2020 Sightings

HEN HARRIER (ringtail) - Mere Down - Pete & Sue Howell

SHORT-EARED OWL, 6 Stonechat, 12 Fieldfare - SPTA east - Brian Heath

46 Gadwall, 7 Wigeon, 21 Shoveler, 7 Little Grebe - Lydiard Park - Nigel Pleass

7 Red Kite, 300 Lapwing, 300 Golden Plover, 1000 Starling - Stoford - Bob Blamey

COMMON CROSSBILL, 2 Stonechat, 2 Fieldfare, 30 Skylark, 10 Yellowhammer - Chippenham - Tim Salkeld

3 Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Ruddy Shelduck, Cetti's Warbler, 4 Wigeon - Langford Lakes - Brian Heath

2 GREAT WHITE EGRET, 2 Pintail, 321 Wigeon, 100 Gadwall, 119 Teal, 35 Shoveler, 78 Pochard, 54 Tufted Duck, 34 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Snipe, 43 Lapwing, 3 Water Rail, 503 Coot, 22 Chiffchaff, 17 Cettis Warbler, 16 Goldcrest, 90 Long Tailed Tit, 25 Redwing, 18 Fieldfare, 24 Siskin, Lesser Redpoll, Raven - CWP68/74 - Nigel Pleass

HAWFINCH, 10 COMMON CROSSBILL - Bentley Wood - David Jones

YELLOW-LEGGED GULL - Old Sarum - Bob Blamey

500 Golden Plover - Broad Hinton - Nigel Pleass

15 Siskin - Somerford Common - Ben Sykes

GREAT WHITE EGRET, 50 Wigeon, 17 Gadwall, 9 Shoveler, Goldeneye, 70 Lapwing, Cetti's WArbler, 3 Common Gull - CWP74 - John Grearson

HEN HARRIER (ringtail), 2 MERLIN - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

70 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, Stonechat, Raven, 36 Meadow Pipit, 7 Corn Bunting, 6 Yellowhammer - Pewsey - Brian Heath 

COMMON CROSSBILL, Marsh Tit, Raven - Ravensroost - Robin Griffiths

MERLIN - Whaddon, Trowbridge - Mike Hamzij

COMMON CROSSBILL, Brambling, Chiffchaff, 40 Fieldfare, 2 Red Kite - Bromham - Graham Bassett

Grey Wagtail - Bitham Brook, Westbury - Mike Smith

2 Stonechat, 12 Neadow Pipit - Westbury STW - Mike Smith

WOODLARK - The Lynchets, Whaddon - Daniel Moden

3 Grey Wagtail - The Mead, Westbury - Mike Smith

4 Raven, 4 Red Kite - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

YELLOW-LEGGED GULL - Old Sarum - Bob Blamey

GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, 5 Common Gull, 3 Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 200 Wigeon, 11 Gadwall, 8 Shoveler - CWP74 - John Grearson

YELLOW-LEGGED GULL, 6 Red Kite, 3 Stonechat - Srtoford - Bob Blamey

2 MERLIN, Swallow - Shrewton - Charlie Murphy

2 House Martin, Peregrine, 5 Redwing, 5 Fieldfare, Cettis Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting, Water Rail, Common Gull - Corsham Lake - Tim Salkeld

60 Fieldfare, 2 Raven, 2 Stonechat, 2 Corn Bunting, 30 Meadow Pipit, 10 Yellowhammer - Pewsey - Brian Heath

2 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Siskin, Marsh Tit, Redwing, 15 Fieldfare - Somerford Common - Robin Griffiths

Little Egret - Marlborough - Derek Pinchen

HEN HARRIER (ringtail), SHORT-EARED OWL, 350 Fieldfare, Peregrine - SPTA east - Lee Dutton

3 Green Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler, Shoveler - Langford Lakes - Brian Heath

2 SHORT-EARED OWL, Barn Owl - SPTA east - Brian Heath

22 Redwing - Stratford sub Castle - Stephen Hackett

Hobby - Water Eaton - Matt Prior

25 Gadwall, 6 Wigeon, 5 Shoveler - Lydiard Park - Richard Williams

600 Golden Plover - Stoford - Bob Blamey

1000 Golden Plover - Stoford - Bob Blamey

15 COMMON CROSSBILL, 3 Siskin, 2 Raven - Southleigh Woods - Graham Stacey

7 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin, 24 Redwing, Grey Wagtail - Swindon - Graham Deacon

MARSH HARRIER, Little Egret, 101 Wigeon, 8 Teal, 14 Gadwall, 6 Shoveler, 9 Lapwing, 3 Blackcap - CWP74 - John Grearson

2 Stonechat, 40 Meadow Pipit, 30 Linnet, 10 Yellowhammer, Raven - Pewsey - Biran Heath

325 Common Gull - Kingston Lanley - Stewart Dobson

50 Golden Plover, 2 Reed Bunting, Stonechat - Farleaze - Stewart Dobson

Kingfisher, Red Kite, Redwing, Cetti’s Warbler, Stonechat , 2 Chiffchaff , 5 Corn Bunting , 20 Goldfinch, 70 Linnet - Amesbury - Mark Barrett

Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 30 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare - Blakehill - Robin Griffiths

MEDITERRANEAN GULL, 100 Blak-headed Gull, 20 Lesser Black-backed Gull - Laverstock - Dave Jones

400 Golden Plover, 50 Skylark, 40 Chaffinch, 2 Stonechat, 2 Red Kite - SPTA centre - Mike & Angela Trew

3 HEN HARRIER (ringtails), 2 SHORT-EARED OWL, Barn Owl, 20 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, Raven - SPTA east - Mike & Angela Trew

JACK SNIPE - Westbury White Horse - Richard Lamb

Hobby, 2 Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail - Charlton All Saints - Paul Boult

Red Kite - Odstock - Stpehen Hackett

COMMON CROSSBILL, WOODCOCK, Siskin, Lesser Redpoll - Somerford Common - Robin Griffiths

Water Rail - The Mead, Westbury - Mike Smith

50 Yellowhammer - Cley Hill - Eunice Parker, Caroline Street

200 Golden Plover - Longbridge Deverill - Eunice Parker, Caroline Street

2 COMMON CROSSBILL, Marsh Tit, 2 Siskin, 8 Redwing, 5 Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, Mandarin, Water Rail, Peregrine, Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Raven - Bowood - Joanna Hutchinson

Peregrine - Monkton Deverill - Alison Rymell

3 YELLOW-LEGGED GULL, 7 Herring Gull, 250 Lesser Black-Backed Gull, 100 Black-headed Gull - Old Sarum - Bob Blamey

COMMON CROSSBILL -  Bromham – Graham Bassett

MERLIN, 3 Red Kite, 9 Corn Bunting, 50 Linnet - Middle Woodford - Granville Pictor

4 Red Kite, 300 Golden Plover, 900 Lapwing - Stoford - Bob Blamey, Granville Pictor

4 Swallow, 35 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 100 Linnet, 9 Corn Bunting, 20 Meadow Pipit, 8 Yellowhammer, 2 Stonechat, Raven - Pewsey - Brian Heath

30 Swallow, Chiffchaff, 200 Wood Pigeon, 2 Raven - Telcroft, Corsham - Alan Carpenter

MERLIN - Chippenham - Tim Salkeld

Peregrine - Odstock - Stephen Hackett

Red Kite - Wilton - Stephen Hackett

Red Kite - Sutton Mandeville - Stephen Hackett

120 Lapwing, 100 Golden Plover, 2000 Starling, 20 Skylark - Stoford - Bob Blamey

HEN HARRIER (ringtail), MERLIN, 11 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

2 WHITE WAGTAIL , Blackcap , 3 Chiffchaff , 4 Yellowhammer , 3 Red Kite, Raven - Amesbury - Mark Barrett

400 Lapwing - Broad Hinton - Trevor Dobie

Redwing, Water Rail, Cettis Warbler, 70 Goldfinch - Corsham Lake - Tim Salkeld

50 Corn Bunting, Red Kite - Calsone Combe - Maurice Dyer

MARSH HARRIER, 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET, 2 Little Egret, 2 Pochard, 30 Wigeon 74 Teal, 12 Shoveler, Gadwall, 9 Curlew, Cetti's Warbler - CWP74 - John Grearson

Brambling - Ashton Keynes - John Grearson

Green Sandpiper, 10 Teal, 14 Wigeon, 21 Gadwall - Langford Lakes - Bob Blamey

30 Skylark, 2000 Starling - Stoford - Bob Blamey

DARTFORD WARBLER, SHORT-EARED OWL, 4 Stonechat, Corn Bunting - Barbury Castle - Graham Cox

BLACK REDSTART, 2000 Starling - SPTA centre - Jon Lee

Ruddy Shelduck, 5 Wigeon, 2 Teal, 7 Snipe, Cetti's Warbler - Langford Lakes - John Osborne

8 Snipe - Cumberwell - Rowena Quantrill

2 COMMON CROSSBILL - Somerford Common - Robin Griffiths

2 DIPPER - Gasper - John Howell

100 Golden Plover - Stourhead - John Howell

1000 Starling, 287 Lapwing, 20 Meadow Pipit, 60 Skylark - Stoford - Bob Blamey

30 Meadow Pipit, 20 Corn Bunting, 140 Linnet, Stonechat - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

7 Stonechat, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Redwing, 70 Corn Bunting, 20 Yellowhammer, Raven, Red Kite - Pewsey - Brian Heath

RING OUZEL, 17 Fieldfare, Stonechat - Cley Hill - John Osborne

2 Brambling - Ashton Keynes - John Grearson

200 Golden Plover, 1500 Starling,, 2 Stonechat, 2 Red Kite - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

Ruddy Shelduck, 14 Gadwall - Langford Lakes - Bob Blamey

HEN HARRIER (ringtail), MERLIN, 2 SHORT-EARED OWL, 20 Corn Bunting, Barn Owl - SPTA east - Tony Reader, Mike & Angela Trew

2 Swallow, Peregrine, 21 Corn Bunting, 50 Linnet, 10 Yellowhammer, 3 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 80 Goldfinch - Pewsey - Brian Heath

HEN HARRIER (ringtail), Swallow, 6 Red Kite, Stonechat - SPTA centre - Mike & Angela Trew

Brambling, 20 Chaffinch - Avebury - Robin Nelson

Grey Wagtail, 2 Raven - Castle Coombe - Joanna Hutchinson

DIPPER, Marsh Tit - Long Dean - Joanna Hutchinson

2 Swallow - Heddington - Dave Hanham

4 Fieldfare - Southwick Country Park - Dave Hanham

Raven - Corsham - Alan Carpenter

4 Redwing, Red Kite - Melksham - William Loaring

MERLIN, Peregrine, 1000 Starling, 8 Red Kite, 6 Stonechat, 100 Skylark, 50 Meadow Pipit, 120 Golden Plover, 200 Lapwing - Stoford - Bob Blamey, Granville Pictor

2 MERLIN, 7 Red Kite, 4 Raven, 70 Golden Plover, 110 Lapwing, Wheatear, 2 Stonechat, House Martin - Upper Woodford - Granville Pictor

HEN HARRIER (ringtail), 3 SHORT-EARED OWL, 10 Red Kite, 4 Common Buzzard, 4 Stonechat - SPTA east - Robin Nelson

RING OUZEL, MERLIN, Blackcap - Liddington Hill - Nigel Sluman

MARSH HARRIER - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

2000 Starling 170 Lapwing 2 Stonechat - Stoford - Bob Blamey

Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler - Corsham Lake - Caroline Street

2 COMMON CROSSBILL, 30 Fieldfare, Wheatear, 10 Swallow, 13 Chiffchaff, 6 Stonechat, Brambling, 250 Starling, Peregrine, 3 Red Kite - Roundway Down - Graham Bassett

700 Redwing, 40 Fieldfare, 2 Reed Bunting, 40 Lapwing, Peregrine - Castle Eaton - Matt Prior

12 COMMON CROSSBILL, 50 Redwing, Fieldfare, 20 Siskin - Dertley Plain, Shearwater - Graham & Christine Stacey

20 COMMON CROSSBILL - West Woods - Tony Dobie

BLACK REDSTART - Salisbury - Sean Foote

Whinchat, 30 Redwing - Avebury - Robin Nelson

2 Peregrine, 11 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, Raven, 5 Stonechat, 20 Linnet, 6 Corn Bunting, 6 Pied Wagtail - Pewsey - Brian Heath

Little Egret - Marlborough - Derek Pinchen

50 Fieldfare, 20 Linnet - Minal - Derek Pinchen

Little Egret - Stitchcombe - Derek Pinchen

Siskin - Kingston St Michael - Merv Carlyon

RING OUZEL - Liddington Hill - Robin Nelson

13 Redwing, Snipe - Wingfield - Jon Clark

2 HEN HARRIER (ringtails), 2 Swallow, 8 Red Kite, 100 Meadow Pipit, 4 Stonechat - SPTA centre - Mike & Angela Trew

GREAT WHITE EGRET - Bromham - Graham Bassett

50 Goldfinch - Tellcroft, Corsham - Alan Carpenter

COMMON CROSSBILL - Ravensroost - John Durell, Robin Griffiths

OSPREY - CWP82 - Chris Snook

2 Grey Wagtail - Bitham Brook, Westbury - Mike Smith

3 Stonechat - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

17 Wigeon - Langford Lakes - Bob Blamey

Blackcap - Bradford on Avon - Rowena Quantrill

GREAT WHITE EGRET - Melksham - Lisa Lloyd

2 Swallow, 32 Pied Wagtail - Chippenham - Lynne Hallam

Swallow - Hulavington - Tim Jukes

Ruddy Shelduck - Langford Lakes - Bob Blamey

6 Swallow - Sutton Mandeville - Stephen Hackett

MERLIN, 8 Red Kite, 200 Golden Plover, 2 Raven, Stonechat, 50 Linnet, 50 Meadow Pipit, 47 Swallow - Druids Lodge - Granville Pictor

26 Corn Bunting, 2 Raven, 2 Yellowhammer, 3 Chiffchaff, Red Kite, Blackcap - Amesbury - Mark Barrett

Fieldfare, 2 Chiffchaff - Cley Hill - John Osborne

MERLIN, 5 Red Kite, 3 Raven, 200 Golden Plover, 100 Lapwing, 5 Stonechat, 40 Meadow Pipit, 3 Corn Bunting - Stoford - Granville Pictor

COMMON CRANE - in fields by Studley Grange garden centre by junction 16 of M4 - Bob Philpott

40 Lapwing, 2 Grey Partridge - Sutton Veny - Clyde Jones

13 Redwing - Swindon - Graham Deacon