31st January 2010

Blackcap – in a Cricklade garden - Robin Griffiths

Blackcap – in a Swindon garden – Ken Cypher

35 Golden Plover – Roundway Hill – Anthony Mitchell

4 Siskin, Blackcap – in a Devizes garden – Anthony Mitchell

5 BEWICK’S SWAN - Water Eaton – Malcolm Royal

87 Pied Wagtail, 30 Lapwing, 9 Teal – North Meadow, Cricklade – Malcolm Royal

2 Green Sandpiper – Eysey – Steve Davies

2 RUDDY SHELDUCK, RUFF - CWP74 – Steve Davies

2 Snipe – CWP300 – Steve Davies

4 Blackcap, 2 Brambling, Reed Bunting – in a Salisbury garden – John McCarthy

Red Kite – Rockley Downs – Ken Cypher

PEREGRINE, 30000 Starlings, 8 Little Egret – Swindon STW - Matt Prior

Sad news of Julian Parfitt

Geoff Dicker wrote this about Julian Parfitt who has sadly died: 

 

“It is with a great deal of sorrow that I have to tell you all that my friend and fellow birder Julian Parfitt passed away on 28th January after a long and courageous battle with cancer.

Julian was known to many WOS members for the work he did on Salisbury Plain, monitoring rare breeding and wintering birds. He made several significant discoveries in this area. He had the sharpest pair of eyes that I have ever known and could spot a Merlin or a Harrier long before others noticed the bird. Latterly he had developed a passion for “twitching” and we enjoyed many a dawn to dusk rush around the UK chasing rarities. He did manage a couple of successful trips abroad to Spain in search of raptors before his illness became too much.

I am sure that all of Julian’s friends in Wiltshire will wish to convey their condolences and best wishes to Julian’s wife Caroline and his daughter Olivia.”

30th January 2010

Blackcap – in a Swindon garden - Brian Harris

2 Water Rail, 14 Reed Bunting - Nightingale Wood, South Marston - Graham Deacon

Red Kite – Monkton Deverill – Barry Watts

Blackcap – in a Trowbridge garden – Barry Mitchell

2 PEREGRINE - Honeystreet – Ed Smith

JACK SNIPE, PEREGRINE, 3 Snipe – Blakehill – Robin Griffiths

21 Snipe, Raven – Stoke Common – Robin Griffiths

2 RUDDY SHELDUCK - CWP68a – John Edwards

Blackcap – in a Chippenham garden – Truda Uglow

Little Owl – Eysey Manor – Steve Davies

5 BEWICK’S SWAN, 2 Green Sandpiper & 1000 large Gulls - Water Eaton - Steve Davies & Nigel Pleass

250 Lapwing, 20 Yellowhammer – Castle Eaton – Steve Davies

Little Egret & large Starling roost – Barnfield / Swindon STW - Steve Davies

10 Lapwing, 2 Wigeon – Stratford sub Castle – Shayne Ford

2 Blackcap – in a Devizes garden – Anthony Mitchell

2 Raven – Potterne Woods - Anthony Mitchell

29th January 2010

Little Egret – in flight over Haydon Wick, Swindon – Matt Prior

SMEW (redhead) – CWP30 - Malcolm Royal

5 BEWICK’S SWAN - in flooded fields at Water Eaton SU123934, viewable from road – Jon Mercer & Steve Davies

PEREGRINE, 200 Lapwing, Little Egret – Castle Eaton - Steve Davies

5 WHOOPER SWAN = East Clyffe, Stapleford, viewed from A36 layby - Bob Blamey

28th January 2010

2 JACK SNIPE, 50+ Snipe, 330 Lapwing, 2 Raven – Whanndon, Trowbridge – Mike Hamzij

60 Corn Bunting – Bishops Canning – Andrew Dawson

2 Raven, 150 Fieldfare – Hullavington - Stewart Dobson

75 Wigeon, 25 Teal, 8 Shoveler – Langford Lakes – John Osborne

5 WHOOPER SWAN - at East Clyffe, Stapleford viewed from A36 layby – Jon Mercer

SHORT-EARED OWL – Stoford area – Jon Mercer

27th January 2010

GREAT WHITE EGRET - reported in flight 2 miles north of Chippenham west over Kington Langley at 10am -Mark Coller

5 WHOOPER SWAN, Black/Mute Swan hybrid, 45 Mute Swan – East Clyffe, Stapleford from A36 layby – Mike Hamzij

5 BEWICK’S SWAN, 2 Snipe, Marsh Tit, Teal – Water Eaton – Robin Griffiths

Blackcap – in a Hilperton Marsh garden – Pete Truscott

DIPPER – Mere at ST815316 – Alison Rymell

Blackcap – in a Whaddon, Salisbury garden – Keith & Jennifer Mortimore

3 Goosander – Stanton Park – Malcolm Royal

300 Wood Pigeon – Barbury Castle - Graham Cox

26th January 2010

4 Little Egret – Froxfield - Trevor Dobie

500 Lapwing – Stonehenge – Bob Blamey

3000 Starling – Druid’s lodge - Bob Blamey

5 SHORT-EARED OWL - Stoford area – Bob Blamey

4 EGYPTIAN GOOSE – Stratford sub Castle – Bob Blamey

RING OUZEL (first year male) – in a Salisbury garden – Brian Greenough & Bob Blamey

RSPB – Big Garden Birdwatch

Next weekend – 30th – 31st January

Click on link for details:

http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/

25th January 2010

5 BEWICK’S SWAN - in flooded fields at Eysey east of A419 – Kim Milsom

8 Goosander – Coate Water – Felicity Cobb

Lesser Whitethroat – wintering bird, probably of an eastern race, recently in a Salisbury garden – birding pagers

24th January 2010

30000 Starlings (leaving roost), 57 Reed Bunting, 80 Teal, Little Egret - Swindon STW – Matt Prior

Little Egret – on the River Avon at Luckington – Ron Flook

BITTERN – still present at Brockbank Lake, Langford Lakes in reedbed – Bob Blamey

40 Wigeon – Langford Lakes – Bob Blamey

3 Blackcap – in a Chippenham garden – Lynne Hallam

5 Goosander – CWP28 – Lynne Hallam

5 SMEW (2 male) – CWP29 - Lynne Hallam

PEREGRINE – Roundway Hill – Anthony Mitchell

Woodcock, Marsh Tit – Coatley End - Robin Griffiths

4 WHOOPER SWAN - East Clyffe, Stapleford in fileds by A36 layby – birding pagers

Brambling, Siskin – Prestley Wood – Maurice Dyer

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