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very rare vagrant
Velvet Scoter
Wildfowl
Melanitta fusca
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October 27, 1890
Linford
1 killed
December 12, 1948
Near Iver
1 male from 12th-13th Dec.
January 9, 1982
Willen
11 present
February 2, 2006
Willen
A 1st winter male
November 7, 2016
Willen
2 Immature males from 7th-16th Nov
November 8, 2016
Dorney Lake
Immature male from 8th-18th Nov.
very rare vagrant
Bufflehead
Wildfowl
Bucephala albeola
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February 28, 1961
Foxcote Res.
1 male from 28th Feb until 9th Mar. The sixth British record of this species.
common winter visitor
Goldeneye
Wildfowl
Bucephala clangula
rare winter visitor
Smew
Wildfowl
Mergellus albellus
rare winter visitor
Red-breasted Merganser
Wildfowl
Mergus serrator
Scarce Resident
Goosander
Wildfowl
Mergus merganser
very rare vagrant
Ruddy Duck
Wildfowl
Oxyura jamaicensis
common resident
Red-legged Partridge
Gamebirds
Alectoris rufa
Scarce Resident
Grey Partridge
Gamebirds
Perdix perdix
rare summer visitor
Quail
Gamebirds
Coturnix coturnix
common resident
Pheasant
Gamebirds
Phasianus colchicus
Scarce Resident
Lady Amherst's Pheasant
Gamebirds
Chrysolophus amherstiae
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No items found.
Former breeder, now believed to be extinct in the county. Almost all our records came from a small population straddling the Beds border in the Woburn woods.
rare vagrant
Red-throated Diver
Divers
Gavia stellata
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October 27, 1952
Little Marlow GP
Adult present until 7th Nov
March 11, 1970
Hurley
1 on the River Thames until 31st March
February 25, 1971
Stanton Low GP
A diver Sp present until to 8th Mar was considered to be of this species.
February 13, 1976
Calvert
1 until 22nd Feb
February 19, 1978
Hurley
A diver Sp on the River Thames was considered to be of this species.
March 5, 1978
Wotton Lakes
1 until 12th March
March 14, 1979
Willen
1 present
October 7, 1980
Willen
1 until 10th Oct
February 7, 1986
Willen
1 present
December 8, 1987
Weston Turville Res.
A slightly oiled adult from 8th-10th Dec was taken into care but later died.
November 17, 1988
Calvert
A diver Sp was considered to be of this species.
April 2, 1989
Willen
14 present on 2nd April, 6 just after dawn on 3rd, 2 remaining until 09:00. This influx may have been caused by snow on the E coast
December 16, 1990
Little Marlow GP
Juvenile present until 12th Jan 1991
January 20, 1994
Stowe School
1 present
March 14, 1996
Weston Turville Res.
An adult found on the bank on 14th Mar was taken into care but died on 15th.
November 11, 1997
Taplow GP
A diver briefly on 11th Nov was almost certainly of this species.
December 22, 1997
Startopsend Res.
1 in the Bucks section
November 27, 2005
Little Marlow GP
1 Adult present
November 10, 2010
Steps Hill
1 flying NE
March 14, 2011
College Lake
An adult in summer plumage
December 21, 2017
Blue Lagoon, Bletchley
1 present, departed that afternoon
rare vagrant
Black-throated Diver
Divers
Gavia arctica
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December 25, 1954
Hartigan's GP
1 present
January 9, 1955
Marlow
1 present
November 5, 1966
Old Slade
1 present
March 1, 1972
Willen
1 in early Mar was picked up dead after an overnight storm.
March 12, 1976
Tring Res.
1 flew west into Bucks on 13th March
February 18, 1979
Little Marlow GP
1 present
November 13, 1983
Waddesdon
1 found in a field on 13th Nov was taken into care but later died
October 31, 1985
Caldecotte
1 1st winter bird from 31st Oct to 17th Nov.
January 2, 1994
Haddenham
1 present
December 18, 1996
Bradwell Lake, Linford
A 1st winter bird from 18th-22nd Dec.
November 6, 1998
Calvert
A 1st winter bird on 6th Nov was found dead the following day.
November 27, 2003
Taplow Lake
1 from 27th Nov until 5th Jan 2003.
May 19, 2008
Calvert
1 present
rare vagrant
Great Northern Diver
Divers
Gavia immer
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December 3, 1774
Ford area
1 present
May 9, 1850
Chequers Court
A 'young' bird in a ditch was captured alive
December 1, 1859
Chesham
1 in Nov or Dec.
December 1, 1865
Marlow
1 on the River Thames in Nov or Dec was killed.
December 1, 1865
Temple Island near Henley
1 killed
November 11, 1944
Calvert
An immature shot
November 4, 1964
Foxcote Res.
1 found in a field was released on the reservoir but was found dead 2 days later.
January 17, 1965
Iver GP
1 present
February 1, 1971
Willen Village
1 found dead probably in Feb.
November 12, 1972
Linford GP
1 present
December 12, 1986
Taplow GP
1 from 12th Dec to 11th Jan 1987
December 16, 1994
Willen
1 in the gull roost on 16th Dec stayed for a short while on the following day.
November 27, 1997
Calvert
An adult on 27th-28th Nov.
December 23, 1997
Caldecotte
A 1st winter bird from 23rd Dec was last seen on 6th Jan 1998.
November 28, 2006
Calvert
An immature on 28th & 29th Nov.
November 14, 2009
Calvert
A 1st winter bird 14th-15th Nov.
November 16, 2011
Caldecotte
A 1st winter bird 16th-25th Nov to 3rd Jan 2012.
November 21, 2015
College Lake
1 present
December 2, 2017
Calvert
A juv on 2nd Dec stayed until 7th Jan 2018 and was joined on the afternoon of 14th Dec by a second juv.