The Story So Far

Well as we are about to embark on another (hopefully) busy autumn period, I thought I would just put together a detailed list of what has been seen thus far in the first eight months of the year. A total of 150 species has been recorded in the immediate Recording Area of Tring Reservoirs

1) Little Grebe (successfully bred - 3+ juveniles fledged)
2) Great Crested Grebe (successfully bred - 5 juveniles fledged)
3) Atlantic Great Cormorant (successfully bred - most records involving Continental Sinensis)
4) EUROPEAN SHAG (1 record of 3 birds on one date in August)
5) EURASIAN BITTERN (up to 3 birds last winter)
6) LITTLE EGRET (peak of 7 this August)
7) Grey Heron (successfully bred; 33 pairs)
8) Mute Swan (probably bred)
9) Whooper Swan (regular pair visiting from Bedfordshire; non-naturalised)
10) Greylag Goose (successfully bred)
11) Atlantic Canada Goose (successfully bred)
12) BARNACLE GOOSE (1 record - flock of 5 in mid-summer; post-breeding dispersal of non-naturalised population)
13) DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE (1 record - flock of 22 in winter)
14) COMMON SHELDUCK (about 5 records)
15) RUDDY SHELDUCK (1 record - pair in early August)
16) Mandarin Duck (bred nearby; occasional visitor to Tringford)
17) Mallard (successfully bred)
18) Gadwall (present all year but with no breeding records)
19) NORTHERN PINTAIL (7 birds recorded)
20) Northern Shoveler (present all year; 2 pairs summered but failed to breed)
21) Eurasian Wigeon (present all year; 2 drakes summered)
22) Common Teal (present virtually all year)
23) GARGANEY (two drakes recorded in spring)
24) Northern Pochard (1 pair bred - 2 young fledged)
25) Red-crested Pochard (female hybridised with Mallard producing single young; 5 additional records of considered wild birds)
26) Tufted Duck (successfully bred)
27) COMMON SCOTER (2 records)
28) Common Goldeneye (present from January to April)
29) SMEW (1 redhead in January)
30) GOOSANDER (3 in January)
31) RUDDY DUCK (up to 7 during first part of year)
32) OSPREY (5 in spring)
33) Red Kite (almost daily visitor)
34) MARSH HARRIER (7 records)
35) HEN HARRIER (male flew over in early spring)
36) Common Buzzard (2 pairs bred)
37) Eurasian Sparrowhawk (3 pairs bred)
38) Common Kestrel (2 pairs bred)
39) HOBBY (frequent visitor from April-August)
40) PEREGRINE (few winter records)
41) Red-legged Partridge (1 pair)
42) GREY PARTRIDGE (covey of 5 birds seen in winter)
43) Common Pheasant (successfully bred)
44) Water Rail (present all year; almost certainly bred)
45) Moorhen (successfully bred)
46) Coot (successfully bred)
47) Eurasian Oystercatcher (bred closeby rearing two young; frequent visitor)
48) Little Ringed Plover (pair successfully bred nearby; frequently recorded)
49) Ringed Plover (pair summered nearby; regularly recorded)
50) European Golden Plover (few records)
51) Lapwing (several pairs bred; common otherwise)
52) TURNSTONE (2 records, both in July)
53) Dunlin (15+ records)
54) WOOD SANDPIPER (juvenile recorded in August)
55) Green Sandpiper (20+)
56) Common Sandpiper (40+ recorded)
57) Common Redshank (bred nearby; few records)
58) Common Greenshank (July-August influx)
59) BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (30+ recorded)
60) BAR-TAILED GODWIT (1 spring record)
61) EURASIAN CURLEW (12 records)
62) WHIMBREL (15+ recorded)
63) WOODCOCK (winter visitor in very small numbers)
64) Common Snipe (20+)
65) Black-headed Gull (frequent visitor)
66) Common Gull (frequent visitor)
67) MEDITERRANEAN GULL (4 recorded)
68) Herring Gull (scarce visitor)
69) Lesser Black-backed Gull (frequent visitor)
70) Great Black-backed Gull (scarce visitor)
71) LITTLE GULL (20+ in spring)
72) KITTIWAKE (1 spring record)
73) LITTLE TERN (4 in spring)
74) SANDWICH TERN (6 in spring)
75) Common Tern (successfully bred - 23+ pairs)
76) ARCTIC TERN (spring passage)
77) BLACK TERN (30+)

78) Stock Dove (successfully bred)
79) Woodpigeon (common resident breeder)
80) Eurasian Collared Dove (resident breeder)
81) COMMON CUCKOO (3-4 in spring)
82) Tawny Owl (resident breeder)
83) BARN OWL (frequent visitor; probably breeds)
84) Little Owl (resident breeder; 2 pairs)
85) Common Swift (summer visitor)
86) Common Kingfisher (1 pair bred)
87) Green Woodpecker (breeding resident)
88) Great Spotted Woodpecker (breeding resident)
89) Eurasian Skylark (1+ pairs bred)
90) WOODLARK (1 early spring record)
91) Sand Martin (summer visitor)
92) Barn Swallow (successfully bred)
93) House Martin (bred nearby; summer visitor)
94) SCANDINAVIAN ROCK PIPIT (1 spring record)
95) Meadow Pipit (winter visitor)
96) TREE PIPIT (1 record - 2 in August)
97) Pied Wagtail (successfully bred)
98) WHITE WAGTAIL (20 in spring; 1 in August)
99) YELLOW WAGTAIL (frequent summer visitor)
100) Grey Wagtail (successfully bred)
101) Wren (breeding resident)
102) Dunnock (breeding resident)
103) Robin (breeding resident)
104) COMMON REDSTART (1 record - male in April)
105) Northern Wheatear (10+ in spring)
106) WHINCHAT (1 record - August)
106) Common Stonechat (winter visitor)
107) Song Thrush (successfully bred)
108) Redwing (winter visitor)
109) Mistle Thrush (successfully bred)
110) Fieldfare (winter visitor)
111) Common Blackbird (resident breeder)
112) Garden Warbler (a few spring records)
113) Blackcap (summer breeder)
114) Lesser Whitethroat (summer visitor)
115) Common Whitethroat (summer breeder)
116) Sedge Warbler (successfully bred)
117) GRASSHOPPER WARBLER (3 reeling males in spring)
118) CETTI'S WARBLER (successfully bred)
119) Western Reed Warbler (successfully bred)
120) Willow Warbler (22 in spring)
121) Common Chiffchaff (successfully bred)
122) Goldcrest (successfully bred)
123) SPOTTED FLYCATCHER (2 pairs bred)
124) Great Tit (breeding resident)
125) Coal Tit (few records)
126) Blue Tit (breeding resident)
127) Long-tailed Tit (breeding resident)
128) Nuthatch (winter visitor)
129) Common Treecreeper (1-2 pairs bred)
130) Magpie (resident breeder)
131) Jay (occasional visitor)
132) Jackdaw (resident breeder)
133) Rook (resident breeder)
134) Carrion Crow (resident breeder)
135) Common Starling (resident breeder)
136) House Sparrow (resident breeder)
137) Chaffinch (resident breeder)
138) BRAMBLING (winter visitor)
139) Linnet (scarce breeder)
140) LESSER REDPOLL (1 flock wintered)
141) Goldfinch (resident breeder)
142) Greenfinch (resident breeder)
143) SISKIN (winter visitor)
144) Bullfinch (scarce resident)
145) COMMON CROSSBILL (23 in summer)
146) Reed Bunting (scarce breeder)
147) Yellowhammer (scarce breeder)
148) CORN BUNTING (winter visitor)
149) COMMON RAVEN
150) MARSH TIT