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very rare vagrant
Red-necked Phalarope
Waders
Phalaropus lobatus
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July 8, 1978
Willen
Female from 8th-9th July.
June 1, 1989
Willen
Female from 1st-3rd June
September 19, 1992
Willen
1 juvenile
June 8, 1995
Willen
1 Female
May 23, 2002
College Lake
1 Female
October 26, 2005
Calvert
A juvenile from 26th-27th Oct.
May 22, 2014
Manor Farm
An adult female on 22nd May. Not present the following morning.
June 7, 2020
Little Marlow GP
A male present for several hours
September 8, 2022
Marlow GP
1 1st winter
very rare vagrant
Grey Phalarope
Waders
Phalaropus fulicarius
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September 19, 1866
Halton
1 present
October 27, 1928
Dancers End
1 found dead
September 16, 1935
Weston Turville Res.
1 present
October 30, 1952
High Wycombe
1 found dead
September 8, 1985
Willen
1 juvenile
October 16, 1987
Weston Turville Res.
1 present
October 16, 1987
Willen
1 on the 16th, then 18th-19th Oct.
January 7, 1998
Linford
1 present
September 3, 2008
Weston Turville Res.
2 present
September 7, 2008
Startopsend Res.
1 present
very rare vagrant
Pomarine Skua
Skuas
Stercorarius pomarinus
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November 13, 1982
Willen
1 Immature from 13th-15th Nov.
November 11, 1985
Caldecotte
1 Adult
November 5, 1994
Campbell Park, Milton Keynes
1 over W
1859 Chesham – 1 shot in Nov or Dec
very rare vagrant
Arctic Skua
Skuas
Stercorarius parasiticus
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August 28, 1983
Calvert
A dark phase adult
August 23, 1985
Marsworth
A dark phase adult
very rare vagrant
Long-tailed Skua
Skuas
Stercorarius longicaudus
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October 12, 1982
Little Chalfont
An immature from 12th-17th Oct feeding on a freshly ploughed field.
very rare vagrant
Great Skua
Skuas
Stercorarius skua
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September 3, 1983
Wilstone Res. Herts.
1 flew SW into Bucks.
August 25, 1987
Willen
1 present
January 1, 1995
Little Marlow GP
1 circled and flew off W
September 27, 1998
Foxcote Res.
1 adult present
October 19, 2001
Lacey Green
1 picked up injured & taken to St Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital.
May 11, 2012
Foxcote
1 present
November 15, 2015
Pitstone
A bird from Wilstone Res (Herts) seen to fly into the distance and over Pitstone.
November 12, 2017
Longwick
An adult circled the village
November 5, 2019
Wilstone Res. Herts
1 flew into Bucks airspace when it departed.
August 15, 2020
Calvert
1 present
October 3, 2020
Eythrope
1 present
very rare vagrant
Sabine's Gull
Gulls
Xema sabini
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January 10, 1981
Willen
1 adult and 1 immature
October 17, 1987
Colnbrook
A juvenile flying NE
October 21, 1987
Colnbrook
1 Adult on 21st Oct, 3 adults from 22nd-24th Oct, 1 from 26th-28th Oct. The 1987 records followed the “great storm” of 15th Oct when many Sabine’s Gulls were blown into southern England.
September 26, 1997
Little Marlow GP
1 Juvenile
October 3, 1997
Calvert
1 juvenile
September 27, 1998
Foxcote Res.
1 juvenile
September 16, 2001
Foxcote Res.
A juvenile coming in to roost from 16th-19th Sep.
October 19, 2003
Foxcote Res.
1 adult
July 1, 2012
Startopsend Res.
A 1st summer bird from 1st-5th July in the Bucks corner of the reservoir.
January 4, 2014
Weston Turville Res.
A juvenile seen at dusk on 4th Jan was seen to fly off early the next day.
Scarce passage migrant
Kittiwake
Gulls
Rissa tridactyla
very rare vagrant
Bonaparte's Gull
Gulls
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
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January 9, 2016
College Lake
1 came into roost on 9th, 10th, 12th and 13th Jan. It was initially found at nearby Wilstone Reservoir (Herts) and feeding in fields close to that site.
common resident
Black-headed Gull
Gulls
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Scarce passage migrant
Little Gull
Gulls
Hydrocoloeus minutus
very rare vagrant
Franklin's Gull
Gulls
Larus pipixcan
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June 30, 1999
Willen
A summer-plumaged adult seen late on 30th Jun and early the following morning.
Scarce winter visitor
Mediterranean Gull
Gulls
Larus melanocephalus
common resident
Common Gull
Gulls
Larus canus
very rare vagrant
Ring-billed Gull
Gulls
Larus delawarensis
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January 24, 1991
Fulmer
1 adult present, subsequently took up residence in Uxbridge
November 7, 1991
Little Marlow GP
A 2nd winter bird from 7th-9th and 16th Nov. What was probably the same bird was seen at Pickeridge Quarry near Stoke Common on 23rd Nov.
February 12, 1992
Little Marlow GP
The same individual as seen in November 1991 was relocated on 21st Feb.
February 9, 1994
Willen
1 adult
February 16, 1994
Hedgerley
1 adult
September 26, 1994
Little Marlow GP
A 2nd winter bird on 10 dates between 26th Sep and 25th Nov.
February 12, 1995
Little Marlow GP
The 1994 bird was seen again on 12th & 26th Feb and 10th Mar. An adult bird seen on several dates from 29th Sep to end Dec may have been the same bird.
March 20, 2002
Little Marlow GP
A 2nd winter bird on 20th & 30th Mar.
January 28, 2003
Foxcote
A 2nd winter bird
April 1, 2003
Little Marlow GP
An adult on 1st Apr was also seen on 2nd, 3rd and 5th.
July 14, 2004
Little Marlow GP
A 2nd summer bird on 14th July and on many days between 16th July and 6th Aug.