BIRDS
- Red Kites over Tattenhoe and Westcroft
- Swallows over Tattenhoe
- Willow Warblers singing in and around Tattenhoe
- Sand Martin and pair of Curlews over Stony Stratford Nature Reserve (Weds 6th)
- Wheatears, Tattenhoe Park (Mon 11th)
- Common Sandpiper, Tattenhoe Park (Mon 11th)
- Green Woodpeckers Howe Park Wood (Mon 11th) (Harry’s pic below appeared on the official BBC Springwatch Facebook page!)
Sightings by Harry Appleyard
Bucks Bird Club at Manor Farm/Floodplain Forest NR 10th
Cetti’s Warbler, Little Ringed Plover (sightings from Peter Garner – full list below)
Manor Farm Friday 8th April am
Little Ringed Plover (x2);Oyster Catcher; Snipe; Redshank (several); Shoveller (x2); Green Woodpecker (x2); Goosander (x2); Cetti’s Warbler; Blackcap
Stony Stratford Reserve Friday 8th April pm
Oyster Catcher (x2); Snipe (3); Shoveller (x2); Bullfinch (x2)
Encouraging numbers of lapwing displaying at both sites.
Sightings by Joe Clinch
MAMMALS
- Bank Vole, Tattenhoe Linear Park (Mon 11th) (Harry Appleyard)
INSECTS
Lepidoptera
- Comma and Small Tortoiseshell butterflies, Tattenhoe Linear Park
- Peacock butterflies, Blakelands, 12th
Full list of birds seen on Bucks Bird Club visit to Manor Farm/Floodplain Forest NR, Sunday 10th April, led by Peter Garner:
Great tit Blue tit Wren Willow warbler Blackbird Robin Tufted duck Gadwall Magpie Canada goose Crow Wood pigeon Little ringed plover Pied wagtail Mallard Redshank Coot Lapwing Pheasant Sand Martin Cormorant Buzzard Moorhen Little egret Reed bunting Great crested grebe Oystercatcher Teal Sparrowhawk Cetti's warbler Starling Blackcap Grey wagtail Chiffchaff Greenfinch Goldfinch Mute swan Chaffinch Great spotted woodpecker Long tailed tit Little grebe