Submit Your Bucks Sightings
Although the majority of bird records are submitted by members of the Buckinghamshire Bird Club, we are always pleased to receive records from other birders. We ask that only records that are reliable are submitted. Please indicate if there is any doubt over the identification or origin of an unusual species. For certain scarce species within the county, you may be asked to supply written "field notes" before the record can be accepted as part of the official county records. Forms to use for the submission of scarce and rare species can be downloaded on the Reporting Scarce and Rare Birds page.The preferred method of record submission is via the "Latest Bucks Sightings" page on this website.
Alternatively records may be submitted in spreadsheet format (Excel or compatible format).
See below for more information on both of these methods..
Submission via Website
(NEW)Submissions of sightings may be made directly to this website via the "Latest Bucks Sightings" page. Any records submitted in this way are immediately available for other birders to view (but see below) and any sightings of "scarce" birds are emailed to members of the Bucksbirders email group.
Please note that sightings of some potential scarce breeding birds will excluded from the sightings website and not sent to the email group. However, if the website administrator/s feel that the publication of any excluded sightings do not constitute a security threat to the species in question, then the sighting will be "released" to the website and email group.
For more details on how the sightings website functions visit the Latest Bucks Sightings Info page.
Copyright - The Buckinghamshire Bird Club hold the copyright of sightings reported on this website. The extraction of records for use in any form of publication should only be done after receiving written permission from a officer of the Buckinghamshire Bird Club.
Submission via E-mail
Submissions of bird sightings by email are welcome. The preferred format is an Excel spreadsheet with layout as the following example :-
| Species | Site | Date | No | Name | Comments |
Cormorant |
Little Marlow GP |
14-Nov-99 |
115 |
J E Rose | Late afternoon to roost |
Wigeon |
Little Marlow GP |
14-Nov-99 |
2 |
J E Rose | Females |
Wigeon |
Little Marlow GP |
21-Nov-99 |
7 |
J E Rose | Including 3 males |
Shoveler |
Little Marlow GP |
Nov-99 |
9 |
J E Rose | Up to 9 present all month. |
Pochard |
Little Marlow GP |
14-Nov-99 |
10+ |
J E Rose | . |
Tufted Duck |
Little Marlow GP |
14-Nov-99 |
c70 |
J E Rose | . |
Sparrowhawk |
Little Marlow GP |
14-Nov-99 |
1 |
J E Rose | Male |
Merlin |
Saunderton |
6-Nov-99 |
1 |
J E Rose | Seen flying very fast 10-20 feet above open fields and to swoop up after a small passerine. It then flew off across the valley. |
Water Rail |
Little Marlow GP |
Nov-99 |
1 |
J E Rose | 1 on 7th, 14th & 22nd. Feeding in the overgrown margins near the cottages. |
Snipe |
Stoke Common |
7-Nov-99 |
5 |
J E Rose | Flushed |
Jack Snipe |
Stoke Common |
7-Nov-99 |
1 |
J E Rose | A Snipe Species flushed by dog was probably of this species. Landed within 50 yards. Did not call. |
Jack Snipe |
Stoke Common |
28-Nov-99 |
1 |
J E Rose | 1 flushed silently from less than 6 feet circled around giving super views before landing about 20 yards away. As I approached it flushed again and flew further away. |
Other alternatives may be acceptable although most spreadsheet packages will "save as" to Excel format. Email completed spreadsheets by the 7th of each month (with records for the prior month) to :-
Adam Bassett at ClubRecorder@bucksbirdclub.co.uk
If you are unable to supply records in the format recommended and would prefer to use some other format, please discuss the practicality of this first with Adam.