YEARLISTING IN 2016

Compared to most recent years, when for example I recorded 165 species in the county in 2011, 187 in 2012 and 173 in 2013, this has been a particularly poor one with just 157 species recorded by mid December - one of my worst years on record

YEARLISTING IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

It's all over - 2012 has come to an end. I managed a total of 187 out of the 198 species recorded all told in Buckinghamshire - 94% of the total - probably my highest-ever annual tally.

The current record is 191 species achieved in 2006 and held jointly by both Rob Hill and Simon Nichols



Thursday 11 June 2009

ADULT DRAKE LONG-TAILED DUCK STEALS THE SHOW











During my absence last week, this dapper drake LONG-TAILED DUCK graced the Sailing Lake at Calvert for 5 days (Tim Watts photography)
The other main highlights were 5 BLACK TERNS at Calvert Sailing Lake on 5 June (Mike Wallen) and a EUROPEAN NIGHTJAR seen in headlights at Whaddon (Simon Nichols).
There was also a WOOD SANDPIPER briefly one evening at Little Marlow GP (Alan Stevens, Dave Cleal, et al)