Birding Tring Reservoirs

Thursday, 30 September 2010

LITTLE STINT still present

This juvenile LITTLE STINT is present at Wilstone for its third day today and was superbly photographed by Dave Hutchison.

LITTLE STINTS take advantage of the mud but yet another RUFF departs quickly

Dave Bilcock's phone-scoped images

TUESDAY 28 SEPTEMBER

Very misty with somewhat poor visibility for a few hours after dawn. Dave Bilcock texted to say that he had seen two LITTLE STINTS at Wilstone, so I made my way straight over......

WILSTONE RESERVOIR, TRING (HERTS)
(0830-0930 hours)

As DB had implied, Wilstone was really in great shape and very attractive for birds. With work to be carried out again on the vegetation on the banks, the water level is dropping daily and extensive mud is now on show. Although the earlier RUFF had departed after just a short while, I was very pleased after missing the weekend Red Knot to finally add a new bird in late September - the LITTLE STINTS...

Both juvenile birds were still present and showing very well just to the left (north) of the Drayton Hide. Dave Hutchison managed to obtain an excellent image of one of the birds and on Wednesday and Thursday, a singleton remained.

The first 26 EUROPEAN GOLDEN PLOVERS of the autumn also arrived and were roosting on the central spit but most impressive was the 14 NORTHERN PINTAILS - the flock including one adult drake.

FULL LIST

The juvenile BLACK-NECKED GREBE was still present, favouring between the jetty and the Drayton Bank.
Little Grebe (1 still present)
Great Crested Grebe (11)
WHOOPER SWANS (both adults still present)
Common Teal (196)
GARGANEY still present
Eurasian Wigeon (57)
Gadwall (24)
Shoveler (82)
Northern Pochard (204)
Lapwing (74)
Common Kingfisher (3)
Pied Wagtail (2)
Grey Wagtail (1)
Goldcrest (5 in North Hedgerow)

Chinese Water Deer (1)

STARTOP'S END RESERVOIR (HERTS)

A massive influx of wildfowl with a full inventory logging 15 Great Crested Grebe, 15 Mute Swans, 15 Teal, 34 Shoveler, 226 Tufted Duck, 93 Northern Pochard and the two continuing RED-CRESTED POCHARDS.

TRINGFORD RESERVOIR (HERTS)

Just single Great Crested Grebe and Mute Swan

Monday, 27 September 2010

BLACK-NECKED GREBE still

MONDAY 27 SEPTEMBER

Light NE winds and light drizzle is what befell my visit to the reservoirs today and there was little in the way of interest apart from a major build up in wildfowl numbers.

WILSTONE RESERVOIR (HERTS)

Great Crested Grebe (12)
Little Grebe (1)
*BLACK-NECKED GREBE (juvenile still present to the east of the Drayton Bank)
Mute Swan (27 including the lone first-year)
Gadwall (24)
Common Teal (297)
Eurasian Wigeon (57)
Shoveler (122)
NORTHERN PINTAIL (5)
Tufted Duck (117)
Northern Pochard (204)
Lapwing (104)
Grey Wagtail
House Martin (4)

Sunday Afternoon at Wilstone

An astounding 4 GREY PLOVERS over at 16:30 heading East towards College lake.

The Garganey and Black-necked Grebe are both still present as well as a single Common Sandpiper, but no sign of the earlier Spot'shank seen by Francis Buckle.

Yesterday evening a Dunlin and 2 Yellow Wagtails were at Startops.

Saturday Afternoon

No sign of the Red Knot Saturday afternoon but an adult YELLOW-LEGGED GULL was amongst ca.15 LBB resting on the mud between the hide and overflow. A Common Gull was also present with the BHGs.
The GARGANEY was showing well in front of the hide and the juvenile BLACK-NECKED GREBE distantly off the jetty.

Local Mega - RED KNOT at Wilstone Saturday morning

Myself and Roy Hargreaves initially watched the RED KNOT fly in and land amongst the Coots on the recently exposed spit opposite the car park steps, before it relocated to the mud just off the old overflow (David Bilcock).

MANX SHEARWATER in Aylesbury Town Centre

This exhausted MANX SHEARWATER made an unexpected crash landing in Aylesbury Town Centre last Thursday (per Simon Nichols)

My 2017 Tring Reservoirs Bird Recording Area List

69) Red-crested Pochard, Wilstone, 9 January
68) Common Buzzard, Wilstone, 9 January
60) Greylag Goose, 3 January
59) BITTERN, Marsworth, 4 January
58) CORN BUNTING, Marsworth, 4 January
57) Reed Bunting, 4 January
55) Great Tit, 4 January
54) Blue Tit, 4 January
52) Green Woodpecker, 4 January
48) Common Starling, 4 January
47) Mistle Thrush, Marsworth, 4 January
45) Goldcrest, 4 January
43) Common Gull, 4 January
42) Goldfinch, 2 January
41) Chaffinch, 2 January
40) Carrion Crow, 2 January
39) Jackdaw, 2 January
38) Common Magpie, 2 January
37) Long-tailed Tit, 2 January
36) Blackbird, 2 January
35) Song Thrush, 2 January
34) Robin, 2 January
33) Dunnock, 2 January
32) Wren, 2 January
31) Grey Wagtail, 2 January
30) Pied Wagtail, 2 January
28) Common Kingfisher, 2 January
27) Collared Dove, 2 January
26) Stock Dove, 2 January
25) Woodpigeon, 2 January
24) Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 January
23) Black-headed Gull, 2 January
22) Lapwing, 2 January
20) Coot, 2 January
19) Moorhen, 2 January
18) Water Rail, 2 January
16) Tufted Duck, 2 January
14) Northern Pochard, 2 January
13) Common Teal, 2 January
12) Eurasian Wigeon, 2 January
11) Shoveler, 2 January
10) Gadwall, 2 January
9) Mallard, 2 January
7) Atlantic Canada Goose, 2 January
6) Mute Swan, 2 January
4) Grey Heron, 2 January
3) Cormorant, 2 January
2) Little Grebe, 2 January
1) Great Crested Grebe, 2 January

My 2012 Tring Reservoirs List (Lee G R Evans)

134) Tawny Owl, Marsworth, 01 December
133) BRAMBLING, Wilstone, 26 October
132) SLAVONIAN GREBE, Wilstone, 26 October
131) European Golden Plover, Wilstone, 01 October
130) GREAT WHITE EGRET, Wilstone, 23 September
129) WHIMBREL, Marsworth, 20 August
128) BLACK TERN (5 birds), Startop's, 15 August
127) Garden Warbler, Wilstone Orchard, 6 August
126) NUTHATCH, Wilstone Orchard, 06 August
125) Lesser Whitethroat, Wilstone, 7 July
124) SABINE'S GULL, Startop's, 02 July
123) Spotted Flycatcher, Wilstone, 28 June
122) GARGANEY, Wilstone, 30 April
121) Hobby, Wilstone, 30 April
120) Common Cuckoo, Marsworth, 28 April
119) Common Whitethroat, Dry Canal, 25 April
118) Common Swift, Wilstone, 24 April
117) LITTLE TERN, Wilstone, 17 April
116) Common Redshank, Startop's, 17 April
115) ARCTIC TERN (15), Wilstone, 17 April
114) Western Reed Warbler (3), Marsworth, 13 April
113) Sedge Warbler, Marsworth, 13 April
112) Yellow Wagtail, Marsworth, 13 April
111) GRASSHOPPER WARBLER, Marsworth, 13 April
110) Common Sandpiper, Wilstone, 10 April
109) Willow Warbler, Dry Canal, 08 April
108) KITTIWAKE, Wilstone, 08 April
107) NORTHERN FULMAR, Wilstone, 05 April
106) House Martin, Wilstone, 04 April
105) MARSH HARRIER, Wilstone, 03 April
104) Common Tern, Wilstone, 03 April
103) Mandarin Duck, Marsworth Reservoir, 31 March
102) CURLEW, Wilstone, 31 March
101) Barn Swallow, Wilstone, 31 March
100) WHITE WAGTAIL, Startop's, 26 March
99) Little Ringed Plover, Startop's, 26 March
98) LITTLE GULL (20), Wilstone, 26 March
97) Cetti's Warbler, Marsworth, 17 March
96) Sand Martin (7), Wilstone, 17 March
95) MARSH TIT, Wilstone Orchard, 16 March
94) SCANDINAVIAN ROCK PIPIT, Wilstone, 14 March
93) RED-THROATED DIVER, flew high west over reservoirs, 14 March
92) Common Kingfisher, Marsworth, 13 March
91) Meadow Pipit, Startop's, 13 March
90) Ringed Plover, Startop's End, 13 March
89) Blackcap, Tringford, 13 March
88) OYSTERCATCHER, Wilstone, 13 March
87) Common Chiffchaff, Tringford, 10 March
86) Mistle Thrush, Tring Sewage Farm, 5 March
85) Water Rail, Marsworth
84) Jay, Tringford Reservoir, 5 March
83) COMMON STONECHAT, Wilstone, 5 March
82) BARN OWL, Tring Sewage Farm, 3 March
81) Common Treecreeper, Marsworth
80) Common Buzzard
79) Sparrowhawk, Wilstone, 21 February
78) Green Sandpiper, Wilstone, 17 February
77) PINTAIL, Wilstone, 17 February
76) RUFF (male), Wilstone, 15 February
75) Herring Gull (3), Wilstone, 13 February
74) PEREGRINE, Wilstone, 13 February
73) DUNLIN, Wilstone, 12 February
72) BLACK-TAILED GODWIT, Wilstone, 12 February
71) RED KNOT, Wilstone, 12 February
70) SMEW, Startop's End, 08 February
69) House Sparrow, Startop's Farm, 04 February
68) EURASIAN BITTERN, Marsworth, 03 February
67) Skylark, Dry Canal, 28 January
66) Yellowhammer, Dry Canal, 28 January
65) GOOSANDER (drake), Wilstone, 28 January
64) WATER PIPIT, Wilstone, 10 January
63) GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (3 birds), Wilstone, 8 January
62) Stock Dove, Wilstone, 8 January
61) Lapwing, Wilstone, 8 January
60) Reed Bunting, Marsworth, 4 January
59) CORN BUNTING, Marsworth Reedbed Roost, 4 January
58) Goldcrest, Marsworth, 4 January
57) Bullfinch, Watery Lane, 4 January
56) SISKIN (3), Tringford, 4 January
54) Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 January
53) Greenfinch, Tringford, 4 January
52) SNOW BUNTING (immature male), Startop's End, 1 January
51) Goldfinch, 1 January
50) Linnet (54 birds), Wilstone, 1 January
49) Chaffinch, 1 January
48) Common Starling, 1 January
47) Carrion Crow, 1 January
46) Rook, 1 January
45) Western Jackdaw, 1 January
44) Common Magpie, 1 January
43) Long-tailed Tit, 1 January
43) Blue Tit, 1 January
42) Great Tit, 1 January
41) Common Blackbird, 1 January
40) Fieldfare, 1 January
39) Redwing, 1 January
38) Song Thrush, 1 January
37) Robin, 1 January
36) Dunnock, 1 January
35) Wren, 1 January
34) Grey Wagtail, 1 January
33) Pied Wagtail, 1 January
32) Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 January
31) Green Woodpecker, 1 January
30) Collared Dove, 1 January
29) Woodpigeon, 1 January
28) MEDITERRANEAN GULL (adult winter), Startop's, 1 January
27) Common Gull, 1 January
26) Black-headed Gull, 1 January
25) JACK SNIPE (2 birds), Marsworth, 1 January
24) Common Snipe (3), Marsworth, 1 January
23) Coot, 1 January
22) Moorhen, 1 January
21) Common Pheasant, 1 january
20) Common Kestrel, 1 January
19) Red Kite, 1 January
18) Common Goldeneye (7), 1 January
17) Tufted Duck, 1 January
16) Red-crested Pochard, 1 January
15) Northern Pochard, 1 January
14) Common Teal, 1 January
13) Eurasian Wigeon, 1 January
12) Northern Shoveler, 1 January
11) Gadwall, 1 January
10) Mallard. 1 January
9) DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE (first-winter), Wilstone, 1 January
8) Atlantic Canada Goose, 1 January
7) Greylag Goose, 1 January
6) Mute Swan, 1 January
5) Grey Heron, 1 January
4) Little Egret, Wilstone, 1 January
3) Atlantic Great Cormorant, 1 January
2) Little Grebe (2 birds), 1 January
1) Great Crested Grebe, 1 January

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Thursday, 30 September 2010

LITTLE STINT still present

LITTLE STINTS take advantage of the mud but yet another RUFF departs quickly

Monday, 27 September 2010

BLACK-NECKED GREBE still

Sunday Afternoon at Wilstone

Saturday Afternoon

Local Mega - RED KNOT at Wilstone Saturday morning

MANX SHEARWATER in Aylesbury Town Centre

My 2017 Tring Reservoirs Bird Recording Area List

My 2012 Tring Reservoirs List (Lee G R Evans)

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