Recent Sightings

14th April 2025

2 House Martin - Cricklade - Robin Griffiths

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

Grasshopper Warbler, Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear, Peregrine, Red Kite, Fieldfare - Westbury White Horse - Paul Boult

13th April 2025

2 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Swallow - Royal Wootton Bassett - Simon Gathercole

50 Stock Dove, 25 Linnet, 5 Swallow, 5 Chiffchaff - Luckington - Scott Punter

Wheatear, 12 Corn Bunting, 2 Whitethroat, 3 Red Kite, 2 Raven - SPTA centre - Rich Prior

Redstart, 6 Stonechat, Tree Pipit, 20 Corn Bunting, Reed Bunting, 3 Willow Warbler, 6 Whitethroat, 2 Curlew, Lapwing, Swallow, 2 Red Kite, 2 Raven - SPTA east - Rich Prior

5 Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret, 3 Stonechat - Britford - Bob Blamey

 

12th April 2025

Cuckoo - Charlton All Saints - Liz Oakes

Cuckoo - Avon Valley NR - Sharon Hackett

Redstart, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 6 Willow Warbler, 15 Chiffchaff, 4 Whitethroat, 47 Blackcap - SPTA centre - Phil & Graham Deacon

2 Grasshopper Warbler, Whitethroat - Battlesbury Hill - Lee Dutton

2 Grey Wagtail - Great Bedwyn - Sally Elstub

11th April 2025

2 HAWFINCH, 12 Siskin, 5 Tree Pipit, 2 Marsh Tit, 8 Willow Warbler, 31 Blackcap, Stonechat, 2 Corn Bunting, Red Kite, Raven - Great Ridge Wood - Rich Prior 

8 Blackcap, 6 Cetti’s Warbler, 14 Chiffchaff, Little Egret, Red Kite, 5 Shoveler, 7 Teal, 2 Willow Warbler - Langford Lakes - Bjorn Howard

Common Sandpiper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Mandarin, 2 Red Kite, 2 Raven  - Bowood - Joanna Hutchinson

HOOPOE - Marlborough, no further details

RING OUZEL, 50 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, Redstart, 6 Whitethroat - Fyfield Down - Nigel Pleass

10th April 2025

5 Wheatear - Bratton - Anthony Tucker

5 House Martin - Lacock - Ed Nash

85 Fieldfare, 2 Whitethroat, Reed Bunting, 6 Swallow, Red Kite, 4 Raven  - Chippenham - Joanna Hutchinson

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

4 Wheatear, 2 Stonechat, 6 Swallow, 2 Red Kite - Wylye - Bjorn Howard

Wheatear - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

2 Green Sandpiper - Britford - Bob Blamey

5 Chiffchaff, 3 Swallow, House Martin, Raven - Luckington - Scott Punter

2 Redstart, 3 Stonechat, Tree Pipit, 3 Swallow, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, 55 Corn Bunting, 4 Raven, Red Kite - SPTA west - Rich Prior 

BLACK REDSTART, Wheatear - Fyfield Down - Simon Gathercole

9th April 2025

Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Swallow, Cetti's Warbler, Snipe, Shoveler, Teal, 4 Red Kite - Langford Lakes - Stephen & Will Hackett

HOOPOE - in a garden at Ham, no further details

Common Tern (1st spring record) - CWP68 - Nigel Pleass

Great Black-backed Gull, Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, 8 Swallow - Britford - Bob Blamey

8 Swallow, 6 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Bunting, Teal, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler - Lower Moors, CWP - Scott Punter

8th April 2025

3 RING OUZEL, Redstart - Liddington Hill - Malcolm Royal

Willow Warbler, 2 Red Kite, Great White Egret, Little Egret, 7 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 4 Sand Martin, Shoveler, Gadwall, Reed Bunting, Cettis Warbler - Langford Lakes - Steve Cladingboel

OSPREY - Royal Wootton Bassett - Bob Philpott

Wheatear, 2 Whitethroat, Curlew - SPTA east - Harry Boorman

Whinchat (1st spring record), 2 Swallow, 4 Corn Bunting - Upton Cow Down - John Simpson

4 Willow Warbler - Westbury - Mike Smith

Whitethroat, Wheatear, 3 Stonechat, 50 Meadow Pipit, Swallow - Blakehill - Robin Griffiths

Willow Warbler, Swallow - Little Bedwyn - Richard Fuller

13 Fieldfare, 5 Corn Bunting, 2 Red Kite, Raven, 5 Gadwall - Shrewton Water Meadows - Rich Prior

16 Lapwing, 5 Red Kite, 4 Raven - Druid's Head Farm - Rich Prior

12 Blackcap, Whitethroat, 3 Marsh Tit, 3 Siskin, 2 Swallow, 3 Red Kite, 6 Raven - Grovely Wood - Rich Prior

Redstart, Wheatear, 5 Stonechat, 4 Swallow, 45 Meadow Pipit, Red Kite, Raven - Wylye Down - Rich Prior

Great White Egret, Little Egret, 2 Snipe, Lapwing, 8 Shoveler, 12 Teal, 11 Gadwall, 9 Swallow, 4 Cetti's Warbler, Red Kite - Langford Lakes - Rich Prior

47 Stock Dove, 40 Linnet, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Swallow, - Luckington - Scott Punter

Swallow, 2 Raven, Red Kite - Thickwood - Chris Woods

3 RING OUZEL - Morgan's Hill - Joanna Hutchinson

2 Wheatear, 2 Stonechat - Furze Knowll - Joanna Hutchinson

Whitethroat, 90 Corn Bunting, 5 Red Kite - SPTA centre - David Betteridge

Wheatear, 9 Stonechat, 3 Corn Bunting, Swallow - SPTA east - Brian Heath

7th April 2025

3 Tree Pipit - Lower Pertwood - Tim Ridgers-Steer

Reed Warbler (1st spring record) - CWP68 - Roger Gillespie

Fieldfare, Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 15 Blackcap - Nightingale Wood - Phil & Graham Deacon

2 Blackcap, Willow Warbler - Westbury - Mike Smith

Tree Pipit, Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, 5 Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting, 35 Corn Bunting, 2 House Martin, Swallow, 4 Red Kite, 2 Raven - SPTA centre - Rich Prior 

3 Gadwall, 2 Great White Egret, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 4 Swallow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, 4 Reed Bunting - Charlton All Saints - Tom Coldwell

4 RING OUZEL, 32 Fieldfare - Liddington Hill - Ken Cypher (photo), Malcolm Royal

MARSH HARRIER, Wheatear, 2 Grey Partridge - Edington Hill - Paul Boult