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December
9th Jay (1), Goldeneye (1), Great White Egret (1): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
9th Lapwing (50), Pochard (3): Willen Lake South (BuBC)
9th Lapwing 40), Great Spotted Woodpecker (1), Goldeneye (2): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
9th Goosander (9: Caldecote Lake (BuBC)
6th Fieldfare (8), Goldeneye (1): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
3rd Goldeneye (pair), Red Crested Pochard (f): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
2nd Chiffchaff: Knowlhill (BuBC)
1st Goldeneye (5): Willen Lake South (BuBC)
November
29th Shelduck (2): Furzton Lake (BuBC)
28th Green Sandpiper (1), Goldeneye (3): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
27th Grey Wagtail: Tattenhoe Valley Park. Furzton Estate (BuBC)
27th Starling Murmuration: From 16.00 for about 20 mihutes at Willen Lake North (Susan Weatherhead)
26th Pintail (m): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
25th Siskin: with Goldfinches at Furzton Lake (BuBC)
24thSparrowhawk (1), Pintail (3), Wigeon ( circa. 46): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
22nd Siberian Chiffchaff: Seen with 2 Common Chiffchaff on the Northern Shore of Willen Lake South(BuBC)
22nd Ring Necked Parakeet (2 settled + circa 10 flying overhead): On the River Ouse between Middleton and Willen Lake (Byron Stanway )
Ring Necked Parakeet ( photo© Byron Stanway)
20th Song Thrush, Treecreeper, Siskin, Goldcrest, Stock Dove: Furzton Estate (Harry Appleyard)
19th Kittiwake: Willen Lake North (BuBC)
18thMuscovy Duck, Jay (2), Kingfisher, Water Rail (heard), Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Stock Dove, Reed Bunting: Furzton Lake (Harry Appleyard)
17th Water Rail: Feeding along the stream just before the entrance to Rushmere Park (Rob Andrews)
16th Little Owl, Hogweed, Black Nightshade, Hops, Smooth Newt: MKNHS walk at Floodplain Forest NR (Bob Phillips)
16th Kingfisher: MKNHS Walk at Floodplain Forest NR on the river near the aqueduct (Julian Lambley)
Kingfisher (photo©Julian Lambley)
15thTufted Duck (1), Teal (2), Shoveler (4), Gadwall (35): Stony Stratford NR (BuBC)
14th Hawfinch: Flew over NNW Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
13th Common Gull(2), Sparrowhawk (1), Skylark (1), Mistle Thrush (2), Goldcrest (1): Shenley Wood (BuBC)
12th Hawfinch: Seen on morning migration watch, flying south west along Linear Park/Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard)
11th Brimstone Butterfly: Near Lakes Lane allotments Newport Pagnell (Martin Ferns)
11th Common Darter (24), Migrant Hawker (3): Stowe Park NT (Alan Nelson)
11th Hawfinch: Flew west over Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
10th Hawfinch: Rushmere Park (Rob Andrews)
9th Bittern: Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
9th Hawfinch: Heading towards Rushmere Park from Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
8th Wigeon (3), Shoveler (12), Pochard (3), Common Gull (19), Little Grebe (12), Snipe (13), Lapwing (23): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
7th Tawny Owl: Shenley Wood (BuBC)
6th Cetti’sWarbler(1), LittleEgret(11), Great White Egret (5), Snipe (4), Chiffchaff (1): Floodplain Forest NR ( BuBC)
5th Blackcap, Goldcrest: Far Bletchley (BuBC)
4th Goosander(2):TongwellLake (BuBC)
3rd Hawfinch(2):Flying over Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
2nd A small patch of White Campion: Flowering on a bank in the centre of Newton Longville (Bob Phillips)
1st Goosander (3): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
October
31st Goosander (2f and 4m), Green Sandpiper: Floodplain Forest NR ( Jane Grisdale)
30th Hart’s Tongue (Phyllitis scolopendrium) and Black Spleenwort (Asplenium adiantum-nigrum):On railway bridge brickwork at Soulbury (Charles Kessler)
Hart’s Tongue and Black Spleenwort (photo © Charles Kessler)
29th Hawfinch: Circling overhead. Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
27th Great White Egret (4): 2 seen at the waters edge which subsequently flew off westwards into the sunset, joined by 2 others. Kickles Lake Newport Pagnell (Martin Ferns)
27th Hawfinch (2): Two singles flying over Campbell Park (BuBC)
27th Goosander (2f): Tongwell Lake (Bob Phillips)
27th Cetti’s Warbler (3), Sparrow Hawk (1),Water Rail (calling): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
26th Great White Egret (1), Shoveler (2): In front of the Farm Hide, Floodplain Forest NR (Martin Ferns)
24th Hawfinch (2): flew through fast to the west together. Great Brickhilll (Rob Andrews)
21st Hawfinch (2): Pair seen flying low to the SW past Water Spinney in the linear park/Tattenhoe Valley Park. Given away by calls as usual, and not much higher than the treetops nearby. About 50 minutes after a single bird went through Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard)
21st Woodcock: My earliest ‘autumn’ Woodcock for the Tattenhoe area to date, giving a great view as it flew around me before dropping down to roost in dense vegetation, Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard)
20th Garden Snail hibernaculum: in Ash tree fork, Kents Hill Park (Steve Cousins)
Garden Snail hibernaculum (photo©Steve Cousins)
19th Hawfinch: A site first for me, given away by calls as it flew high over to SW towards Tattenhoe (Harry Appleyard)
19th Ring-necked Parakeet (3): seen flying over Simpson village (Ruth McCracken, reported by Peter Barnes)
18th Ferruginous Duck (m): Asleep most of the time amongst a group of Tufteds just to the east of the island. (Rob Andrews)
16th Woodcock: on the edge of the meadow close to the hedge between Cuff and Ivy lanes, Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews/BuBC)
13th Pintail 9 (1 adult male, 9 female/immature): Floodplain Forest NR (Janice Robertson)
11th Peregrine (2): Hunting mixed flocks of Pigeons and Starlings, Central Milton Keynes (BuBC)
11th Raven: Heading eastwards, Campbell Park (BuBC)
10th Wasps (circa 3000) and nest: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
9th Little Grebe (1), Pintail (5): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
8th Siskin (8), Redwing (3), House Martin (62): Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
7th Pintail (5): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
6th Sedge Warbler (1), Grey Wagtail (1), Jay (2), Teal (2), Gaswell (14), Wigeon (20): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
5th Rhododendron Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi), Earthstar (Geastrum sp.): Woburn Woods (Julian Lambley)
5th Pintail (15): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
5th Hawfinch: Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
4th Skylark (6), Siskin (17), Chiffchaff (2), Greenfinch (13), Meadow Pipit (16), Brambling (4), Pied Wagtail (16), Redwing (186), Swallow (8), Song Thrush (27): Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
3rd Western Conifer Seed Bug (Leptoglossuss occidetalis): Bradwell Common (Mike LeRoy)
3rd Green Sandpiper (2): Stony Stratford NR (BuBC)
3rd Cetti’s Warbler (2): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
2nd House Martin (40), Swallow (20): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
September
29th Gadwall (4 Pairs): Mount Farm Bletchley (Steve and Susie Cousins)
29th Great White Egret (8): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
29th Hobby: Mobbed by Jackdaws over Blackhorse Lake Linford Lakes (BuBC)
28th Hobby (1), Swallow (6), House Martn (25) (BuBC)
26thKingfisher: Flew over path from river to lake at weir (BuBC)
25th Redstart (1), Swallow (12): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
25th Meadow Pipit (34), Chiffchaff (3), Swallow (2): Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
24th Cetti’s Warbler: Little Grebe (2): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
22nd Gadwell (30), Common Sandpiper (1), Green Sandpiper (2), Snipe (1), Teal (86), Wigeon (31), Cetti’s Warbler (1): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
21st Privet Hawk Moth: Bradville (Charles Vaton)
21st Kingfisher, Water Rail (heard), Migrant Hawker Dragonfly: Floodplain Forest NR (Bob Phillips)
21st Hobby (1), Teal (8), Shoveler (37), Wigeon (51): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
20th Water Rail (1), Great Crested Grebe (2), Kingfisher (1): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
19th Small Heath butterfly: Bury Fields, Newport Pagnell ( Martin Ferns)
19th Kingfisher (1), Green Sandpiper (1) : Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
18th Convolvulus Hawk Moth: Garden in Stony Stratford (Bob and Trish Tunnicliffe)
17th Lapwing (50), Snipe (4), Little Egret (1): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
16th Yellow Wagtail, Hobby: Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
15th Devil’s Coach-horse beetle, Painted Lady Butterfly, Red Admiral Butterfly, Little Egret, Cormorant, Kestrel: Broughton Brook Park (Graham Lynham)
Devil’s Coach-horse Beetle and Painted Lady Butterfly (Photo © Graham Lynham)
15th Lapwing (9), Little Egret (8), Cormorant (7): On the spit of the island of the westernmost lake, Gayhurst Quarry lakes, Newport Pagnell (Martin Ferns)
15th Cetti’s Warbler (1), Grey Wagtail (1), Water Rail (1), Shoveler (19), Gadwall (63), Wigeon (7), Mandarin Duck (1), Canada Goose (190), Little Grebe (3): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
14th Swift: Flew South over Newport Pagnell (BuBC)
13th Cetti’s Warbler: Stony Stratford NR (BuBC)
13th Reed Warbler: Floodplain Forest NR (Bob Phillips)
12th Meadow Pipit (5), Chiffchaff (3), Yellow Wagtail (1): Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
11th Winchat, Hobby: Near the mill, on the river at Olney (BuBC)
11th Black Tern (juv): Willen Lake North ( Alan Nelson)
10th Barnacle Goose (1), Hobby (1), House Martin (100), Swallow (20), Sand Martin (30): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
10th Green Sandpiper (10): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
9th Spotted Flycatcher (1), Chiffchaff (2), Green Sandpiper (1), Green Woodpecker (2), Shoveler (6), Teal (10): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
8th Green Sandpiper (4), Common Sandpiper (2), Dunlin (4), Spotted Flycatcher (1): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
7th Little Owl: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
6th Common Scoter (2 m): Caldecotte Lake (BuBC)
5th Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper: Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
3rd Grey Wagtail (1), Yellow Wagtail (6), Mediterranean Gull (1), Raven (1), Common Sandpiper (2): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
2nd Whinchat (1), Swallow (50), Yellow Wagtail (8): Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
1st Willow Warbler (2), Swallow (25): Rammamere Heath (Rob Andrews)
August
31st Teal (7), Swift (11), Common Sandpiper (1), Green Sandpiper (5), Ferruginous Duck (1): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
30th Hawfinch – heard and then seen flying over west; Mediterranean Gull (4, inc 2 juv) following plough. Sherington (BuBC)
29th Green Sandpiper (10): on east shore of island, Willen Lake North (Chris Coppock/BuBC)
27th Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum: on elderberries, Lakes Lane, Newport Pagnell (Martin Ferns)
Hairy Shieldbug (photo © Martin Ferns)
27th Marsh Harrier (f): Foxcote Reservoir (entry by permit only) (BuBC)
26th Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthrippus albomarginatus, Field Grasshopper Chorthrippus brunneus, Slender Groundhopper Tetrix subulata, Long-winged Conehead Conocephalus fuscus: Old Wolverton in field west of the wharf; and foot of canal embankment leading to the Iron Trunk aqueduct (Simon Bunker & Mike LeRoy)
26th Tree Pipit: Over garden, calling, heading south. Great Brickhill (BuBC)
25th Ferruginous Duck (m), Garganey (f): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
21st Mandarin Duck: Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
20th Dark Bush-cricket (f): Castle Meadow, Newport Pagnell (Martin Ferns)
Dark Bush-cricket (photo © Martin Ferns)
20thGreen Sandpiper (2), Common Sandpiper(1), Kingfisher (1): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
18th Garganey (f), Arctic Tern, Ferruginous Duck, Black-tailed Godwit: Willen Lake North (BuBC)
17th Large Grass Snake: River Ouse, near the church at Olney (Julian Lambley)
16th Arrowhead Sagittana sagittifolia and Unbranched Bur-reed Sparganium Emersum behind: River Ouzel at Great Brickhill(Charles Kessler)
Arrowhead and Unbranched Bur-reed behind (photo © Charles Kessler)
16th Tree Pipit, Whimbrel: Flying over Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
15th Grey Wagtail: Edge of Weir on Great Ouse, Stony Stratford (Joe Clinch)
14th Marsh Harrier: Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
13th Hobby: Perched on telegraph wire and calling. Mill Farm, Gayhurst (Martin Ferns)
13th Speckled Bush-cricket: Bradwell Common (Mike LeRoy)
11th Harvestman, probably Opilio canestrinii; Large Alder Sawfly caterpillar Cimbex connatus : River Ouse near Calverton Road Car Park Stony Stratford (Martin Ferns)
Harvestman and Large Alder Sawfly caterpillar (photos © Bob Phillips)
11th Marsh Woundwort, Branched Bur Reed, Hedge Bindweed, Great Willowherb, Water Forget-me-not, Field Bindweed, Greater Burdock, Banded Demoiselle: Just a few of the sightings made by the MKNHS Plant Group on a walk along the river at Stony Stratford (Bob Phillips)
11th Collared Dove (pair): Visited a garden in Tattenhoe (Harry Appleyard)
11th Ferruginous Duck: Still present at Willen Lake North in front of the Hide (BuBC)
11th Ringed Plover: Nocturnal Record flying over Tattenhoe (Harry Appleyard)
10th Spotted Flycatcher, Tree Pipit: Ringed at Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
9th Black-tailed Godwit: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
8th Great Crested Grebe (2m, 2f, 4 juv): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
7th Swallow (4), Greenfinch (4 family group), Song Thrush (Adult with 3 fledged juveniles), Chiffchaff (2), Whitethroat (4 family group), Lesser Whitethroat (1): Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
6th Roesels Bush Cricket, Comma Butterfly, Red Admiral Butterfly, Muntjac Deer: Ouse Valley Park, New Bradwell (Graham Lynham)
Roesels Bush-cricket (photo©Graham Lynham)
5th Green Sandpiper: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
4th Common Sandpiper (2), Green Sandpiper (7): around the island on Willen Lake North (BuBC)
3rd Green Sandpiper (1), Muscovy Duck (present for several years): Furzton Lake (Harry Appleyard)
3rd Tufted Duck (2 ducklings), Reed Warbler (1 carrying food), Great Crested Grebe (2 adults and 3 stripe headed young), Green Sandpiper (9 on the island shoreline viewed from the East Bank): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
3rd Common Sandpiper (1), Green Sandpiper (4): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
2nd Little Egret: Typically sits on the concrete ledge of the lake overflow. Tongwell Lake (Elizabeth Woodhouse)
2nd Teal (10), Pochard (3), Wigeon (1), Common Sandpiper (1): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
1st Swift (4): Around Breeding sites, Central Milton Keynes (BuBC)
July
31st Lesser Emperor Dragonfly (m): Bird Feeding Bay on Tongwell Lake (Alan Nelson)
31st Willow Warbler (4), Kestrel (1), Gadwall (5): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
30th Lesser Emperor Dragonfly (m): Grebe Lake, Emberton Country Park (Alan Nelson)
29th Sparrowhawk: Seen flying over the V2 towards the Howe Park Wood (BuBC)
28th Ferruginous Duck: Still present to the east of the island at Willen Lake North (BuBC)
27th Purple Hairstreak: On low hanging Oak leaves in Shenley Wood (Jason Chalk)
27th Little Egret (2), Great White Egret (1), Green Sandpiper (1), Kingfisher (1): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
25th Reed Warbler (5), Common Sandpiper: Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
24th Red Kite (8), Buzzards (2): Circling over Bury Fields where haymaking was going on. Gatekeeper and Meadow Brown butterflies vying for territory around the edge of the field. (Martin Ferns)
22nd Black Swan: Willen Lake South (BuBC)
22nd Ferruginous Duck: Still present on Willen Lake North (BuBC)
21st Ferruginous Duck (m): With Tufted Ducks on the East side of the island on Willen Lake North (BuBC)
20th Swift (28+): Circling above Bradwell Common Swift Colony nest sites at 100ft-1500ft (Mike LeRoy)
19th Swift (12): Flying around rooftops in breeding area, Central Milton Keynes (BuBC)
19th Oystercatcher: On grassy bank near water sports centre Wilen Lake South (BuBC)
18th Green Sandpiper (2): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
17th Common Tern (18): Bringing fish to the nest sites on the rafts on Willen Lake South (BuBC)
17th Scarlet Tiger Moth: Garden near Open University (Corinne Brown)
Scarlet Tiger Moth (photo © Corinne Brown)
15th Reed Warbler (4), Swallow (12 including 5 juv,): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
14th Goosander (1), Blackcap (2),Greenfinch (5), Whitethroat (2), Chiffchaff (4), Goldfinch (10): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
14th Cinnabar moth caterpillars on Ragwort: Bury Field Meadow, Newport Pagnell (Martin Ferns)
Cinnabar Moth caterpillars (Photo © Martin Ferns)
10th Osprey: Sherington (BuBC)
9th Reed Warbler (2 adults , 1 juvenile) in front of the hide: Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
8th Kingfisher (3): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
7th Snipe, Water Rail (heard), Little Owl: Floodplain Forest NR (Bob Phillips)
6th Little Grebe (3), Swift (15), Sand Martin (50), Common Sandpiper (1): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
6th Song Thrush (2), Reed Warbler (2), Blackcap (1), Great White Egret (1), Reed Bunting (2), Mute Swan (49), Oyster Catcher (3), Shoveler (1), Water Rail heard calling: Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
5th Skylark (3), Whitethroat (3), Swallow (7), Green Woodpecker (1): Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
4th Kingfisher: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
4th Firecrest (1), Spotted Flycatcher (2): Rushmere Park (Rob Andrews)
2nd Greenfinch, House Martin (2), Swift (3): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
1st Scarlet Tiger Moth and Selfheal: Front Lawn of Hornbeam(street) Newport Pagnell (Martin Ferns)
Scarlet Tiger Moth and Selfheal (photo © Martin Ferns)
1st Swift (12), House Martin (2), Common Sandpiper(1): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
June
29th Brown Hawker: Stony Stratford NR (Graham Lynham)
Brown Hawker (Photo © Graham Lynham)
29th Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Little Egret, Lapwing (2), Cuckoo, Reed warbler (6): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
28th Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover (2): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
27th Common Sandpiper, House Martin (2), Swift (10): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
27th Little Ringed Plover (3): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
25th Great Crested Grebe (7): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
23rd Froglets: In Garden Pond Bletchley (Andrew Parker)
Froglets (Photo © Andrew Parker)
22nd Osprey: Flying over Deanshanger (Leigh Maitland)
20th Whitethroat (8), Lapwing (6), Green Woodpecker (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker (2):Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
19th Swift (12): Visiting Nest sites Central Miton Keynes (BuBC)
19th Cuckoo, Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
18th Kingfisher: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
17th Skylark (2), Swallow (2), Swift (14): Great Brickhill ( Rob Andrews)
16th Downy Emerald Dragonfly: Tongwell Lake (Alan Nelson)
15th Cuckoo (m), Sparrowhawk (m), Young Rabbits: Willen Lake North (Ann Strutton)
14th Sanderling, Swift (45), Cetti’s Warbler, Buzzard (2): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
13thDowny Emerald Dragonfly: Willen Lake (Alan Nelson)
13th Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker (2), Treecreeper, Goldcrest, Bullfinch: Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard)
12th Willow Warbler, Swift (10), Sparrowhawk, Whitethroat, House Martin (2): Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard)
11th Lesser Stitchwort, Bee Orchids: Grafton Street, near Bradwell Windmill (Bob Phillips)
11th Meadow Vetchling, Common Figwort : Bancroft Park (Bob Phillips)
10th Nuthatch (1), Swift (3), Swallow (1), Greenfinch (3), Tree Creeper (1), Grey Wagtail (1), Jay (3), Greylag Goose (10), Whitethroat (2), Song Thrush (3), Chiffchaff (8), Blackcap (4), Stock Dove (4), Wren (5): Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard)
9th Swift (2), Reed Bunting (1), Kestrel (1), Buzzard (1), Lesser Whitethroat (1), Green Woodpecker (1), Greenfinch (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker (1): Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard)
9th Cetti’s Warbler, Oystercatcher: Stony Stratford NR (BuBC)
9th Cetti’s Warbler, Common Tern: Willen Lake North (BuBC)
8th Young Moorhen: On a pond just South of Furzton Lake (Bob Phillips)
Young Moorhen (photo © Bob Phillips)
7th House Martin, Oystercatcher, Pied Wagtail (3), Sedge Warbler (4), Reed Bunting (8): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
4th Bee Orchid: Verge of V10 South of Kents Hill Park Roundabout (Steve Cousins)
Bee Orchid (photo© Steve Cousins)
4th Bee Orchid (30): In full flower on the verge beside Lower Tenth Street (opp. The Point) in CMK ( Les Piascik)
4th Kingfisher, Cuckoo: Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
4th Cetti’s Warbler: Stony Stratford NR (BuBC)
2nd Pyramidal Orchid, Bee Orchid: Stonepit Fields (Bob Phillips)
2nd 2-spot Ladybird: Adelia bipunctata red spots on black form, f. quadrimacuata ( Two large red spots, two small ones) Linford Wood (Mike LeRoy)
1st Bee Orchid (9): In full flower on Galley Hill Roundabout (Julian Lambley}
May
31st Swallow (23), House Martin (200), Swift (150), Pied Wagtail (5): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
30th Cuckoo (calling), Cetti’s Warbler, Swift, Lapwing: Stony Stratford NR (BuBC)
29th Chinese Water Deer: Crossing H8 Standing Way from Walton Lakes and hiding in the grass of the central reservation (Steve Cousins)
28th Bee Orchids: Bradwell Common – 43 came into flower by 28th (Mike LeRoy)
27th White Stork (2): Seen flying over Great Brickhill (Julie Cuthbert and Rob Andrews)
Two White Storks (Photo© Julie Cuthbert)
27th Little Grebe (1), Reed Warbler (3), Swift (30), Oyster Catcher (2): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
26th Downy Emerald Dragonfly(2): Seen from the bird hide at Emberton Country Park (Alan Nelson)
23rd Sand Martin (40), Swallow (70), House Martin (180), Swift (100): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
22nd House Martin (30), Swift (100): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
21st Variable Damselfly: Great Linford Manor Park (Alan Nelson)
21st Swallow (50), Sand Martin (2), House Martin (100), Swift (50): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
20th Swift (30), Kingfisher (1), Cuckoo (2): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
20th Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Cuckoo, Common Tern (4): Stony Stratford NR (BuBC)
19th Spotted Flycatcher (3): Rushmere Park (BuBC)
18th Gadwall (2), Cetti’s Warbler (1), Cuckoo (2), Common Tern (6), Lapwing (2): Stony Stratford NR (BuBC)
17th Blackcap (2), Reed Warbler (2), Common Tern (2): Caldecotte Lake (BuBC)
16th Common Whitethroat (6), Reed warbler (3), Cuckoo (2): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
15th Banded Demoiselle (m + f): Ouse Valley Park, behind the allotments New Bradwell ( Graham Lynham)
Banded Demoiselle (m+f) (Photo © Graham Lynham
14th Dozens of Spindle Ermine micro-moth (Yponomeuta cagnagella ) caterpillars. In several areas of hedgerow on east side of North Bucks way between Oakhill and Hazeley Wood (Mike LeRoy/ ID by Janice Robertson)
13th Swallow (1), Grey Wagtail (1), Reed Warbler (4), Blackcap (4), Garden Warbler (1 heard singing), Cuckoo (1 heard), Swift (7), Caldecotte Lake (Harry Appleyard)
12th Spotted Flycatcher: on edge of Clearfell, Rushmere Park (BuBC)
10th Aurora Borealis: seen over northern Milton Keynes (Julian Lambley)
Aurora Borealis (Photo © Julian Lambley)
10th Willow Warbler, 2 m singing: My first of year, despite much time in suitable habitat. Wicken Wood. (Chris Coppock/ BuBC)
7th White Stork: Circling over Grand Union Canal/River Ouzel area at Soulbury heading off high to the South (Charles Kessler)
7th Swift (4): Returned to Bradwell Common Colony on the same date as last year (Mike LeRoy)
6th Black Tern: Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
6th Oyster Catcher, Common Tern (3): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
5th Grey Heron, Green Woodpecker, Jay, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler, Blackcap, Cuckoo, Stock Dove, Garden Warbler: Willen Lake North (BuBC)
4th Early Purple Orchid: Linford Wood (Charles Vaton)
4th Grass Snake: On grid road H1Greenleys/Wolverton, being attacked by two Magpies (Charles Vaton)
4th Osprey, Common Whitethroat, Cuckoo, Peregrine Falcon: Floodplain Forest NR (Jane Barrow)
2nd Goldilocks Buttercup: Howe Park Wood (Janice Robertson)
Goldilocks Buttercup (photo© Janice Robertson)
1st Cuckoo: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
April
30th Hoary Plantain: Pilch Fields ( Janice Robertson)
Hoary Plantain (photo© Janice Robertson)
30th Twayblade, Adder’s Tongue, Green Veined Orchid, Yellow Rattle, Pignut: Pilch Field (Bob Phillips)
Yellow Rattle, Adders Tongue, Twayblade (photo© Bob Phillips)
30th White Stork: Flying towards Willen from Newport Pagnell (BuBC)
28th Sticky Mouse-ear, Guilder Rose, Pendulous Sedge, Bugle, Bush Vetch, Common Figwort, Barren Strawberry: Shenley Wood (Bob Phillips)
28th Swallow (circa. 200), Yellow Wagtail (4): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
28th Greenshank: Willen Lake (BuBC)
27th Hobby, Cuckoo (heard): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
27th Little Gull (2): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
26th Little Egret, Cormorant (2), Great Crested Grebe, Large Red Damselfly (10+), Coot with 5 chicks: Magna Park (Graham Lynham)
Coot with Chicks, Large Red Damselfly (photo© Graham Lynham)
26th Cuckoo: Calling from between Great Brickhill and Rushmere Park (Rob Andrews)
26th White Wagtail: Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
25th Cuckoo: Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
25th Hobby: Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
24th Cuckoo: New Bradwell (BuBC)
23rd Snipe: Flew up and away when accidentally disturbed by the drainage channel, Mill Field Stoney Stratford (Tim Pearson)
23rd Goosander (m): River Great Ouse by Mill Field Stoney Stratford (Tim Pearson)
23rd Swift (3): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
23rd Common Scoter (m): Linford Lakes NR, on Blackhorse Lake, diving frequently (Alan Nelson)
22nd Swift (7): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
22nd Cuckoo (1), Reed Warbler (2), Garden Warbler (2): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
21st Swift: Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
21st Waxwing (35): Willen Lake South (BuBC)
20th Hairy Dragonfly (f): Stony Stratford NR (Graham Lynham)
Hairy Dragonfly (photo© Graham Lynham)
20th Waxwing (10): Willen Lake South (BuBC)
19th Lesser Whitethroat, Swallow (30), Common Sandpiper, House Martin (3): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
18th Meadow Saxifrage: In flower at Stony Stratford NR (Joe Clinch)
18th Green Woodpecker: Several seen together in the field adjacent to the Dinosaur Crazy Golf at Furzton Lake (Bob Phillips)
Green Woodpecker (photo© Bob Phillips)
18th Weasel: Seen just after the boardwalk, adjacent to the canal at Willen Park (Stephanie Davenport)
18th Common Whitethroat, Reed Bunting, Sedge Warbler, Lesser Black Backed Gull: Floodplain Forest NR (Bob Phillips)
17th Common Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler: Floodplain Forest NR (Russell Simpson)
16th Garden Warbler: Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
15th Cuckoo (m): Tattenhoe (BuBC)
14th Chiffchaff, Kingfisher, Blackcap, Jay, Redpoll: Linford Lakes NR (A permit is required for this site) (Russell Simpson)
14th Cuckoo: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
14th Garden Warbler, Cuckoo: Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
13th Willow Warbler, Whitethroat: Heard singing at Floodplain Forest NR (Jane Grisdale)
13th Sedge Warbler (2): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
13th Linnet (pr), Kestrel (2): Bury Field meadow (Martin Ferns)
13th Lesser Whitethroat: Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
12th Oystercatcher (2), Cetti’s Warbler (3), Blackcap (6), Willow Warbler (6), Sedge Warbler (3): Emberton Park (BuBC)
11th Rose Ringed Parrakeet: Fields near the Irish Centre, Bletchley (Andrew Parker)
11th Reed Warbler (singing), Mandarin Duck (m): Caldecotte Lake (Andrew Parker)
10th Snipe (10), Common Sandpiper (1): On the island at Willen Lake North (BuBC)
10th Swallow: One flying over NE corner of Willen Lake North (Martin Ferns)
10th Cuckoo: Calling from behind the heronry at Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
9th Cetti’s Warbler: Singing Male at Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
9th Reed Warbler: Singing at Mount Farm (BuBC)
8th Hobby: Circling over Howe Park Wood (BuBC)
8th Herb Paris: Howe Park Wood (Janice Robertson)
Herb Paris (photo© Janice Robertson)
8th White Stork: Flying over Caldecotte Lake (BuBC)
7th Swallow (4), Common Sandpiper (2), Goldeneye (2): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
6th Common Sandpiper (1), Snipe (6), Sedge Warbler (1): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
6th Barn Owl: Stony Stratford NR (BuBC)
5th Sand Martin (10): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
4th Snipe (5), Green Woodpecker: Floodplain Forest Nr (BuBC)
3rd Angle Shades Moth: Home garden, Stony Stratford (Joe Clinch)
Angle Shades Moth (photo©Joe Clinch)
3rd Mealy Redpoll, Common Tern: Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
3rd Swallow: Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
2nd Little Ringed Plover, Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
2nd Common Tern (3): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
2nd Blackcap: Kents Hill Park (Steven Cousins)
2nd Common Sandpiper: Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
1st Snipe (2), Oystercatcher: Stony Stratford NR (BuBC)
1st Orange Tip, Comma, Peacock Butterflies, House Martin: Tongwell Lake (Alan Nelson)
March
31st Sand Martin (25): Over the island Willen Lake North (BuBC)
31st Great Spotted Woodpecker (1), Reed Bunting (1), Yellow Hammer (4), Linnet (2), Nuthatch (2), Treecreeper (1), Blackcap (3): Little Linford Wood (BuBC)
31st Little Gull: Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
29th Kingfisher (1), Buzzard (2), Shoveler (2), Gadwall (6), Cetti’s Warbler (1), Green Woodpecker (1), Willow Warbler (2), Long-tailed tit (2): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
28th Great Spotted Woodpecker (1), Greenfinch (2), Siskin (9), Willow Warbler singing (1), Pied Wagtail (1), Grey wagtail (1): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
27th Sand Martin (3): Over Mill Stream at North Bridge, Newport Pagnell (BuBC)
27th Swallow (1), Sand Martin (3): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
27th Snipe (20+): In front of the hide at Willen Lake North (BuBC)
27th Green Woodpecker, Jay, Water Rail (heard), Buzzard (2), Cetti’s Warbler (2): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
26th Green Sandpiper, Willow Warbler: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
26th Barn Owl (2): Stony Stratford NR (BuBC)
26th Bat (species unknown): Flying, in full sun, just above the canal at Tongwell (Joe Clinch)
25th Willow Warbler: Near the river at Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
25th Little Ringed Plover: Farm Hide at Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
25th Wood Anemone, Lesser Celandine, Primrose, Dog’s Mercury, Bluebells (about to flower): Linford Wood (Mike LeRoy)
24th Kingfisher (f+m): Lodge Lake (Graham Lynham)
Kingfisher (f+m) (Photos©Graham Lynham)
24th Sand Martin: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
24th Willow Warbler (3 singing): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
23rd Sand Martin (12):Willen Lake North (BuBC)
23rd Sand Martin (10): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
22nd Kingfisher: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
21st Marsh Marigold: Inlet off River Ouse, Stony Stratford (Joe Clinch)
21st Cuckooflower: Sheltered damp ground close to the bank of River Ouse, Wolverton Mill (Joe Clinch)
20th Willow Warbler: Heard singing at first then showed well along the path from Warbler Hide to Otter Hide. Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
20th Waxwings (circa 60): Still present at Oldbrook (BuBC)
20th Little Ringed Plover: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
20th Redwing (9), Goldeneye (1), Cetti’s Warbler (2): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
19th Chiffchaff (heard): Kents Hill Park (Steve Cousins)
19th Waxwing (circa. 60): Near the Christian Centre in Oldbrook (Bob Phillips)
Waxwing (Photo© Bob Phillips)
18th Ring-necked Parakeet: Flying overhead Coffee Hall (James Appleby)
18th Chiffchaff (2): Campbell Park (James Appleby)
18th Frogs spawning (5): Garden Pond, Bletchley (Andrew Parker)
5 Frogs Spawning (photo© Andrew Parker)
17th Otter: Right in front of the Near Hide at Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
17th Snipe (3), Great White Egret (4), Chiffchaff (5 heard), Siskin (3), Lesser Redpoll (2), Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
16th Chiffchaff (heard): Lakes Lane Newport Pagnell (Martin Ferns)
16th Little Egret: River Ouse behind Mill Lane, Newport Pagnell (Martin Ferns)
16th Gadwall, Wigeon, Tufted Duck, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Oystercatcher (pair): Gayhurst Quarry Lakes, Newport Pagnell (Martin Ferns)
16th Lesser Redpoll (10), Siskin (6), Chiffchaff(4), Cetti’s Warbler: Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
16th Yellow-legged Gull: Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
15th Peacock Butterfly: On the path south of Willen Lake South (Martin Ferns)
15th Gadwall, Wigeon (10), Stonechat, Snipe (2), Redwing (3), Fieldfare (6), Great White Egret, Oystercatcher: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
14th Goldeneye (2m, 4f): Willen Lake South (BuBC)
14th Mealy Redpoll, with a flock of Lesser Redpoll, Bank Vole: Linford Lakes NR (Andrew Chambers)
Bank Vole, Mealy Redpoll (photo© Andrew Chambers)
14th Snipe (16): Willen Lake North: Mostly on the island but a few in front of the hide (BuBC)
14th Long-tailed tit, Brimstone butterfly (2), Comma butterfly: Canal at Dowhead Park (Tom Primett)
14th Brimstone Butterfly: Car park at Camphill Willen (Martin Ferns)
14th Ring-necked green parakeet (pr): Ousel Valley Park (Alex Moody)
14th Brimstone butterfly (several): Stony Stratford (Joe Clinch)
13th Lesser Redpoll : Rammamere Heath (BuBC)
13th Merlin: Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
12th Sand Martin, Goldeneye (4), Green Sandpiper: Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
12th Great White Egret (8), Fieldfare (60), Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff: Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
11th Fieldfare (150), Redwing (30): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
11th Cetti’s Warbler: Mount Farm (BuBC)
10th Long-tailed tit (4), Green Sandpiper (1), Goldeneye (6), Teat (2), Wigeon (3): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
9th Stock Dove (2): Near Pagoda, Willen Lake North (BuBC)
8th Coltsfoot (in flower): Floodplain Forest NR (Joe Clinch)
8th Pintail (f): Amongst reeds on the bund, Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
8th Goosander (pair): River Ouse, The Millfield, Stony Stratford (Joe Clinch)
7th Green Woodpecker (4), Shoveler (2), Wigeon (42), Snipe (15), Green Sandpiper (1): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
6th Cetti’s Warbler, Oystercatcher, Fieldfare (200): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
5th Kestrel, Buzzard, Red Kite, Chinese Water Deer (10+), Field Mouse (2), Little Egret: Magna
Park (Graham Lynham)
Field Mouse, Kestrel (photo©Graham Lynham)
4th Jack Snipe: In front of the hide at Willen Lake North (BuBC)
3rd Redpoll, Siskin: Linford Lakes NR. A permit is required to visit this site (Bob Phillips)
3rd Scaup: Willen Lake North (BuBC)
2nd Scarlet Elf Cap: Little Linford Wood (Julian Lambley)
Scarlet Elf Cap (photo © Julian Lambley)
1st Reed Bunting, Yellowhammer: Little Linford Wood (BuBC)
February
29th Oystercatcher, Redwing (25), Fieldfare (130): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
28th Goosander (f): Balancing Lakes, Wolverton Mill ( Joe Clinch)
28th Bittern, Siskin (circa 30): Tongwell Lake (Alan Nelson)
27th Scaup: North-east corner of Willen Lake North (BuBC)
26th Cetti’s Warbler, Water Rail (heard), Snipe (3), Goldeneye (6): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
26th Siskin (30+): Tongwell Lake (Alan Nelson)
26th Little Grebe (9), Scaup: Willen Lake North (Alan Nelson)
26th Blackcap (3):On the canal between Wolverton and Old Wolverton (BuBC)
25th Red-crested Pochard: Willen Lake North (BuBC)
24th Red Fox, Chiffchaff (2), Lesser Redpoll (6): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
23rd Common Crossbill: Flew over Oak Wood Rushmere Park (BuBC)
22nd Yellowhammer (3): Passenham Quarry (BuBC)
22nd Cetti’s Warbler, Little Grebe, Goldeneye (3m, 1f), Wigeon (114): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
20th Goosander (1m, 1f), Water Rail, Oystercatcher, Cetti’s Warbler, Siskin (1m,1f), Lesser Redpoll (4): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
20th Common Scoter: On Blackhorse Lake from entrance track. Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
19th Waxwing (75): Still feeding at Glebe Farm. Best viewed from Warren Way (BuBC)
18th Common Scoter: Seen from Heron Hide at Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
17th Cetti’s Warbler, Red-crested Pochard, Goldeneye, Snipe (30): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
17th Waxwing (75): seen at Winehouse Grove, Glebe Farm (BuBC)
17th Common Scoter (m): To the right of the Heronry Hide, Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
16th Grey Partridge: Little Linford Wood (BuBC)
16th Pintail (1m, 1f), Goosander (1m, 8f), Stonechat (1m, 1f): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
16th Common Scoter (m): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
15th Snipe (circa. 20): In front of the Willen Lake North Hide (Andrew Parker)
Snipe (Photo © Andrew Parker)
15th Common Scoter: Moving from car park end to in front of the Otter Hide, Linford Lakes NR Note, a permit is required to visit this complex (BuBC)
15th Pintail: Blackhorse Lake, Linford Lakes (BuBC)
14th Pipistrelle bats: After 5.00pm at Tongwell Lake (Alan Nelson)
13th Waxwing (69): Still at Glebe Farm opposite garage on A421 (BuBC)
12th Pintail (2m, 3f): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
12th Cetti’s Warbler, Raven, Scaup (1m, 2f), Goldeneye (9), Red-crested Pochard, Snipe (22): Willen Lake North (snipe in front of the hide) (BuBC)
12th Waxwing (circa 60): Still present at Glebe Farm/A421 (BuBC)
11th Snipe (6): In front of the hide Willen Lake North (Bob Phillips)
Snipe ( Photo © Bob Phillips)
11th Waxwing (circa 50): Still present at Glebe Farm/A421 garage (Bob Phillips)
Waxwing (photo © Bob Phillips)
10th Waxwing (30+): Still present at Glebe Farm/A421 (Graham Lynham)
10th Song Thrush: Ikea Car Park (Graham Lynham)
Song Thrush (photo © Graham Lynham)
10th Goosander (1m, 2f): Willen Lake South (Ann Strutton)
9th Waxwing (60): Still showing well along the footpath at Grebe Farm estate (BuBC)
8th Waxwing (circa 30): Still present at Glebe Farm (Peter Barnes)
8th Stonechat, Meadow Pipit (3), Lapwing (circa. 200): Willen Road Excavations E of M1, S of H4/H3 (BuBC)
7th Scaup (m): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
7th Scaup (m): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
7th Waxwing (circa. 60): Kingston/Glebe Farm (Janice Robertson)
Waxwings(photo © Janice Robertson)
7th Ring-necked Parakeet: Flew over Wolverton (Adam Alston)
6th Black Swan: Left bay near the wheel, Willen Lake South (BuBC)
5th Great White Egret, Siskins, Redpoll: Emberton Country Park (Alan Nelson)
5th Scaup (1m, 2f): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
5th Waxwing (32): Still at Kingston (BuBC)
4th Lesser Periwinkle, Winter Aconite: Stowe Gardens (Bob Phillips)
Winter Aconite and Lesser Periwinkle(photo© Bob Phillips)
4th Waxwing (56): At the BP garage on the A421, Kingston (BuBC)
4th Scaup (2f+1m): Willen Lake North ( BuBC)
3rd Bullfinch (1m), Nuthatch (3), Goldcrest (6), Coal Tit (2), Common Crossbill (10), Siskin (7), Lesser Redpoll (2): Buttermilk Wood ( Harry Appleyard)
2nd Weasel: Going from the river to the lake, Willen Lake South (Ann Strutton)
1st Goosander (f), Little Grebe (2): Caldecote South Lake ( Steve & Susie Cousins)
1st Oystercatcher, Raven, Greenfinch (3), Great Spotted Woodpecker: Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
January
31st Green Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
30th Goosander (7), Great White Egret, Snipe (30): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
30th Leucistic Jackdaw: Calverton Church (Julian Lambley)
Leucistic Jackdaw( photo© Julian Lambley)
29th Pintail (m), Great White Egret, Lapwing (circa 1000), Golden Plover (22): Grebe Lake (BuBC)
28th Skylark, Stonechat (1m,1f), Kestrel being mobbed by 10 crows: Bury Fields, Newport Pagnell (Martin Ferns)
28th Scaup (m): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
27th Lapwing (circa. 200): Flying East along Ouse valley towards Quarry Hill Farm, Gayhurst (Martin Ferns)
27th Fieldfare (185): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
26th Woodcock (2): Near Pochard Lake Great Brickhill (BuBC)
26th Goldeneye(10), Scaup, Snipe (4): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
26th Siskin (3), Kingfisher, Cetti’s Warbler: Willen Lake South (BuBC)
25th Raven, Stonechat: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
24th Lesser Black-backed Gull with unusual left wingtip all white: Floodplain Forest NR (Graham Lynham)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (photo©Graham Lynham)
23rd Redwing (250), Fieldfare (350): Passenham Quarry (BuBC)
22nd Otter: Seen swimming into the reeds to the left of the Otter Hide at Linford Lakes NR (Andrew Chambers)
22nd Reed Bunting, Yellowhammer: Little Linford Wood (BuBC)
21st Scaup: Willen Lake North (BuBC)
20th Fieldfare (20): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
19th Little Egret (9), Mediterranean Gull: Mount Farm (BuBC)
19th Pintail: Stood on the ice at the back of the reservoir, Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
19th Goosander (7), Great White Egret, Snipe, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Stonechat: Floodplain Forest NR (Joe Clinch)
18th Scaup (m): Ice free patch in front of the buildings on Willen Lake South (BuBC)
17th Canada Goose (271): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
17th Song Thrush, Mediterranean Gull: Mount Farm Park (Harry Appleyard)
17th Goldcrest, Goosander: Caldecote Lake (Harry Appleyard)
16th Shoveler (5), Water Rail, Teal (21), Siskin (6): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
15th Grey Heron (10): Heronry getting active, Furzton Lake (BuBC)
15th Mediterranean Gull, Little Egret (9): Mount Farm Park (BuBC)
14th Impressive Starling Murmuration: West Bank of Willen Lake North just north of the Peace Pagoda. Watched from 16.10hrs to 16.40hrs (Susan Weatherhead)
13th Brown Hairstreak eggs on Blackthorn. MKNHS outing to RSPB Otmoor (Julian Lambley)
Brown Hairstreak Eggs(photo©Julian Lambley)
13th Fieldfare (6), Teal (12), Goosander (8), Shoveler (8), Snipe (30+): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
13th Redpoll (2), Siskin (4): Tongwell Lake (Alan Nelson)
12th Jack Snipe (2): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
11th Bullfinch (2), Goosander (2), Teal (4): Stony Stratford NR (BuBC)
10th Stonechat, Dunlin: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
9th Goosander (5) on River Ouse, Canada Geese (50+) on adjacent flooded field. Seen from North Bridge Newport Pagnel (Martin Ferns)
9th Great White Egret, Little Egret (2), Grey Heron: Banks of River Ouse, Mill Farm, Gayhurst Quarry area (Martin Ferns)
9th Wigeon (c50), Tufted Duck (c30): Gayhust Quarry Lakes (Martin Ferns)
9th Pintail (4m): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
9th Goosander (m): On River Ouse at Old Wolverton, Stony Stratford (BuBC)
9th Great White Egret (4): Linford Lakes NR (Bob Phillips)
8th Goosander (2m, 2f): Caldecotte Lake (Peter Barnes)
8th Siskin (30 approx.), Lesser Redpoll (2): Rushmere Park (BuBC)
7th Goldeneye (3), Wigeon (41), Great White Egret (1): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
7th Tawny Owl: Shenley Wood (calling) (BuBC)
6th Teal (26), Goosander (2m, 2f), Great White Egret (2): Linford Lake NR (BuBC)
5th Fieldfare (13), Goldeneye (3): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
5th Little Grebe (25), Tufted Duck (140), Goldeneye (14): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
4th Cetti’s Warbler, Goldeneye (5): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
2nd Lesser Redpoll (3): In birches near Warbler Hide, Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
2nd Goosander (2m, 1f):On the flooded R Ouzel, just north of the flood control barrier (Peter Barnes)
2nd Goldeneye (3), Shoveler (10), Teal (12), Wigeon (34), Snipe (9): Willen Lakes (BuBC)
1st Lapwing (200), Goosander (4), Lesser Redpoll (3): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
December 2023
30th Mandarin Duck (f), Goldcrest: Emerson Valley Park (Bob Phillips)
Mandarin Duck (f), Goldcrest (photo©Bob Phillips)
30th Goosander (10), Goldcrest (2), Long-tailed tit (30), Siskin (6): Emberton Country Park (BuBC)
30th Lesser Redpoll (circa 200), Siskin (6), Mistle Thrush (2): Rammamere Heath (BuBC)
29th Redpoll (12), Goosander (2m, 2f): Tongwell Lake (Bob Phillips)
Redpoll, Goosander (m), Goosander(f) (photo©Bob Phillips)
28th Siskin (2), Great White Egret, Little Grebe: Stony Stratford NR (BuBC)
28th Goldeneye (3m, 4f): Willen Lake (BuBC)
27th Lesser Redpoll (2), Siskin (15): Rushmere Park (BuBC)
26th Green Sandpiper (2): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
26th Raven, Sparrowhawk: Great Brickhill (BuBC)
25th Redpoll (15): Tongwell Lake (Alan Nelson)
24th Treecreeper, Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Siskin, Bullfinch: Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard)
23rd Little Egret: In stream at the centre of a large roundabout between IKEA and TKMax, Bletchley (Steven Cousins)
22nd Goldeneye, Snipe, Mediterranean Gull, Goosander, Little Grebe (25), Cetti’s Warbler, Black Swan: Willen Lake North (BuBC)
22nd Ring-necked Parakeet: Mount Farm (BuBC)
21st Goosander (2), Goldeneye (2), Wigeon (60): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
21st Fieldfare (circa 100):Old Wolverton, Stony Stratford (BuBC)
20th Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker (3), Goldcrest (2): Tattenhoe Milton Keynes (Harry Appleyard)
20th Mandarin Duck, Goldcrest, Siskin (6), Chiffchaff: Emerson Valley (Harry Appleyard)
20th Goosander (f), Siskin (10): Caldecotte Lake (BuBC)
19th Goosander (16), Chiffchaff: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
17th Lapwing ( circa 150), Goosander (1 f), Snipe, Great White Egret, Redwings (circa 20): Floodplain Forest NR (Bob Phillips)
16th Starlings (circa 3000): Flew into the reeds to roost (BuBC)
15th Pintail , Goosander (2), Snipe (13): Floodplain Forest NR (Julian Lambley)
14th Goldeneye (6), Wigeon (34): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
12th White Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail: On the dam at Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
10th Goldeneye (10): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)