22nd May 2010

2 Red Kite – Bratton - David Rowe

2 BLACK TERN - CWP74 – Kim Milsom

WOOD WARBLER, Spotted Flycatcher, Garden Warbler – Franchises Wood – Malcolm Royal

Spotted Flycatcher – West Woods – Trevor Clayson

Raven – Tan Hill - Trevor Clayson

Raven – Milk Hill - Trevor Clayson

Turtle Dove, Tree Pipit, 5 Nightingale, 5 Garden Warbler, 30 Whitethroat, 3 Lesser Whitethroat – SPTA centre – Phil & Graham Deacon

21st May 2010

Red Kite – Harnham Hill – Andrew Rose

Red Kite – Hilperton Gap – Mike Stefanoski

WOOD WARBLER - Kings Bottom, Longleat – John Hansford

FIRECREST, 2 Spotted Flycatcher – Gare Hill – John Hansford

Cuckoo – Chittoe – Roger Perry

20th May 2010

Cuckoo – Wootton Bassett – Bob Philpott

19th May 2010

2 Spotted Flycatcher – Little Cheverel – Wes Parfitt

2 Garden Warbler – Great Ridge Wood – John Fishwick

4 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Garden Warbler, 2 Cuckoo – Nightingale Wood, South Marston – Graham Deacon

Wild day out at Stanton Park 5th June

The Great Western Community Forest is organising a “wild day out” at Stanton Park in partnership with the BBC on the 5th of June. This will be a public follow up event  linking into Spring Watch programmes that will feature Stanton at a local level.

The event is to run from 10am – 4pm and will be based around the ranger centre complex giving it a “village” feel.

The key theme of the event is biodiversity. This can link to many things: nature recording, wildlife gardening, natural crafts, local history and so on. The plan is to have lots of groups that are associated with biodiversity in some way, whether organisations or individuals, and let them come and promote what they do through demonstrations, talks, tours or family activities.

This event will have lots of coverage from the media and would be ideal to show off what you do and how you help or work with nature. However, the key is public participation and learning – it will not be a commercial event.

Please email pnorris@swindon-gov.uk  or phone 01793 466322 if you could attend or are interested in contributing.

18th May 2010

HAWFINCH - in a Warminster garden – Andy Palmer

Cuckoo, Raven, Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, 5 Sedge Warbler – Nightingale Wood, South Marston – Graham Deacon

Whinchat, Hobby, Red Kite – SPTA east – John Osborne

17th May 2010

3 Cuckoo, 8 Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 15 Whitethroat, 3 Sedge Warbler, Red Kite - Nightingale Wood, South Marston – Graham Deacon

 PEREGRINE, Marsh Tit – SPTA centre – Mike Trew

Safari tours launched on Salisbury Plain

Report from the Wiltshire Times

People will have the chance to go on safari across Salisbury Plain later this month. The safaris are being organised by the Great Bustard Group, a charity that works to reintroduce the world’s heaviest flying bird to the plain.The tours on Wednesday and on May 22, will be led by guides who are experts in the butterflies, moths, plants and birds of the area, which has 13 species of rare and scarce plants, and 67 species of rare and scarce invertebrates.

The safaris run from 10am-4pm and tickets are £45 from visit@greatbustard.org or by calling 07817 971327.

Full report:http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/8163936.Safari_tours_launched_on_Salisbury_Plain/

16th May 2010

5 ARCTIC TERN, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin – CWP74 – Nigel Pleass

2 Whinchat – SPTA east - Daniel Kronenberg

Cuckoo, 2 Lesser Whitethroat – Blakehill – Robin Griffiths

3 MANDARIN - Langford Lakes – John Osborne

Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Cuckoo – charlton All Saints – Steve Davies

6 WOOD WARBLER, 5 FIRECREST, 12 COMMON CROSSBILL, 4 Siskin, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, Woodcock, Cuckoo – WOS trip to Franchises Wood - Steve Davies

Cetti’s Warbler – Britford – Andrew Rose

2 Spotted Flycatcher – Stanton Park, Swindon - Trevor Clayson

Hobby – Salisbury - John McCarthy

Turtle Dove – Clarendon Wood – John McCarthy

Red Kite – Cricklade – Richard Morgan

15th May 2010

Spotted Flycatcher – Clanger Wood - John Osborne

PEREGRINE - SPTA centre – Rachel & Mike Trew

7 Nightingale, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 11 Garden Warbler, 40 Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler – SPTA centre – Graham Deacon

Cuckoo, Garden Warbler – Wootton Bassett – Bob Philpott

Reed Warbler, 3 Sedge Warbler, Cuckoo, lesser Whitethroat, 2 Garden Warbler – Nightingale Wood, South Marston – Graham Deacon

QUAIL – Avebury - Graham Deacon

MARSH HARRIER - Baydon – David Price-Goodfellow

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