All Sightings

2018 Sightings

31st December 2018

Blackcap - Swindon - Paul Castle

2 Blackcap - Bradford on Avon - Caroline Street

HEN HARRIER (male) - SPTA east - Matt Minnis

HEN HARRIER (ringtail), 1000 Starlings, 5 Grey Partridge, 70 Golden Plover, 16 Corn Bunting - Roundway Hill - Bruce Maxfield

Red Kite - Bowden Hill - William Loaring

400 Golden Plover - SPTA west - Andrew Bray

2 Chiffchaff - Westbury STW - Mike Smith

Water Rail - The Mead, Westbury - Mike Smith

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30th December 2018

6 COMMON CROSSBILL, Red Kite - Shearwater - Julian Green

HEN HARRIER (ringtail) - SPTA centre - Luke Hepples

Kingfisher - Worton - Matt Minnis

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3 Brambling - Savernake - Tony Reader

2 Goosander, 2 Mandarin, 25 Little Egret, 10 Gadwall, 3 Siskin, 4 Marsh Tit, 2 Raven, Red Kite, 150 Fieldfare, 70 Redwing - Fonthill Lake - Rich Prior

Chiffchaff - Chippenham - Merv Carlyon

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500 Lapwing, 200 Starling - Old Sarum - Bob Blamey

2 Stonechat, 5 Corn Bunting - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

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29th December 2018

350 Tree Sparrow, 10 Yellowhammer, 10 Corn Bunting, 6 Raven - Berwick Bassett - Matt Prior

6 COMMON CROSSBILL, 4 Brambling, 45 Siskin, 2 Marsh Tit, 50 Redwing - Grovely Wood - Rich Prior

14 Goosander, 2 Mandarin, 8 Teal - Bowood - Robin Nelson

150 Lapwing, 5 Golden Plover, Common Gull - Old Sarum - Bob Blamey

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9 Red Kite, Raven - Stoford - Bob Blamey

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28th December 2018

HEN HARRIER (male), MERLIN, 21 Golden Plover - SPTA west - Lee Dutton

MERLIN - Stapleford - Granville Pictor

1800 Wood Pigeon, 600 Starling - Berwick St James - Granville Pictor

Ruddy Shelduck - Langford Lakes - Richard Williams

19 Goosander - Bowood - Dave Sawyer

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2 Water Rail, 2 Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, 2 Blackcap - Bradford on Avon - Rowena Quantrill

100 Starling, 200 Linnet, 9 Corn Bunting, 2 Stonechat, Red Kite - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey 

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27th December 2018

Blackcap - Swindon - Paul Castle

Stonechat - Pewsey - Brian Heath

2 COMMON CROSSBILL, MERLIN, Red Kite, Marsh Tit - Great Ridge Wood - Rich Prior

4 Chiffchaff - Westbury STW - Mike Smith

Water Rail - The Mead, Westbury - Mike Smith

SHORT-EARED OWL, 14 Corn Bunting - SPTA east - Brian Heath

2 HEN HARRIER (males), SHORT-EARED OWL - SPTA west - Graham & Christine Stacey

1500 Wood Pigeon, Stonechat, 6 Red Kite, 500 Starling, 100 Fieldfare, 600 Lapwing - Upper Woodford - Granville Pictor

GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, 2 Goldeneye, 100 Lapwing - CWP82 - Richard Williams

Blackcap - Trowbridge - Brian Seaman

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26th December 2018

Blackcap - Holperton - Andrew Prescott

BLACK REDSTART - private farm, SPTA centre

BITTERN - CWP74 - Nigel Pleass

GREAT NORTHERN DIVER - CWP82 - Nigel Pleass

Stonechat, 140 Fieldfare, 120 Linnet - SPTA east - Brian & Brenda Heath

Red Kite - Pewsham - Eve & Lynne Hallam

8 Chiffchaff, 24 Meadow Pipit, 100 Pied Wagtail, Little Egret - Westbury STW - Mike Smith

11 Chiffchaff, 50 Pied Wagtail. 15 Meadow Pipit, Mandarin - Amesbury STW - Granville Pictor

SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF, 3 Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Little Egret, 15 Meadow Pipit, 30 Pied Wagtail, 3 Grey Wagtail - Marlborough STW - Matt Prior, Graham Deacon

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350 Lapwing, 40 Golden Plover - Beckhampton - Heather Collins

SHORT-EARED OWL, Barn Owl - SPTA east - Thomas Edwards

MERLIN, 16 Little Egret, 100 Fieldfare - Stitchcombe - Derek Pinchen

500 Lapwing, 200 Golden Plover - Old Sarum - Bob Blamey

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25th December 2018

Blackcap - Pewsey - Brenda Heath

MERLIN - Beckhampton - Dave Sawyer

2 Siskin, Blackcap - Marlborough - Derek Pinchen

Shoveler, 100 Redwing - Yarnbrook - Luke Hepples

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24th December 2018

BEWICK'S SWAN, Red Kite - Lacock - Joanna Hutchinson

2 Blackcap - Bradford on Avon - Roger Greenwood

2 Blackcap - Salisbury - Stephen Hackett

13 Little Egret, 2 Cormorant, 3 Red Kite - Stitchcombe - Derek Pinchen

JACK SNIPE, 5 Snipe, 150 Teal, 30 Reed Bunting, 5 Chiffchaff, Kingfisher - Swindon STW - Matt Prior

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YELLOW-LEGGED GULL, 2 Common Gull, 400 Lapwing - Old Sarum - Bob Blamey

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23rd December 2018

GREAT NORTHERN DIVER - CWP82 - Nigel Pleass

51 Pintail, 672 Wigeon, 357 Teal, 243 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, 27 Pochard, 11 Little Egret, 170 Lapwing - CWP74 - Nigel Pleass

3 YELLOW-LEGGED GULL, 5 Herring Gull, 500 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 200 Black-heaed Gull, 400 Lapwing - Old Sarum - Bob Blamey

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5 Red Kite - Stoford - Bob Blamey

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22nd December 2018

GREAT WHITE EGRET, 2 little Egret, 2 Goldeneye, 15 Pintail - CWP74 - Trevor Clayson

GREAT NORTHERN DIVER - CWP82 - Dave Soons

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JACK SNIPE, 12 Snipe, Lesser Redpoll, Peregrine - Blakehill - Robin Griffiths

2 Red Kite, 4 Marsh Tit, 7 Teal, Blackcap - Chippenham - Joanna Hutchinson

7 Red Kite - Stoford - Bob Blamey

3 Corn Bunting, Stonechat, 3 Red Kite - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

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21st December 2018

6 Siskin, Marsh Tit - Somerford Common - Robin Griffiths

1500 Lapwing, 1000 Starling, 2 Red Kites, Raven, Stonechat - Normanton Down - Granville Pictor, Malcolm Gibbs

GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, 150 Lapwing, 3 Goldeneye, Kingfisher - CWP82 - John Grearson

Stonechat - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

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300 Lapwing, 200 Starling - Old Sarum - Bob Blamey

700 Lapwing - Stoford - Bob Blamey

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20th December 2018

BEARDED TIT - CWP68 - Jon Mercer

GREAT NORTHERN DIVER - CWP82 - Jon Mercer

Blackcap - Pewsey - Brian Heath

Blackcap - Salisbury - Stephen Hackett

16 COMMON CROSSBILL, 7 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Marsh Tit, Peregrine, Raven - Great Ridge Wood - Rich Prior

50 Lapwing, 80 Linnet, 10 Siskin, 11 Goosander, 2 Pochard, Shoveler, Marsh Tit, Red Kite - Bowood - Joanna Hutchinson

8 YELLOW-LEGED GULL, 350 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 250 Black-headed Gull, 22 Cormorant, 10 Shoveler, Ruddy Shelduck - Langford Lakes - Mike Hamzij, Paul Fox, Rob Turner

3 Siskin - Marlborough - Derek Pinchen

19th December 2018

GREAT NORTHERN DIVER - CWP82 - Stephen Edwards

3 Blackcap - Corsham - Alan Carpenter

90 Lapwing, 150 Redwing, 30 Fieldfare, 300 Wood Pigeon, 200 Jackdaw - Nightingale Wood - Graham Deacon

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3 YELLOW-LEGGED GULL, 5 Herring Gull, 300 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 500 Lapwing - Old Sarum - Bob Blamey

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2 Chiffchaff - Westbury STW - Mike Smith

Siskin - Marlborough - Derek Pinchen

Little Egret - Bitham Brook, Westbury - Mike Smith

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17th December 2018

5 Goosander, 4 Common Gull, Kingfisher, Water Rail, Peregrine, Red Kite - Corsham Lake - Joanna Hutchinson

Blackcap - Corsham - Alan Carpenter

Little Egret, Water Rail, Grey Wagtail - Westbury STW - Mike Smith

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300 Fieldfare, 200 Redwing, Marsh Tit, 20 Reed Bunting, Red Kite - Nightingale Wood - Phil & Graham Deacon

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16th December 2018

JACK SNIPE, 2 Snipe, 100 Teal, 25 Reed Bunting, Red Kite, Chiffchaff, Cetti's warbler, 300 Black-headed Gull - Swindon STW - Matt Prior

3 COMMON CROSSBILL, Lesser Redpoll, 40 Siskin, 7 Marsh Tit, Peregrine, Raven - Grovely Wood - Rich Prior

SHORT-EARED OWL - Blakehill - Robin Griffiths

3 GREAT WHITE EGRET, 58 Little Egret, 53 Cormorants. Cetti's Warbler, 4 Water Rails, 60 Lapwings, 2 Chiffchaffs, 5 Pintail, 1 Red-crested Pochard, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Stonechat - CWP74 - Robin Griffiths

100 Linnet - Lower Moors, CWP - Robin Griffiths

14th December 2018

2 SHORT-EARED OWL, 15 WOODCOCK, 200 Skylark, 9 Grey Partridge, 7 Snipe, 5 Golden Plover - SPTA east - Matt Prior

Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Raven, Kingfisher - Bradford on Avon - Caroline Street

3 Blackcap - Ashton Keynes - John Grearson

5 Little Egret, 3 Goosander, 84 Tufted Duck, 68 Teal, 22 Wigeon, 5 Shoveler, 3 Pochard, Water Rail, Kingfisher, 48 Cormorant - Coate Water - Trevor & Sue Clayson

2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap - Westbury STW - Mike Smith

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4 GREAT WHITE EGRET, 30 Little Egret, Goosander, 7 Goldeneye, 4 Wigeon, 16 Pochard, 10 Tufted Duck, 2 Kingfisher, 12 Cormorant, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Stonechat, Green Sandpiper - CWP68/74 - Robin Griffiths

GREAT WHITE EGRET - Bowood - Dave Sawyer

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13th December 2018

No sign of yesterdays Black-throated Thrush at Bishopstone

40 Lapwing - Littleton Drew - Tony Oram

4 Raven - Westbury - John Simpson

6 HAWFINCH, 13 COMMON CROSSBILL, 5 Brambling, 65 Lesser Redpoll, 15 Siskin, 5 Marsh Tit, 2 Raven - Cranborne Chase Woods - Rich Prior

7 Red Kite - Shalbourne - Brian Heath

13 Snipe, Marsh Tit - cumberwell - Rowena Quantrill

3 YELLOW-LEGGED GULL, 200 Lapwing, 200 Starling - Old Sarum - Bob Blamey

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Goosander - Devizes - Luke Hepples

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12th December 2018

BLACK-THROATED THRUSH - Bishopstone, near Swindon, SU250829 - Gary Chalker

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Chiffchaff, Red Kite - Bradford on Avon - Rowena & Bill Quantrill

2 Stonechat, 2 Red Kite - Bowden Reservoir - Dave Hanham

BLACK REDSTART - Wingfield - Simon Young

Little Egret, Kingfisher - Lower Woodford - Bob Blamey

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11th December 2018

Brambling, 2 Stonechat, 100 Lapwing - Berwick St James - Rich Prior

Water Rail, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin, 13 Reed Bunting, Marsh Tit, 800 Fieldfare, 700 Redwing - Nightingale Wood - Phil & Graham Deacon

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10th December 2018

GREAT WHITE EGRET, 19 Little Egret - CWP74 - Trevor & Sue Clayson

14 Goosander - CWP30 - Trevor & Sue Clayson

3 Blackcap - Chippenham - Lynne Hallam

Brambling, 2 Siskin, Grey Wagtail, 5 Teal, 4 Marsh Tit, 11 Raven - Stourhead - Joanna Hutchinson

WHITEWAGTAIL, 2 Stonechat, Raven, 300 Fieldfare, 70 Redwing, 750 Starling - SPTA west - Caroline Street

2 Stonechat, 230 Fieldfare, 50 Redwing - SPTA centre - Caroline Street

80 Linnet - Coate - Caroline Street

2 Goosander - Devizes - Caroline Street

Chiffchaff, 50 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail - Westbury STW - Mike Smith

Water Rail - Bitham Brook, Westbury - Mike Smith

SHORT-EARED OWL - Blakehill - Robin Griffiths

Snipe, 20 Meadow Pipit, 30 Redwing, 10 Fieldfare - Cloatley Meadows - Robin Griffiths

HEN HARRIER (ringtail), 500 Fieldfare, 200 Redwing, 75 Chaffinch - SPTA east - Mike & Angela Trew

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