23rd July 2010

PEREGRINE – Swindon - Robin Griffiths

BLACK REDSTART – Mildenhall – Andrew Dawson

QUAIL – Brixton Deverill – Alison Rymell

Hobby – Ramsbury - Robin Nelson

6 Green Sandpiper – Swindon STW – Matt Prior

Jackdaw – albino, Avebury – Andrew Collins

22nd July 2010

BLACK REDSTART - Mildenhall – Andrew Dawson

2 pairs of Spotted Flycatcher – feeding young at Hodson Woods – Graham Cox

2 QUAIL, 4 Yellow Wagtail – Avebury – Robin Nelson

21st July 2010

Hobby – Cricklade – Robin Griffiths

PEREGRINE, Hobby – Brinkworth – Ian Seale

OYSTERCATCHER, BLACK-TAILED GODWIT, 26 Curlew, 2 Dunlin, Redshank, 190 Lapwing - CWP74 – per CWP website

20th July 2010

10 Little Egret – Shearwater – Mike Trew

Kingfisher – Langford Lakes – Mike Trew

19th July 2010

4 Little Egret – Sheatwater – Mike Trew

Green Sandpiper – Yarnbrook – Mike Trew

Kingfisher – Great Somerford - George & Andrew Dawson

Swifts – more from the RSPB

For more details go to http://www.rspb.org.uk/thingstodo/surveys/swifts/

We need your help to find out more about our swifts.

They’re some of the last spring migrants to arrive, but the first to leave. You’ve probably seen them speeding through the air, screaming their heads off, or swooping into crevices in buildings. But they’re in trouble. Swifts are now on the Amber List – they’re birds of Conservation Concern. Their numbers have declined dramatically in the past 10 years; we’re not sure why, but one of the possible reasons is that their nest sites are being destroyed.

We’re working with swift groups around the UK. Your information will help our knowledge of swifts so that more nest sites can be provided and protected. Tell us where you see swifts and help us to help them.

We’d like to find out where swifts are seen and where they’re nesting. Look out for low-level screaming groups of swifts (that means they’re breeding nearby) or where you’ve seen swifts nesting – perhaps entering a roof or hole in a building (if you can see the nest, it’s not a swift). The best time to look is around dusk on a warm, still evening, or early morning.

18th July 2010

SMEW (female) - summering bird still at CWP74 – Nigel Pleass

7 Purple Emperor - at the monument, Savernake – Graham Cox

Red Kite – Swindon – Sally Philpott

Little Egret, 6 Common Sandpiper – Shearwater – Dan Lupton

Spotted Flycatcher – Castle Combe – George Dawson

Redstart – 3 Lesser Whitethroat – Blakehill – Robin Griffiths

Spotted Flycatcher – Ashton Keynes – Maureen Miller

Common Sandpiper, 5 Common Tern – Coate Water – Malcolm Royal

17th July 2010

5 Nightingale, 3 Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 30 Whitethroat, 40 Blackcap – SPTA centre – Phil & Graham Deacon 

Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Little Egret, 30 Swift, 40 Swallow, Noctule Bat - Swindon STW - Matt Prior  

MANDARIN, 5 Common Sandpiper, 11 Gadwall – Langford Lakes - John Osborne 

Little Egret, Red Kite – Stoford – Bob Blamey 

Red Kite – Woodborough – Bob Blamey 

3 Little Egret – Potterne - Anthony Mitchell

2 Yellow Wagtail – One Tree Hill – Anthony Mitchell

4 Spotted Flycatcher – Hodson Woods - Graham Cox 

16th July 2010

Common Sandpiper – Station Pond, Westbury – John Osborne

Green Sandpiper – Yarnbrook – Mike Trew

15th July 2010

Red Kite – Allington – Brian Gibbs

Redstart - juvenile in a Rodbourne, Swindon garden – Nigel Goodgame

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