Recent Sightings

6th November 2024

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

5th November 2024

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

4th November 2024

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

2 Great White Egret, 11 Little Egret, 2 Water Rail, 2 Snipe,12 Shoveler, 5 Wigeon, 9 Gadwall, 17 Tufted Duck, Teal, Kingfisher - Langford Lakes - Mike Trew, Harry Boorman
 
 

3rd November 2024

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

 

2nd November 2024

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

1st November 2024

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

31st October 2024

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 

30th October 2024

LESSER YELLOWLEGS, RUFF MARSH HARRIER, 14 Dunlin , 56 Golden Plover, 400 Lapwing, 3 Chiffchaff  - in flooded fields along Thames Path between Eysey & Castle Eaton at ///buildings.arming.snooze . The bird feeds along the water edge and is often as far to the right as you can see. Wellies required - Graham Deacon, Harry Boorman

GLOSSY IBIS - CWP68 - Harry Boorman

Green Sandpiper - Stourhead - Julian Green

Stonechat, 3 Yellow-legged Gull - Stoford - Bob Blamey

MERLIN - Chitterne - Lee Dutton

MERLIN - Bishopstrow - Lee Dutton