22nd December 2010

Blackcap – Salisbury – Stephen Hackett

54 WAXWING - Rowton Heath Way, Freshbrook, Swindon – Pete Adams

Water Rail – Harnham, Salisbury – David Kronenburg

24 Stock Dove, 100 Fieldfare, 7 Bullfinch – Blakehill – Robin Griffiths

2 Shoveler, 4 Wigeon, 12 Linnet, 75 Fieldfare – River Thames, Cricklade – Robin Griffiths

HEN HARRIER (male), 3 Brambling – Charlton All Saints – Steve Oakes

Red Kite – Salisbury – Mark Barrett

2 Blackcap – Downton - Steve Oakes

Blackcap, 35 chaffinch, 35 Redwing – in a Hilperton Marsh garden - Pete Truscott

Let birdsong beat the winter blues

Today’s winter solstice is the shortest day of the year and, combined with the ongoing weather misery, many people will be suffering from pre-Christmas gloom.

The National Trust has compiled recordings of birdsong to remind those fed up with the cold and dark that spring is around the corner. Naturalists also believe it may have health benefits. Peter Brash, an ecologist at the National Trust, said birdsong “gives a warm glow” and could be “beneficial to our well-being.

Full story:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/8215655/Let-birdsong-beat-the-winter-blues.html

21st December 2010

Blackcap – Chippenham – James Salkeld

300 Fieldfare, 200 Redwing, 10 Goldfinch, 4 Siskin – Nightingale Wood, South Marston – Phil & Graham Deacon, Olly Fox

2 Brambling, 20 Wigeon, 80 Teal, 12 Snipe, 3 Water Rail – Standlynch – Andrew Carter

3 RUDDY SHELDUCK - Langford Lakes – Steve Pearson

3 Blackcap – Hilperton Marsh – Pete Truscott

BITTERN – in flight, CWP74 – per CWP website

120 Fieldfare, 100 Redwing – Broadleas, Devizes – Mike & Rita Burstow

20th December 2010

4 MEDITERANNEAN GULL (2 ad, 2 1st-winter) - Salisbury railway yard – Shayne Ford

23 WAXWING - Ferrers Drive, Grange Park, Swindon – Nigel Pleass

Blackcap – Alton Barnes – Ed Smith

16 WAXWING - Yeats Close, Swindon – Neil Cowley

2 WAXWING - Methuen Park, Chippenham - Brian Edge

Blackcap – Devizes – Bruno Clements

Blackcap, 35 Chaffinch – Hilperton Marsh – Pete Truscott

Blackcap – Swindon – Ken Cypher

19th December 2010

Brambling – in a Collingbourne dicus garden – Ed Oldrey

WAXWING – Dunkirk Hill, Devizes – Robin Nelson

3 WAXWING – Minster View, Warminster - birding pagers

Chiffchaff, 240 Meadow Pipit, 40 Pied Wagtail, 3 Grey Wagtail – Marlborough STW – Matt Prior

15 Wigeon, Snipe, Water Rail, 2 Goosander – Stapleford – John Fishwick

Blackcap - in a Devizes garden – Bruno Clements

13 WAXWING - Balmoral Close, Chippenham - Len & Jean Ingram

2 Goosander, 5 Brambling, 40 Lapwing, 22 Wigeon, Shoveler - Langford Lakes – John Fishwick & John Osbourne

5 Lesser Redpoll – Cricklade – Robin Griffiths

Blackcap – in a Bradford on Avon garden – Rowena Quantrill

80 Chaffinch – Maiden Bradley – Chris Oliver

2 Raven – Warminster – Chris Oliver

100 Wigeon – CWP29 – Jon Mercer

SMEW, Goosander - CWP30 – Jon Mercer

2 Blackcap, 21 Goldfinch, 35 Chaffinch, Reed Bunting – in a Hilperton Marsh garden - Pete Truscott

18th December 2010

3 WAXWING – Grovelands Way, Warminster – Graham Stacey

WAXWING – Kings Gardens, Hilperton Marsh – Pete Truscott

12 Curlew, 20 Lapwing – Yatton Keynall – Stewart Dobson

Raven – Grittleton – Stewart Dobson

Blackcap – in a Wootton Bassett garden - Bob Philpott

Chiffchaff – Stratford sub Castle – Shayne Ford

Blackcap – in a Hilperton Marsh garden – Pete Truscott

16 WAXWING - Highdown Way, Swindon – Neil Cowley, Jon Mercer

8 WAXWING - in flight, Chippenham, no further details – Dave Kilbey

17th December 2010

4 WAXWING - Pepperbox Hill, Swindon – Graham Deacon

Red Kite – Trowbridge – Colin Delve

Blackcap – in a Devizes garden – Gill Lush

16 WAXWING - Danvers Way, Westbury – David Kjaer

9 WAXWING – Rowton Heath Road, Freshbrook, Swindon – Tom & Glenys Dingwell

17 WAXWING – Wiltshire Drive, Trowbridge – Colin Delve

6 Red Kite – Marlborough area - Tony Reader

Blackcap, 35 Chaffinch – in a Hilperton Marsh garden – Pete Truscott

Brambling, 5 Siskin, 2 Blackcap – in an Ashton Keynes garden – John Grearson

16th December 2010

40 WAXWING - Bitham Park, Westbury – Andrew Dawson

8 WAXWING - Neston at Moor Park – birding pagers

WAXWING – in flight over Liden, Swindon – birding pagers

4 WAXWING - Pepperbox Hill, Swindon – Ken Cypher

15th December 2010

73 WAXWING - Danvers Way, Westbury – Rob Turner

15 WAXWING – Pepperbox Hill, Swindon – Felicity Cobb, Bob Philpott, Graham Deacon

20 WAXWING - in flight east over Chippenham, but none at railway station cap park today – Mark Coller

Marsh Tit, Grey Wagtail – Charlton park – Robin Griffiths

Goosander – Lea - Robin Griffiths

Blackcap - in a Hilperton Marsh garden – Pete Truscott

WOODCOCK – Stockton Wood – John Fishwick

Blackcap – in a Salisbury garden – Stephen Hackett

14th December 2010

33 WAXWING - Queens Road, Westbury – L & P Delve, Rob Turner

11 WAXWING - Wiltshire Drive, Trowbridge – Barry Mitchell, Geoff Dicker, Rob Turner, Mike Hamzij

3 Goosander – Longleat Lakes – Chris White

2 Goosander – Tellisford Bridge – Simon Young

28 WAXWING - Redland Lane, Westbury – John Osborne

7 WAXWING – Pepperbox Hill, Scarcells, Swindon – Tom & Glenys Dingwall

2 Blackcap – Grange Park, Swindon – Tom & Glenys Dingwell

2 Goosander – Whaddon, Trowbridge – Mike Hamzij

3 RUDDY SHELDUCK - Langford Lakes – Graham Stacey

Blackcap – in a Hilperton Marsh garden – Pete Truscott

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