Saturday 7 January 2017

WAXWINGS reach Aylesbury and Tring......

This winter has seen as many as 3,000 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS invade the UK, initially in Scotland before moving south into Northern England, the North Midlands and East Anglia. Now, as the berry supply gets diminished, flocks are dispersing far inland, into North & South Wales and even as far west as Plymouth in Southwest England. They are also infiltrating the South East and at long last turning up in my home county. Following up reports of two singles yesterday morning, I was mighty chuffed to bump into this flock of 13 that spent part of the early afternoon raiding berry bushes in Lynwood Road in Aylesbury, along with large numbers of Fieldfare and Redwing. Two also visited a garden in Tring during the morning....



































Monday 2 January 2017

Another New Year



The New Year is upon us............
 
Not much to report I am afraid, with little of note at the Reservoirs at the moment
 

Highlight at WILSTONE is the lone Common Redshank and Green Sandpiper, with just two female Common Goldeneye hanging on. All 3 BITTERNS continue on site at MARSWORTH, with a single drake Red-crested Pochard there and 81 Corn Buntings roosting