August 2004 Summary
Plenty of interest throughout the month, with the main highlights being a fly-through Honey Buzzard (4th SBR record) and a female/juvenile Pied Flycatcher (3rd SBR record). Waders were again present in numbers and variety, with the pick being a Spotted Redshank and three Oystercatcher. Further interest was generated by a pair of ducks showing characteristics of American Wigeon, and finally three duck that appeared to be Garganey. All in all a very profitable month.
|
Species |
Highest Count |
Date |
Notes |
|
Great Crested Grebe |
20+ |
|
Fluctuating numbers all month |
| Little Grebe | 1 | 2nd/31st | |
|
Cormorant |
20+ | Numbers increasing through month | |
| Grey Heron | c.8 | ||
| Little Egret | 3 (poss.4) | 8th | Ones or twos seen on other dates |
| Moorhen | 10+ | ||
| Coot | 6+ | ||
|
Mute Swan |
1 |
31st |
|
| Canada Goose | c.200 | 12th | |
| Barnacle Goose | 1 | from 4th | Presumed feral bird |
| Teal | 5 | 16th | |
| Garganey | 3 | 26th | Probable, though distant views |
| Shoveler | 2 | 19th | |
| Wigeon | 7 | 15th | |
| American Wigeon | 2 | 16th | Pair showing characteristics of this species |
| Tufted Duck | 1 | 2nd | Single female present |
| Honey Buzzard | 1 | 13th | Single over - 4th SBR Record |
| Sparrowhawk | 1 | 19th | |
|
Peregrine |
2 |
|
Single birds seen on several days throughout the month |
| Oystercatcher | 3 | 23rd | |
| Ringed Plover |
9 |
30th |
Small flock seen in flight, thought to be this species |
| Black-tailed Godwit | 12 | 19th | Also a single bird on 26th |
| Common Sandpiper | 12 | 2nd | |
| Green Sandpiper | 4 | 3rd | |
| Dunlin | 2 | 6th/23rd | |
| Spotted Redshank | 1 | 31st | |
| Greenshank | 20 | 8th | In flight over reservoir, also four on 31st, and singles on several dates |
| Yellow-legged Gull | 1 | Present regularly all month | |
| Black-headed Gull | 100+ | Numbers steadily increasing through the month | |
| Common Tern | 5 | 8th | Also four on 23rd, and two on 26th |
| Arctic Tern | 1 | 12th | |
| Kingfisher | 2 | 23rd | Single birds seen on several days throughout the month |
| Swallow | 50+ | 21st | |
| Treecreeper | 1 | 5th | |
| Pied Flycatcher | 1 | 25th | Female of juvenile bird - 3rd SBR record |
| Spotted Flycatcher | 4 | 25th | |
| Wheatear | 1 | 23rd | |
| Stock Dove | 2 | 20th | |
| Pied Wagtail | 25 | 30th | |
| Chiffchaff | 2 | 31st | |
| Willow Warbler | 2 | 25th | |
| Reed Warbler | 2 | 21st | |
| Whitethroat | 2 | 2nd | |
| Bullfinch | 2 | 5th | |
| Raven | 1 | 30th |