1

Red-throated Diver

Gavia stellata

Rare vagrant. 19 records.
Prior 1910 near Aylesbury Station - shot and presented to County Museum.
1952 Little Marlow GPs - Adult from 27th Oct to 7th Nov.
1970 Hurley - 1 on the River Thames from 11th-31st Mar.
1971 Stanton Low GP - A diver Sp from 25th Feb to 8th Mar was considered to be of this species.
1976 Calvert - 1 from 13th-16th Feb and 22nd Feb.
1978 Hurley - A diver Sp on the River Thames  on 19th Feb was considered to be of this species.
1978 Wotton Lakes - 1 from 5th-12th Mar.
1979 Willen - 1 on 14th Mar.
1980 Willen - 1 from 7th-10th Oct
1986 Willen - 1 on 7th Feb.
1987 Weston Turville Res. - A slightly oiled adult from 8th-10th Dec was taken into care but later died.
1988 Calvert - A diver Sp on 17th Nov was considered to be of this species.
1989 Willen - 14 on 2nd Apr, with 6 present just after dawn on on 3rd and 2 remaining until 09:00.  This influx may have been caused by snow on the E coast.
1990 Little Marlow GP - Juvenile 16th Dec until 12th Jan 1991. Photo
1994 Stowe School - 1 on 20th Jan.
1996 Weston Turville Res - An adult found on the bank on 14th Mar was taken into care but died on 15th.
1997 Taplow Lake - A diver briefly on 11th Nov was almost certainly of this species.
1997 Startopsend Res - 1 in the Bucks section on 22nd Dec.
2005 Little Marlow GP - Adult on 27th Nov.

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Black-throated Diver

Gavia arctica

Rare vagrant. 12 records.
1954 Hartigan's GP, Broughton - 1 on 25th Dec.
1955 Marlow - 1 on 9th Jan.
1966 Old Slade - 1 on 5th Nov.
1972 Willen - 1 in early Mar was picked up dead after an overnight storm.
1976 Tring Res. - 1 from 12th-13th flew west into Bucks on 13th.
1979 Little Marlow GPs - 1 on 18th Feb.
1983 Waddesdon - 1 found in a field on 13th Nov was taken into care but later died.
1985 Caldecotte - 1 1st winter bird from 31st Oct to 17th Nov.
1994 Haddenham - 1 on 2nd Jan.
1996 Bradwell lake, Linford - A 1st winter bird from 18th-22nd Dec.
1998 Calvert - A 1st winter bird on 6th Nov was found dead the following day.
2002 Taplow Lake - 1 from 27th Nov until 5th Jan 2003. Photo

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Great Northern Diver

Gavia immer

Rare vagrant. 15 records.
1774 Ford area - 1 on 3rd Dec.
1850 Chequers Court - A "young" bird in a ditch on 9th May was captured alive.
1859 Chesham - 1 in Nov or Dec.
1865 Marlow - 1 on the River Thames in Nov or Dec was killed.
1865 Temple Island near Henley - 1 killed.
1944 Calvert - An immature shot on 11th Nov.
1964 Foxcote Res. - 1 found in a field on 4th Nov was released on the reservoir but was found dead 2 days later.
1965 Iver GPs - 1 on 17th Jan.
1971 Willen Village - 1 found dead probably in Feb.
1972 Linford GPs - 1 on 12th Nov.
1986 Taplow GP - 1 from 12th Dec to 11th Jan 1987.  Photo
1994 Willen - 1 in the gull roost on 16th Dec stayed for a short while on the following day.
1997 Calvert - An adult on 27th-28th Nov.
1997 Caldecotte - A 1st winter bird from 23rd Dec was last seen on 6th Jan 1998. 
2006 Calvert - Am immature on 28th & 29th Nov. Photo

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Little Grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Fairly common resident and winter visitor.

5

Red-necked Grebe

Podiceps grisegena

Scarce migrant and winter visitor.  See Chart

6

Great Crested Grebe

Podiceps cristatus

Local resident.

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Slavonian Grebe

Podiceps auritus

Scarce migrant and winter visitor.     See Chart

8

Black-necked Grebe

Podiceps nigricollis

Scarce migrant.      See Chart

9

Fulmar

Fularus glacialis

Very rare vagrant. 9 records.
1989 Cliveden - 4th Sep
1989 Caldecotte - 1 on 11th Sep.  Found dead on 16th.
1989 Marlow - 1 10th Nov
1990 Willen - 1 30th Mar
1993 Willen - 1 joined the gull roost on 1st Mar staying into the following day.
2000 Great Brickhill - An adult picked up in poor condition on 6th Apr was taken to St Tiggywinckles Wildlife Hospital.
2001 Willen Lake - 2nd Mar.
2004 Calvert - 1 on 29th Feb. following a large movement on the E coast.
2006 Calvert - 1 briefly on 25th Feb following poor weather on the E coast,

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Manx Shearwater

Puffinus puffinus

Rare vagrant. 19 records.
1927 Bradenham House - 1 caught on 17th Sep.
1967 Marlow Common - 1 found dead 9th Sep.
1970 Old Slade - 1 flying over 1st July.
1970 Chesham - 1 found in Sep. was released at Beachy Head.
1970 High Wycombe - 1 found in Sep. was released at Beachy Head.
1972 Mentmore Towers - 1 found 6th Sep.
1980 Lillingstone Dayrell - 1 found recently dead on 17th Sep.
1982 Pitstone - 1 found 7th Sep. was released on the Devon coast.
1983 Tilehouse North GP - 1 on 7th June.
1983 Quainton - 1 found on 7th Sep was released on the coast.
1983 Calvert - 1 on 16th Sep.
1984 Aylesbury - 1 found on 1st Sep.
1984 Calvert - 1 found on 3rd Sep.
1984 Buckingham - 1 found on 21st Sep.
1988 Weston Turville Res. - 1 found on 8th Sep.
1988 Penn Street - 1 found on 14th Sep.
1994 High Wycombe - 1 on 28th Aug was later released.
1994 College Lake - 1 just before dusk on 9th Sep.
1996 M1 near M Keynes - A freshly dead bird was found on the motorway 2 miles north of junction 13 on 8th Oct.
2000 Deanshanger - 1 picked up on 1st Sep was taken to St Tiggeywinkles and released in the Bristol Channel on 2nd.

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Storm Petrel

Hydrobates pelagicus

Very rare vagrant. 7 records. Last record in 1929.
1859 Burnham Priory - 1 found dead in Oct.
1865 Burnham - 1 shot.
1868 near Wycombe - 1 on 21st Jan.
1877 High Wycombe - A Petrel seen in mid Oct. was thought to have been of this species.
1880 near Wendover - 1 picked up in Nov.
1928 Whaddon - 1 found dead on 28th Nov.
1929 Grendon Underwood - 1 found alive on 8th Dec died later.

13

Leach's Petrel

Oceanodroma leucorhoa

Rare vagrant. 16 records.
1859 Latimer Park - 1 found on 1st Nov.
1881 Bierton - 1 on 14th Oct.
1910 Westcott - 1 in Nov.
1929 Lenborough - 1 found dead on 14th Dec.
1948 Chalfont Park Lake - 1 found dead on 24th Dec.
1952 Great Brickhill - 1 found dead on 26th Oct. was presumed to be of this species.
1952 Penn - 1 found dead on 31st Oct.
1952 Penn - 1 found dead on 7th Nov.
1976 Drayton Parslow - 1 found injured 24-26th Nov, died on 28th.
1983 Willen - 1 on 3rd Sep.
1987 Willen - 1 on 16th Sep.
1989 Fishermead, Milton Keynes - 1 found on 21st Sep. was taken into care but later died.
1989 Marlow - 1 on 29th Oct.
2001 Calvert Sailing Lake - 1 on 10th Sep. followed strong NW winds on previous days when there were numerous sighting along the NW coasts.  Click for photo
2006 Startopsend Reservoir - 1on 6th December 2006.  Click for photo.
2006 Little Marlow GP - 1on 6th December 2006.  Click for photo.

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Gannet

Morus bassanus

Rare vagrant. 12 records.
1847 Sherington near Newport Pagnall - 1 caught in Nov.
1886 Wendover - 1 killed on the canal.  The specimen is in Tring Museum.
1910 Hambledon - 1 found alive on 9th Dec.
1978 Heavens Lea near Skirmett - 1 found dead on 9th Oct.
1981 Old Slade - 1 from 16th-26th Apr. was finally found dead.
1981 Willen - 1 27th-28th Apr. was seen plunge diving.
1981 Walton, Milton Keynes - 1 on 27th Apr.
1981 Woughton, Milton Keynes - 1 picked up exhausted on 27th Apr.
1990 Chalfont St Peter - An adult picked up partially oiled on 25th Jan was later released.
1990 Wilstone Reservoir - An adult was seen to fly SW into Bucks on 28th Oct.
1994 Marlow - A probable adult on 19th Aug.
1995 Caldecotte - A 1st year bird present for a few minutes on 25th Sep.
2002 Willen - A 2nd year bird on 9th Sep left after 2 hours.

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Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Regular winter visitor. A few summer.

16

European Shag

Phalacrocorax aristotelis

Scarce but increasing migrant and winter visitor.    See Chart

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Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

Rare vagrant.
2002 Higher Denham - 1 from early Jan to the end of Feb.
2002 Hughenden Lalley - 1 flew along the valley and towards Prestwood on 16th Jan, presumed to be the bird from Higher Denham

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Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Annual migrant, until recently regarded as a scarce vagrant.  To view the change in occurance in graphical form See Chart
1989 Wilstone Res - 2 20th Sep flew into Bucks
1991 Marlow - 1 26th Mar.
1993 College Lake - 3 on 24th Aug.
1994 Willen - 1 on 6th Aug.
1994 Lathbury - 1 over on 25th Nov.
1995 Haddenham - An Egret on 19th May was thought to be of this species.
1995 Linford/Newport Pagnall/Emberton - 1 on 17th Jun then 1-2 on various dates to the year end, probably the same individual/s and most likely escapees from Weston Underwood.
1995 Marlow - 1 roosted regularly from 6th to 15th July.
1995 Calvert - An Egret on 7th Oct was thought to be of this species.
1996 N Bucks - It is thought that one individual is responsible for many sightings in N Bucks during the year.   It is considered likely that this bird is an escapee from Weston Underwood in 1995.
1997 N Bucks - Further records of probable escaped birds..
1998 N Bucks - Further records of probable escaped birds.
1998 Willen - 2 on 11th Aug were probably wild birds.
1998 Calvert - 3 on16th Aug were also considered to be of wild origin.
1999 Little Marlow GP - 3 on 23rd May. 1 on 8th Aug.
1999 Calvert - 1 on 2nd Aug.
1999 Higher Denham - 3 from 23rd Dec into 2000.
2000 Reported from 9 sites, some with more than one record.  For details see the Annual Report.
2001 Reported from 12 sites with a maximum of three together.   For details see the Annual Report.
2002 Reported from 12 sites with a maximum of 10 together.
2003 Reported at 17 sites with a maximum of 10 together.  Bred at Linford.  Click here to view pictures.
2004 Reported at 17 sites with a maximum of 9 together.  Bred at Linford. Click here to view latest pictures.
2005 Bred at Linford.  Reported from 21 sites with a maximum of 13 together.
2006 Bred at Linford.  Reported from 25 sites with a maximum of 15 together.

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Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Local resident and winter visitor.

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Purple Heron

Ardea purpurea

Very rare vagrant. 3 records.
1978 Newport Pagnall - Immature on 28th May
1980 Hyde Lane - Adult on 13th Apr
2006 Latimer - Juvenile on 13th Nov.  Photo.

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Great White Egret

Egretta alba

Very rare vagrant. 2 records.
1994 Linford - An adult from 22nd Feb to 2nd Mar was probably the same individual as seen in Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.   Photo. 
2003 Wilstone Res (Herts) - 1 seen to fly over the county boundary on 10th Aug.

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Little Bittern

Ixobrychus minutus

Very rare vagrant. 5 records.
Undated  Uxbridge - Reported by Hartert and Rothschild (published 1905)
1827 Buckinghamshire - No details
1866 High Wycombe - 1
1911 Near Olney - Male shot in summer
1921/2 Shardeloes - 1 shot in winter

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Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Very rare vagrant. 5 records.
1797 Cliveden - 1 immature shot
1899 Taplow - 1 in August may have been an escape
1967 Newport Pagnall GP - Immature on 3rd Aug
1987 Willen Lake - Juvenile on 26th Oct
2005 Old Wolverton - An adult on 13th May

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Bittern

Botaurus stellaris

Scarce winter visitor.    See Chart

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White Stork

Ciconia ciconia

Very rare vagrant. Not all records are considered  to be of "wild" birds.
1846 Buckingham - 1 shot in September.
1996 Great Horwood - 1 over N on 12th May.
1996 Dundridge Manor, Great Horwood - A 1st summer bird from 28th-30th May.
1996 Hughenden Valley - A ringed bird on 25th Sep was found dead the following day.
2000 Milton Keynes - A ringed bird "AX" was seen in several places in the MK area and adjacent counties between 4th & 21st Aug.  For details see Annual Report.
2003 Finmere/Tingewick - 1 on 9th and 12th Aug.
2003 Wing - 1 on 28th Aug presumed to be above bird.
2003 Leckhampstead - 1 25th - 27th Sep presumed to be above bird.  See Photo
2003 Foxcote - 1 over on 4th Oct presumed to be above bird.
2003 Bledlow 1 on 2nd Dec.
2004 Dorney  - 1st April 2004   See Photo
2004 Newport Pagnall - 1 in flight on 26th Apr.
2004 New Denham  - 30th June-4th July   See Photo
2006 Stowe Park - 1 over west on 17th Apr.
2006 Bourton, Nr Buckingham - 1 25th-28th Apr.

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Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

Very rare vagrant. 2 records.
1886 Halton - 1 shot by the canal in October
1987 Willen Lake - 1 over on 29th May.

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Spoonbill

Platalea leucorodia

Very rare vagrant. 7 records.
1947 Wilstone Res (Herts) - Flew into the county on 9th May
1969 Marlow - 1 on 11th May
1976 Willen Lake - An adult on 28th June
1977 Willen Lake - 1 on 27th April
1995 Willen - 1 over the village on 1st Sep.
2000 Wilstone Res (Herts) - 2 on 20th Aug flew off NW into Bucks.
2003 Wilstone Res (Herts) - 1 juvenile flew off  into Bucks on 27th Nov.

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Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Local resident.

29

Whooper Swan

Cygnus cygnus

Scarce winter visitor.    See Chart

30

Bewick's Swan

Cygnus columbianus

Scarce winter visitor.    See Chart

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Bean Goose

Anser fabalis

Rare vagrant but genuine wild records confused by feral/escaped birds.  Birds most likely to be of wild origin are listed below.
1996 Dorney Common -  Two birds of the race A.f. rossicus reported on 13th and 14th Dec. (There was a modest influx of this species into England at this time).
1996 College Lake - Two birds of the race A.f. rossicus reported between Dec 1996 and 24th Jan 1997 but often elusive.
2003 Linford - An adult of the race "rossicus" on 23rd Feb.
2005 Newport Pagnall - 1 of race "rossicus" 9th-12th Mar.
2005 Gayhurst Quarry - Above bird from 21st, 30th and 31st.
2006 College Lake - 14 of the race "rossicus" from 27th Jan to 4th Feb. Photo

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Pink-footed Goose

Anser brachyrhynchus

Scarce migrant but genuine wild records confused by feral/escaped birds.  Most years produce records of one or two birds.  The larger flocks may be indicative of wild origins and these are listed below.
1965 Iver GPs - 6 on 30th Jan.
1966 Mentmore - 60-70 on 6th Mar flying by moonlight.
1968 High Wycombe - 30 flying NW on 31st Dec.
1979 The Lee - 70 over west on 28th Jan.
1990 Linford - A probable family party of 6 on 24th Dec.
1992 Willen - 2 adults and 3 immatures came in at dusk on 9th Oct.
1998 Drayton Parslow - 9 over east on 10th Mar.
2003 Marlow - 3 over high NW on 15th Feb.

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White-fronted Goose

Anser albifrons

Scarce migrant and winter visitor but genuine wild records confused by feral/escaped birds.  Birds in the larger winter flocks and most likely to be of wild origin from 1982 are listed below.   See Chart
1984 Stony Stratford - 2 adults + 1 juvenile on 21st Dec.
1985 Willen - c110 flew E in 3 skeins on 12th Jan and then seen at Willen, Linford and Hyde Lane on various dates until 22nd Feb.
1985 Queen Mother Res (Dachet, Berks) - 24 flying N into Bucks on 18th Jan.
1985 Dadford - 42 over on 26th Oct.
1986 Haddenham - 43 on 4th Nov.
1987 Broadwater GP (Gr London) - 9 present on 19th-20th Dec flew into Bucks on both dates.
1991 Marlow - 12 ads + 6 juveniles over on 21st Oct.
1991 Willen - 46 over heading N on 27th Dec.
1992 Willen - 6 flew over to the N on 5th Mar.
1993 Linford - 6 on 10th Jan.
1995 Linford - A wintering flock of 35 on 6th Dec peaked at 38 on 11th Feb 1996.  Smaller numbers remained until 26th March.
1997 Calvert - 8 arrived from the N on 14th Jan stayed until 26th.
1997 Linford - c14 on 27th Dec 1997.  21 on Jan 22nd-23rd 1998, and in various numbers until 30th Jan.
1998 Cosgrove - 19 on 16th Jan declining to 2 on 20th.
1998 Linford - 4 over on 15th Mar.
1998 Little Marlow GP - A flock of over 70 on 4th Dec, thereafter 50-63 commuted between Cockmarsh (Berks) and Little Marlow into 1999.
2000 Little Marlow GP - 24 in from the N on 16th Jan flew off W.
2000 Linford - 1 on 16th Jan.
2002 Marlow - 3 over SE on 13th Oct.
2004 Marlow - 5 over W on 14th Nov.
2004 College Lake  -   4th Dec into 2005.  Photo
2006 Linford - 2 9th-11th Feb.
2006 Gayhurst Quarry - 3 9th Mar & 14th Mar.  1 11th Dec.

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Greylag Goose

Anser anser

Introduced local resident.

35

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Introduced locally common resident.

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Barnacle Goose

Branta leucopsis

Feral birds breed in the north of the county and form flocks of 50+ birds. All records of this species almost certainly refer to these or other feral birds.  However, on 4th April 1999, seven Barnacles were present at Little Marlow GP for a short time and were regarded by the observers as being very wary.   Bearing in mind the time of year and the distance from the feral flocks in the north of the county, these have perhaps the best credentials as any for wild birds. 

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Brent Goose

Branta bernicla

Scarce migrant.    See Chart

38

Egyptian Goose

Alopochen aegyptiacus

An released/escaped species which now breeds in the south of the county.  Increasingly common but rather local.

39

Ruddy Shelduck

Tadorna ferruginea

Released/escaped birds not uncommonly seen..

40

Shelduck

Tadorna tadorna

Scarce resident and regular migrant.

41

Mandarin Duck

Aix galericulata

Very local but increasing resident.

42

Wigeon

Anas penelope

Locally common winter visitor.

43

Gadwall

Anas strepera

Very local resident and regular winter visitor.

44

Teal

Anas crecca

Scarce resident and regular winter visitor.

45

Green-winged Teal

Anas carolinensis

Very rare vagrant. Recently split from Teal Anas crecca.  4 records.
1994 Willen  - Male from 14th-20th Nov.
1996 Linford - Male on 31st Mar.
2000 Linford - 1 male 12th-24th Apr.
2004 Linford - 1 male 11th Jan.

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Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Common resident and winter visitor.

47

Pintail

Anas acuta

Scarce migrant and winter visitor.

48

Garganey

Anas querquedula

Scarce migrant and summer visitor.     See Chart

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Shoveler

Anas clypeata

Scarce resident and local migrant and winter visitor.

50

Red-crested Pochard

Netta rufina

Scarce migrant or escape. Origin of birds uncertain.    See Chart

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Pochard

Aythya ferina

Scarce resident and regular winter visitor.

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Ring-necked Duck

Aythya collaris

Very rare vagrant. 7 records.
1971 Marlow - from 14th Feb and 3 subsequent winters.
1979 Willen - Male from 7-16th Mar.
1989 Yiewsley GP, Iver - Female from 14th Jan-2nd May.
1991 Willen  - Male on 12th May.
1994 Willen - An adult male from 26th Sep to 3rd Oct.
1996 Willen - A male on 23rd Feb.
2004 Foxcote - A male on 14th Feb until 2nd Apr. Photo.
2005 Foxcote - A male from 16th Mar to 5th Apr.
2006 Foxcote - A male from 4th-12th Apr and from 9th Dec into 2007.  No doubt the same individual as in 2004 and 2005.

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Ferruginous Duck

Aythya nyroca

Very rare vagrant. 9 records. Origins unclear.
1974 Newton Longville - Male from 24th Feb - 12th Apr and all Oct.
1976 Eythrope - Male on 15th Feb.
1979 River Colne, Iver - Male on 2nd Feb.
1989 Little Marlow GPs - Female 3-4th Dec.
1995 College Lake - A female on 3rd-4th & 19th Nov and 9th Dec.
1996 Little Marlow GP - A male was seen on 19th and 26th Oct.
1997 Taplow - A male almost daily from 22nd Feb to 2nd Mar.
1997 Calvert - A male on 23rd Dec.
1999 Little Marlow GP - A male 30th-31st Jan.
2006 Jubilee River - 1 5th Aug was tame.

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Tufted Duck

Aythya fuligula

Local resident and common winter visitor.

55

Scaup

Aythya marila

Rare vagrant and winter visitor.

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Eider

Somateria mollissima

Very rare vagrant. 3 records.
1988 Weston Turville Res - 2 females on 5th April
1993 Linford - Adult male on 31st Oct and an adult male and female/immature on 4th Nov.
1993 Hyde Lane - Female/immature on 6th Nov.

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Long-tailed Duck

Clangula hyemalis

Rare vagrant and winter visitor. 21 records.
1957  Weston Turville Res. - 1 from 18-19th Nov.
1959 Foxcote - Male from 17-1th Nov.
1966 Marlow GP - Male and 2 females on 11th Apr.
1969 Shardeloes - A female/immature on 15th Feb during severe weather.
1970 Calvert - Immature from 29th Oct to 13th Jan 1971.
1973 Calvert - Male from 18th Feb to 18th Mar.
1979 Willen - Female 17th Nov to 18th Dec.
1979 Startopsend Res - Immature from 31st Dec until 19th Jan 1980 was typically along the Bucks bank.
1981 Willen - Female on 9th dec.
1982 Stony Stratford - Female/immature from 19th Nov to 26th Dec.
1983 Blue Lagoon, Milton Keynes - Immature female on 4th Mar.
1988 Startopsend Res - 1 from 23rd Oct to 4th Jun 1989 was often seen in the Bucks section.   Photo.
1990 Weston Turville Res. - Immature male and female from 16th Dec to 13th Jan 1991.    Photo.  
1991 Willen - 2 from 2nd Nov to 10th Dec.
1993 Tilehouse GP - A female from 10th Jan until 3rd May, the same bird returning on 30th Oct and staying into 1994.
1994 Tilehouse GP - The regular female was last seen in Spring on 17th Apr, with the first Autumn record on 29th Oct.
1995 Tilehouse GP - The regular female was last seen on 2nd Apr.
1996 Tilehouse GP - The regular female was seen on 6th Jan & 17th Mar.
1996 Caldecotte - 1 from 2nd to 19th Dec.
1997 Tilehouse GP - The regular female was seen on 4 dates in Jan and on 9th Mar.
1998 Tilehouse GP - The regular female was seen regularly from 28th Feb to 10th Apr.   It reappeared on 14th Nov and seen on 3 other dates.
1999 Tilehouse GP - The regular female was seen on 10th Jan.  A second female was seen on 4th Apr, with both birds together at nearby Troy Mill GP (Middlesex) and Broadwater GP (Herts).
1999 Startopsend Res - An immature male 11th-15th May.
2000 Tilehouse GP - The regular female was seen on 27th Jan.
2002 Foxcote - An immature male 20th to 28th Apr.
2005 Calvert - 1 on 17th November into 2006. Photo.
2006 Calvert - The 2005 drake was last seen on 15th Apr.  Photo.
2006 College Lake - An imm male 28th May to 11th Jun.

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Common Scoter

Melanitta nigra

Scarce migrant.   See Chart

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Velvet Scoter

Melanitta fusca

Very rare vagrant. 4 records.
1890 Linford - 1 killed on 27th Oct
1948 near Iver - Male on 12-13th Dec
1982 Willen - 11 on 9th Jan
1994 Old Slade NR - 3 immatures on 29th Nov. (now in Berkshire)
2006 Willen - A 1st winter male on 2nd Feb.

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Bufflehead

Bucephala albeola

Very rare vagrant. 1 record.
1961 Foxcote Reservoir - Male from 28th Feb until 9th Mar. The sixth British record of this species.

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Goldeneye

Bucephala clangula

Regular winter visitor.

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Smew

Mergellus albellus

Scarce winter visitor.    See Chart

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Red-breasted Merganser

Mergus serrator

Rare vagrant and winter visitor.   See Chart

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Goosander

Mergus merganser

Local winter visitor.

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Ruddy Duck

Oxyura jamaicensis

Very local resident and scarce migrant.