Recent Sightings

6th January 2026

2 DIPPER, 4 Raven - Box - Nigel Bray

4 Lapwing - Thickwood - Chris Woods

RING-NECKED DUCK - CWP74

RING-NECLED DUCK, 3 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE - Langford Lakes - Mike Smith

HEN HARRIER (ringtail), MERLIN, 14 Red Kite, 5 Stonechat, 150 Linnet, 430 Corn Bunting, Reed Bunting, 18 Lapwing, 200 Fieldfare, 50 Redwing, Raven - SPTA centre - Rich Prior, Jon Lee

5th January 2026

Woodcock - Lopsombe Corner - Keith Simpson

28 Snipe, 35 Lapwing, 5 Common Gull, Red Kite, 20 Fieldfare - North Meadow - Robin Griffiths

2 COMMON CRANE, HEN HARRIER (ringtail), Yellow-legged Gull - Stoford - Harry Boorman

HEN HARRIER (male), 100 Fieldfare, 40 Lapwing - SPTA east - Brian & Brenda Heath

HEN HARRIER (male) - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

Peregrine, 2 Red Kite, 50 Lapwing, Marsh Tit, 6 Siskin, Water Rail, 4 Mandarin, Teal, Snipe - Chippenham - Joanna Hutchinson

40 Lapwing - Draycot Cerne - Daniel Moden

56 Lapwing - Grittleton - Stewart Dobson

40 Lapwing - Westbury - Mike Smith

60 Lapwing, 3 Red Kite, 2 Golden Plover - Winterslow - Paul Guymer

RING-NECKED DUCK, Goosander, 8 Shoveler, Little Egret, Firecrest - Langford Lakes - Shayne Ford

4th January 2026

300 Fieldfare, 300 Redwing, Red Kite - Nightingale Wood - Graham Deacon

HEN HARRIER (male), 18 Red Kite, 65 Lapwing, 5 Stonechat - Pewsey Downs - Jon Lee

Little Egret - Southwick - Sally Hanham

3 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, RING-NECKED DUCK, 2 Goosander, Kingfisher, Little Egret, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 6 Common Gull, 500 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 38 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, - Langford Lakes - Mike Trew

BLACK REDSTART - Melksham - Sarah Neathey

Little Egret, Kingfisher - Box - Tim Salkeld

3rd January 2025

MERLIN, 4 Red Kite, 2 Little Egret, 27 Lapwing, 2 Raven, 385 Fieldfare, 65 Redwing, Blackcap, 65 Yellowhammer, 41 Corn Bunting, Reed Bunting - Clearbury Down - Tom Coldwell

2 Goosander, 2 Gadwall, 2 Teal - Charlton all Saints - Tom Coldwell

6 Red Kite, Great White Egret, 17 Lapwing, Snipe, Redpoll - Standlynch - Tom Coldwell

3 Little Egret - Beanacre - Julian & Margaret Rolls

Little Egret - Southwick - Sally Hanham

3 WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, Goosander, Little Egret, Wigeon, 8 Shoveler, 51 Tufted Duck, 2 Kingfisher, 5 Siskin, Yellow legged Gull - Langford lakes - Mike Trew

MERLIN, 2 Stonechat, 15 Red Kite, 70 Corn Bunting, 24 Lapwing, 8 Golden Plover - Middle Woodford - Paul Guymer, Bob Blamey

100 Lapwing - Keevil Airfield - Jason Trevorrow

3 Marsh Tit, 2 Redpoll - Leigh Delamere - Tim Salkeld

2 DIPPER, 30 Redwing - Castle Combe - Tim Salkeld

Brambling - Wylye - John Fishwick

2nd January 2026

Chiffchaff, Marsh Tit, 90 Linnet, Raven - Leigh Delamere - Daniel Moden

RING-NECKED DUCK, SCAUP - Fonthill Lake - Rob Sumison, Graham Holloway & Amanda Callaghan

3 WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE - Langfordl Lakes - Rob Sumison

WHITE-TAILED EAGLE, 200 Golden Plover - Stoford - Bob Blamey, Granville Pictor

HEN HARRIER (ringtail) - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

MERLIN. HEN HARRIER (ringtail), 6 Stonechat, 42 Redwing, 7 Red Kite - SPTA east - Elliott Horton, Brian & Brenda Heath

Dunlin, 200 Lapwing, 65 Golden Plover - North Meadow - Elliott Horton

2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Goldeneye, 25 Pintail - CWP74 - Elliott Horton

Blackcap - Cricklade - Robin Griffiths

HEN HARRIER (ringtail), Peregrine, 50 Fieldfare, 600 Starling, 100 Lapwing, 4 Little Egret - Berwick St James - Granville Pictor

150 Linnet, 120 Stock Dove, 70 Redwing, 15 Fieldfare, 30 Yellowhammer, 2 Raven, 2 Red Kite - Luckington - Scott Punter

1st January 2026

100 Lapwing - Firsdown - Paul Guymer

4 Red Kite, 4 Corn Bunting - Middle Woodford - David & Abbie Johnson

MERLIN, Peregrine, 70 Golden Plover, 100 Lapwing, 11 Red Kite, 2 Grey Partridge, 30 Yellowhammer, 12 Corn Bunting - SPTA centre - Steven Portugal

Peregrine, 7 Red Kite, 4 Stonechat - SPTA east - Steven Portugal

3 WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE - Langford Lakes - Jonny Cooper

4 Brambling, 8 Siskin, 3 Marsh Tit - Savernake - Brian & Brenda Heath

2 Little Egret, Red Kite - Avon Valley, NR - Stephen Hackett

200 Linnet, 30 Redwing, 30 Yellowhammer, Raven - Luckington - Scott Punter

RING-NECKED DUCK - Fonthill Lake

2 HEN HARRIER (male, ringtail), Stonechat, 300 Starling, 2 Red Kite - SPTA east - Brian & Brenda Heath

12 Lapwing - Edington - Jason Trevorrow

2 Redpoll, 2 Siskin - Marlborough - Richard Fuller

3 Goosander - Corsham Lake - Tim Salkeld

31st December 2025

Green Sandpiper, Water Rail, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 3 Chiffchaffs, Blackcap - Cricklade - Robin Griffiths

HEN HARRIER (male), 50 Skylark, 30 Corn Bunting, 2 Raven - Yarnbury Castle - John Fishwick

8 Goosander - Corsham Lake - Chris Woods

6 HAWFINCH - Chilton Foliat

RING-NECKED DUCK - Langford Lakes

24 Chiffchaff - Westbury STW - Mike Smith

30th December 2025

RUFF, Dunlin, 30 Golden Plover, 1500 Lapwing, Great White Egret - North Meadow - Robin Griffiths

200 Stock Dove, 120 Linnet, 50 Redwing, 15 Fieldfare, 20 Yellowhammer, 3 Red Kite, 2 Reed Bunting, Little Egret - Luckington - Scott Punter

HEN HARRIER (ringtail) - SPTA centre - Jon Lee

RING-NECKED DUCK - Fonthill Lake

3 Water Rail - Westbury - Mike Smith

2 HEN HARRIER (ringtails), MERLIN, Peregrine - Middle Woodford - Philip Delve

2 Chiffchaff, Kingfisher - Salisbury - Bjorn Howard

Blackcap, 31 Fieldfare, 15 Meadow Pipit, 7 Red Kite, 64 Redwing, 550 Starling, 14 Stock Dove, 5 Stonechat - Wylye - Bjorn Howard