Tom Speller: Fairlands Valley Park Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 116 of 116 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 14/03/2015 Main Lake 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 18/03/2013 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 19/04/2015 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 19/03/2013 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 24/12/2020 Main Lake 1st winter, found day before at Town Centre Gardens 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 19/03/2015 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 04/11/2022 juv at Main Lake 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 17/03/2019 2 at Main lake 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 21/10/2017 Millennium Lake 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16/03/2016 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/03/2018 4 at Millennium lake 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 22/09/2016 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18/03/2013 14 Pintail Anas acuta 21/02/2021 Main Lake pair, flew north 7am 15 Teal Anas crecca 09/12/2016 16 Pochard Aythya ferina 19/03/2013 17 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 19/03/2015 18 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 24/11/2018 Main Lake 19 Goosander Mergus merganser 04/12/2021 Drake at Millennium 20 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 28/10/2019 Female, grass bank nr Farmhouse Channel 21 Swift Apus apus 16/05/2013 22 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 13/05/2013 Feral Pigeon 23 Stock Dove Columba oenas 20/05/2018 Abbots Grove Wood 24 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 18/03/2013 25 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 30/04/2013 26 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 13/02/2018 Farmhouse Channel 27 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 18/03/2013 28 Coot Fulica atra 18/03/2013 29 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 26/11/2016 Main Lake 30 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 19/03/2013 31 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 27/03/2016 Main Lake 32 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 23/03/2019 Main Lake 33 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 28/06/2018 Main Lake 34 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 27/02/2019 Main lake (grass bank SE corner) 35 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 21/09/2022 Balancing Pond 36 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 02/07/2013 37 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 28/06/2018 Main Lake 38 Redshank Tringa totanus 25/07/2015 Main Lake 39 Sanderling Calidris alba 01/06/2023 Main Lake 40 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/03/2018 7 at main lake 41 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 29/04/2013 42 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 14/07/2022 Main Lake 43 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 03/02/2015 44 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 30/10/2022 1st winter, Main Lake 45 Common Gull Larus canus 21/12/2015 46 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 20/03/2016 47 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 01/01/2019 Main Lake 48 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 19/01/2020 Adult on main lake 49 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 14/03/2015 50 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 07/04/2023 on lamppost by climbing wall 51 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 04/06/2013 52 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2019 Environmental Lake, flyover 53 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 31/05/2013 54 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 15/08/2016 55 Red Kite Milvus milvus 21/05/2013 56 Buzzard Buteo buteo 10/04/2016 57 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 08/05/2015 58 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 15/08/2016 Millennium Lake 59 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 14/03/2015 60 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 02/07/2015 61 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 07/04/2018 Main Lake - fly through 62 Hobby Falco subbuteo 22/05/2020 Main Lake 63 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 05/09/2018 Over Environmental lake heading west 64 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 24/08/2016 Main Lake 65 Jay Garrulus glandarius 13/05/2013 66 Magpie Pica pica 18/03/2013 67 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 02/05/2013 68 Rook Corvus frugilegus 13/05/2013 Main Lake - flyover 69 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 18/03/2013 70 Raven Corvus corax 25/09/2022 over main lake 71 Coal Tit Periparus ater 28/02/2016 72 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 18/03/2013 73 Great Tit Parus major 20/03/2013 74 Skylark Alauda arvensis 18/10/2020 Main lake, flyovers 75 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 27/03/2016 76 Swallow Hirundo rustica 22/04/2013 77 House Martin Delichon urbicum 24/04/2016 78 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 04/09/2020 Millennium Lake 79 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 29/04/2013 80 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 21/04/2016 81 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 16/05/2013 82 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 26/04/2017 Environmental Lake 83 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 29/07/2015 84 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 25/04/2013 85 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 28/04/2021 Millennium Lake 86 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 24/04/2016 Millennium Lake 87 Whitethroat Curruca communis 04/05/2017 Environmental Lake 88 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 24/03/2019 Wiltshire's Spring 89 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 08/05/2015 90 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 18/03/2013 91 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 30/05/2016 92 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 24/07/2018 Balancing Pond 93 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 16/05/2013 94 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 03/02/2015 95 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 13/03/2016 96 Redwing Turdus iliacus 28/02/2016 97 Blackbird Turdus merula 18/03/2013 98 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 15/10/2016 99 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 15/09/2016 Farmhouse Channel 100 Robin Erithacus rubecula 18/03/2013 101 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 02/10/2023 Main Lake 102 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 13/05/2013 103 Dunnock Prunella modularis 18/03/2013 104 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 21/08/2016 Main Lake 105 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 29/05/2013 106 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 22/04/2013 107 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 18/09/2021 South of Main Lake 108 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 19/03/2013 109 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 11/11/2018 Environmental Lake 110 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 28/02/2016 111 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/05/2013 112 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 18/10/2020 Environmental Lake, flyovers 113 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 26/10/2020 5 at Millennium Lake 114 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 04/06/2013 115 Siskin Spinus spinus 18/12/2015 116 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 22/03/2021 Millennium Lake female