelduck, Pintail, 6 Wigeon, 53 Shoveler, 35 Teal, 4 Goldeneye, Curlew, 2 Cetti's Warbler - CWP74 - Nigel Pleass

2 BLACK-TAILED GODWIT, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Redshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 23 Teal, Red Kite - CWP200 - Nigel Pleass

3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, Sand Martin, 37 Herring Gull - Eysey - Nigel Pleass

3 Chiffchaff - Westbury STW - Mike Smith

Water Rail - Bitham Brook, Westbury - Mike Smith

Water Rail - The Mead, Westbury - Mike Smith

2 AVOCET, 2 GARGANEY, Pintail, 20 Teal, 20 Shoveler, 4 Wigeon, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Ciffchaff, 700 Rook, 35 Little Egret - CWP74 - Nigel Pleass

SHORT-EARED OWL, Barn Owl - Blakehill - John Edwards

Goosander, 2 Raven - Corsham Lake - Luke Hepples

7 Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, Lesser Redpoll, 10 Redwing, 20 Fieldfare, Red Kite - Nightingale Wood - Phil & Graham Deacon

16 Little Egret, 8 Chiffchaff - North Meadow, Cricklade - Chris Snook

Wheatear - Cradle Hill - Alan Taylor

2 Blackcap - Ashton Keynes - John Grearson

DIPPER - Box - Liz Stephens

Red Kite - Melksham - William Loaring

2 Chiffchaff - Lacock - William Loaring

3 Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, Reed Bunting - Wylye - Bjorn Howard

11 Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 3 Chiffchaff, 9 Skylark, 7 Lapwing, Red Kite - Stoford - Bob Blamey

3 Chiffchaff - Gastard STW - William Loaring

2 OYSTERCATCHER, Chiffchaff - CWP132 - Nigel Sluman

2 OYSTERCATCHER, 3 Goosander, 2 Little Egret, 6 Wigeon, Fieldfare, 15 Lapwing, 2 Shelduck, Snipe, 2 Shoveler, 2 Chiffchaff - Eysey - Nigel Sluman

Green Sandpiper, 2 Shelduck, 12 Teal - CWP200 - Nigel Sluman

Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Goldeneye - CWP74 - Nigel Sluman

5 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Reed Bunting, 4 Snipe, Kingfisher - Langford Lakes - Caroline Street, Liz Stephens

11 Little Egret, 2 Chiffchaff - North Meadow, Cricklade - Chris Snook

Chiffchaff - Peatmoor, Swindon - Nigel Sluman

2 Chiffchaff, 40 Fieldfare - Kellaways - Nigel Sluman

2 Curlew, 40 Fieldfare, 14 Linnet, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Red Kite - Blakehill - Robin Griffiths

3 COMMON CROSSBILL, 70 Brambling - Savernake - Caroline Street

2 Stonechat, 7 Raven, 6 Red Kite, 7 Common Buzzard, 3 Corn Bunting, Fieldfare - Wylye - Bjorn Howard

BITTERN - CWP74 - John Grearson

Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank - Kent End, CWP - Graham Lawlor

2 Snipe, 2 Mandarin, 2 Gadwall, 8 Fieldfare - Wardour - Hugh Nicholson

3 Little Ringed Plover, Little Egret, Goosander, 16 Lapwing - CWP305 - John Grearson

12 Fieldfare, 4 Raven, Peregrine, Siskin - Cley Hill - Bryan Pinchen, Jenny Vickers

OSPREY, 2 Raven, 8 Common Buzzard - Longleat - Byran Pinchen, Jenny Vickers

8 Chiffchaff, Red Kite - Langford Lakes - Bryan Pinchen, Jenny Vickers

MARSH HARRIER - Nunton - Bryan Pinchen, Jenny Vickers

KNOT, Little Ringed Plover (1st spring record), 2 Green Sandpiper - CWP200 - John Grearson, John Durrell, Robin Griffiths

2 Chiffchaff - Clattinger Farm - Robin Griffiths

Lapwing - Pewsham - Andrew Dawson

3 Siskin - Colerne - Andrew Dawson

4 Chiffchaff, 24 Meadow Pipit, 4 Reed Bunting - Westbury STW - Mike Smith

3 Peregrine - Swindon - Trevor Dobie

4 Corn Bunting, 40 Linnet, 3 Raven, 4 Red Kite, 2 Stonechat - Wylye - Bjorn Howard

 Wheatear, 2 Stonechat - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

Raven, 3 Red Kite - Stoford - Bob Blamey

3 Fieldfare, Kingfisher - Corsham Lake - Tony Oram

Red Kite - Castle Combe - Tony Oram

3 Red Kite - Leigh Delamere - Tony Oram

2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 6 Little Egret, Raven, Red Kite - Chippenham - Joanna Hutchinson

3 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, 3 Red Kite - Lacock - Joanna Hutchinson