Saturday, 9 August 2008

SPECIES RECORDED IN 2008

The Tring Reservoirs Recording Area encompasses all four reservoirs (Wilstone, Tringford, Startopsend and Marsworth), as well as all adjoining farmland, the Dry Canal and the Grand Union Canal, Tring town, Marsworth and Wilstone villages, Pitstone Quarry and Industrial Estate Pools, College Lake NR, Pitstone Hill and Downs Farm, Aldbury and all of the Ivinghoe Hills NR (incorporating Steps Hill, the Beacon and Inkombe Hole).

The Systematic List that follows highlights ALL of the bird species recorded within the Recording Area in 2008. Those that have bred are marked (b) . A total of 174 species have been recorded to 13 October 2008




  1. Great Crested Grebe (b)
  2. Little Grebe (b)
  3. BLACK-NECKED GREBE

  4. Continental/Atlantic Great Cormorant (b)

  5. Eurasian Bittern

  6. Little Egret

  7. GREAT WHITE EGRET

  8. Grey Heron (b)

  9. PURPLE HERON

  10. WHITE STORK - 16 Aug

  11. BLACK STORK

  12. Mute Swan (b)

  13. Whooper Swan

  14. Bewick's Swan

  15. Greylag Goose (b)

  16. Canada Goose (b)

  17. Common Shelduck

  18. Egyptian Goose

  19. Mandarin Duck (b)

  20. Mallard (b)

  21. Gadwall (b)

  22. Pintail

  23. Shoveler

  24. Eurasian Wigeon

  25. Common Teal

  26. Garganey

  27. Pochard (b)

  28. Red-crested Pochard (b)

  29. Tufted Duck (b)

  30. Common Scoter

  31. Common Goldeneye

  32. Goosander

  33. Ruddy Duck (b)

  34. Osprey

  35. Red Kite (b)

  36. Marsh Harrier

  37. MONTAGU'S HARRIER (15/8)

  38. Common Buzzard (b)

  39. Eurasian Sparrowhawk (b)

  40. Northern Goshawk (b)

  41. Common Kestrel (b)

  42. Hobby (b)

  43. Peregrine

  44. Merlin

  45. Red-legged Partridge (b)

  46. Grey Partridge (b)

  47. Common Pheasant (b)

  48. Water Rail

  49. Moorhen (b)

  50. Coot (b)

  51. Oystercatcher (b)

  52. Little Ringed Plover (b)

  53. Ringed Plover (b)

  54. European Golden Plover

  55. Grey Plover

  56. Lapwing (b)

  57. Turnstone

  58. RED KNOT (14/8)

  59. Sanderling

  60. Dunlin

  61. Green Sandpiper

  62. Common Sandpiper

  63. WOOD SANDPIPER - 16-17 August

  64. Common Redshank (b)

  65. Spotted Redshank

  66. Common Greenshank

  67. Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit

  68. BAR-TAILED GODWIT - 17 August

  69. Eurasian Curlew

  70. Whimbrel

  71. Woodcock

  72. Common Snipe

  73. Ruff

  74. GREY PHALAROPE (2 on 2 Sept)

  75. Black-headed Gull

  76. Common Gull

  77. Mediterranean Gull

  78. Herring Gull

  79. Yellow-legged Gull

  80. Lesser Black-backed Gull

  81. Great Black-backed Gull

  82. Little Gull

  83. Black-legged Kittiwake

  84. Little Tern

  85. Sandwich Tern

  86. Common Tern (b)

  87. Arctic Tern

  88. Black Tern

  89. WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN (2 juveniles on 30 August)

  90. Stock Dove (b)

  91. Woodpigeon (b)

  92. Collared Dove (b)

  93. European Turtle Dove

  94. Common Cuckoo (b)

  95. Tawny Owl (b)

  96. Short-eared Owl

  97. Barn Owl (b)

  98. Little Owl (b)

  99. Common Swift (b)

  100. Common Kingfisher (b)

  101. Green Woodpecker (b)

  102. Great Spotted Woodpecker (b)

  103. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

  104. Skylark (b)

  105. WOODLARK (12 Oct)

  106. Sand Martin

  107. Barn Swallow (b)

  108. House Martin (b)

  109. Water Pipit

  110. Meadow Pipit (b)

  111. Tree Pipit

  112. Pied Wagtail (b)

  113. White Wagtail

  114. Yellow Wagtail (b)

  115. Grey Wagtail (b)

  116. Wren (b)

  117. Dunnock (b)

  118. Robin (b)

  119. Common Redstart

  120. Northern Wheatear

  121. Whinchat

  122. Common Stonechat

  123. Song Thrush (b)

  124. Redwing

  125. Mistle Thrush (b)

  126. Fieldfare

  127. Common Blackbird (b)

  128. Ring Ouzel

  129. European Reed Warbler (b)

  130. Sedge Warbler (b)

  131. Cetti's Warbler (b)

  132. Grasshopper Warbler

  133. Garden Warbler (b)

  134. Blackcap (b)

  135. Lesser Whitethroat (b)

  136. Common Whitethroat (b)

  137. ICTERINE WARBLER

  138. Willow Warbler (b)

  139. Wood Warbler

  140. Common Chiffchaff (b)

  141. Goldcrest (b)

  142. Firecrest

  143. Spotted Flycatcher (b)

  144. Pied Flycatcher

  145. Great Tit (b)

  146. Coal Tit (b)

  147. Blue Tit (b)

  148. Marsh Tit (b)

  149. Long-tailed Tit (b)

  150. Nuthatch (b)

  151. Common Treecreeper (b)

  152. Magpie (b)

  153. Jay (b)

  154. Jackdaw (b)

  155. Rook (b)

  156. Carrion Crow (b)

  157. Common Raven

  158. Common Starling (b)

  159. House Sparrow (b)

  160. Tree Sparrow

  161. Chaffinch (b)

  162. Brambling

  163. Linnet (b)

  164. Goldfinch (b)

  165. Greenfinch (b)

  166. Siskin

  167. Lesser Redpoll

  168. Bullfinch (b)

  169. HAWFINCH

  170. Common Crossbill

  171. Reed Bunting (b)

  172. Yellowhammer (b)

  173. Corn Bunting (b)

  174. LAPLAND BUNTING (13 Oct)

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