2024 Sightings

HOODED MERGANSER, 7 Mandarin - Ramsbury Lake - Paul Boult

48 Corn Bunting, Stonechat, 80 Fieldfare, 2500 Starling - SPTA east - Brian Heath

100 Corn Bunting, 15 Yellowhammer, 800 Starling - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

Marsh Harrier, 3 Great White Egret, 21 Little Egret, 3 Water Rail, 40 Snipe, 45 Teal, 17 Shoveler, 30 Gadwall, 24 Tufted Duck, 2 Kingfisher, 6 Cettis Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat, 2 Red Kite, Raven - Langford Lakes - Rich Prior 

Grey Wagtail, 2 Siskin, 10 Fieldfare - Distillery Meadows - Robin Griffiths

2000 Lapwing, 500 Golden Plover - Stonehenge - Liam & Dave Russell

Marsh Harrier, 10 Little Egret, Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Kingfisher, 114 Black-headed Gull, 66 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 73 Teal, 17 Tufted Duck, 10 Gadwall,16 Shoveler, 32 Snipe, 3 Great White Egret, Wigeon,  Chiffchaff, Peregrine, Snipe, Cetti'a Warbler - Langford Lakes -  Liam & Dave Russell, Mike Trew

Peregrine - SPTA centre - Lee Dutton

MERLIN, SHORT-EARED OWL - SPTA east - Lee Dutton

400 Wood Pigeon, 200 Starling, 70 Linnet, 30 Stock Dove, 60 Redwing, 40 Fieldfare, 15 Skylark, 2 Red Kite - Luckington - Scott Punter

Siskin, 200 Linnet, 100 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing, 10 Yellowhammer, 2 Corn Bunting, Red Kite - Pewsey - Brian Heath

13 Wigeon, Shoveler, Cetti's Warbler - Lower Moors, CWP - Scott Punter

FIRECREST, 22 COMMON CROSSBILL, 27 Siskin, 60 Linnet, 5 Marsh Tit, 3 Stonechat, 30 Fieldfare, 13 Redwing, 3 Red Kite - Great Ridge Wood - Rich Prior 

Great White Egret, 5 Green Sandpiper, 4 Little Egret, 2 Grey Wagtail - Britford - Bob Blamey

JACK SNIPE, 10 Snipe, Golden Plover, 4 Lapwing, Stonechat, Water Rail - Whaddon - Paul Clack

SHORT-EARED OWL - Hindon - Richard Vine

Swallow - Salisbury - Tom Coldwell

Marsh Tit, Raven - Bradford on Avon - Rowena Quantril

COMMON CROSSBILL, 25 Redwing, 15 Fieldfare, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Siskin, Marsh Tit, 2 Stonechat, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Water Rail, 2 Raven - Chippenham - Joanna Hutchinson

YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER - Bradford on Avon between the Tithe Barn & willow Maze at ///joystick.spoil.starlight - Niall Machin

3 CATTLE EGRET, Marsh Harrier, 3 Chiffchaff - Waterhay, EWP - Nigel Pleass

2 Water Rail - Westbury - Mike Smith

7 WHOOPER SWAN, 17 Little Egret, Great White Egret, 7 Snipe - Langford Lakes - Mike Smith

17 Fieldfare, 2 Red Kite, 140 Starling - Fyfield Down - Derek Pinchen

Cetti's Warbler - Westbury STW - Mike Smith

HOODED MERGANSER, 4 Gadwall, Grey Wagtail, Little Egret, 4 Red Kite - Ramsbury Lake - Brian Heath

HOODED MERGANSER - Ramsbury Lake - Harry Boorman

5 Common Crane - in flight, Corsham - Julian Rolls

8 Green Sandpipers, 8 Little Egrets, Snipe, 4 Teal and a Stonechat - Britford - Granville Pictor

2 Little Egret, Red Kite - Marlborough - Derek Pinchen

2 Great White Egret, 15 Little Egret, Peregrine,  2 Red Kite, 3 Kingfisher, Green Sandpiper, 7 Snipe, 20 Shoveler, 26 Tufted Duck, 37 Teal, 19 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 300 Lesser-Black backed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 150  Black-headed Gull, 650 Starling - Langford Lakes - Mike Trew, Jeff Barber

HEN HARRIER (male) - SPTA centre - Steve Dewey

400 Wood Pigeon, Little Egret, 200 Starling, 60 Linnet, 40 Redwing, 3 Stonechat - Luckington - Scott Punter

50 Corn Bunting, 22 Linnet, 2 Stonechat, 11 Red Kite, 2 Raven - Cherhell Hill - Mike Eckersley

300 Redwing, 80 Fieldfare, 20 Sing Thrush, Marsh Tit, 2 Red Kite, 200 Wood Pigeon - Nightingale Wood - Graham Deacon

Swallow, Raven - Royal Wootton Bassett - Simon Gathercole

2 Lesser Redpoll - Marlborough - Richard Fuller

4 Water Rail - The Mead, Westbury - Mike Smith

SPOTTED REDSHANK, 2 BLACK-TAILED GODWIT, , 1558 Lapwing, 386 Golden Plover, 19 Dunlin, 4 Green Sandpiper, 31 Snipe3 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 8 Egyptian Goose, 135 Pintail, 433 Teal, 14 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 4 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 2 Red Kite, Water Rail, 2 Kingfisher, 144 Fieldfare, 274 Redwing, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 3000 Starling - Thames Path, Eysey to Castle Eaton - Nigel Pleass

Brambling, 250 Linnets 40 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 25 Yellowhammer - Pewsey - Brian Heath

2 Stonechat - Westbury STW - Mike Smith

HEN HARRIER (ringtail), 12 Red Kite, 220 Golden Plover, 2 Lapwing, 6 Stonechat, 61 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, 3 Siskin, 58 Corn Bunting, Reed Bunting, 2 Raven - SPTA centre - Rich Prior 

Yellow-legged Gull - Stoford - Bob Blamey

YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER - Bradford on Avon, calling only, no furtherdetails - Niall Machin

RING OUZEL - Tockenham Wick - Robert Barnes

2 SHORT-EARED OWL - Stoford - Granville Pictor

MERLIN, 8 Golden Plover, 1500 Wood Pigeon, 100 Skylark, 750 Starling - Berwick St James - Granville Pictor

SPOTTED REDSHANK, 2 BLACK-TAILED GODWIT, 14 Dunlin - Thames Path floods between Eysey and Castle Eaton - Harry Boorman

55 Fieldfare, 20 Linnet, Red Kite, 80 Redwing, 1300 Starling, 2 Stonechat - Wylye - Bjorn Howard

SHORT-EARED OWL, 4 Red Kite, 160 Golden Plover, 290 Fieldfare, 110 Redwing, 75 Corn Bunting, 5 Reed Bunting, 7 Stonechat - SPTA west - Rich Prior 

Peregrine - Trowbridge - Mike Trew

4 Red Kite, 100 Corn Bunting, 2 Stonechat - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

500 Wood Pigeon, 11 Pied Wagtail, 23 Meadow Pipit - Stoford - Bob Blamey

HAWFINCH - Draycott Cerne - David Moden

PURPLE HERON, GLOSSY IBIS, Woodcock, 2 Water Rail, 2 Cetti's Warbler - CWP74 - Nigel Pleass, Stuart Langsbury, Malcolm Royal, Ken Cypher

10 Great White Egret - Ashton Keynes - Nigel Pleass, Stuart Langsbury

LESSER YELLOWLEGS, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, RUFF, 13 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 9 Egyptian Goose, 4 Pintail, 14 Dunlin, 232 Golden Plover, 1113 Lapwing, 6 Snipe, Marsh Harrier, 275 Herring Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 191 Pied Wagtail, Stonechat, 250 Redwing, 125 Fieldfare, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 800 Starling - Thames Path between Eysey & Castle Eaton - Nigel Pleass, Paul Boult

2 Stonechat - Westbury STW - Mike Smith

BLACK REDSTART - Salisbury, Cloisters Square - Liam Russell

MERLIN, 12 Grey Partridge - SPTA east - Brian Heath

Peregrine, 14 Red Kite, 200 Lapwing - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

Woodcock, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Raven, Red Kite, Marsh Tit  - Chippenham - Joanna Hutchinson

Great White Egret, Wigeon, Red Kite, 4 Stonechat - Whaddon - John Powell

LESSER YELLOWLEGS - again in flooded fields along Thames Path between Eysey & Castle Eaton. View from ///buildings.arming.snooze - Steve Davies

200 Linnet, 2 Stonechat, 8 Red Kite, 9 Corn Bunting - Morgan's Hill - Mike Eckersley

HEN HARRIER (ringtail), MERLIN, 8 Red Kite, 400 Golden Plover, 22 Lapwing, 90 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, 5 Stonechat, 50 Corn Bunting, Raven - SPTA centre - Rich Prior 

8 Little Egret, 3 Yellow-legged Gull - Little Wishford - Bob Blamey

5 WHOOPER SWAN, HAWFINCH, 12 Great White Egret, 8 Little Egret, Wigeon, Cetti's Warbler, 12 Egyptian Goose, 242 Golden Plover, 2000 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 12 Dunlin, 25 Snipe, Peregrine, 4 Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, 6 Chiffchaff, Lesser Redpoll - Thames Path between Eysey & Castle Eaton - Nigel Pleass, Robin Griffiths

2 Red Kite - Malmesbury - Scott Punter

60 Linnet, 2 Stonechat - Luckington - Scott Punter

JACK SNIPE, 5 Snipe, Mandarin - Coleshill wetland - Harry Boorman

Peregrine, 4 Red Kite, 160 Golden Plover, 11 Fieldfare, 50 Redwing, 13 Stonechat, 110 Corn Bunting, 4 Reed Bunting - SPTA west - Rich Prior 

3 Chiffchaff, 2 Marsh Tit, 20 Song Thrush, 80 Fieldfare, 600 Redwing, 30 Siskin, 60 Goldfinch - Nightingale Wood - Phil & Graham Deacon

9 Little Egret - Little Wishford - Bob Blamey

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

LESSER YELLOWLEGS, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 3 MARSH HARRIER, 6 Dunlin , 50 Golden Plover, Peregrine,  - in flooded fields along Thames Path between Eysey & Castle Eaton. View from ///buildings.arming.snooze - Malcolm Royal

PECTORAL SANDPIPER - in flooded fields along Thames Path between Eysey & Castle Eaton ///buildings.arming.snooze - Brian Piercey

54 Fieldfare, 12 Grey Partridge, 8 Corn Bunting, 4 Red Kite - SPTA east - Brian Heath

6 HAWFINCH, FIRECREST, 45 Siskin, 2 Marsh Tit - Grovely Wood - Rich Prior