22nd August 2010

3 Nightingale, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, Redstart, 15 Tree Pipit, 10 Willow Warbler, 30 Whitethroat, 7 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Garden Warbler, 15 Blackcap, 20 Swallow, 20 Meadow Pipit – SPTA centre – Phil & Graham Deacon

4 Raven, Kingfisher – Castle Coombe – Stewart Dobson

Whinchat, Garden Warbler, 500 Lesser Black-Backed Gull – Maiden Bradley - Chris Oliver

120 Swallow – Wootton Bassett – Bob Philpott

6 Common Tern – Braydon Pond - Bob Philpott

Swift - Avon Valley NR – Chris Riley

151 Lapwing – Kent End, CWP – Trevor & Sue Clayson

3 Little Egret, Common Tern, 3 Shoveler – CWP74 – Trevor & Sue Clayson

21 RED-CRESTED POCHARD, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 2 ittle Egret, Black Swan, Snipe, 26 Curlew – CWP68 – Trevor & Sue Clayson

21st August 2010

Hobby – Grittleton – Stewart Dobson

4 RUFF, 2 Greenshank, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, Shelduck, Wigeon, 450 Sand Martin, 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, Wheatear - CWP74 – Nigel Pleass

4 Swift – Chippenham – Lynne Hallam

2 Swift – Trowbridge – Mike Trew

Swift - Marlborough – Trevor Dobie

2 Swift – feeding young still, Maiden Bradley – Chris Oliver

PEREGRINE, Red Kite – Rockley Down – Andrew Dawson

20th August 2010

3 Greenshank, Little Egret – Southleaze, Swindon – Malcolm Royal

Swift – Chippenham – Mark Coller

19th August 2010

2 Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 4 Garden Warbler, 30 Blackcap, 20 Willow Warbler, 20 Chiffchaff, 150 Swallow, 50 House Martin – Nightingale Wood, South Marston – Phil & Graham Deacon

PEREGRINE, 2 Wheatear – Barbury Castle – David Bush

5 Swift – Swindon – Brian Crookes

Redstart - Kent End, CWP – Malcolm Royal

Common Sandpiper, 5 Shoveler, 7 Common Tern - CWP74 - Malcolm Royal

OYSTERCATCHER, Hobby, 2 Red Kite – Wilton Water - Paul Crowley

18th August 2010

QUAIL, 2 Raven, 3 Wheatear, 2 Hobby, 4 Nightingale, 14 Garden Warbler, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 60 Whitethroat, 20 Willow Warbler, 20 Blackcap, 3 Redstart, 12 Tree Pipit, 70 Swallow - SPTA centre - Phil & Graham Deacon

Whinchat – Sleigh – Anthony Mitchell

PEREGRINE - Coate – Anthony Mitchell

4 Wheatear, 3 Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, 80 Corn Bunting – SPTA east – Mark Coller

4 Swift – Marlborough – Tony Reader

17th August 2010

550 Common Gull – Surrendell – Stewart Dobson

Common Sandpiper – CWP301 – Ken Cypher

2 RUFF, 2 Little Egret, Common Sandpiper – CWP74 – Ken Cypher

PEREGRINE – One Tree Hill – Anthony Mitchell

Spotted Flycatcher, 13 Goldfinch – in a Swindon garden – Sue & Trevor Clayson

16th August 2010

Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Garden Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 40 Swallow – Nightingale Wood, South Marston – Phil & Graham Deacon

183 Lapwing - Kent End, CWP - Malcolm Royal

2 RUFF, 2 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 6 Ringed Plover, Common Tern, 20 Shoveler - CWP74 – Malcolm Royal

15th August 2010

Green Sandpiper, Garden Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler - Nightingale Wood, South Marston – Graham Deacon

Hobby, 550 Common Gull – Surrendell – Stewart Dobson

QUAIL, 10 Yellow Wagtail – Russley Down – Catrina Young

2 DIPPER - By Brook, Box – John Osborne

3 Redstart – SPTA centre - Malcolm Royal & Steve Davies

2 Spotted Flycatcher, Kingfisher – Ford – Brian Edge

7 Common Tern, 20 Sand Martin – Coate Water – Trevor & Sue Clayson

10 Yellow Wagtail – Liddington Hill – Trevor & Sue Clayson

TOTALS FOR WILTSHIRE PITS AT CWP: 69 RED-CRESTED POCHARD, 204 Great Crested Grebe, 25 Little Grebe, 2 Wigeon, 47 Shoveler, 9 Gadwall, 17 Teal, Goldeneye (CWP74), 2 Ruddy Duck, 180 Lapwing, 7 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Golden Plover (CWP74), 2 Greenshank, Redshank, Snipe, 32 Curlew, 28 Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, Kingfisher, 1895 Coot, 113 Pochard, 998 Tufted Duck (448 on CWP74) - Nigel Pleass

14th August 2010

Greenshank – Southleaze, Swindon – Malcolm Royal

Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, 10 Teal – Swindon STW – Matt Prior

Redstart, 2 Wheatear – Mere Down – Alison Rymell

Albino Jackdaw in Avebury

An albino jackdaw is ruffling feathers in Avebury as people come from far and wide to see the rare bird.

Among the first to spot it was local writer and journalist Andrew Collins, who took a picture of the bird next to a normal coloured jackdaw.

Rob Turner, the county recorder for the Wiltshire Ornithological Society, said it was the first albino jackdaw he had heard of in Wiltshire. He said: “Having said that, birdwatchers are never very interested in mutations like this, so no one keeps any records.”

Full story:

http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/8314115.Albino_bird_is_feather_in_Avebury_s_cap/

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