Wetland Birds Survey

Reported on WWT website:

In recent years, the UK’s estuaries and other wetlands have seen several notable changes in the birds using them. Little egret and avocet are now present in higher numbers than ever before, but familiar species such as ringed plover and dunlin are at all-time lows, and other coastal waders such as redshank, curlew and bar-tailed godwit have also experienced recent declines.

The latest WeBS report, covering the winter of 2008/09, documents the expansion of four native waterbird populations in the UK, with pink-footed goose, Svalbard barnacle goose, little egret and avocet all noted at record levels. Avocet for example has increased by over 1000% in the last twenty years.

In contrast, populations of six species reached an all-time low point; mallard, pochard, goldeneye, red-breasted merganser, ringed plover and dunlin – all of which have declined by at least 20% in the last twenty years.

http://www.wwt.org.uk/latest-news/turning-tides-for-waterbirds-in-the-uk

31st August 2010

2 Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 48 Blackcap, Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 300 Swallow, 20 Meadow Pipit - Nightingale Wood, South Marston – Phil & Graham Deacon

2 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 10 Yellow Wagtail – Tan Hill – Mike Hamzij

3 Little Egret – CWP74 – Ken Cypher

Green Sandpiper – CWP301 – Ken Cypher

2 Kingfisher – Waterhay, CWP – John Durell

Wheatear – Norton – Stewart Dobson

Kingfisher – Easton Grey – Stewart Dobson

Redstart, 2 Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Stonechat – Bratton Camp – Jon Clark

Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, 2 Raven, 300 Starling – Langford Lakes – Mike & Angela Trew

30th August 2010

Raven – Hackpen Hill – Andrew Dawes

200 Swallow, 3 Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, 40 Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff, Yellow Wagtail - Nightingale Wood, South Marston – Graham Deacon

Redstart, 3 Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat – Blakehill – Robin Griffiths

2 Brown Haitstreak - Chelworth – Robin Griffiths

100 Sand Martin, Common Sandpiper, Spotted Flycatcher – Coate Water – Malcolm Royal

64 Blackcap, 19 Chiffchaff, 13 Willow Warbler, 10 Reed Warbler, 8 Sedge Warbler, 6 Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Gadwall, 10 Teal, 2 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, 2 Shoveler, Kingfisher, Yellow Wagtail – Swindon STW – Matt Prior

29th August 2010

2 Reed Warbler, 30 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, Whitethroat - Nightingale Wood, South Marston – Phil & Graham Deacon

Red Kite – Crofton – Mike & Rita Burstow

4 Wheatear, 4 Stonechat – Roundway Hill – Anthony Mitchell

Golden Plover, 300 Lapwing - Kent End, CWP – John Edwards

2 Whinchat – Liddington Hill - Malcolm Royal

28th August 2010

QUAIL, Nightingale, 5 Redstart, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, Reed Warbler, 3 Sedge Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 30 Whitethroat, 6 Garden Warbler, 60 Blackcap, 5 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 12 Tree Pipit, 50 Meadow Pipit, 50 Swallow, 3 Raven - SPTA centre – Phil & Graham Deacon, Nigel Goodgame

2 Little Egret – Froxfield – Malcolm Royal

4 Kingfisher, 8 Little Grebe – Chilton Foliat – Malcolm Royal

3 Raven, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Willow Warbler, 19 Chiffchaff, 4 Whitethroat, 250 Swallow – Brinkworth – Ian Searle

27th August 2010

5 Swift – Bulford – Keith Simpson

2 Common Sandpiper – Southleaze, Swindon – Malcolm Royal

2 Wheatear – Barbury Castle - Malcolm Royal

2 Yellow Wagtail, Raven – Liddington Hill - Malcolm Royal

26th August 2010

NO RECORDS RECEIVED

25th August 2010

2 Tree Pipit, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Reed Warbler, 40 Blackcap, 4 Willow Warbler, 400 Swallow – Nightingale Wood, South Marston – Graham Deacon

Spotted Flycatcher, Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat – Blakehill – Robin Griffiths

2 RUFF, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 9 Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail – CWP74 – Mark Coller

40 Chiffchaff, 25 Willow Warbler, 12 Lesser Whitethroat, 30 Whitethroat, 6 Garden Warbler, 30 Blackcap, 10 Reed Warbler, 10 Sedge Warbler, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 200 Sand Martin, 150 Swallow, 80 House Martin, Kingfisher, Black Swan, Stoat - CWP68 – Mark Coller

Redstart, Little Egret – Whaddon, Trowbridge - Mike Hamzij

24th August 2010

2 Kingfisher – Langford Lakes – Mike Trew

23rd August 2010

3 BLACK-NECKED GREBE - Langford Lakes on Long Pond – Chris Riley

PEREGRINE, Red Kite, 33 Yellow Wagtail – Milk Hill – Eian Wall

2 Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wagtail – Liddington Hill – Robin Griffiths

2 Swift – Chippenham - Lynne Hallam

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