Redstart, Grasshopper Warbler, 6 Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, 60 Blackcap, 20 Chiffchaff, 12 Sedge Warbler – Swindon STW - Matt Prior

2 Spotted Flycatcher – Coate Water - Graham Cox

Spotted Flycatcher - Graham Cox

PEREGRINE - Hamptworth Common – Arthur Bryant

PEREGRINE - Yatton Keynell – Tony Oram

Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher, Pochard – Great wishford – Bob Blamey

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

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

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

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

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

2 Common Sandpiper – Southleaze, Swindon – Malcolm Royal

2 Wheatear – Barbury Castle - Malcolm Royal

2 Yellow Wagtail, Raven – Liddington Hill - Malcolm Royal

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