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Buckinghamshire Bird Club

Recent Website Additions


Click here for details of the Bird Atlas project that will run between 2007 and 2011 


Forthcoming Event - 10th Bucks Bird Club/BTO Conference

2008-2009 Bucks Bird Club Field and Indoor Meetings


Click on photos to visit the species page

Just one of the Common Terns at Little Marlow that were fitted with Colour rings in June
A Pied Wagtail at Calvert Lakes in July
This Grey Wagtail was seen at Calvert in July
This juvenile Spotted Flycatcher was photographed at Hillesden in July.
This very pale Common Buzzard was seen near Ford in 2007
Can you Identify this young wading bird?  Click on the photo for the answer.
This Black Tern was at Broughton Trout Pools in May.
This Sanderling was at Caldecotte Lake in May.
A very scarce bird in the county.  This Black-throated Diver was at Calvert in Mid May
A mega bird for the county in the form of Purple Heron was seen briefly at College Lake in early May
A female Kestrel hovering at Ivinghoe in April
Shelducks at Broughton Trout Pools
This pair of Red-legged Partridges were at Hillesden in May
This Great Reed Warbler was a one day visitor to Willen Lake on 11th May.  It may well be the "bird of the year" for 2008.
Look carefully for the Temminck's Stint.  Seen at Little Marlow on 13th May
This Grey Plover stayed at Linford for several days in May.
This Skylark was photographed at Hillesden in May.
This 1st summer Little Gull was at Little Marlow in late April
This stunning Black-necked Grebe was at Calvert in April

One of several Wheatears at Calvert Landfill site.

 

Click on the map to see the latest status report on the survey work being carried out for the BTO Atlas and the Bucks Atlas 

Updated
28th April 2008

Quainton Hills also turned up this female Redstart
This rather nice male Ring Ouzel was at Quainton Hills
These Ring-necked Parakeets were photographed at Thorney Park
A scarce bird in the county, this Pied Flycatcher was at Quainton Hills
Calvert Sailing Lake for the venue for this early Sedge Warbler
This confiding Sparrowhawk was photographed in an Aylesbury garden
A close relative of the Goldcrest below, this Firecrest was in Wendover Woods
This rather nice Goldcrest was visiting a garden in Chesham

These Avocets were at Willen Lake for one day in late March

 

This male Peregrine Falcon is one of a pair that are resident in the centre of Aylesbury.
A nesting platform was erected by the Bucks County Council in early 2008.
Updated March 2008
A very scarce bird in the county, this Willow Tit was photographed in the Vale of Aylesbury during February.
Sadly this Little Auk was taken into care and died. 
The 2006 Annual Report is now available.  Available for purchase.  Click on picture for details
Yet another Great Grey Shrike, also very elusive this time at Princes Risborough in early January and still present as of 13th.
The Great Grey Shrike has proven to be very elusive at Quainton Hills but was relocated on 29th December and seen on several days in January.
  
 

All of the pictures above link to species pages. 
Click on the images to view these pages.

To view the photographic contributors page click here.  
Can other contributors of photos please supply details to Jim Rose.


2007 - Highlights Page

2006 - Highlights Page

2005 - Highlights Page

2004 - Highlights Page

2003 - Highlights Page


What's New

The following items have been added to this website during 2008 plus a few of the more recent ones from 2007.  Also see the 2003 highlights page   2004 highlights page  2005 highlights page 2006 highlights page and 2007 highlights page

Black Tern Photos added 5th August

Kestrel Photos added 5th August

Sanderling Photos added 5th August

2008/9 Diary Published  1st August

Redshank Photos added 20th July

Common Buzzard photo added 21st July

Common Tern article updated added 20th July

Pied Wagtail photos added 5th July

Grey Wagtail photos added 5th July

Spotted Flycatcher photos added 5th July

Black-throated Diver photos added 19th May

Purple Heron photos added 19th May

Shelduck photo added 17th May

Red-legged Partridge photo added 17th May

Great Reed Warbler photo added 13th May

Temminck's Stint photo added 13th May

Grey Plover photo added 11th May

Skylark photo added 11th May

Little Gull photo added 2nd May

Black-necked Grebe photo added 28th April

Wheatear photo added 28th April

Redstart photo added 28th April

Ring Ouzel photo added 28th April

Ring-necked Parakeet photo added 28th April

Pied Flycatcher photo added 28th April

Sedge Warbler photo added 26th April

Chiffchaff photo added 16th April

Mandarin photo added 16th and 29th April

Bird List tables updated with data from the 2006 Annual Report

Firecrest photos added 31st March

Goldcrest photos added 31st March

Little Ringed Plover photos added 31st March

Yellow Wagtail photos added 31st March

Avocet photos added 28th March

Cormorant photos added 25th March

All bird distribution charts updated.  Charts provided by Dave Ferguson.

Little Grebe photos added 13th March

Iceland Gull photos added 9th March

Tree Sparrow photos added 9th March

Long-tailed Tit photos added 9th March

Willow Tit photos added 9th March

Barn Owl photos added 9th March

Glaucous Gull photos added 3rd March

Jack Snipe photos added 1st March

Brambling photos added 29th February

Lesser Redpoll photos added 29th February

Siskin photos added 29th February

Little Auk photos added 22nd February

Bittern photos added 21st February

Partial albino Bullfinch  photos added 21st February

Scarce bird sighting added from 2005 Annual Report details added 17th February

2006 Annual Report details added 13th February

Iceland Gull photo added 12th February

Green Woodpecker updated 12th February

Gadwall photo added 12th February

Wigeon photo added 12th February

Goldeneye photo added 12th February

Atlas update map updated 11th February

Peregrine photos added 4th and 8th Feb 2008.

Siskin photos added 18th January and 8th February 2008.

Sparrowhawk photos added 8th February 2008.

Great Black-backed Gull photos added 8th February 2008.

Atlas update map updated 29th January

Kingfisher photos added 21st January 2008.

Fieldfare  photos added 18th January 2008.

Great Grey Shrike photos added 18th January 2008.

Caspian Gull photos added 18th January 2008.

Yellow-legged Gull photos added 10th and 24th December

Brambling photo added 10th December

Kestrel photo added 10th December

Link to East berks RSPB site added 9th December


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