BIRDS

• Red Kites over Tattenhoe and Westcroft
• Swallows over Tattenhoe
• Willow Warblers singing in and around Tattenhoe
• Sand Martin and pair of Curlews over Stony Stratford Nature Reserve (Weds 6th)
• Wheatears, Tattenhoe Park (Mon 11th)
• Common Sandpiper, Tattenhoe Park (Mon 11th)
• Green Woodpeckers Howe Park Wood (Mon 11th) (Harry’s pic below appeared on the official BBC Springwatch Facebook page!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sightings by Harry Appleyard

Bucks Bird Club at Manor Farm/Floodplain Forest NR 10th

Cetti’s Warbler, Little Ringed Plover  (sightings from Peter Garner – full list below)

Manor Farm Friday 8th April am

Little Ringed Plover (x2);Oyster Catcher; Snipe; Redshank (several); Shoveller (x2); Green Woodpecker (x2); Goosander (x2); Cetti’s Warbler; Blackcap

Stony Stratford Reserve Friday 8th April pm

Oyster Catcher (x2); Snipe (3); Shoveller (x2); Bullfinch (x2)

Encouraging numbers of lapwing displaying at both sites.

Sightings by Joe Clinch

MAMMALS

• Bank Vole, Tattenhoe Linear Park (Mon 11th) (Harry Appleyard)

 

INSECTS

Lepidoptera

• Comma and Small Tortoiseshell butterflies, Tattenhoe Linear Park
• Peacock butterflies, Blakelands, 12th

Full list of birds seen on Bucks Bird Club visit to Manor Farm/Floodplain Forest NR, Sunday 10th April, led by Peter Garner:

Great tit
Blue tit
Wren
Willow warbler
Blackbird
Robin
Tufted duck
Gadwall
Magpie
Canada goose
Crow
Wood pigeon
Little ringed plover
Pied wagtail
Mallard
Redshank
Coot
Lapwing
Pheasant
Sand Martin
Cormorant
Buzzard
Moorhen
Little egret
Reed bunting
Great crested grebe
Oystercatcher
Teal
Sparrowhawk
Cetti's warbler
Starling
Blackcap
Grey wagtail
Chiffchaff
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Mute swan
Chaffinch
Great spotted woodpecker 
Long tailed tit
Little grebe