Recent Sightings

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

10th March 2024

2 Blackcap - Thickwood - Chris Woods

HEN HARRIER (ringtail), 2 SHORT-EARED OWL, Grey Partridge - SPTA east - Simon Gatherccole

5 Little Egret  - Nightingale Wood - Graham Deacon

CASPIAN GULL, MEDERRANEAN GULL - Little Wishford - Mike Trew

9th March 2024

HEN HARRIER (male), 7 Stonechat - SPTA east - Liam & Dave Russell

AVOCET - Whaddon, Trowbridge - Mike Hamzij

2 Brambling, 16 Corn Bunting, 80 Linnet - West Harnham - Tom Coldwell

2 CASPIAN GULL, 2 MEDITERRANEAN GULL, 4 Yellow-legged Gull - Little Wishford - Bob Blamey

8th March 2024

AVOCET - Whaddon - Mike Hamzij

70 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, Red Kite - Luckington - Scott Punter

2 Blackcap - Thickwood - Chris Woods

3 CATTLE EGRET, 7 Little Egret - Crockerton - Chris White

2 Mandarin - Longleat Lakes - Chris White

13 COMMON CROSSBILL - Great Ridge Wood - Granville Pictor

14 Little Egret - Sherrington - Granville Pictor

Goosamder - Winsley - Julian Green

Brambling, 20 Corn Bunting - Harnham - Tom Coldwell

2000 Starling, 2 Red Kite, 10 Corn Bunting - Homington - Tom Coldwell

2 MEDITERRANEAN GULL, 5 Common Gull, 9 Little Egret, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 30 Redwing, 8 Red Kite - Little Wishford - Bob Blamey

Blackcap, 50 Greenfinch - Corsham - Alan Carpenter

6 Chiffchaff, 2 Goosander, Little Egret - Westbury - Mike Smith

 

7th March 2024

2 MEDITERRANEAN GULL, GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, 2 MARSH HARRIER, 400 Black-headed Gull - Downton - Sean Foote

GREAT WHITE EGRET - Charlton All Saints - Sean Foote

15 Little Egret - Cricklade - Robin Griffiths

COMMON CROSSBILL, 4 Red Kite, 2 Raven, Cetti's Warbler, 15 Redwing, 13 Grey Heron - Bowood - Joanna Hutchinson

5 Goosander, Red Kite - Corsham Lake - Chris Woods

Blackcap, Red Kite - Thickwood - Chris Woods

HEN HARRIER (male), SHORT-EARED OWL, Barn Owl, 25 Corn Bunting, Stonechat, Red Kite - SPTA east - Brian Heath

8 Red Kite - Bromham - Ed Nash

MERLIN, 6 Red Kite, 2 Raven, 6 Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting, 45 Corn Bunting, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Redwing - SPTA centre - Rich Prior 

11 Common Gull, Cetti's Warbler - Little Wishford - Bob Blamey

6th March 2024

3 CATTLE EGRET, 7 Little Egret - Longhedge - Paul Boult

2 Raven, Red Kite, 8 Redwing, Blackcap, 2 Stonechat, 2 Siskin, Lesser Redpoll - Chippenham - Joanna Hutchinson

Blackcap - Thickwood - Chris Woods

MEDITERRANEAN GULL, 20 Little Egret, 40 Redwing, 3 Cetti's Warbler - Little Wishford - Bob Blamey