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September
24th Marsh Harrier: Over tree line opposite Otter and Heronry Hides, mobbed by corvids. Disappeared then returned briefly having shaken off the corvids. Mostly hunting in fields around the lakes, occasionally coming in to look at the bund. Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
23rd Merlin: flew through very fast, going north, Ravenstone (Hasan Al-Farhan)
22nd Common Crossbill (16): Flew over calling from Pochard Lake, heading towards Rushmere Park (Rob Andrews/BuBC)
22nd Pintail (3): Circled the lake a couple of times then landed on the water on the West side and began preening. Very obvious newly arrived migrants. Willen Lake North (BuBC)
21st Whinchat (2): Logistica Flood, Milton Keynes (on the bridleway just over the railway south of Caldecotte Lake). (Hasan Al-Farhan)
19th Porcelain mushroom Oudemansiella mucida: Brickhill Woods (Hasan Al-Farhan)
Porcelain mushroom (Photo © Hasan Al-Farhan)
19th Common Blue (2), Red Admiral, Meadow Grasshopper, Brown Hare: on a warm, sunny afternoon, between Moulsoe village and the A509/Holiday Inn (Mike LeRoy/Martin Ferns)
17th Garganey: Hasan’s bird (see 31.08 entry) still present with Teal in NW corner of Willen Lake North (Rob Andrews/BuBC)
14th Kingfisher: in Hawthorn bush on bank of the Great Ouse, Millfield, Stony Stratford (Joe Clinch)
14th Marsh Harrier: very active, hunting over the bund, round perimeter of the lakes and fields beyond, appearing frequently for the best part of 2 hours this morning. Persistently being mobbed by corvids. Linford Lakes Reserve (BuBC)
14th Common Crossbill: approx 30 feeding in pines at east end of clearfell area next to Greensand Ridge path. Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews/BuBC)
14th Tree Pipit: As I was watching 5 Meadow Pipits flying over SW, I heard a Tree Pipt call and then saw a single tag on to the Meadow Pipit flock. Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews/BuBC)
6th Common Crossbill (18): Flew out of trees around Pochard Lake calling and headed over to Rushmere Park (Rob Andrews/BuBC)
5th Tree Pipit: Heard calling 3 times but couldn’t see it. Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews/BuBC)
4th Garganey: Juvenile showing well on the west sideand loosely associating with the 59 Teal present. Willen Lake North (BuBC)
4th Arctic Tern: 2 birds present – often roosting on what remains of the islands after the recent heavy rains. Willen Lake North (BuBC)
August
31st Garganey (2?) : Willen Lake North (Hasan Al-Farhan/BuBC)
28th Ring-necked Parakeet (4): flew past housearound 06.50, Haversham (BuBC)
27th Ruff: Willen Lake North (Hasan Al-Farhan/BuBC)
26th Snipe: single bird seen flying from the lakeside over footpath, heading west of Willen Lake North (Martin Ferns)
26th Sanderling: flew through scope, arriving from north, towards southwest corner, then no further sighting, Willen Lake North (BuBC)
25th Wasp Spider, Latticed Heath moth, plus many Migrant Hawker dragonflies: Broughton Brook Park (Graham Lynham)
Wasp spider Argiope bruennichi (Photo © Graham Lynham)
23rd Greenshank: still present 9th day, Willen Lake North (BuBC)
23rd Common Crossbill (15 approx): flew over the north part of Oak Wood calling, then dropped into pines out of sight, Rushmere Park (Rob Andrews/BuBC)
21st Stoat: in garden, Woughton Park (Alison Gillespie/reported by Mike LeRoy)
Stoat (Photo: Alison Gillespie)
21st Sharp-leaved Fluellen Kickxsia elatine: Wimbledon Place, Bradwell Common. Buckinghamshire Checklist 2005 by Maycock & Woods says this is: “Uncommon: arable fields on calcareous soil.” Roy Maycock once found this species on the south edge of Hazeley Wood during an MKNHS site visit. (Mike LeRoy)
20th Wood Sandpiper (juv): On the island on motorway pit with Lapwings. Gayhurst Quarry (BuBC)
18th Ruff (2 juveniles, probably female): seen from near hospice, Willen Lake North (BuBC)
18th Greenshank: present for several days, Willen Lake North (BuBC)
18th Common Crossbill (5): Heard calling. Various spots in Oak Wood, Rushmere Park (Rob Andrews)
17th Tree Pipit: Nocturnal record. 3 calls caught on a nocturnal migration recording from my garden around 4.49am. Tattenhoe (Harry Appleyard/BuBC)
16th Black-tailed Godwit: Willen Lake North (BuBC)
15th Common Crossbill (16): Pochard Lake Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
14th Swift (12), Greenshank (1), Common Sandpiper (2): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
13th Hobby (1), Blackcap (6), Garden Warbler (1): Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
13th Ruff (2 juv.): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
12th Bittern (1): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
11th Swift (3): Central Milton Keynes (BuBC)
11th Raven (4): Overflying Kents Hill Park (Steve Cousins)
10th Common Crossbill (6), Spotted Flycatcher (3): Rushmere Park (Rob Andrews)
9th Raven (2 plus 1 young): Mobbed by Magpies at Kents Hill Park woodland (Steve Cousins)
9th Green Sandpiper (4), House Martin (4), Little Grebe (5): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
8th Swallow (2), Bullfinch (1), Whitethroat (1), Linnet (2), Green Woodpecker (1), Little Grebe (3): Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard)
8th Raven (2), Swift (12), House Martin (3), Swallow (13), Common Crossbill (11), Hobby (2),Mistle Thrush (1), Blackcap (8),
(1), Lesser Whitethroat (2)Garden Warbler (1): Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
8th Coal Tit (17), Treecreeper (4), Willow Warbler (2): Rushmere Park (Rob Andrews)
7th House Martin (25), Swift (2): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
6th Jersey Tiger Moth: in garden in Woburn Sands (Viola Read)
Jersey Tiger Moth on Buddleia (photo©Viola Read)
6th Common Crossbill (6), Green Woodpecker (2), Meadow Pipit (1), Greenfinch (7), Swallow (8): Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
5th Green Sandpiper (2), Hobby (1): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
3rd House Martin (50), Lapwing (36), Green Sandpiper (4), Common Crossbill (4), Little Grebe (20): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
3rd Common Tern (30), Swift (22): Willen Lake South (BuBC)
July
30th Male Lesser Emperor: holding territory; first sighting was 11th July. Willen Lake (Hasan Al-Farhan)
Male Lesser Emperor (Photo © Hasan Al-Farhan)
27th Common Crossbill (16, inc. at least 5 males): Perched up in dead Oak on edge of replanted area in Oak Wood, Rushmere Park (Rob Andrews/BuBC)
27th Common Crossbill (12): flew from trees around Pochard Lake and headed towards Rushmere Park, Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews/BuBC)
26th Common Crossbill (15): feeding in larches on edge of clearfell area in Oak Wood, Rushmere Park (Rob Andrews/BuBC)
21st Broad-leaved Helleborine; Willow Emeralds (many); Farinose Cartilage, Oakmoss and Netted Shield lichens all on small segment of twig; Notch-wing Button moth Acleris emargana: Sandhouse Lane NR, Heath and Reach (Hasan Al-Farhan)
Photos (in clockwise order of attribution above) © Hasan Al-Farhan
21st Red Underwing moth: disturbed in corner of porch at home, Newport Pagnell (Martin Ferns)
Red Underwing (Photo © Martin Ferns)
21st Common Crossbill (2) : Flew over from NW heading towards Rushmere Park, Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
13th Sedge Warbler (1), Lapwing (82), Green Sandpiper (2): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
12th Willow Emerald Damselfly (1): Emberton Park (Bob Phillips)
10th Jay(1), Green Sandpiper (1): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
9th Common Crossbill (13): Flew over garden in Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
9th Puss Moth caterpillar just prior to pupation: Near Great Brickhill (Julian Lambley)
Puss Moth Caterpillar just prior to Pupation (photo © Julian Lambley)
8th Redstart (1), Common Tern (2), Teal (1): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
7th Reed Warbler (10): Willen Lake South (BuBC)
6th Gadwall (4): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
5th Black Swan (1), Common Tern ( circa 35) in breeding colony including at least 11 chicks: Willen Lake South (BuBC)
4th Leisler Bat (1): Heard on Bat recording equipment. Crownhill Estate (Clive Chapman)
4th Great Spotted Woodpecker (1): Far Bletchley (BuBC)
3rd Lapwing (10), Oystercatcher (1),Little Ringed, Plover (1), Gadwall (18), Great White Egret (2): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
2nd Tawny Owl: Outside Horwood House Hotel (Alistair Macklam)
2nd Roe Deer: Bancroft (Gareth Jones)
Roe Deer (photo © Gareth Jones)
1st Grass Snake: Walton Hall MK76AA (Alexander Bates)
Grass Snake (photo © Alexander Bates)
June
29th Buzzard (1), Common Sandpiper (2): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
26th Little Ringed Plover (2), Redshank (1): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
24th Swift Colony (circa. 30): Kents Hill (Bob Phillips)
23rd Common Tern (2), Oystercatcher (2), Green Sandpiper (2), Kingfisher (1): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
22nd Whitethroat (1), Gadwall (3): Floodpkain Forest NR (BuBC)
21st Mistle Thrush (3), Garden Warbler (2), Treecreeper (8): Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
20th Lady’s Bedstraw, Hedge Bedstraw, Wild Carrot, Meadow Cranesbill, St. John’s Wort, Greater Knapweed, Musk Mallow, Bee Orchid, Pyramidal Orchid, Red tailed Mason Bee: Stonepit Fields (Bob Phillips)
19th Swift (8): Crownhill MK (BuBC)
18th Oystercatcher (3), Reed Warbler (1), Whitethroat (1): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
17th Blackcap (1), Reed Warbler (1), Sedge Warbler (1), Cetti’s Warbler (2 singing), Goosander (5): Stony Stratford NR (BuBC)
16th Common Tern (24), Canada Goose (146), Greylag Goose (93): Willen Lake South (BuBC)
15th Clouded Yellow Butterfly: Bradwell New workings (BuBC)
14th Ring-neck Parakeet (5): Seen over Woughton on the Green chasing away a Red Kite (Stephanie Burgess)
13th Common Crossbill (2): Flying over Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
12th Common Crossbill (1): Tattenhoe Valley Park (Harry Appleyard)
11th Black Hairstreaks: Little Linford Wood (Julian Lambley)
11th Great Dodder: New Bradwell ( Julian Lambley)
11th Adult Ermine Moths: Near Great Brickhill (Julian Lambley)
Ermine Moths seen near Great Brickhill (photo © Julian Lambley)
11th Spotted Flycatcher (1), Cuckoo (1), Buzzard (2): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
10th Reed Warbler (2), Goldcrest (1 calling), Swift (3): Furzton Lake (Harry Appleyard)
10th Stock Dove (1), Swift (6), Sparrowhawk (1), House Sparrow (8): Tattenhoe (Harry Appleyard)
9th Willow Warbler (1), Grey Heron (1): Tattenhoe (Harry Appleyard)
8th Song Thrush (1), Willow Warbler (1), Cuckoo (1): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
7th Swift (20+), House Martin (10+): Around the Cafe on Willen Lake South (Bob Phillips)
6th Swift (20 ), Cuckoo (1), Kittiwake (1): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
5th Great Spotted woodpecker (1):Garden in Far Bletchley (BuBC)
3rd Rusty Tussock Moth Caterpillar: Seen in a garden in Bradville (Charles Vaton)
3rd House Martin (6), Swift (2), Oystercatcher (1), Common Tern (1), Cockoo (2):Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
2nd Cuckoo (2): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
May
31st Cetti’s Warbler (1), Hobby (1), Oystercatcher (1): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
30th Oyster Catcher (2), Cetti’s Warbler (1): Stony Stratford NR (BuBC)
28th Cuckoo (1), Garden warbler (1): Willen Lake South (BuBC)
27th Garden Warbler (2), Willow Warbler (1), Spotted Flycatcher (2): Rushmere Park (Rob Andrews)
26th Lesser Whitethroat (1), Whitethroat (1), Willow Warbler (1), Grey Wagtail (1), Chiffchaff (2), Sparrowhawk (1), Treecreeper (1), Buzzard (1), Kestrel (1): Tattenhoe (Harry Appleyard)
25th Sparrowhawk (1), Willow Warbler (1), Kestrel (1), Lesser Whitethroat (1), Hawfinch (1), Greenfinch (3), House Martin (1), Swift (4), Green Woodpecker (1) Linnet (1), Swallow (2), Skylark (1), Whitethroat (2), Hobby (1): Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard)
Hawfinch flying over Tattenhoe Park (photo © Harry Appleyard)
25th Nuthatch (3): Howe Park Wood (Harry Appleyard)
24th Reed Warbler (1), Whitethroat (1), Cetti’s Warbler (1): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
23rd Willow Warbler (1), Spotted Flycatcher (3): Rushmere Park (Rob Andrews)
23rd Buzzard (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker (1), Reed Bunting (1), Song Thrush (2), Green Woodpecker (1), Whitethroat (2), Kestrel (1), Blackcap (5), Chiffchaff (3): Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard)
23rd Lesser Whitethroat (1), House Martin (2): Kingsmead Wood (Harry Appleyard)
22nd Coal Tit (2), Song Thrush (2), Sparrow Hawk (1), Garden warbler (1), Willow Warbler (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker (4), Raven (5), Swift (4), Grey Heron (26): Rushmere Park (BuBC)
21st Swift (23): Circling over colony nest site. Kent’s Hill (Mike LeRoy)
21st Swift (10): Circling over colony nest site. Bradwell Common ( Mike LeRoy)
21st Oak-Apple Galls ( Biorhiza pallida): On buds of Oak at SE corner of Shenley Wood. (Mike LeRoy)
Oak-Apple Galls(photo © Jo Jenner)
21st Cardinal Beetle (f) (Pyrochroa coccinea): Shenley Wood, Medbourne Edge (Mike LeRoy)
Cardinal Beetle (f) (photo © Jo Jenner)
20th Chiffchaff (2), Greenfinch (8): Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
19th Chaffinch (6), Willow Warbler (1), Spotted Flycatcher (2), Garden Warbler (5): Rushmere Park (Rob Andrews )
19th Cuckoo (1): Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
19th Green Woodpecker (pr): In the trees along the Redway at Downs Barn (Dekek Evans)
19th Mistle Thrush (1): Feeding on Campbell Park Cricket Ground (Derek Evans )
18th Cuckoo (1), Swift (142): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
18th Garden Warbler (2), Common Tern (31), Common Sandpiper (2): Willen Lake South (BuBC)
17th Common Sandpiper (1), Red-necked Phalarope (1): Caldecotte South Lake (BuBC)
16th House Martin (circa. 100), Cuckoo (1), Hobby (1), Little Owl (1), Whinchat (1): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
15th Great White Egret: Stony Stratford NR (BuBC)
14th Common Tern (1), Oystercatcher (1): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
13th Many wildflowers including Bulbous and Meadow Buttercups, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Meadow Cranesbill, Wood Avens, Water Figwort, Prickley Sowthistle, Three cornered garlic, Meadow Saxifrage and Field Wood-rush: MKNHS Walk around Stony Stratford NR (Bob Phillips)
13th Mayfly: Many Mayfly seen along the River at Stony Stratford NR (Bob Phillips)
12th Swift (18): Circling above colony nest site Heelands (Mike LeRoy)
12th Cuckoo: seen at Stony Stratford 19.20 (Julian Lambley)
11th Painted Lady butterfly on bluebells, Rammamere Heath (Julian Lambley)
11th Small Heath butterflies (2): Rammamere Heath (Martin Ferns)
6th Grasshopper Warbler: heard and seen by the Pavilion lake, Newton Leys (BuBC)
5th Arctic Tern (2): seen briefly at Willen Lake South before departing to the north (BuBC)
2nd Red-footed Falcon: rare E. European migrant confirmed over the Goosey – over R. Ouse next to Emberton Country Park (Alan Nelson)
1st Hobby: 3 soaring at height, Linford Lakes Nature Reserve (Chris Coppock / BuBC)
April
30th Swift: 4 circling overhead,mid evening, Lovat Street, Newport Pagnell (Martin Ferns)
30th Swift: A group of 2 and a group of 3 circling silently above known nest-sites, early evening, Bradwell Common (Mike LeRoy)
30th Swift (3): Flew over Central Milton Keynes (BuBC)
29th House Martin (2), Green Woodpecker (1), Greenfinch (4), Wren (2), Song Thrush (1), Kingfisher (1), Reed Warbler (2), Sedge Warbler (9), Linnet (4), Reed Bunting (2), Whitethroat (7), Garden Warbler (3), Oystercatcher (2): Flootplain Forest NR (BuBC)
28th Red-legged Ichneumon Wasp (pimpla hypochondriaca): Heelands (Marina Grainger)
27th Kingfisher making successful dives for small fish: Near the stepping stones at Lodge Lake (Bill Morris)
27th Mandarin Duck (1): Caldecotte Lake (Bob Phillips)
26th Chiffchaff (2), Long-tailed tit (2), Green Woodpecker (1), Garden Warbler (1), Sedge Warbler (4): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
24th Ring-necked Parakeet (1), Cuckoo (1): Bradwell Lakes (BuBC)
23rd Wheatear (2): Logistica Flood. South Milton Keynes (BuBC)
22nd Reed Warbler (1), Whitethroat (1): Floodplain Forest NR (Bob Phillips)
21st Arctic Tern (4): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
20th Raven (1), Swallow (4), Skylark (9), Blackcap (2), Lesser Whitethroat (2), Whitethroat (10): Whitehouse, Milton Keynes (BuBC)
20th Cuckoo (calling): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
19th Greenshank (5): Logistica Flood, South Milton Keynes (BuBC)
18th Treecreeper (1), Chiffchaff (2), House Martin (2): Wolverton Mill Stony Stratford (BuBC)
18th Little Egret (1), Lapwing (pr): Stony Stratford NR (BuBC)
17th Reed Warbler (3), Snipe (1), Teal (pr), Oystercatcher (2): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
16th House Martin (10), Sand Martin (50), Swallow (50), Reed Warbler (5), Willen Lakes (BuBC)
14th Large Red Damselfly (5): Broughton Brook Park (Graham Lynham)
14th Swallow (pr), House Martin (1), Common Whitethroat (1), Cetti’s Warbler (3), Grey Wagtail (pr), Kingfisher (1), Tree Creeper (1), Otter Spraint (fresh), Peacock Butterfly, Orange Tip Butterfly, Small White Butterfly, Bee Flies: Emberton Country Park (Alan Nelson)
13th Sand Martin (1), Swallow (1), Reed Warbler (1): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
12th Linnet (4), Sparrowhawk (2), Willow Warbler (7): Rammamere Heath (Rob Andrews)
11th Willow Warbler (1): Rushmere Park (Rob Andrews)
10th Green Sandpiper (1), Garganey pr): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
9th Ring-necked Parakeet (5): Great Linford Spinney (Ross Garner)
8th Garganey (pr), Oystercatcher (2), Great White Egret (1): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
7th Alpine Swift: Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
6th Bluebells, Lesser Celandines, Wood Anemones, Cowslips, Primroses, Violets: All showing well in Linford Wood (Bob Phillips)
6th Little Gull (1): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
5th Skylark (1): Singing over meadows between Cuff and Ivy Lanes (Rob Andrews)
4th Chiffchaff (5), Linnet (4): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
3rd Little Egret (1), Sand Martin (4), Swallow (1), Oystercatcher (1): North Bucks Bridges, Newport Pagnell (BuBC)
1st Reed Bunting (1), Cetti’s Warbler (1), Grey Wagtail (2), Goldeneye (2), Little Grebe (1): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
March
31st Sparrowhawk (1), Green Sandpiper (1): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
29th Green Woodpecker (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker (1), Blackcap (1), Nuthatch (1), Treecreeper (3): Linford Wood (BuBC)
28th Buzzard (1), Water Rail (1), Treecreeper (1), Blackcap (1), Goldcrest (1),Ring-necked Parakeet (1)Wren (3), Reed Bunting (2), Chiffchaff (3), Song Thrush (1), Jay (2): Walton Lake (BuBC)
28th Green Woodpecker (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker (1), Blackcap (1), Nuthatch (1), Treecreeper (3): Linford Wood (BuBC)
27th Bullfinch (2): Next to the canal at the Galleon Pub, Old Wolverton (BuBC)
26th Linnet (30): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
25th Golder Plover (9): Heading South over the Hounslow Hall Estate, Newton Longville (Harry Appleyard)
24th Curlew (1), Common Scoter (1): Nocturnal record over Tattenhoe (Harry Appleyard)
23rd Mandarin Duck (2): Caldecotte Lake (BuBC)
22nd Linnet (4), Meadow Pipit (), Greenfinch (5), Skylark (1): Meadows between Cuff and Ivy Lanes, Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
21st Whooper Swan: Between the two hides at Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
20th Little Gull (4): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
19th Oystercatcher (3): Linford Lake NR (BuBC)
19th Chiffchaff (1), Snipe (1), Green Sandpiper (1): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
18th Barn Owl: Flew South over H5/Portway and into Campbell Park (BuBC)
17th Goldeneye (11), Pied Wagtail (8), Cetti’s Warbler (1), Water Rail (1), Pintail (1): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
16th Stock Dove, Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Marsh Tit, Jay, Siskin: Around the bridge by the lake at Stockgrove Park (Bob Phillips)
15th Starling (circa. 1000): Flying over Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
14th Woodcock: Rammamere Heath (Rob Andrews)
13th Oystercatcher (2), Teal (42), Shoveler (30), Cetti’s Warbler (1 singing male): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
12th Brambling (m): Garden in Stony Stratford (Charles Kessler, Joe Clinch)
11th Little Ringed Plover (2): Logistica Flood South MK (Bob Phillips)
Little Ringed Plover (photo© Bob Phillips)
10th Meadow Pipit (circa 30), Pied Wagtail (circa 50): Logistica Flood South MK (BuBC)
9th Wood Anemone and Dog’s Mercury: Both seen in flower in Linford Wood (Mike LeRoy)
9th Snipe (2), Reed Bunting (1): Floodplain Forest NR (Bob Phillips)
8th Little Owl (1), Long-tailed Tit (2), Little Egret (4), Gadwall (10), Common Gull (4), Teal (12), Shoveler (6): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
7thStarling Murmuration: In Leylandii behind Lynmouth Crescent in Furzton (Mark Lawson)
7th Great White Egret (1), Oystercatcher (2), Water Rail (1), Snipe (18): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
6th Brimstone Butterfly (2): Great Linford Manor Park (Ross Garner)
6th Greenfinch, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff: Lakes Lane Newport Pagnell (Martin Ferns)
6th Oystercatcher (3), Wigeon (30), Gadwall (3 pairs): Gayhurst Quarry Lakes Newport Pagnell (Martin Ferns)
6th Gadwall (3m, 3f): Wolverton Mill Balancing Lakes (BuBC)
5th Starling (350): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
4th Hawfinch: in observer’s garden, Stoke Goldington (BuBC)
2nd Raven: Lathbury (Martin Ferns)
February
28th Richard’s Pipit: with Meadow Pipit in NE of Bury Field, Newport Pagnell (Janice Robertson/BuBC)
28th Marsh Tit (2): Akeley Wood, along the bridleway. My first sighting of this delightful little bird anywhere since 2022 (should I get out more?). 2 or poss 3. (Chris Coppock/BuBC)
27th Pintail: Floodplain Forest Reserve (BuBC)
23rd Richard’s Pipit: Bury Field, Newport Pagnell (Ann Jones)
22nd Snipe, Bury Field, Newport Pagnell (Ann Jones)
22nd Brimstone (m): Stony Stratford (Julian Lambley)
22nd Richard’s Pipit: still being reported on Bury Field, Newport Pagnell (BuBC)
22nd Pintail (m/f): by the bund, Willen Lake North (BuBC)
21st Hogweed (poss.) Heracleum sphondylium: very early flower in a sheltered spot, Quarry Hall Farm, Gayhurst (Martin Ferns)
Hogweed? (Photo: Martin Ferns)
21st Richard’s Pipit: currently being reported daily on or around Bury Field, Newport Pagnell (BuBC)
19th Hawfinch: in garden, Stoke Goldington (BuBC)
17th Richard’s Pipit: near the metal gate to the riverside meadow, Bury Field, Newport Pagnell (BuBC)
17th Jack Snipe (6): on the 3 pools near the car park, Bury Field, Newport Pagnell
16th Greenfinch (5): Wolverton Mill, Stony Stratford (BuBC)
15th Cetti’s Warbler (2), Goldeneye (2), Oystercatcher (1): Willen Lake South (BuBC)
14th Oystercatcher (2), Green Sandpiper (1), Great White Egret (2): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
14th Wigeon (36), Common Gull (43), Gadwall (2), Grey Heron (11), Barnacle Goose (1): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
13th Cherry plum prunus cerasifera: blossom just emerging on riverside path, OU campus, Walton Hall (Martin Ferns)
Prunus cerasifera – early blossom (Photo: Martin Ferns)
13th Cormorant (21), Great Spotted Woodpecker (1): Furzton Lake (Harry Appleyard)
12th Great Spotted Woodpecker (3), Treecreeper (7): Rushmere Park ( Rob Andrews)
11th Green Woodpecker (1), Grey Wagtail (1), Stock Dove (11), Redwing (2), Jay (1), Common Gull (8) : Furzton Lake ( Harry Appleyard)
11th Siskin (1), Stock Dove (1), Song Thrush (3): Furzton Estate ( Harry Appleyard)
11th Goldcrest (1), Mandarin Duck (1): near the brook at Emerson Valley ( Harry Appleyard)
11th Green Woodpecker (1), Barn Owl (1), Grey Heron (14, mainly on Heron Island): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
10th Jack Snipe (3): On the flooded pools, Bury Field Newport Pagnell (BuBC)
9th Song Thrush, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird: All vocal at The Allotments, Lakes Lane, Newport Pagnell ( Martin Ferns )
9th Raven (2), Goldcrest (1), Redwing (1), Song Thrush (1): Furzton Lake (Harry Appleyard)
8th Long tailed tit (6), Green Woodpecker (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker(1), Jay (2), Water Rail (1), Grey Heron (6, with 2 sitting on nests): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
6th Goosander (6): On the river near North Bucks bridges, Newport Pagnell (BuBC)
4th Sparrow Hawk: Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
3rd Jack Snipe (13): Flooded Pools on Bury Fields, Newport Pagnell (BuBC)
3rd Yellow Legged Gull: Caldecotte Lake (BuBC)
2nd Chiffchaff (1), Fieldfare (43), Great Crested Grebe (4), Gadwall (18), Teal (15), Wigeon (66), Grey Heron (12), Great Whit Egret (4): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
1st Pintail (2): South Bank of the Island, Willen Lake North (BuBC)
1st Skylark (2), Goldcrest (2), Nuthatch (2), Coal Tit (1), Marsh Tit (4): Little Linford Wood (BuBC)
January
31st Fieldfare (16), Wigeon (78), Teal (2), Gadwall (6): Floodplain Forest HR (BuBC)
30th Lapwing (approx 90), Cetti’s Warbler (2), Goldeneye (14), Snipe (20), Little Grebe (20), Pintail (2), Tufted Duck x Ferruginous Duck (1): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
29th Pied Wagtail (1), Pochard (2), Little Grebe (2), Tufted Duck (5), Gadwall (2), Song Thrush (3), Yellowhammer (2): Caldecote Lake (Harry Appleyard)
28th Yellow Legged Gull (1),Great Black-backed Gull(1), Muscovy Duck (1), Common Gull (2), Suspected Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull hybrid (1): Furzton Lake (Harry Appleyard)
Top Picture – 1st winter Herring Gull (left) with 1st winter Yellow-legged Gull (right). Bottom Picture – Great Black-backed Gull. (photos © Harry Appleyard)
27th Greenfinch (6), Starling (50), Chaffinch (3), Stock Dove (2), Reed Bunting (2), Linnet (24), Redwing (1), Common Gull (24): Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard)
26th Yellow – legged Gull(1): Furzton Lake (Harry Appleyard)
25th Little Grebe (6): Willen Lake North (Bob Phillips)
25th Jackdaw (782), Yellowhammer (1), Chaffinch (8), Kingfisher (1), Moorhen (24), Greenfinch (8), Sparrowhawk (1), Green Woodpecker (2), Linnet (2), Son Thrush (6), Goldcrest (2): Tattenhoe (Harry Appleyard)
24th Sparrowhawk (1), Jay (1), Redwing (1), Greenfinch (48), Common Gull (3), Water Rail (heard): Furzton Lake (Harry Appleyard)
24th Long-tailed Tit (8), Red Kite (1)), Wigeon (20), Jackdaw (100), Green Sandpiper (1), Goosander (23): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
23rd Buzzard (1), Greenfinch (34), Reed Bunting (1): Furzton Lake (Harry Appleyard)
22nd Goldeneye (1), Gadwall (m+f), Greenfinch (3), Redwing (3): Caldecotte Lake (BuBC)
21st Stock Dove (54): Flock seen circling over the fields near Salden Wood, Newton Longville (Harry Appleyard)
21st Tawny Owl (2): Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
20th Goldcrest (1), Redwing (11), Green Woodpecker (1), Stonechat (2): Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard)
20th Stock Dove (2), Jay (2): Howe Park Wood (Harry Appleyard)
19th Stonechat (m): Flitting along fence posts by the riverside meadow, Bury Field Newport Pagnell ( Martin Ferns)
19th Snipe: Flooded area in a corner of the PLP MK Logistics Park close to the Bow Brickhill railway station (Jagoda Zajac)
18th Ring-necked Parakeet (10): In a tall tree near Community Orchard, Woughton on the Green (Steve Cousins)
18th Wigeon (27), Water Rail (1 calling), Tufted Duck (261), Teal (63), Stock Dove (1), Sparrowhawk (1), Song Thrush (2), Shoveler (8), Pochard (74), Little Grebe (11), Black Swan (1), Goldeneye (12), Jay (1), Grey Wagtail (1), Gadwall (14), Common Gull (11): Willen Lakes (BuBC)
18th Snipe (4), Little Egret (5), Goosander (6), Caspian Gull (1): Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
15th Snipe (33), Little Grebe (14), Goldeneye (1): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
14th Pintail (2): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
13th Gadwell (10), Wigeon (26), Little Grebe (3): Ashlands (BuBC)
12th Yellow Legged Gull (1), Wigeon (369), Pintail (5), Long Tailed Tit (5), Goldeneye (3), Fieldfare (1): Foxcote Reservoir (BuBC)
11th Pintail: Willen Lake North (BuBC)
10th Siskin, Tree Creeper, Redwing, Goldfinch: Lakeside edge trees Caldecott Lake (Joe Clinch)
9th Stock Dove (10+): Monkey enclosure Woburn Safari Park (Bob Phillips)
8th Water Rail (1), Meadow Pipit (1), Reed Bunting (1), Linnet (173 minimum count): Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard)
8th Stock Dove (3), Song Thrush (2), Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming (1m), Goldcrest (1), Treecreeper (1), Chiffchaff (3), Tattenhoe (Harry Appleyard)
7th Great White Egret: Willen Lake South (Bob Phillips)
6th Goldeneye (5), Chiffchaff (1), Treecreeper (1), Jay (1), Redpoll (2): Willen Lake North (Harry Appleyard)
6th Skylark (1), Cormorant (10), Little Grebe (1), Tufted Duck (20), Common Gull (1), Lesser Black-backed Gull (1), Great Black-backed Gull (5), Herring Gull (40): Furzton Lake (Harry Appleyard)
5th Nuthatch (1), Herring Gull (1), Jay (1), Greylag Goose (2), Goldcrest (1), Sparrowhawk (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker (3), Song Thrush (3), Chiffchaff (4): Tattenhoe (Harry Appleyard)
5th Tree Creeper (1), Redwing (8), Great Spotted Woodpecker (1), Meadow Pipit (1), Green Woodpecker (1), Linnet (8): Tattenhoe Park (Harry Appleyard)
5th Kingfisher (1), Little Grebe (1), Great White Egret (8), Redpoll (8): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
4th Goosander (9), Little Owl, Water Rail: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
4th Marsh Harrier, Jack Snipe: Gallows Bridge Faarm (BuBC)
4th Goosander (4): Willen Lake South (Ann Strutton )
3rd Chiffchaff (1), Goosander (2), Shoveler (40), Little Grebe (25), Snipe ( 6), Water Rail (heard), Kingfisher (1), Great White Egret (2), Lapwing (17), Goldeneye (3): Willen Lake North (BuBC)
2nd Chiffchaff (1), Great White Egret (3), Egyptian Goose (1), Sparrowhawk (1), Kingfisher (2): Linford Lakes NR (BuBC)
2nd Raven, Little Owl: Floodplain Forest NR (BuBC)
1st Goldfinch (24), Jackdaw (34), Stock Dove (1), Woodcock (1): Great Brickhill (Rob Andrews)
1st Buzzard (1), Redwing (8), Stock Dove (8), Treecreeper (2), Siskin (4): Rushmere Park (Rob Andrews)