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August

14^th Redstart (fem): photographed catching flies from one of the field margins at the east end of the site, one of their passage pit-stops from previous years. My 2nd earliest for Autumn migration here, Tattenhoe Park (BuBC/Harry Appleyard)

9^th Treecreeper (2), Kingfisher, Little Egret, several Lapwing, Common Terns; also Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper, Black-tailed Skimmer (2m), Muntjac (2 on woodland paths + 2 along access road), and a young bullock on the permieter path: Linford Lakes NR (Martin Ferns)

8^th Red Underwing: back garden, Wolverton (Graham Lynham)

Red Underwing moth (Photo © Graham Lynham)

8^th Egyptian Goose (2): possibly juveniles, in wheat stubble field just east of Mill Farm, Gayhurst (Martin Ferns)

8^th Wheatear (f): moving along field fence posts, Quarry Hall Farm, Gayhurst (Martin Ferns)

7^th Otter: probable road kill, first seen 1-2 weeks ago, just off the eastern side verge of V8 south, past Ashland. A sorry sight. (Edward Young, reported by Peter Barnes)

7th Marsh Harrier (f): Single individual flew high east over the site; it was being mobbed by Covids initially, Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)

5^th Hornet Mimic Hoverfly Volucella zonaria, Ruddy Darter (f), Black-tailed Skimmer (m), Meadow Brown, Painted Lady, Small White and Common Blue butterflies: Magna Park (Graham Lynham)

Hornet Mimic Hoverfly (Photo © Graham Lynham)

July

29^th Kingfisher: it left the lake like a bullet, for the canal possibly. Willen Lake North (Ann Strutton)

29^th Redstart: juvenile male present along the hedgerow, Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)

26^th Old Lady Mormo Maura: in the house, where it had been for several days, Stony Stratford. Confirmation of species welcome! (Joe Clinch)

Old Lady (Photo © Joe Clinch)

23^rd Little Egret (7), Mute Swan (90), Common Sandpiper (2), Green Woodpecker, Treecreeper, Ruddy Shelduck: Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)

19^th Red Underwing moth (2), Oak Bush-cricket (m), Speckled Bush-cricket (m and f): Campbell Park Pavilion (Martin Kincaid)

Female Speckled Bush-cricket (Photo © Martin Kincaid)

18^th Amblyteles armatorius: this handsome ichneumon was at my UV moth light, Oldbrook (Martin Kincaid)

18^th Swallows and House Martins: mixed flock of about 100, including many of this year’s fledglings, either on the wires or sunning  themselves on the roof, morning, Newton Blossomville (Julie Lane)

Video link here:
Hirundines, Newton Blossomville (Video Julie Lane)

17^th Foxes (4): raiding the rubbish outside my house, night-time, Olney (Julie Lane)

16th Silver-washed Fritillary – Valezina variant: , nr Oakhill Wood, North Bucks Way (Hasan Al Farhan)

Silver-washed Fritillary – Valezina variant (Photo © Hasan Al-Farhan)

16^th Hummingbird Hawkmoth: on lavender, Newton Blossomville (Julie Lane)

16^th Ring-necked Parakeet: on sunflower-heart bird feeder, home garden, Stony Stratford (Joe Clinch)

15^th Willow Emerald damselfly, Black-tailed skimmer, Four-spot Chaser and Cinnabar caterpillars, Six-spot Burnet, Small Heath, Small Skipper, Essex Skipper: Magna Park (Hasan Al-Farhan)

14^th Common Darter, Scorpion Fly: Stony Stratford NR (Graham Lynham)

Male Common Darter (Photo © Graham Lynham)

Scorpion Fly (Photo © Graham Lynham)

14^th Swallow-tailed moth: on home outside window, Stony Stratford (Joe Clinch)

Swallow-tailed moth (Photo © Joe Clinch)

14^th Painted Lady: Campbell Park (Martin Kincaid)

Painted Lady (Photo © Martin Kincaid)

14^th Dusky Cockroach Ectobius lapponicus: 2 at Campbell Park Pavilion (Martin Kincaid)

13^th Nettle-leaved Bell-flower: in flower, near car park, Stony Stratford NR (Martin Kincaid)

13^th Chicory: large stand of this declining arable weed, Oxley Park (Martin Kincaid)

Chicory (Photo © Martin Kincaid)

13^th Oak Bush-cricket (female) at moth trap, Oldbrook (Martin Kincaid)

13^th Swift (20): Morning – probably the most I’ve seen over the high street this year, Newport Pagnell (BuBC)

13^th Swift (20): Evening – very possibly the same group over a colony site off Westbury Lane, Newport Pagnell (Martin Ferns)

12^th Silver-washed Fritillary: an impressive count of 20+ seen in Linford Wood (Martin Kincaid)

12^th White Admiral: very worn specimen (!), Howe Park Wood (Martin Kincaid)

White Admiral (Photo © Martin Kincaid)

11^th Swallow-tailed moth, Speckled Bush Cricket (2f): under canopy of Campbell Park Pavilion (Martin Kincaid)

Above: Female Speckled Bush-cricket; Below: Swallow-tailed moth (Photos © Martin Kincaid)

9^th Little Egret: Tongwell Lake (Emily Benstead)

9^th Ruddy Shelduck: Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)

8^th Whimbrel: flew over westwards, not seen but calling very clearly. Great Brickhill (BuBC)

6^th Grey Wagtail: a family group of 4 birds along Loughton Brook near Bradwell Abbey (Martin Kincaid)

5^th Oak Bush-cricket: my first of 2022, adult female at Campbell Park Pavilion (Martin Kincaid)

5^th Wood Vetch: in full flower, Campbell Park woodland ridge (Martin Kincaid)

5^th Pyramidal Orchid (7): in Campbell Park (Martin Kincaid)

5^th Grey Wagtail (4): on the R. Ouzel spillway by the northern lake, Caldecotte (Peter Barnes)

4^th White-letter Hairstreak (2), Purple Emperor (3): Oakhill Wood/North Bucks Way (Martin Kincaid)

Female Purple Emperor  (Photo©Martin Kincaid)

3^rd White Admiral (3), Purple Emperor (2) Purple Hairstreak (3) butterflies and 14 other species,  Beautiful Demoiselle (2m, 2f) and 6 other dragonfly species, Little Linford Wood (Hasan Al-Farhan)

Purple Emperor (Photo © Hasan Al-Farhan)

1^st Comma, Gatekeeper, Marbled White, Large White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet and Small Skipper butterflies: Magna Park (Graham Lynham)

Small Skippers mating (Photo © Graham Lynham)

1^st Purple Emperor: A beautiful pristine purple emperor came down to investigate a bassett hound who had rolled in fox poo. Salcey Forest cafe (Julie Lane)

Bassett Hounds and Purple Emperor (Photos © Julie Lane)

June

Female Emperor dragonfly (Photo © Jill Lewis)

26^th Lesser Stag Beetle: early evening, Stony Stratford NR (Graham Lynham)

Lesser Stag Beetle (Photo © Graham Lynham)

Cinnabar moth (Photo © Teresa James)

25^th Hedgehogs (probable): assumed to be two having a barney or mating, early morning outside my bedroom window, Olney (Julie Lane)

Audio recording rather faint – but judge for yourself!

24^th Tiger moths: mating in my garden, Woburn Sands (Viola Read)

Tiger Moths mating (Photo © Viola Read)

21^st Sparrowhawk:  soaring at c.700-750m high, seen off by cluster of 15-20 Swifts. Swifts in tight, slowly swirling group just behind Sparrowhawk gradually moved it from above their colony site. Over Hampstead Gate and Portway (H5) SP845389 Bradwell Common at 13.20 (Mike LeRoy)

21^st Hummingbird Hawkmoth: on honeysuckle in my garden, Woburn Sands, evening (Mary Lea)

21^st Beautiful Demoiselle: male and female specimens along North Bucks Way. (Martin Kincaid / Rebecca Hiorns, while doing the butterfly transect on North Bucks Way)

21^st White Admiral butterflies (4) and Silver-washed Fritillaries (3) : along North Bucks Way, Oakhill Wood plus 1 in Shenley Wood (Martin Kincaid / Rebecca Hiorns, as above)

21^st White Admiral: 1 in Shenley Wood (Martin Kincaid / Rebecca Hiorns, as above)

17^th Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Common Blue, Small Tortoiseshell, Meadow Brown and Marbled White butterflies, plus Cinnabar moth: Magna Park  (Graham Lynham)

Small Skipper (Photo © Graham Lynham)

17^th LIttle Grebe: Among the usual waterfowl. Magna Park (Graham Lynham)

Little Grebe (Photo © Graham Lynham)

14^th Red-backed Shrike (ad f): seen from Farm hide from 15.00 and still present at 19.00. Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)

14^th Shelduck: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)

12^th Bee Orchid: at least 8 on the embankment beside the path adjacent to Grafton Street (V6), behind Bradville Recreation Ground (Tony Wood)

11^th Small Blue butterfly: 5 at Stonepit Field (Martin Kincaid)

11^th Egyptian Goose (2), Ruddy Shelduck, Cuckoo: Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)

11^th Bee Orchid: 2 have appeared on my otherwise very unremarkable suburban lawn, Oakill MK5 (Anna Berry)

Bee Orchid (Photo © Anna Berry)

10^th Black Hairstreak butterfly: 2 at Oxley Mead SSSI (Martin Kincaid)

10^th Greater Butterfly Orchid: 3 in flower in Shenley Wood (Martin Kincaid)

10^th Bee Orchid: Teardrop Lakes, Loughton Valley Park. SP849368 (Ian Williams)

Bee Orchid (Photo © Ian Williams)

9^th Large Skipper: Stony Stratford NR (Graham Lynham)

Large Skipper (Photo © Graham Lynham)

9^th Ruddy Shelduck: Floodplain Forest NR (Graham Lynham)

Ruddy Shelduck (Photo © Graham Lynham)

9^th Bee Orchid: 3 sighted in grassy area off Taunton Deane, Emerson Valley (Sandra Campbell)

8^th Cattle Egret (2): plus 2 not seen clearly, Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)

7^th Four-spotted Chaser: in garden, Great Linford (Sue Spurr)

7^th Cuckoo: calling continuously from Windmill pub side of Caldecotte Lake (Jill Lewis)

3^rd Grey Wagtail family: River Ouse bank at Passenham Mill (Joe Clinch)

3^rd Black Hairstreak: Little Linford  Wood (Julian Lambley)

Black Hairstreak (Photo © Julian Lambley)

3^rd Ruddy Shelduck, Cuckoo – 2 males vocal and mobile. Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)

May

31^st Hobby: hunting over a field on the other side of river Ouse. OuseBalley Park, New Bradwell end. (Valérie Demouy)

31^st Shelduck (ad), Little Ringed Plover (ad m & f), Cuckoo (ad m), Lapwing (ad m & f): Floodplain Forest NR (Chris Coppock/BuBC)

31^st Grey Wagtail (2 adults, 2 fledglings), Cuckoo (m) calling: Willen Lake North (Ann Strutton

30^th Hobby (2), Cuckoo (3), Fox (2): between 10am-2pm. Willen Lake North (Phill Crowe)

Hobby (Photo © Phill Crowe)

30^th Dingy Skipper butterfly: North Bucks Way (Martin Kincaid)

30^th Painted Lady butterfuly: Shenley Wood (Martin Kincaid)

30^th Hedgehog (2): feeding in garden: Oldbrook (Martin Kincaid)

29^th Cuckoo (2 males seen together briefly), Whitethroat (2),  Sedge Warbler: Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)

28^th Cuckoo: heard and then seen flying over near the R. Ouzel. Woolstone (Nick King)

27^th Small Blue butterflies: 9 seen around the scrape at Stonepit Field (Susan Weatherhead)

26^th Southern Marsh Orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa: 10 plants in flower in Tattenhoe (Martin Kincaid; first reported by Harry Appleyard)

Southern Marsh Orchid (Photo © Martin Kincaid)

26^th Blue Tit: Gorgeous fledgling being fed in my garden, Milton Keynes (Jessica Sierra)

Blue Tits (Photo©Jessica Sierra)

25^th Southern Marsh Orchid: near Great Brickhill (Julian Lambley)

Southern Marsh Orchid (Photo©Julian Lambley)

23^rd Painted Lady: in my Bancroft garden (Paul Lund)

22^nd Stoat Mustela erminia: bounding northwards across road from Little Linford to Haversham, just east of old Haversham: SP 83179 43313. c. 11.40 hrs (Mike LeRoy)

22^nd Early Purple and Common Spotted orchid:s both in flower today in Little Linford Wood  (Tony Wood)

22^nd Soprano Pipistrelle bats: count of 505 – a site record – between 21.05 and 21.30. Simpson (Peter Barnes)

21^st Painted Lady butterfly: Little Linford Wood (Julian Lambley)

19^th Soprano Pipistrelle bats: 477 counted flying from their regular roost in the eaves, between 21.05 and 21.25 – just 2 short of ‘record’ of 479 on 25 May 2020. Assumed to be soprano pipistrelles, as that was what was identified in previous years .Simpson (Peter Barnes)

18^th White-legged Damselfly: at least 3 different sites within Linford Lakes NR (Janice Robertson)

17^th Social wasps’ nest: less than half a metre from the bumbleebee nest. Bancroft (Paul Lund)

16^th Bumblebee nest – not sure of the species: in my garden, Bancroft (Paul Lund)
16^th Water Rail, Cuckoo (2), Ring-necked Parakeet, and 3 Otters: between 7.30 and 15.00, Willen Lake North (Phill Crowe)

Cuckoo – Willen Lake North (Photo©Phill Crowe)

15^th Ringed Plover: 2 on far spit from the Viaduct Hide. Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)

13^th Red Admiral: in my garden, Bancroft (Paul Lund)

12^th Spotted Flycatcher: In willow by back Brook close to ‘marsh warbler bridge’. Lost to view when it flew into cover behind the old stone bridge.  Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)

12^th Spotted Flycatcher: singing, Great Linford (BuBC)

12^th Greenshank: Heard calling, Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)

11^th Ringed Plover: A single tundrae feeding on the islands in front of the Viaduct Hide, Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)

10^th Ringed Plover: on island, Stony Stratford NR (BuBC)

10^th Swift: 8 over Olney (Julie Lane)

10^th Swift and Whitethroat: 4 Swifts flying around nesting site on Cranfield University Campus. On a slow drive in via Newport Pagnell and Moulsoe, good numbers of Whitethroat heard, but still very few Lesser Whitethroats – none on Cranfield campus so far; used to get very good numbers even with much habitat loss. (Alan Nelson/BuBC)

9^th Avocet: 1 bird wading in front of Farm Hide; a second swimming alongside a mallard, Viaduct Hide. Both sideswiping the water to feed. Also 2 Oystercatchers, Viaduct Hide. Forest Floodplain NR (Martin Ferns)

8^th Early Purple Orchid: 16 in Linford Wood – some going over and difficult to spot (Rchard Gent)

8^th Hobby (2): Willen Lake North (Phill Crowe)

Hobby (Photo©Phill Crowe)

8^th Wood Sandpiper: on the bund, but elusive. Plus 2 Common Sandpiper, and 2 Cuckoo. LInford Lakes NR (BuBC)

8^th Grey Partridge: in sheep pasture near road;  Red-legged nearby at sewage works. Also 2 cuckoo singing from Tyringham and Stoke Goldington directions. Ravenstone  (Chris Coppock/BuBC)

8^th Yellow Wagtail (1m/1f): A splendid male around the sewage works, female 3/4 km away at pasture pond across road with Pied Wagtail and Yellowhammers, possibly refleecting current drought. Ravenstone  (Chris Coppock/BuBC)

8^th Common Sandpiper (ad): On pontoon, Willen Lake South (Chris Coppock/BuBC)

7^th Swift: Min. count 3 over Heelands housing estate, Stanton Wood (Chris Coppock/BuBC)

7^th Swift: Min. count 5. Also a few Swallow and House Martin, but hirundine numbers seem very low this year. Willen Lake North. (Chris Coppock/BuBC)

7^th Hobby (2 ad): Willen Lake North (Chris Coppock/BuBC)

5^th Willow Warbler and Early Purple Orchid: Shenley Wood (Janice Robertson)

Early Purple Orchid (Photo©Janice Robertson)

4^th Glow-worm larva: crossing the path at Salcey Forest (Julie Lane)
Glow-worm larva Salcey Forest Julie L 4.05.22 (Video © Julie Lane)

4^th Yellow-legged Mining Bee Andrena Flavipes: female, with its bright orange ‘leg-warmers, seen entering nest-hole pile, part-hidden by a leaf. Between Saxon Street (V7) and Booker Avenue in edge of Parkway shrubberies. SP84716 39542. Apparently Andrena flavipes nests are often used by the dark-winged bee-fly Bombylius major to lay its eggs. In the same area, plenty of Bumblebee queens and workers: White-tailed Bombus Lucorum, Buff-tailed Bombus terristris and Red-tailed Bombus Lapidarius. Bradwell Common. (Mike LeRoy)

3^rd Cuckoo, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Sandpiper (2), Oystercatcher (2)

2^nd Grasshopper Warbler (ad male): Weston Underwood SP858529 (Julie Lane)

2^nd Duke of Burgundy, Small Heath, Burnet Companion, Dingy Sipper and Grizzled Skipper: on the wing, Ivinghoe Beacon (Julian Lambley)

Duke of Burgundy (Photo©Julian Lambley)

1^st Common Tern (4 ad), Cuckoo (2 ad male calling): Linford Lakes NR (Chris Coppock/ BuBC)

1^st Wild Garlic (Ramsons) Allium ursinum: large area (about 20m x 30m) adjacent to the railway about 60m W of the concrete cows, Bancroft (Charles Vaton)

Wild Garlic (Photo © Charles Vaton)

1^st Whinchat: Fence/pollarded trees behind the Iron Trunk Hide, Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)

April

30^th Common Terns (20), House Martins (30), Gadwall (4), Tufted Duck (19), Cetti’s Warbler (3): Willen Lake North (Alan Nelson/BuBC)

30^th Common Terns (2), Common Sandpiper, Swallow (m), House Martin (3): Tongwell (Alan Nelson/BuBC)

30^th Cuckoo: calling in Little Linford Wood (Tony Wood)

30^th Raven (2 over), Jay (2), Hobby, Barnacle Goose on the bund: Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)

30^th Cuckoo: male calling from the island, Willen Lake North (Ann Strutton)

29^th Swift: high over Newport Pagnell, evening (Alan Nelson/BuBC)

29^th Early Purple Orchid (19): Shenley Wood (Richard Gent)

29^th Tree Pipit: Flew over. Campbell Park (BuBC)

29^th Cuckoo: Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)

28^th Early Purple Orchid: about 20, in NW corner of Shenley Wood (Jenny Mercer)

Early Purple Orchid (Photo©Jenny Mercer)

28^th Cuckoo: heard Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)

28^th Cuckoo (m): Sherington bridge (BuBC)

27^th Grasshopper Warbler: Reeling briefly. Olney (BuBC)

27^th Black-winged Stilt: Observed feeding around the lake near Asda where it was initially found by J Baker, briefly chased by a Red Kite and warded off a Coot’s favoured corner, but otherwise happily sticking around. Newton Leys (Harry Appleyard/ BuBC)

27^th Black-winged Stilt: Newton Leys (Phill Crowe)

Black-winged Stilt (Photo © Phill Crowe)

27^th Ring-necked Parakeet: Flying over heading west. Linford Wood (BuBC)

27^th Cuckoo: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
26^th Hobby, Little Ringed Plover: Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)

25^th House Martin (50+), Cetti’s Warblers (4), Common Tern: Willen Lake North (Alan Nelson/(BuBC)

25^th Cuckoo: calling from river, Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)

24^th Emperor moth, male: clearly attracted to something in my garden this afternoon. I couldn’t see a female, but I suspect she was there somewhere pumping out pheromones. Olney (Julie Lane)

24^th Ringed Plover: to the right of Farm Hide (Janice Robertson/BuBC)

23^rd Swallow: near Castle Ashby (Julie Lane)

22^nd  Cuckoo: Linford Lakes NR (Janice Robertson/BuBC)

22^nd Osprey: Hovered briefly over the water a few times before heading off eastbound. Floddplain Forest NR (BuBC)

19^th Marsh Marigold Caltha palustris: on edge of a drainage ditch, between Quarry Hall Farm and Lathbury village (Martin Ferns)

Marsh Marigolds (Photo © Martin Ferns)

19^th Lesser Whitethroat: Goosey Meadows, Olney (BuBC)

19^th Whitethroat (4), House Martin (4), Sedge Warbler (2),  Common Tern (4), Little Ringed Plover (1): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
18^th Pasque flowers: Knocking Hoe (Julie Lane)

Pasque flowers (Photo © Julie Lane)

18^th Early Purple Orchid Orchis mascula: among carpets of bluebells. Hoo Wood, E of M1, Gayhurst (Martin Ferns)

Early Purple Orchid (Photo © Martin Ferns)

18^th Grasshopper Warbler. My first for this site (2nd for Tattenhoe area) recorded singing loudly from one of the fields at the E end of Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard/BuBC)
18^th Lesser Whitethroat: Rattling along footpath. Calverton (BuBC)

17^th Whitethroat: Heard. Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
17^th Bar-tailed Godwit: winter plumaged adult. Also Common Sandpiper. Passenham Quarry (BuBC)

17^th Swallow: lone bird on NW edge of Bury Field, Newport Pagnell (Martin Ferns)
16^th Cuckoo: heard in Gayhurst Quarry lakes area, from Lakes Lane, Newport Pagnell (Stuart Kean, reported by Martin Ferns)
15^th Stoat: Running along the road towards Clifton Reynes (Julie Lane)

14^th-16^th: Light Orange Underwing day-flying moth: the sunny weekend encouraged several moths to come down from aspens to the muddy paths in Howe Park Wood (Janice Robertson)
14^th Mandarin duck: Male on river Ouzel in Woolstone (Nick King)

14^th Curlew: Flying across the river valley in Olney calling as it went (Julie Lane)

14^th Goosander plus 11 young: Olney Mill (Julie Lane)

14^th Common tern: River Ouse at Olney. It caught a decent sized fish! (Julie Lane)

14^th Kestrel (a pair): They have taken up noisy residence in a Barn owl box near river in Olney (Julie Lane)

13^th Otter (adult and pup?): Willen South Lake 10.05am (Phillip Burgess and Phill Crowe)

Otter and pup? (Phillip Burgess and Phill Crowe)

13^th Yellow Wagtail: The Mill, Olney (BuBC)

12^th Greenshank : Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve. Flew through calling going NE (BuBC)

12^th White stork: seen flying over Bradwell lakes (BuBC)

12^th Sedge Warbler: Floodplain forest nature reserve. Heard and seen (BuBC)

12^th Bullfinch (a pair): Bancroft garden (Paul Lund)

11^th Yellow wagtail: Calvert sailing lake, Calvert (BuBC)

10^th Wood anemone: Good quantities seen in trees at Walnut Tree Estate along Groveway and Highgate Over. (Steve Cousins)

10^th Mandarin duck (a pair): Caldecotte Lake (Angie Ollis)

2^nd Otters (2): Tombs Meadow, Stony Stratford. Feeding on fish by river Ouse (Greg Roach)

Otters (Greg Roach)

2^nd Common Crossbill (3) : Rushmere Park. 1 of the 3 was a male, flew low N over the main carpark (John Richardson)

2^nd Kittiwake (2): Willen Lake (BuBC)

2^nd Brown Hare (5): in three separate fields to the south of Calverton ( Joe Clinch)

2^nd Linnet: flock of 50 plus in trees to the south of Calverton (Joe Clinch)

March

30^th Mandarin duck (male and female): Caldecotte (Helen Brandes)

8^th Goosander: pair below Wolverton Weir on River Ouse (Joe Clinch)
8^th Whooper Swan: adult with 30 Mute Swans in field SW of Lincoln Lodge, Upper Tove Valley SP781452 (BuBC)
8^th Comma: in the garden, my first butterfly of 2022 (Peter Barnes)
7^th Brambling (m): on sunflower hearts feeder, home garden, Stony Stratford. A first for me in 41 years  (Joe Clinch)
5^th Siskin (2): on my garden feeders, Simpson (Peter Barnes)
5^th Curlew: On large island, central area. Called twice. Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)

February

Black Swan (Photo: Cheryl Fellows)

January

Male Pintail seen from Viaduct Hide, FFNR (Photo © Julian Lambley)

16^th Lesser Redpoll (3), Goldcrest (5), Goosander (5m,2f), Gadwall (18), Tufted Ducks (20), Pochard (6), Siskin (4): all seen on the MKNHS Sunday morning walk led by Colin Docketty, together with Cormorant, Great Crested Grebe, Wigeon and 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers. Tongwell Lake (reported by Harry Appleyard). Full report can be found here.

Lesser Redpoll and Goldcrest (Photos©Harry Appleyard)

Male Goldeneye with Tufted Duck (Photo©Peter Barnes)

Fieldfare (Photo©Peter Barnes)

Little Owls (Photo©Peter Barnes)