2021 Sightings

Yellow Wagtail - Tan Hill - Ed Nash

6 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Wheatear, 2 Whitethroat - Bishop's Canning Down - Robin Nelson

Lesser Whitethroat (1st spring record) - Dunge - John Powell

Peregrine, Red Kite - Milk Hill - Matt Minnis

Garden Warbler (1st spring record), Cetti’s Warbler, Willow Warbler, Lapwing - Langford Lakes - Don Smith

OOMMON CROSSBILL, Siskin, Grey Wagtail, 3 Marsh Tit - Castle Combe - Joanna Hutchinson

2 DIPPER, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Marsh Tit, Swallow, 2 Raven - Long Dean - Joanna Hutchinson

OYSTERCATCHER, 3 Shelduck - CWP74 - John Grearson

2 Whinchat - SPTA east - Robin Nelson

Red Kite - Sandridge - William Loaring

QUAIL - SPTA east - Linda Cady

2 Cetti's Warbler - Bradford on Avon - Rowena & Bill Quantrill

Raven - Iford - Rowena & Bill Quantrill

Cuckoo - Boreham - Michael Groves

OYSTERCATCHER, 2 Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler - Corsham Lake - Ben Sykes

2 Common Sandpiper - Stourhead - Rob Turner

Mandarin - Gasper - Rob Turner

Red Kite - Winsley - Chris Holloway

MERLIN, 50 Sand Martin, 35 Swallow, House Martin, Common Sandpiper, 2 Shoveler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Cettis Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, Reed Bunting - Langford Lakes - Rich Prior

FIRECREST, Tree Pipit, 2 Siskin, Marsh Tit, 2 Raven - Grovely Wood - Rich Prior

2 FERRUGINOUS DUCK - Coate Water - Jim

2 Raven - Market Lavington - Tony Collins

Wheatear, Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler - Battlebury - John Osborne

5 Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Swallow, Shoveler - Corsham Lake - James Salkeld

2 RING OUZEL,  26 Fieldfare, 5 Whitethroat, 6 Willow Warbler, 2 Raven, Little Egret - Parsonage Down - Rich Prior, Paul Timlett

2 Wheatear - Morgan's Hill - Doug Helsby

Cuckoo - CWP82 - Chris Snook

2 Raven, 4 Wheatear - Cley Hill - Matt Minnis

Wheatear, Whitethroat, 2 Common Tern, 3 Red-crested Pochard - Lower Moors, CWP - Paul Boult

3 Stonechat, 2 Corn Bunting, 20 Yellowhammer, 3 Red Kite, 2 Raven - Pewsey - Brian Heath

3 Whinchat, 17 Wheatear, 2 Whitethroat, Stonechat, 30 Fieldfare, 5 Corn Bunting - SPTA east - John Manley

Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Stonechat, Corn Bunting, Raven - Pewsey - Brian Heath

GREAT WHITE EGRET, 3 Whitethroat, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Curlew, Wheatear, Red Kite - Blakehill - Robin Griffiths

Whinchat (1st spring record), 2 Grey Partridge, 2 Curlew, 2 Raven, 6 Red Kite, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler - SPTA east - Neil Winter

Common Sandpiper - Sells Green - Malcolm Shipp

Wheatear - Etchilhampton Hill - Ed Nash

Whitethroat, Siskin - Beechingstoke - Ed Nash

Redstart, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler - Minal - Derek Pinchen

2 House Martin - Marlborough - Derek Pinchen

GLOSSY IBIS, GARGANEY, BLACK-TAILED GODWIT, 2 Pintail, Common Tern, 2 Snipe - CWP74, viewable in flight from Twitcher's Gate - Mark Gurney, Nigel Pleass

WHIMBREL, Grasshopper Warbler, Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler, Red Kite, 4 Little Egret, 5 Wigeon, 4 Gadwall, Red-crested Pochard - CWP68/74 - Tim Jukes

MARSH HARRIER, Hobby, Green Sandpiper, Red Kite, 2 Egyptian Goose - Redlynch - Granville Pictor

Red Kite - Trowbridge - Abi Starr

Swallow - Minal - Derek Pinchen

Siskin - Marlborough - Derek Pinchen

Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler - Hilperton - Andrew Prescott

4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Sedge Warbler, 3 Grey Wagtail - Langford Lakes - John Howell, Bob Blamey

Golden Plover - Zeals Airfield - John Howell

RING OUZEL - Cley Hill - John Howell

2 Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Redstart  - Bromham - Graham Bassett

Whitethroat, 9 Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 18 Blackcap, 2 Raven, Marsh Tit - Nightingale Wood - Graham Deacon

Cuckoo, Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 8 Stonechat, Fieldfare, 2 Red Kite - SPTA east - John Manley

6 Raven, Red Kite, 2 Siskin, 2 Willow Warbler, Swallow, Common Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail, 4 Mandarin - Bowood - Joanna Hutchinson

Grasshopper Warbler (1st spring record), 20 Willow Warbler, 25 Chiffchaff, 30 Blackcap, Raven, 2 Swallow - SPTA centre - Olly Fox, Ian Sherriffs, Andrew Bray, Graham Deacon 

2 Siskin - Thickwood - Chris Woods

4 Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, 6 Reed Bunting - Avon Valley NR - Keith Simpson

4 CATTLE EGRET, GREAT WHITE EGRET, Cuckoo, Willow Warbler - Charlton All Saints - Steve Oakes

Redstart - tHoulstone Park - Colin Clark

Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, Gadwall, Kingfisher, Raven - Pewsey - Brian Heath

Mandarin - Wingfield - Jon Clark

2 DIPPER, Little Egret, Redwing, 4 Marsh Tit, 4 Grey Wagtail, Willow Warbler, 7 Blackcap, 2 Raven - Long Dean - Shane & Geoff Faulkner

2 RING OUZEL, Red Kite - Cley Hill - Mike Smith, Mike Trew, Dave Hughes

2 Wheatear, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 2 Red Kite, Raven, 4 Stonechat - Wylye Down - Graham & Christine Stacey

2 Red Kite - Sandy Lane - William Loaring

Grey Wagtail, Sedge Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 12 Willow Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting, 5 Swallow - North Meadow - Robin Griffiths

NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD - Westmead Industrial Estate area, Swindon but not relocated after initial sighting - Graham Perry

2 Red Kite - Grittleton - Carole Barber

20 Golden Plover, Red Kite - Cold Kitchen Hill - Simon Harris

Little Owl, Barn Owl - Upavon - Roy Anderson

3 Shelduck, 12 Gadwall, Goldeneye, Pintail, Teal, Shoveler, 3 Wigeon, 2 Egyptian Goose, Red-crested Pochard, Curlew, Lapwing, Little Egret - CWP74 - John Grearson

Ringed Plover, Sedge Warbler, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Swallow, 3 Gadwall, Raven - Langford Lakes -  Alison Rymell, Lydia Everitt

3 Sedge Watbler, 3 Cetti's Warlber, Goldeneye, Little Egret, Grey Wagtail - Charlton All Saints - Paul Boult

Grey Partridge - SPTA west - David Butcher

DIPPER, WILLOW TIT, 4 Grey Wagtail, Redstart, Marsh Tit - Long Dean - Shane Faulkner

Cuckoo, 4 Siskin, 2 Marsh Tit , 2 Stonechat - Chase Wood - Bob Turner

3 RING OUZEL - Cley Hill - Graham & Christine Stacey, Paul Boult

Common Sandpiper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 15 Blackcap - Langford Lakes - Tony Reader

RING OUZEL - Cley Hill - Chris Johnson

GREAT WHITE EGRET, 3 Sedge Warbler, Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, Willow Warbler - Charlton All Saints - Steve Oakes

2 Yellow Wagtail - Chippenham - Tim Salkeld

Little Egret, Swallow - Minal - Derek Pinchen

Redstart - Shertson - Geoff Carss

2  Wheatear, 2 Stonechat, 60 Golden Plover - Bratton - Anthony Tucker

Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, 5 Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 6 Reed Bunting - CWP82 - Chris Snook

2 WHITE STORK - in flight over Charlton All Saints - Steve Oakes

Cuckoo (1st spring record) - Charlton All Saints - Liz Oakes

OSPREY - Grittleton - Carole & Andy Barber

Common Sandpiper - Warminster - Nick Walton

2 Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear, 2 Little Owl, Common Sandpiper, 6 Willow Warbler - Cumberwell - Rowena Quantrill

Little Egret, Swallow - Minal - Derek Pinchen

Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler - Marlborough - Derek Pinchen

RING OUZEL, Redstart, Wheatear - Fyfield Down - Robin Nelson

PIED FLYCATCHER, WHITE WAGTAIL, 3 Willow Warbler, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Wagtail- Langford Lakes - Shayne Ford, Mike Trew

Redstart, 40 Linnet - Royal Wootton Bassett - Simon Gathercole

Redstart, Whitethroat, 20 Yellowhammer - Chippenham - Joanna Hutchinson

OSPREY - Westbury - Richard Lamb

8 Willow Warbler, 2 Marsh Tit - Somerford Common - Robin Griffiths

FIRECREST - Love's Copse, Aldbourne - Matt Best

2 Mandarin - Box - Tim Oliver

2 Wheatear - Middle Woodford - John Simpson

5 Wheatear - Milk Hill - Robin Nelson

Common Sandpiper - Downton - Jan Ecob

PIED FLYCATCHER, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 3 Siskin, Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Mandarin, 10 Swallow, 5 Raven - Bowood - Joanna Hutchinson

PIED FLYCATCHER - Brokenborough - Martin Saunders

RING OUZEL - Cley Hill - Phillip Delve

MARSH HARRIER, 10 Wheatear, Tree Pipit, 30 Meadow Pipit - Liddington Hill - Neil Winter

8 House Martin - North Nradley - Richard Bridewell

Redstart, Wheatear, Swallow - Fyfield Down - Richard Fuller

2 DIPPER, Grey Wagtail - Box - Luke Hepples

GREAT WHITE EGRET, 3 Redstart, 2 Curlew, 36 Meadow Pipit, 27 Fieldfare, Lapwing, Red Kite - Blakehill - Robin Griffiths, Jane Deacon, John Durell

PIED FLYCATCHER, WHITE WAGTAIL, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2 Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Red Kite, 50 Linnet, Reed Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 4 Willow WArbler, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 24 Blackcap, 15 Chiffchaff, 4 Reed Bunting - Langford Lakes - John Manley, Jon Lee

5 Siskin - Marlborough - Trevor Dobie

6 RING OUZEL, Redstart, 40 Meadow Pipit, 30 Linnet - Alton Barnes - Stephen Hepworth

Wheatear, Peregrine, 2 Red Kite - Middle Woodford - 

45 Swallow, 10 Sand Martin, 3 House Martin - Westbury STW - Mike Smith

9 Golden Plover, 6 Wheatear - Furze Knoll - Geoff Culliford & Dave Sawyer

CATTLE EGRET, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler - Charlton All Saints - Steve Oakes

5 Redstart - Blakehill - Chris Snook

Hobby, Wheatear, Tree Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting, Lapwing, Red Kite - SPTA centre - Rich Prior

RING OUZEL - Cley Hill - Shayne Ford

Redstart, Willow Warbler, 3 Swallow, 2 Raven, 2 Red Kite - Chippenham - Joanna Hutchinson

PIED FLYCATCHER, Mandarin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 8 Willow Warbler, 20 Blackcap - Langford Lakes - Sean Foote

100 Golden Plover - Zeals Airfield - John Powell

2 Mandarin - Gasper - John Powell

2 Siskin - Tellcroft - Alan Carpenter

3 Wheatear, 2 Stonechat - Avebury - Robin Nelson

Common Sandpiper - Charlton All Saints - Steve Oakes

Redstart, 3 Wheatear - Cradle Hill - Alan Taylor

Red Kite - Chippenham - Brian Gibbs

Common Sandpiper, 8 Wheatear - Cumberwell - Matt Ames, Rowena Quantrill

Yellow Wagtail, 2 Common Sandpiper, 50 Swallow, 10 Sand Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 4 Cetti's Warbler - Langford Lakes - John Osborne, Nick Walton

OSPREY, Mandarin, 20 Swallow, Sand Martin - Ramsbury - Robin Nelson

2 Siskin - Tellcroft - Alan Carpenter

3 Wheatear, Lapwing, 12 Skylark, 9 Yellowhammer, 4 Corn Bunting - Ebbesbourne Down - Bob Turner

Green Sandpiper, Sand Martin, 5 Reed Bunting - Whaddon - John Powell

21 Golden Plover, 30 Meadow Pipit, 3 Willow Warbler, Swallow - North Meadow - Robin Griffiths

Common Sandpiper (1st spring record) - Langford Lakes - Phil Read

MERLIN, 15 Wheatear - Middle Woodford - Shayne Ford

2 Redstart - Whaddon - David Betteridge

Peregrine, 24 Common Buzzard - Beanacre - Julian & Margaret Rolls

Red Kite - Netherhampton - Stephen Hackett

BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER - CWP74, please park only in Waterhay car park ans walk north for 1/4 mile and follow the path right through the green kissing gate to view the area of open gravel at the west end of the lake after another 300 yards. Please view site only from the metal gateway, do not enter the gravel workings - Graham Deacon, Matt Prior, photo - Mark Coller

HEN HARRIER (male) - Stoford - Chris Hocking

PIED FLYCATCHER - Chippenham - Philip Tryner

CATTLE EGRET, 2 Swallow, 3 Snipe, Red Kite, Willow Warbler, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff - Charlton All Saints - Steve Oakes

40 Fieldfare, Red Kite - Oare - Robin White

DARTFORD WARBLER - Whaddon Marsh, Trowbridge - Niall Machin

WATER PIPIT, GREENSHANK, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Sedge Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 10 Lapwing, 12 Blackcap, 45 Linnet, 8 Chiffchaff, 4 Grey Wagtail, 3 Little Egret, 6 Sand Martin, 60 Swallow, Raven, Hobby - Langford Lakes - Sean Foote, Shayne Ford, Mike & Angela Trew

2 Yellow Wagtail - Yatesbury - Shane Faulkner

87 Golden Plover - Wylye Down - Bob Blamey

BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER - CWP74, park only in Waterhay car park and follow path north for 1/4 mile to view west end of lake - Chris Snook

Wheatear - Wisley - Rowena Quantrill

2 RING OUZEL - Liddington Hill - Mark Coller

3 Stonechat, 26 Yellowhammer, 6 Red Kite - Pewsey - Brian Heath

OSPREY, 2 Red Kite, 20 Linnet - Cockey Down - Stephen Hackett

Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 3 Cettis Warbler, 8 Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 50 Linnet, 150 Swallow, 10 Sand Martin, 6 House Martin, 2 Red Kite, Raven - Langford Lakes - Rich Prior

3 Siskin - Chippenham - Shane Faulkner

Hobby, 100 Swallow, 10 Sand Martin, 4 House Martin, 50 Linnet, 7 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler - Langford Lakes - Barry Mitchell

70 Fieldfare, Red Kite - Liddington Hill - Neil Winter

BLACK REDSTART - Mere - Martin Sheppard

Green Sandpiper, Little Egret - Broughton Gifford - Brian Bray

Hobby (1st spring record) - SPTA east - James Waight

Reed Warbler (1st spring record) - Langford Lakes - Mike Smith

3 Wheatear, 3 Red Kite, 7 Corn Bunting - Middle Woodgord - Bob Blamey

2 Red Kite, Grey Wagtail - Market Lavington - Tony Collins

BLACK REDSTART - Mere - Martin Sheppard

4 Wheatear - Liddington Hill - Richard Williams

4 Lesser Redpoll - Wingfield - Jon Clark

2 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Raven, 2 Stonechat, 10 Corn Bunting - Pewsey - Brian Heath

2 Siskin, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Marsh Tit, Raven - Ravensroost - Robin Griffiths

Yellow Wagtail, 50 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 6 Sand Martin - Langford Lakes - Mike Smith

KITTIWAKE, Sedge Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler - Langford Lakes - Sean Foote

OSPREY - Ashton Keynes - John Grearson

120 Linnet - Alderton - Andrew Dawson

Red Kite - Thickwood - Andrew Turner

Siskin - Tellcroft - Alan Carpenter

3 RING OUZEL - Liddington Hill - Neil Winter

Blackcap,  2 Chiffchaff,  5 Stonechat,  19 Corn Bunting,  14 Meadow Pipit, 10 Yellowhammer, 2 Red Kite - Pewsey - Brian Heath

BLACK REDSTART - Mere - Martin Sheppard

12 Swallow, 10 Sand Martin, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, 2 Red Kite - Bowood - Don & Mike Smith

Wheatear - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

Sedge Warbler (1st spring record) - CWP82 - Chirs Snook

2 RING OUZEL, 80 Meadow Pipit, 4 Red Kite - Alton Barnes - Stephen Hepworth

2 RING OUZEL, 4 Wheatear, 3 Corn Bunting - Liddington Hill - Tony Reader

2 FIRECREST, COMMON CROSSBILL - Stockton Wood - John Fishwick

2 Red Kite, Lesser Redpoll - Wingfield - Jon Clark

2 MEDITERRANEAN GULL, Sedge Warbler - CWP74 - Steve Birt

OSPREY, Peregrine, Chiffchaff, Siskin, 2 Raven, 3 Red Kite - Bromham - Graham Bassett

3 Swallow, 15 Lapwing, 7 Yellowhammer, 5 Red Kite - Stoford - Bob Blamey

2 Blackcap - Tellcroft - Alan Carpenter

OSPREY, 2 Swallow - Melksham - Maurice Dyer

2 Curlew, 2 Wheatear, 3 Swallow - Blakehill - Robin Griffiths

3 Willow Warbler, 25 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, Raven - Nightingale Wood - Phil & Graham Deacon

7 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 20 Linnet, Red Kite - Pewsey - Brian Heath

4 RING OUZEL, 2 Wheatear, 11 Fieldfare - Liddington Hill - Chris White, Robin Nelson

Peregrine - Salisbury - Stephen Hackett

100 Golden Plover - Zeal's Airfield - John Howell

4 Mandarin, 10 Siskin, Red Kite - Gasper - John Howell

Redstart (1st spring record) - Aldbourne - Matt Best

5 Stonechat, Raven, 3 Chiffchaff, 15 Yellowhammer, 30 Meadow Pipit , Corn Bunting, 4 Red Kite, 2 Grey Wagtail - Pewsey - Brian Heath

Willow Warbler, 15 Chiffchaff - SPTA centre - Graham Deacon, Olly Fox

Red Kite - Beckhampton - Graham Deacon

7 Fieldfare - Cricklade - Robin Griffiths

2 Willow Warbler - Somerford Common - Robin Griffiths

CATTLE EGRET, 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET, Little Egret - Charlton All Saints - Steve Oakes

Willow Warbler - Westbury - Paul Boult

50 Golden Plover, 20 Lapwing, Raven, 3 Red Kite - Stoford - Bob Blamey