Recent Sightings

2nd May 2024

HOOPOE (videoed) - Pinhurst, Swindon - Anna Komar

2 Swift - Cricklade - Robin Griffiths

PURPLE HERON (flight views only), 2 Cuckoo, 2 Pintail - CWP74 - Harry Boorman

2 Dunlin, 3 Ringed Plover, Curlew - Castle Eaton - Harry Boorman

11 Whitethroat, 4 Corn Bunting, 2 Stonechat - Westbury White Horse - Mike Eckersley

4 Little Egrets, Sedge Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Reed Bunting - Cricklade - Robin Griffiths

4 Swift - Bradford on Avon - Kevin Elliott

1st May 2024

Grasshopper Warbler, Wheatear - Waterhay, CWP - Paul Boult

Spotted Flycatcher (1st spring record) - Hodson - Wayne Ford

BLACK TERN, 2 Common Tern, 2 Cuckoo - CWP74 - Simon Gathercole

Grasshopper Warbler - Battlesbury Hill - Phillip Delve

2 Garden Warbler, 2 Marsh Tit - Somerford Common - Robin Griffiths

4 Wheatear - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

30th April 2024

Whinchat, Grasshopper Warbler - Waterhay, CWP - Ken Cypher

Hobby, 4 Common Tern, 3 Shelduck - CWP74 - Ken Cypher

Cuckoo, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Stonechat - Blakehill - Robin Griffiths

6 Blackcap, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 11 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat - Coate Water - Wayne Ford

2 Raven - Corsham - Alan Carpenter

3 Swift, 3 Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler - Corsham Lake - Ben Sykes

BLACK REDSTART - Devizes, Hare & Hounds flats - Ed & Dawn Nash

Wheatear - Stoford - Bob Blamey

29th April 2024

3 Little Egret - Little Durnford - Bob Blamey

28th April 2024

TURTLE DOVE - Durrington - Ben Hewes

8 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Partridge - SPTA east - Lee Dutton

BLACK TERN, 2 OYSTERCATCHER, 2 Common Tern,, 2 Cuckoo, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Crane flew over, 3 Swift,100 House Martin, 100 Swallow, 4 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 6 Reed Bunting, 3 Willow Warbler - CWP74 - Elliott Horton, Scott Punter

Swift - Easton Grey - Scott Punter

2 Wheatear, Lapwing - Prescombe Down - Bob Turner

Cuckoo, Grey Wagtail, Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler - Stitchcombe - Robin Nelson

Yellow Wagtail, Stonechat, 6 Swallow - Stoford - Bob Blamey

 

27th April 2024

Garden Warbler - Westbury - Mike Smith

WHITE WAGTAIL, Little Ringed Plover, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 10 Corn Bunting - SPTA East - Paul Castle

2 BLACK TERN, 2 OYSTERCATCHER, 4 Common Tern, Cuckoo, 2 Hobby, Lapwing - CWP74 - Paul Castle 

WOOD SANDPIPER, Common Sandpiper, Shelduck, 3 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 7 Swift, 30 Swallow, 20 Sand Martin, 5 House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Garden Warbler  - Langford Lakes - Sean Foote, Mike Trew, Barry Mitchell

22 Swallow, 5 House Martin - Wilton - Tom Coldwell

700 Swallow, 100 Sand Martin - Britford - Bob Blamey

26th April 2024

Hobby, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, Reed Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, 25 Blackcap, 30 Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff - SPTA centre - Phil & Graham Deacon

27 Swallow - Ogbourne St Andrew - Wayne Ford

RING OUZEL, Redstart, Wheatear, Raven, 2 Whitethroat - Fyfield Down - Robin Nelson

Cetti's Warbler, Mandarin, 5 Gadwall, 4 Grey Wagtail - Minal - Derek Pinchen
 
2 Red Kite, Reed Bunting - Marlborough - Derek Pinchen

Lesser Whitethroat, Red Kite - Ravensroost - Robin Griffiths

Cuckoo, 16 Swallow, 2 Swift, 4 House Martin, 2 Sand Martin, 3 Garden Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Shoveler - Langford Lakes - Mike Trew
 
 
 
Swift, Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler - Corsham Lake - Ben Sykes
 

OSPREY - Britford - Harry Boorman

OSPREY, Cuckoo, Red Kite, 2 Sedge Warbler, Garden Warbler, Cetti's Warbler - Charlton All Saints - Steve Oakes

Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat - Avebury - Robin Nelson

6 Swallow, Red Kite, 2 Raven, 6 Pied Wagtail - Stoford - Bob Blamey

25th April 2024

PURPLE HERON (brief flight view only), 2 Common Tern, Hobby, 50 Swift, 200 Sand Martin, 50 Swallow, Garden Warbler, 2 Cuckoo, 4 Shelduck, 3 Teal, Shoveler, 20 Tufted Duck, 2 Curlew, 4 Lapwing - CWP74 - Paul Castle  

2 Lesser Whitethroat, 15 Blackcap, Reed Warbler, 4 Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff - Nightingale Wood - Graham Deacon

12 House Martin, 14 Swallow - Westbury STW - Mike Smith

6 Chiffchaff, 14 Corn Bunting, Garden Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, 31 Linnet, 38 Meadow Pipit, 3 Raven, 5 Red kite, Reed Bunting, 7 Siskin, 42 Skylark, 4 Stonechat, 9 Wheatear, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 8 Yellowhammer - Cherhill - Wayne Ford

SHORT-EARED OWL, 2 Whinchat, 2 Tree Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 3 Wheatear, 6 Whitethroat, 4 Corn Bunting, Curlew, 3 Swallow, Red Kite - SPTA east - Brian Heath

Cuckoo, Red Kite, 3 Lesser Whitethroats, Wheatear, 2 Stonechat, Reed Bunting - Blakehill - Robin Griffiths