All Sightings

2020 Sightings

5th March 2020

Ruddy Shelduck, 2 Stonechat - Stoford - Bob Blamey

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4th March 2020

OYSTERCATCHER, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL - East Clyffe - Bob Blamey

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3rd March 2020

YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER, SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF, Common Whitethroat, 6 Chiffchaff - Westbury STW - Andrew Bray, Mike Smith, Luke Hepples, Matt Minnis

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12 COMMON CROSSBILL, 20 Siskin, 16 Marsh Tit, 6 Skylark, 5 Stonechat, Raven, 6 Common Buzzard, 3 Red Kite - Great Ridge Wood - Jon Lee

2 SHORT-EARED OWL, 4 Raven, Red Kite, 3 Stonechat, 7 Corn Bunting - SPTA east - Mike Trew

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2 Water Rail - Bitham Brook, Westbury - Mike Smith

Red Kite - Westbury - Mike Smith

Raven, 3 Red Kite, 4 Common Buzzard, Marsh Tit, Grey Wagtail, Blackcap - Chippenham - Joanna Hutchinson

Peregrine, Raven, 19 Stonechat, 80 Meadow Pipit, Blackcap, 12 Yellowhammer - Pewsey - Brian Heath

MEDITERRANEAN GULL, Common Gull, 900 Black-headed Gull, 19 Herring Gull, 150 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Red Kite - East Clyffe - Bob Blamey

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2 Raven - Mildenhall - Richard Fuller

Barn Owl - Shewton - Paul Boult

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2nd March 2020

Blcackcap, Grey Wagtail, Peregrine, 4 Raven, Red Kite - Pewsey - Tony Pym, Brian Heath

Red Kite - Chippenham - Alan Carpenter

2 Stonechat, 40 Pied Wagtail, 8 Goosander, Kingfisher, Barn Owl, 3 Red Kite, 6 common Buzzard, Raven, 3 Siskin - Bowood - Joanna Hutchinson

2 SHORT-EARED OWL, MERLIN, 3 Red Kite, 8 Stonechat, 25 Corn Bunting - SPTA east - John Simpson, Luke Hepples, Matt Minnis

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Peregrine - Stoford - Bob Blamey

Stonechat - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

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1st March 2020

YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER, 6 Chiffchaff - Westbury STW - John Simpson

2 Goosander, Red Kite - Westbury Ponds - John Simpson

3 Shelduck, Little Egret, 75 Teal, 22 Gadwall, 3 Red Kite, 434 Lapwing, 30 Golden Plover, 3 Snipe, 251 Pied Wagtail, 28 Meadow Pipit, Chiffchaff - Eysey - Nigel Pleass

GREAT WHITE EGRET, 3 Little Egret, Sheldck, 99 Gadwall, 15 Wigeon, Peregrine, 28 Pied Wagtail, 24 Meadow Pipit, Raven - Cerney Wick - Nigel Pleass

67 Pintail, 7 Goldeneye, Cetti's Warbler - CWP74 - Nigel Pleass

Brambling, 100 Chaffinch - Maiden Bradley - John Howell

FIRECREST, 4 COMMON CROSSBILL, 3 Mandarin, Grey Wagtail, 7 Siskin - Gasper - John Howell

WHITE-TAILED EAGLE - in flight over Clarendon - John McCarthy

15 COMMON CROSSBILL, 20 Siskin, 5 Red Kite, 2 Raven, Brambling - Great Ridge Wood - Granville Pictor

HEN HARRIER (ringtail), MERLIN, 2 Red Kite, 546 Lapwing, 48 Golden Plover, 950 Starling, 28 Corn Bunting - SPTA east - Mike & Angela Trew, Steve, Colwill

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29th February 2020

2 Raven - Westbury - Mike Smith

YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER, 4 Chiffchaff - Westbury STW - Mike Smith, John Osborne

15 COMMON CROSSBILL, 25 Siskin, 3 Red Kite - Gasper - Granville Pictor

Stonechat - Stoford - Bob Blamey

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3 Stonechat - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

2 Stonechat, 35 Little Egret, 1000 Black-headed Gull - East Cylffe - Bob Blamey

3 Snipe, 21 Meadow Pipit, 18 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing - Blackhill - Robin Griffiths

28th February 2020

ICELAND GULL (1st winter) - Showfield, Wootton Bassett - Bob Philpott

27th February 2020

Blackcap - Westbury - John Simpson

300 Lapwing - Berwick St James - Bob Blamey

MERLIN, Barn Owl, 3 Corn Bunting - SPTA east - John Manley

Blackcap, 300 Starling - Pewsey - Brian Heath

Little Owl - Trowbridge - Mike & Angela Trew

HEN HARRIER, 2 SHORT-EARED OWL, MERLIN, Stonechat, 1000 Starling, 9 Corn Bunting - SPTA east - Mike & Angela Trew, Luke Hepples

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26th February 2020

5 HAWFINCH, COMMON CROSSBILL, 2 Siskin, 3 Marsh Tit, 3 Raven - Cranborne Chase Wood - Rich Prior

3 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL - Callow Hill - Nigel Pleass

MARSH HARRIER, 20 Cormorant, 182 Pintail, 225 Teal, 395 Shoveler, 273 Wigeon, 88 Gadwall, 138 Tufted Duck, 28 Pochard, 10 Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 4 Water Rail, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff - CWP68/74 - Nigel Pleass

3 HEN HARRIER, 2 SHORT-EARED OWL, 120 Lapwing, 3 Stonechat - STPA east - Mike Trew, Matt Minnis, Barry Mitchell, Tony Reader, Steve Colwill

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Peregrine - Trowbdige - John Powell

8 Lesser Redpoll - Stourton Water - John Powell

Stonechat - Stepple Ashton - John Powell

2 Lesser Redpoll, Marsh Tit - Ravensroost - Robin Griffiths

20 Meadow Ppit, 40 Redwing, 300 Black-headed Gull - Stoford - Bob Blamey

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25th February 2020

Raven, 120 Meadow Pipit, 4 Stonechat, 10 Yellowhammer - Pewsey - Brian Heath

2 Blackcap, 2 Red Kites - Pewsey - Brian Heath

7 COMMON CROSSBILL, 7 Lesser Redpoll, 25 Siskin, 10 Stonechat, 4 Little Egret, 4 Red Kite, 20 Corn Bunting, Marsh Tit - Great Ridge Wood - Matt Minnis, Luke Hepples

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24th February 2020

100 Fieldfare, Raven, 3 Red Kite, 55 Redwing, 2 Stonechat - Wylye - Bjorn Howard

Green Sandpiper - Stitchcombe - Richard Fuller

23rd February 2020

6 Red Kite, 16 common Buzzard - Horningsham - Nick Smith

5 Brambling, 200 Chaffinch - Maiden Bradley - Nick Smith

HEN HARRIER (ringtail), 3 SHORT-EARED OWL, 2 Red Kite, 23 Fieldfare - SPTA east - Mike & Angela Trew, Steve Colwill, Mark Barrett

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7 COMMON CROSBILL, 6 Siskin, 12 Marsh Tit, 3 Red Kite, Raven, Stonechat - Great Ridge Wood - Jon Lee, Rich Prior

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22nd February 2020

Cetti’s Warbler, Marsh Tit, 2 Pochard, Ruddy Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 2 Stonechat, Wigeon - Langford Lakes - Bjorn Howard

Peregrine - Codford St Mary - Shane Thomson

3 Stonechat, 2 Red Kite, 9 Yellowhammer - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

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21st February 2020

3 COMMON CROSSBILL, 2 Red Kite, 3 Raven - Great Ridge Wood - Gary Mantle

6 Chiffchaff - Westbury STW - Mike Smith

2 Stonechat, 2 Snipe - Blakehill - Robin Griffiths

GREAT WHITE EGRET, 6 Goosander, 2 Mandarin, 3 Raven, Red Kite - Fonthill Lake - John Osborne

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YELLOW-LEGGED GULL, 27 Little Egret - East Clyffe - Bob Blamey

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20th February 2020

HEN HARRIER (male) - Shrewton - Charlie Murphy

OYSERCATCHER - CWP200 - John Grearson

MARSH HARRIER, 3 Pintail, 4 Goldeneye, 2 Shoveler, 8 Gadwall - CWP74 - John Grearson

YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER, 4 Chiffchaff - Westbury STW - Mike Trew

2 Goosander - Westbury Ponds - Mike Trew

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19th February 2020

YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER, Common Whitethroat, Little Egret - Westbury STW - Matt Minnis

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3 Water Rail, Grey Wagtail - The Mead, Westbury - Matt Minnis

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18th February 2020

Blackcap - Shrewton - Charlie Murphy

66 Gadwall, 11 Wigeon - Shrewton Water Meadows - Charlie Murphy

20 COMMON CROSSBILL, 12 Siskin, 5 Marsh Tit, 2 Raven, 8 Common Buzzard - Great Ridge Wood - Luke Hepples, Matt Minnis

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WOODCOCK, 3 COMMON CROSSBILL, 6 Marsh Tit, Red Kite, Raven - Great Ridge Wood - Rich Prior

Common Gull - Old Sarum - Bob Blamey

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17th February 2020

2 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Goosander, Red Kite - Caen Hill Locks - Joanna Hutchinson

2 Stonechat - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

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16th February 2020

Marsh Tit - Bradford on Avon - Rowena Quantrill

2 Swallow - North Meadow, Cricklade - Chris Snook

100 Meadow Pipit, 40 Fieldfare - Pewsey - Brian Heath

14th February 2020

YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER, SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF, MERLIN, 10 Chiffchaff - Westbury STW - Mike Trew, Mark Barrett, Andrew Dawson, Mike Smith

2 Water Rail - Bitham Brook, Westbury - Mike Smith

GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, 14 Goosander - Corsham Lake - Chris Woods

3 COMMON CROSSBILL, 2 WOODCOCK, 50 Yellowhammer, 30 Chaffinch - Farley - Granville Pictor