All Sightings

2022 Sightings

27th April 2022

Common Sandpiper, 5 Cetti’s Warbler, 16 Chiffchaff, 11 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Common Tern - Coate Water - Wayne Ford

WHITE WAGTAIL, Lesser Whitethroat - Lower Moors, CWP - Andy Stump

30 House Martin - Marlborough - Richard Fuller

Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Grey Wagtail - Langford Lakes - John Manley

WHITE STORK - in flight between Worton and Seend - Clare Jones

2 Mandarin - Little Durnford - Bob Blamey

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26th April 2022

Garden Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 7 Sedge Warbler, 4 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Reed Bunting, 4 Raven, 4 Whitethroat, Little Egret, Red Kite - Langford Lakes - Jon Lee

12 Willow Warbler - Somerford Common - Robin Griffiths

2 FIRECREST, 2 Marsh Tit, 2 Red Kite, Blackcap, Chiffchaff - Savernake Forest - Derek Pinchen

12 House Martin, Swallow, 2 Red Kite, Grey Wagtail - Minal - Derek Pinchen

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2 Yellow Wagtail, Peregrine - Stoford - Bob Blamey

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3 Lapwing, 6 Raven, Red Kite, 2 Whitethroat - Stapleford Down - Rich Prior

10 FIRECREST, 7 Marsh Tit, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Swallow, 8 Siskin, Corn Bunting, Raven - Grovely Wood - RIch Prior

Grasshopper Warbler Sedge Warbler, Common Sandpiper - Coate Water - Graham Cox

RING OUZEL - Edington - Pete & Miriam Grist

Common Sandpiper, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail - Caen Hill - Richard Craik

2 Grey Partridge, 2 Stonechat, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Whitethroat - SPTA east - John Manley

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25th April 2022

2 Whinchat, Wheatear - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

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Wheatear, Stonechat, 6 Whitethroat, Red Kite - Parsonage Down - Rich Prior

2 DIPPER, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 3 Raven, Marsh Tit, 25 House Martin - Long Dean - Joanna Hutchinson

24th April 2022

2 Grey Patridge - Corsham - William Loaring

HAWFINCH - Whiteparish - Trace Williams

2 Whinchat, 3 Stonechat, Grasshopper Warbler, 4 Willow Warbler, 30 Whitethroat, Reed Bunting, Tree Pipit, 3 Swallow, Red Kite - SPTA centre - Rich Prior

2 Common Tern - Charlton All Saints - Steve Oakes

Whinchat, 2 Sedge Warbler, Garden Warbler, Reed Bunting, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Shoveler, 4 Lapwing, Red Kite, Grey Wagtail, Whitethroat - Langford Lakes - Graham Stacey & Mike Trew

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23rd April 2022

Curlew, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, Willow Warbler - Blakehill - Robin Griffiths

Peregrine - Luckington - Scott Punter

5 Yellow Wagtail , 40 Corn Bunting, Wheatear, 6 Red Kite - SPTA - David Betteridge

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22nd April 2022

Hobby (1st spring record) - Trowbridge - Mike Trew

Wheatear, 2 Red Kite - Stoford - Bob Blamey

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21st April 2022

Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, Willow Warbler - Cumberwell - Paul Clack

Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Willow Warbler, 2 Red Kite - Ravensroost - Robin Griffiths

3 WHIMBREL - CWP200 - Trevor Clayson

Cuckoo, 2 Red Kite, Cetti's Warbler- StitchcombeDerek Pinchen

3 Red Kite, 2 Sedge Warbler, Garden Warbler,3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Blackcap, Whitethroat, 3 Lapwing, Reed Bunting, 2 Shoveler, Stonechat - Langford Lakes - Mike Trew

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Brambling - Thickwood - Chris Woods

MERLIN - Clarendon Estate - John McCarthy

3 Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler - Corsham Lake - Ben Sykes

Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, Redstart, 2 Grey Partridge, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat - SPTA east - Brian Heath, John Manley

Wheatear - Westbury - Paul Boult

Curlew - Luckington - Stewart Dobson

Wheatear - Stoford - Bob Blamey

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20th April 2022

Grasshopper Warbler, Tree Pipit, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler - Battlesbury Hill - Graham Stacey

Reed Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler - Charlton All Saints - Steve Oakes

FIRECREST - Downton - Steve Oakes

BLACK REDSTART - Devizes - Nigel Smith

Grasshopper Warbler, Tree Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 2 Corn Bunting, Willow Warbler - Picquet Hill - John Powell.

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

11 Corn Bunting - Stoford - Bob Blamey

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19th April 2022

2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Whitethroat, 6 Corn Bunting - Yatesbury - Robin Nelson

RING OUZEL, 2 Wheatear - Liddington Hill - Robin Nelson

7 Redstart, 15 Yellowhammer, 20 Meadow Pipit - Cley Hill - Matt Minnis

Brambling - Thickwood - Chris Woods

FIRECREST, 6 Common Sandpiper, 5 Raven, Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, 3 Mandarin - Bowood - Joanna Hutchinson

Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 4 Lapwing, Garden Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 4 Cettis Warbler - Langford Lakes - John Osborne

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18th April 2022

Lesser Whitethroat (1st spring record), 2 Whitethroat, Curlew - Blakehill - Robin Griffiths

2 Lesser Whitethroat - Swainford Mere - Martin Sheppard

Grasshopper Warbler - SPTA weat - Richard Lamb

Cuckoo, Tree Pipit - Mildenhall - Richard Fuller

2 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 6 Stonechat, 2 Curlew, 4 Willow Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 4 Corn Bunting, Raven, Red Kite - STPA east - Brian Heath

RING OUZEL, Redstart, Red Kite - Fyfield Down - Robin Nelson

4 WHIMBREL, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Redshank - CWP200 - Ken Cypher

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17th April 2022

RING OUZEL - Liddington Hill - Andrew Dawson

Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler - Avon Valley NR - Stephen Hackett

2 Grasshopper Warbler - Swindon - Andrew Dawson

SHORT-EARED OWL, 2 Grey Partridge, 2 Wheatear, Grasshopper Warbler, 4 Curlew, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Whinchat, 6 Whitethroat, 6 Chiffchaff, 5 Red Kite - SPTA east - Brian Heath, Colin Seymour

Cuckoo, 2 Goosander - Charlton All Saints - John Fishwick

3 House Martin - Chippenham - Joanna Hutchinson

16th April 2022

Brambling - Thickwood - Chris Woods

4 Golden Plover, 2 Redstart, Wheatear, Grasshopper Warbler - SPTA west - Philip Delve

4 Tree Pipit - Great Ridge Wood - John Fishwick

Grasshopper Warbler, 6 Whitethroat, 29 Blackcap, 8 Willow Warbler, 16 Chiffchaff, Red Kite, 2 Raven, 6 COrn Bunting, 20 Linnet - SPTA centre - Phil & Graham DEacon, Olly Fox, Ian Sherriffs, Andrew Bray 

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Tree Pipit - Mildenhall - Robin Nelson

2 Tree Pipit - Ramsbury - Robin Nelson

Yellow Wagtail, Grasshopper Warbler, 5 Whitethroat, 2 Tree Pipit - SPTA west - David Betteridge

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2 Curlew, 3 Red Kite, Whitethroat - Blakehill - Robin Griffiths

Yellow Wagtail, Whitethroat - West Kington - Andrew Dawson

Whitethroat, Swallow, Red Kite - Cumberwell - Rowena Quantrill

Cuckoo, Brambling - Chase Woods - Bob Turner

Yellow Wagtail - SPTA east - John Howell

GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, 9 Herring Gull, 14 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Lapwing, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, Sedge Warbler, Reed Bunting - Langford Lakes - Mike Trew

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15th April 2020

2 Grasshopper Warbler, Whitethroat - Royal Wootton Bassett - John Edwards, Simon Gathercole

Garden Warbler (1st spring record) - Grovely Wood - John Fishwick

SHORT-EARED OWL, 4 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 20 Corn Bunting, 2 Red Kite - SPTA centre - Steve Dewey

SHORT_EARED OWL -  Bromham - Graham Bassett

5 Tree Pipit, Stonechat,3 Marsh Tit - Great Ridhe Wood - Craig Stewart

2 Whitethroat, 2 Marsh Tit - Ravensroost - Robin Griffiths

3 Wheatear, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Tree Pipit - SPTA west - Julian Green

Common Tern, 2 Curlew - CWP74 - Simon Gathercole

3 Cetti's Warbler, Raven, 2 Red Kite - Amesbury - Mark Barrett

Whinchat, 2 Curlew, Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, Red Kite - Blakehill - Scott Punter

2 Mandarin, Red Kite, Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff - Marlborough - Derek Pinchen

14th April 2022

Unpublished

Whitethroat (1st spring record) - Upton Cow Down - Rob Turner

14 FIRECREST, 12 COMMON CROSSBILL, 45 Siskin, 2 Whitethroat, 4 Willow Warbler, 30 Blackcap, Marsh Tit, 3 Tree Pipit (males seen singing), 2 Stonechat, Corn Bunting, 4 Red Kite, 3 Raven - Great Ridge Wood - Rich Prior, Jon Lee

2 Whitethroat, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail, Red Kite, 3 Raven - Chippenham - Joanna Hutchinson

SHORT-EARED OWL, Wheatear - SPTA east - Robin Nelson

FIRECREST, SHORT-EARED OWL, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler - Ebbesbourne Down - Bob Turner

Brambling - Thickwood - Chris Woods

2 Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler - Corsham Lake - Chris Woods

Grasshopper Warbler (1st spring record) - Salisbury - Daniel Kronenberg

11 Golden Plover, 8 Corn Bunting - Mere Down - David Little

Wheatear, Whitethroat - Blakehill - Robin Griffiths

2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Little Egret, Reed Warbler- North Meadow - Robin Griffiths, Mike Smith

Whinchat, 20 Swallow, 20 House Martin, 40 Linnet - Langford Lakes - Steve Oakes

Whitethroat - Great Ridge Wood - Jon Lee, Rich Prior

Whitethroat - Cley Hill - John Sealy

13th April 2022

Redstart - Porton - Tim Johnson

Sedge Warbler (1st spring record), 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail - North Meadow - Robin Griffiths

Brambling - Thickwood - Chris Woods

Whinchat (1st spring record) - SPTA west - Andy Palmer

HEN HARRIER (ringtail) - Cley Hill - Lee Dutton

Redstart, Chiffchaff - Marlborough - Derek Pinchen

DIPPER - Slaughterford Mill - Andrew Dawson

12th April 2022

Reed Warbler (1st spring record), Common Sandpiper - Coate Water - Wayne Ford

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

2 Swallow, 30 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, Reed Bunting, 50 Corn Bunting, 3 Blackcap, Raven, 2 Red Kite - Parsonage Down - Rich Prior

BLACK REDSTART - Pewsham Estate - Keith Pennington

Yellow Wagtail, House Martin - Lower Woodford - Keith Lea

2 Brambling - Thickwood - Chris Woods

2 Shoveler, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Swallow - Corsham Lake - Ben Sykes

NIGHTINGALE - Norton Bavant - Nick Charles

OSPREY, 2 Green Sandpiper - Britford - Mark Heaven, Bob Blamey

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50 Swallow, 6 Sand Martin - Westbury STW - Mike Smith

5 House Martin, 30 Swallow, 100 Sand Martin, 8 Blackcap, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Red Kite, 2 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail - Langford Lakes - Barry Mitchell & Mike Trew

11th April 2022

Redstart - Royal Wootton Bassett - Simon Gathercole

Green Sandpiper, 3 Egyptian Goose - CWP200 - Paul Boult

GREAT WHITE EGRET, Little Egret, 7 Shelduck, Cetti's Warbler, Snipe, Water Rail - CWP74 - Paul Boult

2 OYSTERCATCHER, Green Sandpiper, 2 Red Kite - Eysey - Paul Boult

Dunlin - Westbury - Paul Boult

Redstart - Ebbesbourne Wake - Bob Turner

20 Fieldfare, 30 Yellowhammer, 6 Corn Bunting - Liddington Hill - Neil Winter

2 Raven - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

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Common Sandpiper, 4 Pochard, 10 Swallow, 15 House Martin, 4 Red Kite, 20 Blackcap, 4 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, Reed Bunting, Grey Wagtail - Langford Lakes - Jon Lee

2 Brambling - Thickwood - Chris Woods

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10th April 2022

OSPREY - Charlton All Saints - John McCsrthy

3 Goosander - Iford - Simon Harris

SHORT-EARED OWL - Cherhill - Trevor Clayson

7 FIRECREST, 8 Chiffchaff, Red Kite, 2 Marsh Tit, 9 Redwing, Fieldfare - Langley Wood - Olly Frampton

11 Swallow, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Raven, Snipe, 5 Lapwing, 4 Teal - Langford Lakes - Mike & Angela Trew

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2 Brambling - Thickwood - Chris Woods

2 Wheatear, Red Kite - All Cannings - Sally Hanham

2 Snipe - Blakehill - Robin Griffiths

AVOCET, Redshank, Common Sandpiper - Kent End, CWP - Ken Cypher

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Willow Warbler, Fieldfare, Raven, 9 Blackcap, 14 Chiffchaff - Nightingale Wood - Graham Deacon

9th April 2022

3 Willow Warbler, 3 Marsh Tit - Somerford Common - Robin Griffiths

FIRECREST, Siskin, Marsh Tit, 4 Raven, 4 Common Buzzard, Red Kite, 2 Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher - Bowood - Joanna Hutchinson

GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, 2 Raven, 8 Lapwing, 5 Blackcap, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff - Langford Lakes - Mike Trew

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Willow Warbler - Coate Water - Trevor Clayson

3 Wheatear, 5 Red Kite - Liddington Hill - Trevor Clayson

3 Brambling - Thickwood - Chris Woods

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MERLIN - Grovely Wood - John MaCarthy

8th April 2022

RING OUZEL, Corn Bunting, 23 Fieldfare, 30 Linnet, 3 Wheatear - Liddington Hill - Wayne Ford

Willow Warbler - Melksham - Brian Bray

2 Brambling - Thickwood - Chris Woods

12 Swallow, Willow Warbler - Lower Moors Farm - Joanna Hutchinson