Recent Sightings

18th March 2024

Swallow (1st spring record), 4 Chiffchaff, 20 Corn Bunting, 2 Reed Bunting, 5 Red Kite - SPTA east - Rob Partis

4 CATTLE EGRET, 4 Little Egret - Little Wishford - Bob Blamey

Blackcap - Thickwood - Chris Woods

Little Owl - Draycot Cerne - David Moden

Peregrine - Kington Langley - David Moden

10 COMMON CROSSBILL - Clarendon Estate - John McCarthy

Sand Martin, 5 Red Kite, Kingfisher, 9 Shoveler, 21 Gadwall - Langford Lakes - Mike Trew
 
 
 

17th March 2024

FIRECREST - Morgan's Hill - Geoff Vale

FIRECREST, 3 Chiffchaff - Shear Water - Lee Dutton

2 Sand Martin (1st spring record) - Salisbury - Sean Foote

2 Wheatear, 15 Pied Wagtail - Stoford - Bob Blamey

6 Chiffchaff, 3 Siskin, Raven - Stanton Park - Robin Griffiths

3 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, 2 JACK SNIPE, 17 Snipe, 2 Little Egret, 4 Red Kite - Britford - Tom Coldwell

2 Blackcap - Thickwood - Chris Woods

HEN HARRIER (male), MERLIN, 2 SHORT-EARED OWL, 3 Curlew, 11 Corn Bunting - SPTA east - Liam Russell

120 Linnet, Raven - Luckington - Scott Punter

10 Siskin, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Blackcap - Marlboough - Tony Reader

16th March 2024

2 Little Egret, 81 Pied Wagtail, 22 Fieldfare - Castle Eaton - Nigel Pleass

2 OYSTERCATCHER, Curlew, 2 Water Rail, 15 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Redwing, 6 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Siskin - Waterhay, CWP - Nigel Pleass

2 Stonechat - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

3 Blackcap - Thickwood - Chris Woods

11 Lesser Redpoll - Wingfield - Julian Green

Blackcap - Swindon - Graham Deacon

Blackcap - Corsham - Alan Carpenter

Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Raven, 3 Red Kite - Pewsey - Brian Heath

5 Siskin - Ashton Keynes - Chris Snook

15th March 2024

8 Lesser Redpoll - Wingfield - Julian Green

MEDITERRANEAN GULL - Porton Water Meadow - Tim Johnson

2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Red Kite, Ring-necked Parakeet, 30 Meadow Pipit - Royal Wootton Bassett - Robin Griffiths, Simon Gathercole

GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, 3 Goosander, 30 Wigeon - Downton Water Meadow - Sean Foote

2 CATTLE EGRET, 7 Little Egret - Ashton Keynes - Nigel Pleass

8 Chiffchaff, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 104 Pochard, 44 Tufted Duck - CWP74 - Nigel Pleass

83 Tufted Duck - CWP29 - Nigel Pleass

HEN HARRIER (male), 130 Golden Plover, Curlew, Raven, 4 Red Kite - SPTA east - Brian Heath

2 Blackcap - Thickwood - Chris Woods

100 Fieldfare - Middle Woodfprd - Bob Blamey

14th March 2024

2 Lesser Redpoll, 8 Siskin - Marlborough - Tony Reader

Egyptian Goose - Fonthill Lake - Rob Sumison

Blackcap - Cricklade - Robin Griffiths

2 Blackcap - Thickwood - Chris Woods

60 Golden Plover, 40 Corn Bunting, 3 Stonechat - SPTA centre - Brian Heath

13th March 2024

2 Blackcap - Westbury - John Simpson

2 Blackcap - Thickwood - Chris Woods

2 Wheatear (1st spring record))) - SPTA centre - James Waite

HEN HARRIER (male), Curlew, 6 Corn Bunting, 5 Red Kite - SPTA east - Brian Heath

2 MARSH HARRIER, 4 GREAT WHITE EGRET, Little Egret, 12 Shelduck, 22 Wigeon, 53 Gadwall, 48 Teal, 29 Shoveler, 3 Red Kite, Peregrine, 1850 Black-headed Gull, 169 Fieldfare, 48 Redwing, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Raven - Castle Eaton - Nigel Pleass

2 OYSTERCATCHER, 153 Teal, 38 Wigeon, 2 Cetti's Warbler - Eysey - Nigel Pleass 

Yellow-legged Gull, 23 Little Egret, 20 Redwing, Cetti's Warbler - Little Wishford - Bob Blamey

12th March 2024

Lesser Redpoll, 3 Siskin, Blackcap - Marlborough - Tony Reader

Kingfisher - Devizes - Dawn Nash

2 Blackcap, Siskin - Thickwood - Chris Woods

2 Blackcap - Pewsey - Brian Heath

7 Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Common Gull - Little Wishford - Bob Blamey

11th March 2024

Raven, 2 Red Kite, Grey Wagtail - Swindon - Nigel Pleass

Blackcap - Swindon - Graham Deacon

GRRAT WHITE EGRET, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Wagtail - Cricklade - Robin Griffiths

2 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL - Westbury - Mike Smith

Blackcap - Thickwood - Chris Woods

2 Siskin, Blackcap - Marlborough - Tony Reader

HEN HARRIER (ringtail), 2 SHORT-EARED OWL, Barn Owl, 3 Stonechat, 4 Corn Bunting, 8 Red Kite, 3000 Starling - SPTA east - Brian Heath