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Nice little selection of highlights at Watermead this morn…
2 GREEN SANDPIPER - only 3rd record, 5 yrs since last!
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER
HOBBY
5 SAND MARTIN
5 RAVEN
KINGFISHER
f SHOVELER

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September 11, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Some other nice bits from my suburban Watermead home patch recently…
CATTLE EGRET, 18/08.
CLOUDED YELLOW, 29/07 & onwards.
CETTI’S WARBLER, 27/07.
HOBBY, reg at the mo.

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August 25, 2026 at 10:54 AM
August 25, 2026 at 9:45 AM
WESTERN REEF HERON south through Es Llac Gran, Alćudia, Mallorca just now…

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July 9, 2026 at 3:33 PM
17 KITTIWAKES WSW over Wendover Woods y’day! Then, back at Watermead, another flock of 45 KITTIWAKES over S!

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March 27, 2026 at 8:54 AM
2 ssp CARBO/ATLANTIC(coastal) CORMORANTS at Startops Res on Weds with usual Sinensis/Continentals(inland). Ad=rh pic1-3, Juv=lh pic4. See size+bulk, gular pouch angle, white chin shape, & bill size.

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March 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
March 13, 2026 at 12:47 PM
It’s been quiet this wk at Watermead whilst patiently waiting for the first early migrants, but on 01/03 a nice surprise was the BLACK SWAN from Startops Reservoir (about 8 miles away as the swan flies) arriving with 2 Mute Swans…

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March 7, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Some good birds started to show up at Watermead Feb end: f SHELDUCK 14/02, f GOLDENEYE 19/02, CATTLE EGRET 20/02, 6 RAVEN 21/02, LAPWING move’nt, FINNISH-ringed BH GULL, reg REDPOLL, SISKIN & PEREGRINE, & long staying m MANDARIN…
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March 6, 2026 at 3:35 PM
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL N thru Watermead 2day - only my 3rd here & 1st Ad.
Also RAVEN, 11 SISKIN & 2 TEAL. + CHIFFCHAFF with tad too much yellow in good light to be a Sibe tristis but v.grey & no olive, so assume a Scandi abietinus
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January 2, 2026 at 8:23 PM
WATER RAIL & GREAT WHITE EGRET at Watermead today.
Also recently…
metal-ringed YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 10/11,
female BLACKCAP 17/11,
WOODCOCK 07/11,
& CETTI’S WARBLER occasionally still.

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November 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Here’s some shots of the SNOW BUNTING at @nationaltrust.org.uk @waddesdonmanor.bsky.social 2day - was lucky with some lovely autumnal sunshine… Great find Marie, & thanks so much Owain for help with access. Entry to the grounds £14, open 10.00 - 17.00
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November 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Some bits from day 2 at Falsterbo…

Highlights were f MERLIN catching a Blue Tit & feeding on it in flight as it flew out to sea, 9 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD, stunning white C.BUZZARD, 2 HEN HARRIER, c25 CRANE, SPOTTED REDSHANK, endless WOODLARKS & close view of TWITE…

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October 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
A few bits from Falsterbo yesterday…

Highlights were 1 ad & 1 juv WHITE-TAILED EAGLES, a few HEN HARRIERS inc. 1+ ad m, c3 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARDS inc. 1ad m, f MERLIN, 2 WOOD SANDPIPERS & JACK SNIPE…
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October 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
f/1st yr BLACK REDSTART Maylands Ave Hemel Hempstead nr Tesco Express & Adeyfield Free Church. Briefly on orange platform on these flats…
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October 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
PLEASE HELP by keeping an eye out, sharing & letting me & the #police know if you see this car…My black #AlfaRomeo #Giulia, reg (if not changed) OE67 DCF, was #stolen from Aylesbury, #Bucks last night - the car I don’t care about but I’d really like back my #birdwatching #optics hidden in the boot.
August 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
August 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
With only 1 prev record (‘24) at Watermead, I watched the same small Oak beside the R.Thame for 1/2hr & was rewarded with a single PURPLE HAIRSTREAK…
+ only the 3rd rec. of BROWN ARGUS here on the bank.

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July 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
SPOONBILL at Wilstone Reservoir this afternoon - left C.5pm high ENE - worth checking @bbowt.bsky.social College Lake in the morn?

Also 2 BLACK-TAILED GODWITS, double fig LITTLE RINGED PLOVERS, & BARNACLE GOOSE…

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July 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
June 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Hot weather has brought some interesting day-flying moths to Watermead - a HUMMINGBIRD HAWKMOTH stopped to nectar briefly on Red Valerian at my flat y’day, & on Weds the 1st record of 6-SPOT BURNET MOTH here, unfortunately stuck on the lake & shortly eaten by a Mallard!

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June 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM