30th November 2011

500,000+ (possibly up to 1,000,000) Starling - roosting SPTA centre, visible up to 6km away - Andrew Bray

30 Golden Plover – SPTA centre – Andrew Bray

COMMON CROSSBILL, Marsh Tit, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin – Ravensroost – Robin Griffiths

YELLOW-LEGGED GULL, 400 Lesser Black-Backed Gull, Common Gull – Langford Lakes – Mike Trew, Bob Blamey

29th November 2011

Red Kite – Swindon – Marc Taylor

28th November 2011

Blackcap – Wootton Bassett – Bob Philpott

BLACK REDSTART - Wingfield – Julian Green

2 Blackcap – Bradford on Avon – Caroline Street

110 Lapwing, Raven – Chippenham - Lynne Hallam

Blackcap, 60 Greenfinch, 300 Fieldfare, 500 Redwing, Marsh Tit - Nightingale Wood, South Marston – Phil & Graham Deacon

WOODCOCK, 2 WILLOW TIT, 3 Marsh Tit – Ogbourne St George - Graham Deacon

Blackcap – Corsham – Jenny Elvin

Bird Podcasts!

I discovered this on Daily Express website.

http://www.express.co.uk/blogs/post/268/blog/2011/11/27/286347/Top-talk-from-the-podding-shed

To go straight to the podcast site to see what this is all about go to

http://www.talking-naturally.co.uk/

Sounds interesting! If you think this is worth listening to let us know.

Also bird trip reports and a photogallery. And if you are on Twitter it might be worth following Charlie Moores for comment etc.

27th November 2011

300 Golden Plover, 150 Linnet – Barbury Castle – Adam Cross

JACK SNIPE, 4 Snipe – Swindon STW – Matt Prior

17 COMMON CROSSBILL, Red Kite, 3 Marsh Tit – Chisbury Wood – Malcolm Royal

Brambling, Red Kite – Crofton – Malcolm Royal

MERLIN - Etchilhampton Hill – Anthony Mitchell

250 Fieldfare – Coate – Anthony Mitchell

200 Fieldfare – Morgans Hill – Anthony Mitchell

BARNACLE GOOSE - Langford Lakes - Mike Trew

Great Bustard in Purbeck

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/9381090.World_s_largest_flying_bird_spotted_in_Purbeck/

Langford Lake news – BBC and Salisbury Journal

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-15903017

http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/salisbury/salisburynews/9386165.Work_to_attract_more_wildlife_to_Langford_Lakes/

26th November 2011

300 Golden Plover, 250 Fieldfare – Barbury Castle – Adam Cross

FIRECREST – Donhead St Mary – Hugh Nicholson

25th November 2011

WOODCOCK, 2 YELLOW-LEGGED GULL, 738 Lesser Black-Backed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, Water Rail, Little Egret, 2 Raven, Red Kite – Langford Lakes – Rob Turner, Mike Trew

200 Lapwing, 5 Red Kite – Crofton – Mike Trew

5 Golden Plover, 4 Red Kite – Wexcombe – Mike Trew

3 Red Kite – Stoford – Bob Blamey

24th November 2011

Blackcap – Bradford on Avon – Rowena Quantrill

HEN HARRIER, PEREGRINE, 5 Red Kite - Stoford - Bob Blamey

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