Wiltshire Ornithological Society

5th February 2012

wosuser — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:46:06 +0000

Little Egret – Slaughterford – Susi Bancroft

800+ Yellowhammer, 150+ Reed Bunting – farmland site in north Wiltshire – Matt Prior

75 Corn Bunting – Pewsey Vale – Brian Heath

2 Stonechat – Amesbury – Malcolm Royal

2 Little Egret, Kingfisher – Figheldean – Malcolm Royal

3 SHORT-EARED OWL - SPTA east – Malcolm Royal

4th February 2012

wosuser — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:26:24 +0000

HEN HARRIER- Upper Upham – Malcolm Royal

5 Snipe – Corsham Lake – Len Ingram

Blakcap - Chippenham – Len Ingram

BITTERN - Coate Water – Neil Cowley

700 Lesser Black-Backed Gull, 200 Black-Headed Gull, 20 Common Gull, 18 Shoveler, 2 Wigeon, 8 Pochard – Langford Lakes – Mike Trew

WOS trip to Blashford Lakes will go ahead on 5th February

wosuser — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:54:36 +0000

This field meeting will still go ahead. Snow tonight is expected to turn to rain tomorrow. Please meet in the car park by the tern hide, which is on the opposite side of Ellingham Drove from the visitor centre.

Please note there is a change of leader. For enquiries about the trip, please phone David Winnie, mobile: 0797 115 5131.

3rd February 2012

wosuser — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:23:35 +0000

BITTERN – in reeds at Brockbank Lake, Langford Lakes – Pam Morgan

GREAT WHITE EGRET, Little Egret – from A345 layby at Figheldene – Rob Turner, Paul Fox

BITTERN, 10 Mandarin, 2 Kingfisher, Pintail - Coate Water – John & Robin Durrell, Graham Cox

Pintail - Graham Cox

3 Blackcap – Wroughton – John & Robin Durrell

Red Kite – Ogbourne St George – Jon Mercer

2 Red Kite – Froxfoeld – Jon Mercer

Blackcap – Chippenham – Lynne Hallam

Red-Breasted Goose – of unknown origin, Frogmore, Westbury – John Osborne

2 Little Egret, Raven, 2 Teal, 6 Wigeon, 40 Gadwall, 54 Tufted Duck, 7 Pochard, 11 Shoveler, 120 Common Gull – Langford Lakes – Bob Blamey

Coot

Raven, 2 Red Kite, 2 Lapwing, 80 Golden Plover, 100 Stock Dove, 40 Yellowhammer, 120 Corn Bunting – SPTA centre - Rich Prior

2nd February 2012

wosuser — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:48:31 +0000

5 Red Kite – Druids Lodge – Phil Pykett

5 Goosander – Corsham Lake – Peter Basterfield

Goosander

10 Red Kite – Stapleford – Shayne Ford

GREAT WHITE EGRET - from layby on A345 at Fighledean – Keith Simpson

10 Lapwing – Erlestoke – Wes Parfitt

YELLOW LEGGED GULL, 180 Common Gull, Goosander, 17 Shoveler, 5 Pochard, Kingfisher, 2 Little Egret – Langford Lakes – Rob Turner

BITTERN, 3 Mandarin, Kingfisher, 20 Goosander, Dunlin, 5 Wigeon – Coate Water – Graham Cox

Dunlin

1st February 2012

wosuser — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:45:57 +0000

Peregrine – Calne – Dave Sawyer

JACK SNIPE, Raven, Kingfisher – Bradford on Avon water meadows – Rowena Quantrill

WOODCOCK – Dunley Wood, Grittleton – Stewart Dobson

2 Blackcap – Hilperton Marsh – Pete Truscott

Cotswold Water Park online survey

wosuser — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:52:17 +0000

Do you visit the Cotswold Water Park for birding? Where do you generally go and do you send in your sightings? Would you like more information to be made available about birding in the Water Park? Gareth Harris and Bob Philpott have put a short online survey on the Cotswold Water Park Bird Blog and would like to hear your views. The information gathered may be used as a basis for future articles for the Newsletter.

Please go to: http://cotswoldwaterpark.wordpress.com and click on the link on the home page.

Many thanks!

31st January 2012

wosuser — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:24:22 +0000

7 Lapwing – Trowbridge – Steve Cladingboel

Blackcap – Westbury – John Osborne

GREAT WHITE EGRET - Fighledean - Keith Simpson

100 Meadow Pipit, 80 Redwing – Tellcroft, Corsham – Alan Carpenter

30th January 2012

wosuser — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:21:32 +0000

3 SHORT-EARED OWL - Mountain Bower – Stewart Dobson

WOS Executive Committee Meeting

wosuser — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:02:28 +0000

Title: WOS Executive Committee Meeting
Location: Crown Centre Devizes
Start Time: 19.30
Date: 2012-04-18