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December 2020
31st Tawny Owl: Male, heard calling in Bradwell Village (Kerry Garratt)
30th Snipe: Floodplain Forest NR (Joe Clinch)
30th Short-eared Owl: a lone bird seen 2pm and again at 4.30pm in flight. Hazeley Wood (Beth Winkfield)
30th Otter: Swimming up the Ouzel, by the wooden bridge in Woolstone. ‘Fantastic’ (Allan Carr)
30th Great Northern Diver. Caldecotte Lake (Bob Phillips)
29th Great Northern Diver: showing very well in 1st winter plumage, in NE arm, in front of flats. Plumage suggests this is the same bird first seen in November. Caldecotte Lake (BuBC)
29th Cattle Egret: 2, again in field with Mute Swans and 2 Little Egrets, north of Sherington Bridge. (BuBC)
27th Common Crossbill: Single bird seen flying between trees over the golf course. Given away by calls but sounded like may have been part of a small flock. Back Wood, Brickhills. (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
27th Golden Plover: est. 400 with est. min. 500 lapwing on Tove floods. River Tove is Bucks Northants border ion this stretch. Upper Tove Valley (SP74S) SP766470 (Chris Coppock / BuBC)
27th Song Thrush: celebrating the sunshine in full and wondrous song. “That’s the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, Lest you should think he never could recapture The first fine careless rapture!” Robert Browning). High in poplar tree on bank of the Millrace, Wolverton Mill (Joe Clinch)
27th Great Northern Diver: still around, by the island close to the reed bed, diving constantly (BuBC)
27th Goldeneye: 14 – 7m, 4f, 3 juv Willen Lake South (BuBC)
25th Black Redstart (m): Whitehouse, Milton Keynes SP811374 (BuBC)
22nd Cattle Egret: In field with sheep, Sherington Road (BuBC)
22nd Mistle Thrush: 2, in the horse field first time this year for what was a regular sighting (BuBC)
21st Cattle Egret: 2 in field with 8 Mute Swans, seen from Sherington Bridge (BuBC)
21st Otter: seen with food in mouth in R. Ouzel, nr Mill Road, Bletchley (Charlie Grego)
20th Short-eared Owl: 2 adult. Also male Stonechat. Hazeley SP811366 (Chris Coppock / BuBC)
19th Black Redstart: Very mobile but beautiful male. Whitehouse SP811374 (BuBC)
17th Brambling: At least 1 male with small Chaffinch flock at Pheasant-feeding area. Keeper reports Woodcock are now in, but says these are still shot later in the winter. Back Wood, Brickhills SP909329 (Chris Coppock / BuBC)
17th Short-eared Owl: 3, on rough ground on western side of North Bucks Way. Oakhill Wood (BuBC)
17th White Fronted Goose: 8 dropped in, but only on lake for 15 mins before a helicopter scared them off. Farm Hide. Floodplain Forest NR. (Martin Kincaid / Ashley Beolens)
15th Common Crossbill: 7. Calls heard on several occasions over the course of around 2 hours. A female lingered close to ground level but out of view for a few minutes after landing atop of a larch overlooking the glof course. Shortly after it flew away, a flock of 7 landed in one of the other larches in the same spot (Harry Appleyard/BuBC)
14th Great White Egret: New Bradwell Quarry, Ouse Valley Park (BuBC)
14th Woodcock: My first for Howe Park since 31st Oct 2018, flushed from a ditch next to one of the footpaths, and flying deeper into the wood. Howe Park Wood (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
14th White-fronted Goose: 8 Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
13th Bewick’s Swan (possible): Amongst group of Canada and Greylag geese all feeding, stayed for about 10 mins then flew off over railway. Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
13th: Goldeneye: 5 (1 adult male, 2 adult females, 2 juv) Willen Lake South (BuBC)
13th Great White Egret: On motorway pit. Gayhurst Quarry (BuBC)
12th Short-eared Owl (possible): Owl seen hawking over scrub farmland. Oakhill Wood SP810367 (BuBC)
7th Siberian Chiffchaff: 1st winter bird, the second to be ringed recently. Linford Lakes NR (Kenny Cramer / BuBC)
6th 16-spot Ladybirds: Colony of about 68 on a fence post near Wolverton Mill. ‘I counted 91 others on a photo of a fissure 3 inches away. Total number in colony photographed 159, but overall it exceeds that comfortably. That’s 2544 spots altogether, perhaps. I nailed it’ Wolverton Mill. (Julian Lambley)
16-spot Ladybirds (Photo nailed by Julian Lambley)
6th Red Crested Pochard: Male, with other usual birds hoping to be fed, in lake in front of the pub, Willen Lake South. (Martin Ferns)
6th Bearded Tit: Heard calling early morning in the NW reedbed twice, 5 minutes apart during an hour of listening, but not seen. This followed possible sighting of a juv/female in the same area on 18 Nov. Willen Lake North (BuBC)
5th Greylag Geese: 150+ in the ‘arm’ at Caldecotte Lake North (Peter Barnes)
30th Pintail: 2 (1 imm/ecl. male, 1 f). Well hidden in willow scrub under Cormorant roost. Different male from full-plumaged bird reported on 26th. Foxcote Reservoir (Chris Coppock / BuBC)
29th Goldeneye: 5 – 2 m, 1 f, 2 juvs, Willen Lake South (BuBC)
28th Great White Egret: Far bank opposite Manor Farm entrance. Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
28th Woodcock: Seen for a few seconds, flying towards a small thicket on the estate, not much higher than the nearest street lights. Tattenhoe. (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
28th Woodcock: disturbed from under trees alongside H8 Standing Way between Emerson Valley and west Bletchley. Headed off eastwards. (BuBC)
26th Lesser Spotted Woodpecker: Male seen in Linford Wood high up in oak canopy, halfway along horse trail at 15.40. The first time I have seen this species in 40 years of visiting Linford Wood! (Martin Kincaid)
26th Peregrine: On pylon by Ouse between Maid’s Moreton Mill and Hyde Lane – regular in this area. Maid’s Moreton SP721345 (Chris Coppock/BuBC)
26th Stonechat: male and female, usual spot, despite gathering night and fog. Hyde Lane SP727351 (Chris Coppock/BuBC)
26th Goosander: 3 (2 male) flew along the river. Newport Pagnell (BuBC)
25th Weasel, Great White Egret, Bullfinches (lots), big flocks of Lapwing, amongst all the usual wildlife you see there. It’s a lovely spot – worth a visit! : Summer Leys NR – just S of Wellingborough. (Julie Lane)
25th Brambling: Adult male feeding on beech mast with tits and Chaffinches. Bow Brickhill Wood (Chris Coppock/BuBC)
25th Goosander: 2 (m + f) On S river, rear of Mill Street (BuBC)
25th Woodcock: In flight, low over the feeder stream. Furzton Lake (BuBC)
24th Goosander: 4 m 5 f Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
24th Great White Egret, also 2 Little Egrets and a Grey Heron. New Bradwell Quarry (BuBC)
24th Goosander: female. On S side of lake, near Cormorant roost. Caldecotte Lake (Harry Appelyard/BuBC)
24th Great Northern Diver: Caldecotte Lake South (Julian Lambley)
Great Northern Diver (Julian Lambley)
23rd Siberian Chiffchaff (juv): Ringed during a ringing session at Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
23rd Great White Egret: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
21st Goldeneye: 2 adult male. Willen Lake South (BuBC)
20th Bittern: Hide 1 – emerged midway along LH channel fro LH central reedbed. After 10 mins flew across channel and walked into far LH reedbed. BBOWT Lake, Calvert (BuBC)
20th Great Northern Diver: resting at the surface and feeding on crayfish around the south side of the lake. Caldecotte Lake. (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
20th Goosander: male. My first for this site – Caldecotte Lake (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
19th Chaffinch: c.200 chaffinch arriving late with a sprinkling of Brambling in lovely low sun. SP908329 Back Wood, Brickhills (Chris Coppock / BuBC)
19th Great Northern Diver: juv. Still present at north end of south lake munching on crayfish, Caldecotte Lake (BuBC)
19th Great White Egret: fihsing in water opposite Famr Hide. c.50 Lapwing flew over, wheeling in theafternoon sunshine. Floodplain Forest Reserve (Martin Ferns)
19th Shoveler (4), Little Egret: At the eastern (allotments) end of New Bradwell Quarry pit. 3 more Little Egrets at the other end of the lake, nr Haversham Road. (Martin Ferns)
18th Chiffchaff; Called and sang once briefly. Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
18th Common Scoter: adult male with group of 20+ Tufted Ducks. Very unusual species for MK. Blackhorse Lake, passed a.m. on way into Linford Lakes NR (Martin Kincaid)
18th Great Northern Diver. 11 a.m. Caldecotte South Lake (Joe CLinch)
18th Common Crossbill: up to c30 birds, with flocks of 11, 8 6 and 5 seen well feeding at top of pine near golfcourse. Back Wood, Brickhills. (BuBC)
17th Common Crossbill: Flock of 8 seen flying over from the direction of Buttermilk Wood and 4 filmed feeding in a pine a short while later. Lots of calls heard throughout the visit. Back Wood, Brickhills. (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
17th Pied Wagtails: For the 2nd time, a birdless dam was suddenly enlivened by 30+ Pied Wagtails; Presumably they roost in the reeds. With them, one pipit, rather dark but probably Meadow Pipit. 2 late-arriving Goosander, either juvs or eclipse males. Foxcote Reservoir. (Chris Coppock / BuBC)
16th Great White Egret: 4, all on the same pit. Linford Lakes NR (Andy Harding / BuBC)
15th Brambling: min. 3 adult m+f in the (sadly much-reduced) chaffinch flock near the Pheasant feeders. Viewable from the footpath in you can stand the din from the A5. Back Wood. Bow / Little Brickhill (Chris Coppock / BuBC)
15th Goldeneye: female, Willen Lake North (from the hide). (BuBC)
15th Raven: 2 seen flying over garden. Newport Pagnell. (BuBC)
13th Grey Wagtail, Goosander (3), Little Grebe (3): Tongwell (BuBC)
12b Ring-necked Parakeets: 2 seen flying over the allotments, Stony Stratford (Jenny Mercer)
12th Peregrine: on incinerator chimney stack nearby Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
12th Jack Snipe: Still, with Snipe in west side reeds, viewed from east side. (BuBC)
11th Woodcock: My first for this year, briefly seen flying between a couple of thickets between Howe Park Wood and Tattenhoe Park. (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
8th Blackcap: Eating Hawthorn berries. Maids Moreton Mill at start of footpath to Hyde Lane (Chris Coppock / BuBC)
8th Green Sandpiper: on NE shore. Foxcote Reservoir (Chris Coppock / BuBC)
8th Tawny Owl: seen in headlights as driving out of car park, Linford Lakes NR (Martin Kincaid)
8th Great White Egret: 2 at Linford Lakes NR (Martin Kincaid)
8th Great White Egret: New Bradwell Quarry. (BuBC)
8th Merlin: Femalle/immature seen chasing Meadow Pipits between Ousedale School and Pheasants Nest Farm, two fields north of Weston Road, Olney (BuBC)
8th Pintail: A male in top west corner of Willen Lake North. (BuBC)
7th Mistletoe: Many large clumps in poplars. Teardrop Lakes (Martin Kincaid)
7th Goosander: female on RIver Ouse, north channel, east of weir. (BuBC)
5th Fungi – Trooping Funnel Clitocybe geotropa and Bonnet mycena Mycena galericulata: Salcey Forest. (Julie Lane; with acknowledgement to Bucks Fungus Group for guidance with identification)
5th Buzzards: 3 heard first, then seen soaring high over the Linear Park at Simpson (probably nearer the OU campus) at 14.25. Drifting eastwards. (Peter Barnes)
4th Long-eared Owl: one caught by Kenny Cramer while ringing at Linford Lakes NR (Amy Jerome/The Parks Trust)
4th Common Crossbill: An early afternoon fyover, calling as it flew along the edge of the linear park to the W. Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
4th Brambling: 2 separate individuals seen flying W on a morning migration watch, the 1st being among a probable small flock of chaffinches, and the 2nd passing over the linear park along 45 mins later. Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
3rd Black-Tailed Godwit. 2 seen left of Farm Hide/right of the screen. (BuBC)
3rd Common Crossbill: Heard calling several times during the visit, and a flock of 13 seen heading east over the golf course. Back Wood, Bow Brickhill. (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
3rd Goosander: 4 – looks like 1 male comping out of eclipse plumage, 1 juv male and 2 juv females. Tongwell (BuBC)
1st Goosander: 3 (1 male and 2 female). Tongwell (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
October 2020
31st Brambling: On my garden birdtable. I usually only offer fat pellets but had put some broken sunflower hearts out and was astonished to see the brambling (a first). Gawcott (Sue Hetherington)
31st Shoveler: 3 male and at least 1 female. Plus numerous Wigeon and a Little Egret. Gayhurst Quarry. (Martin Ferns)
31st Great White Egret: Bradwell New Workings. (BuBC)
30th Jack Snipe: 2. First one showing very well, then scvanning along the reeds a second bird about 20ft away. Willen Lake North. (BuBC)
30th Jack Snipe: Struggling in the wind to count the Snipe, one started to ‘bob’ characteristically but within 30 seconds had disappeared back into the reeds. A Jack Snipe! Willen Lake North.(BuBC)
28th Yellow-browed Warbler: Very vocal and clearly visible in trees along S side of the brook about 100m west of Emerson Valley car park (BuBC)
27th Yellow-browed Warbler: My first, given away by several calls as it foraged around densely-covered willows over the brook, briefly showing in some gaps between the branches. Tattenhoe. (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
27th Wood Blewit and Parasol mushrooms: Fairy ring of wood blewits in Churchyard; Parasols in nearby meadow, Newton Blossomville (Julie Lane)
26th Little Grebe: 5 together on western ‘arm’ of Caldecotte North Lake. (Peter Barnes)
26th Pied Wagtails: During heavy showers tonight, the usual 3 or 4 Pied Wagtails briefly become about 40. About 400 starlings in the murmuration. Foxcote Reservoir. (Chris Coppock / BuBC)
25th Ring-necked Parakeet: 2 seen at back of house – mini-garden, but big trees just beyond. Stony Stratford. (Jenny Mercer)
25th Common Crossbill: An afternoon flyover, calling as it passed low over the fie;ds to the west. Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
25th Common Crossbill (male): Vocal bird around the radio mast area. Seen in flight a couple of times. Bow Brickhill Wood. (BuBC)
24thCoprinus micaceous: in garden, Stony Stratford. Confirmation welcome. (Mary Sarre)
18th Short-eared Owl: watched for 20 mins soaring over N part of site, reaching considerable height before drifting off W. Linford Lakes NR (Chris Coppock/BuBC)
17th Great White Egret: Linford Lakes NR (Sue Hetherington/BuBC)
16th Great White Egret (3), Snipe (in flight), Stonechat (f): Floodplain Forest NR (Joe Clinch)
16th Brambling: A first for my garden records, photographed as it called in flight to the west. Tattenhoe. (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
15th Brambling: Calling in flight to the north among chaffinches, quite low down. Tattenhoe Park. Another sighting nr Newton Longville, given away by calls as it flew past, landing on deadwood, overlooking one of the fields of Salden Chase. (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
15th Great White Egret: Far right of farm bird hide. Floodplain Forest Reserve. (BuBC)
15th Great White Egret: Flew over Lathbury towards Gayhurst Quarry. (BuBC)
14th Pink-footed Goose. Lone bird photographed heading north over my garden. A new species for my Tattenhoe records. (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
14th Common Crossbill: calls heard, seemingly coming from a flock heading to the NW. Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
14th Hawfinch: calling in flight to the west near the linear park. Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
11th Brown Birch Bolete fungus Leccinum scabrum, and Fly agaric Amanita muscaria (plentiful) : Stockgrove Country Park (Martin Kincaid)
11th Adder (male): Stockgrove Country Park (Martin Kincaid)
11th Ravens: 2 calling. Stockgrove Country Park (Martin Kincaid)
11th Redwings: 51 ringed by Kenny Cramer. Linford Lakes NR (Martin Kincaid)
11th Mandarin Duck: a drake. Linford Lakes NR (Martin Kincaid)
11th Great White Egret: 2. Linford Lakes NR (Martin Kincaid)
10th Roe Deer buck: Elfield Park (Martin Kincaid)
10th Cattle Egret: New Bradwell Quarry. (Alan Horsley)
10th Ruddy Shelduck (2) and Black Swan (2): Floodplain Forest NR (Alan Horsley)
10th Little Egret (2): resting in trees. Foxcote Reservoir. (BuBC) Note that BBOWT’s Foxcote Reservoir and Hide has re-opened.
10th Great White Egret: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
10th Black Swan (2): Floodplain Forest NR (Zoe Mitchell)
10th Brambling: my first for this year, calling in flight among a low-flying flock of chaffinches. Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
10th Hawfinch (3): seen in a morning migration watch. 1 flew low to W over linear park, soon followed by a pair which made a loop over one of the ponds, seemingly in a chase, and flying off to NW. All given away by calls. Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
10th Grey Plover: 2 as before, nr. R Tove just NW of Pindon End, Castlethorpe (BuBC)
9th Cattle Egret plus 7 Little Egrets, 5 Grey Herons: “Looked like the Camargue on the recently flooded field near the allotments” New Bradwell Quarry (BuBC)
8th Grey Plover (2) and Spotted Redshank (4): reported in Upper Tove Valley (SP74S) (BuBC)
7th Pale Tussock Moth Caterpillar (Calliteara pudibunda): photographed in garden in Stony Stratford (Julian Lambley)
Pale Tussock Moth Caterpillar (Photo: Julian Lambley)
7th Brimstone, Peacock, Red Admiral and Small White – Little Linford Wood (Julian Lambley)
7th Hawfinch: Flew low to the west over the linear park, given away by flight calls – Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard/BuBC)
6th House Martin: approx 15 – Wolverton Mill (Julian Lambley)
6th Bittern: Seen from Hide 1 foraging in RH channel – Calvert BBOWT Lake (BuBC)
6th Common Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum): seen at Salcey Forest (Julie Lane)
Common puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum) (Photo: Julie Lane)
5th Otter: Saw our first otter this morning in the canal on the aqueduct over the V6 in New Bradwell. It swam past us underwater then got out and headed towards the balancing lake (Blue Bridge) (Gavin Capel)
5th Otter: 2 seen from hide at Willen Lake North (Phil Crowe)
Otter – Willen Lake North 05 Oct 2020 (Photo: Phill Crowe)
Otter – Willen Lake North 05 Oct 2020 (Photo: Phill Crowe)
4th Goldcrest: seen in garden – Stony Stratford (Joe Clinch)
1st Lesser Spotted Woodpecker – male: My first for the Tattenhoe area, photographed and watched for c. 3 minutes pecking on deadwood near Howe Park Wood. Continued to other trees obscured by leaves nearby. Tattenhoe. (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
1st Cattle Egret: On cattle crossing in front of weir by North Bucks bridges, Newport Pagnell (BuBC)
September 2020
30th Conical Brittlestem mushroom Parasola conopilus: photographed in Olney on bark chippings (Julie Lane)
30th Common Crossbill: Calling in flight to the west. Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
30th Golden Plover: My first of the winter, with 15 Lapwing just over Northants border in Yardley Gobion (Chris Coppock / BuBC)
27th Cattle Egret: non-breeding adult plumage, or possibly juv in 1w plumage with yellow bill. Seen in the lagoons nearest the southeern path just to E of Farm Hide c. 19.00. Within 10 minutes took flight to E (maybe landed in Viaduct Hide lagoons, seen off and followed by a Little Egret.Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
27th Otter: fishing in front of the hide. Willen Lake North (Susan Weatherhead)
26th Great White Egret: Floodplain Forest Reserve (BuBC)
24th Ruff: (1) Willen Lake North (Chris Coppock/ BuBC). Also Common Sandpiper (1), Lapwing (min.48).
24th Redstart: In the hedges southwest corner – Willen Lake North (BuBC)
24th Whinchat: (1 m) Hardmead (BuBC)
23rd Jack Snipe: 1 on spit directly in front of Viaduct Hide, Flood Plain Forest NR (Chris Coppock/BuBC). Also 3 Snipe, 4 probable Ringed Plover and the regular Peregrine pair on the incinerator stack.
22nd Ivy Bee Colletes hederea: 2, back garden, Oldbrook (record submitted to BWARS – Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Scheme) (Martin Kincaid)
22nd Nettle-leaved Bellflower: car park of Stony Stratford Nature Reserve (Martin Kincaid)
22nd Small Copper butterflies: 5, Stony Stratford Nature Reserve (Martin Kincaid)
22nd Dunlin: Stony Stratford Nature Reserve (Martin Kincaid)
21st Buzzard: 3 sighted 14.40 circling over Springfield, at bottom of Turnmill Avenue and Grand Union Canal. (Tracey Theobald)
21st Hobby: Campbell Park (Martin Kincaid)
13thRaglius alboacuminatus – a true bug (Hemiptera) in the Lygaeidae family of Groundbugs. Found with one leg missing. Bradwell Common SP 843 389 (Mike LeRoy) Its current status is Nationally Notable B. Previously it has been largely confined to Cambridgeshire, Essex and Kent, but it is spreading and has been found this year in three other sites in Buckinghamshire, including Aylesbury, College Lake and at a site in the Chilterns. (Click on photo to increase size.) Raglius alboacuminatus (Photo: Mike LeRoy) 20th Small Copper: rough grassland just to east of Fairfield development (Joe Clinch)
18th Slow Worm: a juvenile at Linford Lakes Nature Reserve (Martin Kincaid)
18th Southern Hawker: in garden in Simpson (Peter Barnes)
Southern Hawker (Photo: Peter Barnes)
18th Great White Egret: On the river bank. Gayhurst Quarry (BuBC)
18th Common Sandpiper; Snipe; Hobby; Mole (dead by side of path) Linford Lanes NR (Joe Clinch)
18th Common Sandpiper: 4; Greenshank. Willen Lake North (Joe Clinch)
17th: Wood Sandpiper 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Dunlin 2, Ruff 1, Oystercatcher 1, Snipe 1, Ringed Plover 5 min, Lapwing not counted. Plus Cetti’s Warbler, Wigeon. Afternoon, Willen Lake North (Chris Coppock / BuBC) Chris comments: It’s not an estuary with a rich harvest of inverts expose twice daily; instead most may die or burrow down as mud dries and hardens – rain might help.
16th Otter: along S beach of island, then in water, fishing. Willen Lake North (Martin Ferns)
15th Whinchat: Perched and catching flies around teasel in one of the fields. Tattenhoe Park. (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
14th Ruff: juvenile. Plus Ringed Plover, juvenile Wood Sandpipers and a juvenile Black-Tailed Godwit continue to be reported daiy, 11th-14th. Willen Lake North (BuBC)
13th Sparrowhawk: Flew from ground to perch in a tree by R.Ouse, Gayhurst Pits. (Martin Ferns)
10th Whinchat: Showing well in one of the fields, catching flies and returning several times to the same branch of brambles. Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
10th Hawfinch: My earliest Autumn Hawfinch to date, given away by flight calls as it landed in a dense thicket in the linear park. Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
10th Cattle Egret: 1 with 5 Little Egrets very early morning, but seemed to disappear not too long after discovery. Willen Lake North (BuBC)
10th Cattle Egret 1, Wood Sandpiper 2 juvs, Dunlin 1, Ringed Plover 8, Green Sandpiper 15, Water Rail 10, Black-tailed Godwit 1, Wigeon 19 – first of Autumn. Willen Lake North (Mike Wallen)
9th Peregrine: over Willen Lake South (Mike Wallen)
9th Wood Sandpipers 2, Black-tailed Godwit 2, Dunlin 1, Ringed Plovers 5, Green Sandpipers 12, Water Rail 14, Siskin 61 flew over. Willen Lake North (Mike Wallen)
8th Boletus: Salcey. Sadly I can’t identify it, but perhaps others can? The section through shows the gill structure nicely. (Julie Lane)
Unidentified Boletus (Photo Julie Lane)
8th Polar Hawkmoth caterpillar: On fairway at Three Locks Golf Club, Great Brickhill. (Julian Lambley)
8th Black-tailed Godwit 2, Green Sandpiper >10, Wood Sandpiper 2, Ringed Plover 4 juvs, Lapwing >40, Cetti’s Warbler min 5. Willen Lake North. As this is a stormwater lake it seems likely the level will stay low until winter rains refill it. (Chris Coppock / BuBC)
8th Black-tailed Godwit. Adult and juv. Other observers have commented on throughput since the weekend. Multiple birds involved, but these 2 birds apparently remain from yesterday.Willen Lake North (BuBC)
8th Wood sandpiper: 2 juveniles. Willen Lake North (BuBC)
8th Kingfisher, seen flashing across pond nearest canal and perching in bush near inlet. Stonepit Field (Martin Ferns)
7th Black-tailed Godwit 2, Green Sandpiper 7, Wood Sandpiper 1 juv, Ringed Plover 3, Dunlin 3, Redshank 1, Lapwing c. 40, Teal min 22, Little Grebe min 22, Swift 2-3 overhead, with House Martin. Low water exposing extensive mud along western shoreline, Willen Lake North (Chris Coppock / BuBC)
7th Small Copper: on grass in orchard between St Michael’s Priory and Willen Hospice. (Martin Ferns)
Small Copper (Photo: Martin Ferns)
7th Black-tailed Godwits: 2 on new mud flats on W side of Willen Lake North. (Pointed out to me by a friendly ornithologist) (Martin Ferns)
7th American Mink: on grass above the weirs, looking for a way down, before jumping and heading towards river, Willen Lake North (Martin Ferns)
6th Redstart: Moving along edge of lake and alternating between feeding low down and perched in trees/shrubs. Willen Lake North (BuBC)
6th Tree Pipit: 2 flight calls heard over the fields. Fairly confident I spotted it heading west. Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
6th Black-tailed Godwit: 2 juv flew in and landed Willen Lake North (BuBC)
5th Osprey: Flying S, fairly low not far from M1 motorway, Little Linford (BuBC)
4th Muntjac: 1 adult by copse on path between Maze and Willen Pavilion. 11.00 (Frank Donnelly)
4th Common Crossbill: Calling in flight from W to E over the fields. Struggled to spot it at first, being quite high up but the calls were loud and clear.Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
4th Raven: 3 – 1 flying north, 2 south over garden. Newport Pagnell (BuBC)
2nd Great White Egret: Flooded Forestplain NR (BuBC)
1st Whinchat: Perched and foraging around ragwort in one of the fields near the linear park. Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
August 2020
11th Peacock: dark aberration, flew into kitchen. Stony Stratford Mill. (Peter Waterman)
Peacock (Photo: Peter Waterman)
31st Hobby: 3, 1 calling and flew off very close by and was joined by 2 others. Petsoe Manor Wind Farm nr Emberton. SP94 (Julie Lane)
31st Little Grebes: on various ponds / lakes appear to have had several broods again. (Alan Nelson / BuBC)
31st Ravens: 4 seen while surveying odonata. Stowe Estate (Alan Nelson / BuBC)
31st Probable Hen Harrier: Seen gliding over north Buckingham / Maids Moreton area and then stooped for around 3-4 secs before flying out of sight. (BuBC)
31st Redstart: 1f. My first female Redstart for this year, photographed perched and foraging for a thicket near western end of Tattenhoe Park. (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
30th Great White Egret: Heading N in early afternoon, quite low down. (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
30th Whinchat: Presumably yesterday’s bird, still in same location, perched atop dock plants. Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
29th House Martins: 40-50 over R.Ouse at Emberton Park. (Julie Lane)
29th Whinchat: Perched around teasel in one of the fields. Tattenhoe Park. (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
29th Osprey: My first Osprey for the Tattenhoe sites, photographed as it circled over, drifting to the SW. Tattenhoe Park. (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
29th Whinchat: On track at Quarry Hall Farm, Lathbury (BuBC)
27th Great White Egret: Forest Floodplain NR (BuBC)
27th Osprey: Just about photographed as it flew E after taking a fish from the lake. Linford Lakes NR (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
27th Little Gull: Moulting adult. Passed hide once heading W or SW.Willen Lake North (BuBC)
25th Common Tern: 3 juveniles; Swallows: 15; Swifts: 7; Sand Martins: 27. Furzton Lake (Alan Nelson/ BuBC)
24th Kingfishers: 2 (breeding again this year); in flight when Sparrowhawk flew over;
Grey Wagtails: fledged 4 young again as did Pied Wagtails; Common Sandpiper. Tongwell Lake (Alan Nelson/ BuBC)
24th Little Egret and Kingfisher: Newport Pagnell weir (Alan Nelson/ BuBC)
24th Kingfisher: River Ouzel by Tickford Field. Newport Pagnell (Alan Nelson/ BuBC)
23rd Whimbrel: heard only after dark (21.00), flying round Willen Lake South (BuBC)
23rd Common Crossbill: female or juvenile. Given away by flight calls as it flew NW low over the fields, accompanied by probable second. Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
23rd Tree Pipit: 6. First bird seen arriving from north, landing by one of the fields, and at least 5 passing over, including a trio, a pair and a lone bird to the wesy, all given away by flight calls: Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
21st Osprey: Seen at College Lake over marsh – mobbed and headed off south (BuBC)
19th Wood, Green and Common Sandpiper: together in front of viaduct Hide. Floodplain Forest NR. (Chris Coppock/BuBC)
19th Peregrine: regular pair on incinerator stack. Floodplain Forest NR. (Chris Coppock/BuBC)
19th Sparrowhawk: female? feeding on small bird kill (unidentified) in garden below bird table where kill was made. Bradwell Common. (Eyecol Mor) Video available here: Sparrowhawk feeding on bird kill – video
19th Black-tailed Godwit: ‘in Godwit Bay’, 100 metres down from the mill, Olney (BuBC)
19th Great White Egret and Little Egret: Gayhurst Quarry, Newport Pagnell SP856448 (Martin Ferns)
18thCorizus hyoscyami a Rhopalid bug: West Bletchley (photo: Michelle Moore; identification Mike Le Roy)
(photo Michelle Moore)
18th Whinchat: 1 male plus 1 female/immature. Hyde Lane Buckingham (BuBC)
17th Hobby: over High Street, Newport Pagnell (BuBC)
16th Grass snake: home garden Stony Stratford – a first for me after 39 years in the same house, presumably hunting frogs in the uncut ‘meadow’ area (Joe and Hilary Clinch)
Grass snake (Photo: Hilary Clinch)
15th Great White Egret: Dropped in around 8pm. Forest Floodplain NR (BuBC)
15th Tree Pipit: My first for this site, given away by a couple of flight calls and briefly seen overhead, flying to the east. Kingston, Milton Keynes. (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
15th Black-tailed Godwit: Adult. Forest Floodplain NR (BuBC)
13th Whinchat: My first Whinchat for this year, perched and preening by one of the fields near the linear park. Tattenhoe Park. (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
13th Great White Egret: Forest Floodplain NR (BuBC)
12th Emperor Dragonfly: probably male, darting around edge of lake nearest M1, Gayhurst Quarry (Martin Ferns)
9th Black-tailed Godwit: virtually in winter plumage, stood on the spit; less than 10 minutes after first sighting, flew off north (BuBC)
7th Green Woodpecker: heard in Bradwell Common. (Eyecol Mor)
4th Common Crossbill: 2. Calls heard over the linear park. Sounded like there may have been a small flock. Quite loud but couldn’t spot them before they drifted north. Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard/BuBC)
July 2020
31st Lesser Emperor dragonfly Anax parthenope: male, first ever sighting in MK, on pond in Tattenhoe (Harry Appleyard) – see Harry’s article and photos in Members News.
31st Tree Lichen Beauty crypia algae: Infrequent migrant moth. Caught in actinic trap, Olney SP884515 (Julie Lane)
Tree Lichen Beauty (Photo: Julie Lane)
29th Sparrowhawk: female (?) chased small feeding birds very close in fron of where I was sitting in garden, paused on nearby tree, then fast exit. Woburn Sands (Viola Read)
29th Silver-washed Fritillary: first sighting in garden Woburn Sands (Viola Read)
29th Grey Wagtail: family of at least four near weir on Great Ouse, Millfield, Stony Stratford (Joe Clinch)
28th Common Crossbill: flock of 9 given away by calls as they flew south-east over the estate. The first passing flock I’ve recorded from the Tattenhoe sites (previous records involving singles or pairs). (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
27th Oystercatcher 3, Common Sandpiper 1, Little Owl in its usual tree: Floodplain Forest NR (Chris Coppock / BuBC)
27th Common Sandpiper: 2 Floodplain Forest Reserve (BuBC)
26th Common Spotted Orchid: Stonebridge, off-track from North Loughton Valley Park (Sue Hetherington)
Common Spotted Orchid (Photo: Sue Hetherington)
26th Sparrowhawk: flying overhead, Stonebridge, off-track from North Loughton Valley Park (Sue Hetherington)
26th Himalayan Balsam, and Green Woodpecker: North Loughton Valley Park (Sue Hetherington)
Himalayan Balsam (Photo: Sue Hetherington)
26th Clouded Yellow butterfly Colias croceus: 1 female on clover in an extensive clover field, Moulsoe SP914 419 (Martin Ferns)
26th Green Sandpiper: 14 – 11 together on east side of island, 2 flew off high SW, and 1 sat on a raft (BuBC)
20th Dark Bush-cricket: on sunny doorpost, Willen Village (Frances Higgs)
19th Comet Neowise: Visible throughout July low in northern sky after 11pm. (Julian Lambley)
(Photo: Julian Lambley)
19th Common Centaury, Centaurium erythraea, large patch, and Betony, Betonica officinalis, abundant, in sunny ‘Cross ride’ Little Linford Wood (Mary Sarre)
17th Raspberry Clearwing moth Pennisetia hylaeiformis: A nationally rare moth; only 2nd or 3rd sighting in Bucks. Olney allotments. (Andy Harding)
Raspberry Clearwing (Photo: Andy Harding)
16th Barn Owl feather: found near the viaduct at Floodplain Forest Reserve, exactly a year after a dead barn owl was found in the same area. (Jane Barrow)
Barn Owl feather (Photo: Jane Barrow)
15th Great White Egret: Adult. Briefly seen lifting twice to the east of Farm Hide as it was being harrassed by a Grey Heron. Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
15th Comma Polygonia c-album f hutchinsoni : hutchinsoni variety – colour more golden and wings less scalloped, Little Linford Wood (Martin Ferns)
Comma Polygonia c-album f hutchinsoni (Photo: Martin Ferns)
12th Redstart: male. The earliest Autumn Passage Redstart I’ve seen across the Tattenhoe sites, perched around a thicket overlooking one of the meadows in the linear park. Spotted from footpath. Tattenhoe (Harry Appleyard)
2nd Tawny Owl: in nest box Linford Lakes NR (Martin Kincaid)
2nd Sparrowhawk: 2 juveniles Linford Lakes NR (Martin Kincaid)
1st White-letter Hairstreak butterfly: 1 on elm, North Bucks Way (Martin Kincaid)
1st Silver-washed Fritillary: 4 at North Bucks Way, 1 at Shenley Wood (Martin Kincaid)
1st Polecat: A cat-sized member of the weasel type family crossed in front of us, by the horse paddocks next to the river Ouse, disappearing into the undergrowth on the river bank. I did not know what it was and later identified it as a polecat due to the cat-like ears with white markings, the bushy tail and the lateral stripes across the back. Bury Field, Newport Pagnell (Michael Cain)
June 2020
30th Common Broomrape: Stonepit Field (Martin Kincaid)
30th Glow-worm: 2, Brickhill Road, Heath and Reach (Martin Kincaid)
26th Roesel’s Bush-cricket: on sunny doorpost. Willen Village (Frances Higgs)
24th Black-tailed Skimmer: male and female, latter just emerged with exuvia nearby, path between lakes at Gayhurst Quarry, Newport Pagnell. SP85942 44791 (Martin Ferns/Mike LeRoy)
24th Scarlet Tiger Moth: 12 in garden, Newton Blossomville (Michele Pudsey)
Red-belted Clearwing moth Synanthedon myopaeformis: Stony Stratford (Photos: Andy Harding)
23rd Speckled Bush-cricket: 2 nymphs. Campbell Park Pavilion (Martin Kincaid)
22nd White Letter Hairstreak butterfly: 2 at Oxley Mead SSI (Martin Kincaid)
21st Yellowhammer: 3 singing in hedgerows, field east of Moulsoe Buildings (A509 London Road) SP894416 (Mike LeRoy)
21st Skylark: 5 singing in a single field. Upper field between Moulsoe Buildings (A509) and Moulsoe. SP899415 (Mike LeRoy)
21st Black Neck Moth: in garden moth trap in Oldbrook (Martin Kincaid)
21st Stag Beetles. 4 found on roadside in Totternhoe NR, Dunstable (Matt Andrews/Martin Kincaid)
21st Peregrine : juvenile, two windows down from breeding platform, County Hall Aylsebury (Sue Hetherington)
(Photo: Sue Hetherington)
19th Marbled White butterfly Melarnargia galathea: 12 on red clover. Next to Abbey Hill Course, Monks Way (H3) grid road landscape banks. SP81832 39275 (Mike LeRoy)
19th Pyramidal Orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis: Grafton Street (V6) grid-road landscape, east side SP83907 39172 (Mike LeRoy)
19th Bee Orchid, Pyramidal Orchid: 100 Bee orchids and one Pyramidal orchid on verges of OU campus, Hammerwood Gate, Kents Hill (Steve and Susie Cousins)
(Photo: Steve and Susie Cousins)
19th Great Dodder: Island on R. Ouzel, Three Locks Golf Club, Gt Brickhill (Julian Lambley)
19th Grasshopper Warbler: Floodplain Forest NR (Martin Kincaid)
18th Little Egret: 3, Ashland Lakes (Peter Barnes)
Little Egrets (Photo: Peter Barnes)
17th Black-neck moth: Oxley Mead (Andy Harding)
17th Buzzard: Circling over Springfield (Tracey Theobald)
16th White-legged Damselfly: Little Linford Wood (Julian Lambley)
13th Marbled White butterfly Melanargia galathea: Middleton, on horse-riding trail SP886389 (Mike LeRoy)
12th Scarlet Tiger Moth Callimorpha dominula: first sighting, in greenhouse. Woburn Sands (Viola Read)
Scarlet Tiger Moth (Photo: Viola Read)
10th Goosander: Female with 5 almost fully grown youngsters down from the Mill. Olney (BuBC)
9th Oystercatcher, Kingfisher and Great White Egret (flying over): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
8th Hedgehog: first sighting after droppings seen several nights previously, in garden, Woburn Sands (Viola Read)
8thTragopogon mirabilis – hybrid of Goat’s Beard and Salsify (also present): First seen 2 weeks ago, but still flowering (mornings only) Bury Field (Carol and Rob Smith)
1st Common Tern: c.30 (probably adults), far more than usual at this time of year, disturbed, wheeling and screaming over the island. Stony Stratford NR (Joe Clinch)
1st Bullfinch: 1 m Stony Stratford NR (Joe Clinch)
May 2020
31st Green Carpet Moth: a slightly faded specimen, deceased, at home in Stony Stratford (Joe Clinch)
28th, 29th, 30th Carrion Crow: Non-flyingimmaturenestlingprematurelyout of‘lockdown’onRedway attracting much public attention, noisy concern of parents, and repeated attempts bycaringpeople to move it out of harm’s way.Failed to remain on nest for usual 28-35 days before fledging.Bradwell Common (Mike LeRoy)
28th Polecat: 2 kitts, in middle of road between Lavendon and Harrold, 7.15 a.m. (Tess Adams, identified by Richard at Harrold Country Park)
Polecat kitts. Photo: Tess Adams)
28th Tree Sparrow: 3 (1 adult, 2 young) Little Linford Wood (BuBC)
28th Common milkwort Polygala vulgaris, Dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and Pepper saxifrage Silaum silaus: Pilch Field (Jenny Mercer)
27th Cuckoo: pair (m and f) both singing but not seen nr Goosey Bridge on R.Ouse, Olney (Julie lane)
27th Dryads saddle fungus, Polyporus squamosus: Newton Blossomville (Julie Lane) First reported 4th May. This is a new picture showing its development:
26th Chinese Water Deer: 3, the first of which stirred from ground-cover 4m away. Magna Park Lake. SP916388 (Mike LeRoy)
26th Willow warbler, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, Song Thrush: Broughton Grounds, towards Whitsundoles, Beds. SP919402 (Mike LeRoy)
26th Buzzards (3), Red Kite (2), Sparrowhawk (1): between Broughton Grounds and Lower Wood. SP918411. (Mike LeRoy)
25th Bee Orchid Oprhys apifera; Kent Hills Conference Centre (Steve and Susan Cousins)
25th Cuckoo: heard far off in Linford Lakes NR (Sue Hetherington)
25th Cetti’s Warbler: heard, Linford Lakes NR (Sue Hetherington)
25th Garden Warbler: Stony Stratford NR (Joe Clinch)
25th Meadow flowers in bloom: including Yellow Rattle; Ragged Robin; Meadow Cranesbill; (Brown?) Knapweed: Ouse Valley Park next to A5(D), Stony Stratford (Joe Clinch)
25th Muslin Moth: 1 f struggling on path near Thomas Drive, Newport Pagnell (Martin Ferns)
24th Red Fox: 5 happily going about their business in the meadows;
Raven: 1 very noisy Raven, close by; Grey Wagtails: pair; Cuckoo heard. Western Underwood. (Julie Lane)
24th Tawny Owl: 2 noisy tawny owlets and a parent, heard before seen. Western Underwood (Julie Lane)
24th Song Thrush: 1 Olney (Julie Lane)
24th Kidney Vetch, Meadow Vetchling, Sainfoin, Red Campion: in chalky scrapes near canal, Oakridge Park (Martin Ferns)
24th Little Egret: on edge of eastern pond, Stonepit Field (Martin Ferns)
23rd Little Egret: 1 flying over heading west c. 8pm Poets Estate, Newport Pagnell (Martin Ferns)
22nd Tree Sparrow: 5 in hedgerows and on fences near the old barn, SW of Little Linford Wood (BuBC)
21st Lapwing: 4 circling and calling. Stony Stratford NR (Joe Clinch)
21st Shoveller: pair. Stony Stratford NR (Joe CLinch)
20th Tawny Owl: Calling at night. Calverton End (Joe Clinch)
19th Cetti’s Warbler: heard, Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
17th Nightingales: 2 m singing in a wood nr Olney. So, at least 3 in Olney area (Julie Lane)
Recording below of nightingale, with long-tailed tits and raven in distance. Olney (Julie Lane)
16th Fox cub: in Paul’s conservatory, entered presumably having passed behind Paul at his computer, through kitchen and lounge… 1 of 2 cubs which visit the garden. Bancroft. (Paul Lund)
16th Cuckoo: 2 m calling from separate directions. Weston Underwood/Olney (Julie Lane)
16th Osprey: Seen and photographed at Millenium Country Park, Marston Vale (Marston Vale News)
14th Goosander: female with 5 young, at the R.Ouse bridge. 05.30. Olney (BuBC)
13th Little Ringed Plover: 1 Willen Lake North (BuBC)
13th Bullfinch: 1 m Loughton Valley Park North (Joe Clinch)
13th Yellow Rattle: in flower. Loughton Valley Park North (Joe Clinch)
13th Common Blue: 1 m on Birdsfoot Trefoil, Grafton St side bank, Bradville (Joe Clinch)
12th Mole: 1 dormant by side of path at 3pm, between Mill Farm and Quarry Hall Farm, n. of Newport Pagnell (Martin Ferns)
11th Spotted Flycatcher: 1 in bush, Bury Field side of R. Ouse. Newport Pagnell. (BuBC)
9th Fox and 2 cubs; hedgehog; mouse; magpie; wood pigeons; robin: captured on a trail camera in garden, early morning. Bancroft (Paul Lund)
9th White Wagtail: 1 m in dazzling summer plumage, on the seasonal pool. Ravenstone (BuBC)
9th Hobby: “A first for my garden records, with 3 appearances: First, one circling overhead; a few hrs later, fleeting view of one zooming through much closer to ground; finally, one circling and drifting over while eating prey. Tattenthoe. ( Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
9th Cuckoo: 1 in flight. SP87955067 Olney (Julie Lane)
9th Oystercatcher: 1 in flight. SP87955067 Olney (Julie Lane)
9th Banded Demoisselle Calopteryx splendens 2 and Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula 1: with blue-green others, which I couldn’t identify, above small gully by R. Ouse. SP871466. Sherington (Martin Ferns)
8th Emperor Moth: 1 m in garden. New Bradwell (Tony Wood)
8th Lapwing: 2 Stony Stratford NR (Joe Clinch)
8th Oyster Catcher: 2 Stony Stratford NR (Joe Clinch)
8th Common Tern: 4 Stony Stratford NR (Joe Clinch)
8th Meadow Saxifrage: in flower. Stony Stratford NR (Joe Clinch)
8th Reed Bunting: 1 m. Bury Field SP872443 (Martin Ferns)
7th Cattle Egret: 2 with cattle in Warren Field, Ouzel Linear Park, SP884357. Simpson (Peter Barnes)
7th Spotted Flycatcher: 1 SP856465 Tyringham Park (BuBC)
6th Common Sandpiper: 4. 2 on ski-tow walkway, 2 on edge of new building works by bandstand. Willen Lake South (BuBC)
6th Turnstone: Full summer-plumaged bird present until dusk on wooden pontoons. Willen Lake South.(BuBC)
6th Yellow Iris and Marsh Thistle: in flower, bank of R. Ouse. Stony Stratford (Joe Clinch)
6th Otter: 1 swimming in the river then climbed on to some logs to eat a fish. By footbridge over R. Ouzel next to the Groveway road bridge. Walton MK (Ed Ficek)
6th Kingfisher: 1 along R Ouzel under Groveway Bridge, Walton MK (Ed Ficek)
5th Mandarin Duck: 2 Caldecotte Lake North (Peter Barnes)
5th Reed Warbler: 3 at least, singing in reeds near NW inlet culvert. Willen Lake North. (BuBC)
5th Cetti’s Warbler: 2 singing, one near NW inlet culvert; other S side of lake. 13.30 Willen Lake North (BuBC)
4th Herring Gull: 5 on the lake, 12.24 Tongwell Lake (BuBC)
4th Brimstone Moth: 1 home garden. Stony Stratford. (Joe Clinch)
3rd Otter: 1 in lake, also came onto bank near where swans are nesting. 21.00 Furzton Lake (Lisa Webster)
3rd Dusky Thrush: 1 very uncommon visitor probable Oakhill Wood, heard singing for an hour, but only brief view. NW corner of Oakhill Wood SP808358. (More details on BuBC)
3rd Sand Martin: 12 over paddock, w of N Bucks bridges, SP877441 Newport Pagnell. 15.45 (BuBC)
3rd Spotted Flycatcher: 1 insect catching W of roadside hedge, N Bucks bridges Newport Pagnell.15.45 (BuBC)
3rd Sparrowhawk: in garden,morning, Stantonbury (Adam A)
2nd Peregrine: 3 chicks and 1 egg in nest at Stadium MK (reported by County Recorder)
2nd Raven: 2 ‘cronking’, circling high in thermal with Red Kite (BuBC)
26th Wood Warbler: A first, singing frequently while foraging the treetops of linear woodland overlooking one of the meadows. Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
26th Lesser Whitethroat: 1 m singing, heard from garden. Stoke Goldington (BuBC)
26th Goosander: 1 m disturbed and flew off from weir north of Mill House (BuBC)
23rd Primrose Primula vulgaris, Wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, Lesser celandine Ranunculus ficaria Still in flower in Linford Wood (SP 84733 40378, centre point of the wood) (Mike LeRoy)
23rd Bluebells Hyacinthoides non-scripta: Flowering in profusion in Linford Wood (Mike LeRoy)
23rd Yellow Archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon: A small clump, coming into flower. Linford Wood West SP84576 40127 (Mike LeRoy)
23rd Cormorant: 1 on jetty, Lodge Lake (Sean Hardy)
22nd Speckled Wood butterflies Pararge aegeria: 2 (males?) spiralling around each other. Bradwell Common grid-road landscape SP 84319 38796
17th Reed Warbler: 1 Seen and heard in reeds by Tongwell Lake (BuBC)
16th Lesser Whitethroat: First for this year, heard singing near one of the fields, TattenHoe Park (Harry Appleyard / BuBC)
16th Cuckoo: 1 probable m: Heard calling; earliest heard for 4 years, Haversham Lake (BuBC)
15th Spurge-laurel – daphne laureola: 1 Newton Blossomville (Julie Lane)
15th Foxes: 2 relaxing in the sunshine – 1 lactating female Newton Blossomville (Julie Lane)
9th Ring Ouzel: 1 My third Ring Ouzel record for this site. Photographed in the same part of the site as my previous on 22nd Oct 2018, briefly foraging by one of the fields before mobbed by a Blackbird. (Harry Appleyard) (BuBC)
19th Fieldfare: 10 – Floodplain Forest NR (Chris Coppock)
19th Chiffchaff: 3 – Floodplain Forest NR (Chris Coppock)
19th Oystercatcher 4 – Floodplain Forest NR (Chris Coppock)
19th Peregrine: Incinerator chimney, by Floodplain Forest NR (Chris Coppock)
19th Common Scoter: (pair) – Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
19th Great White Egret and Little Egret: together by Great Ouse, Newport Pagnell (BuBC)
18th Goosander: 2 m Calvert Sailing Lake, Calvert (BuBC)
17th Little Egret: 1 – Willen Lake North (BuBC)
17th Grey Heron: 6-7 active nests – Willen Lake North (BuBC)
17th Stock Dove: 16 – Willen Lake North (BuBC)
17th Goldeneye: 10 (max) – Willen Lake North (BuBC)
17th Chiffchaff: 2 heard – Willen Lake North (BuBC)
17th Water Rail: 1 heard – Willen Lake North (BuBC)
17th Cetti’s Warbler: 2 heard – Willen Lake North (BuBC)
17th Lapwing: 6 – Willen Lake North (BuBC)
17th Green Sandpiper: Willen Lake North (BuBC)
17th Snipe: 2 (min) – Willen Lake North (BuBC)
16th Brimstone: Tongwell Lake (BuBC)
16th Goosander: Redhead – Tongwell Lake (BuBC)
16th Brimstone Butterfly: Flying along Wordsworth Avenue – Newport Pagnell (Martin Ferns)
16th Red-crested Pochard: f – Stowe (BuBC)