Alastair Gray: Ardingly Reservoir Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 113 of 113 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 170 on 15/10/22 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 23/09/2019 One Feral bird with Canada Geese on 23/09/19,8 Barnacle/Cackling goose Hybrids on 11/01/21 with Greylags. 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 496 on 22/12/21 4 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 11/01/2021 One in field with 400 Greylags,(Also 3 Russian White-Fronted Geese,8 Barnacle,8 Egyptian & 1 Canada) 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11/01/2021 2 Adult & 1 Juv (Russian WT Geese) with Greylags 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 5 on 09/10/21 7 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 56 on 14/12/22 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 2 on 16/04/19. 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 42 on 11/09/19 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 6 on 14/09/19 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 2 on 14/09/19 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 03/01/2021 4 on 11/01/21 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 176 on 02/12/19. 14 Pintail Anas acuta 29/12/2019 Drake 29/12/20,Drake on 20/09/21,Female on 21/01/22. 15 Teal Anas crecca 10/02/2021 8 on 15/12/22 16 Pochard Aythya ferina 12 on 01/02/23 17 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 69 on 22/01/23 18 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 08/12/2021 Female 19 Goosander Mergus merganser 28/12/2021 Balcombe Lake 3 ( redheads) 24/11/23, 20 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 21 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 22 Swift Apus apus 23 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 24 Stock Dove Columba oenas 25 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 26 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 15/03/2021 27 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 23/12/2022 Heard screaming at middle Reed bed at 13:20 28 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 29 Coot Fulica atra 20 on 22/09/21 30 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2022 1 on 01/01/22 31 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 22 on 22/03/21 32 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 21/08/2023 Juvenile 33 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 13 on 01/09/20 34 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 14/12/2022 2 on 15/12/22 35 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 4 on 29/08/23 36 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 01/09/2020 Flew over calling at 08:41 37 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 3 on 15/09/19 38 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 39 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 40 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 08/03/2021 3 Adults in roost 41 Common Gull Larus canus 42 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 43 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 44 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 45 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 46 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 6 on 05/10/20. 47 Great White Egret Ardea alba 15/10/2022 48 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 49 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 50 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 15/02/2021 Immature female hunting over Mill Lane. 51 Red Kite Milvus milvus 52 Buzzard Buteo buteo 53 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 08/11/2021 Heard calling mid morning 54 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 2 on 30/08/21 55 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 56 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 57 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 58 Hobby Falco subbuteo 59 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 18/04/2020 Male 60 Jay Garrulus glandarius 61 Magpie Pica pica 62 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 63 Rook Corvus frugilegus 64 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 65 Raven Corvus corax 66 Coal Tit Periparus ater 67 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 68 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 69 Great Tit Parus major 70 Woodlark Lullula arborea 08/11/2021 1 NW over Balcombe Arm early morning 71 Skylark Alauda arvensis 72 Sand Martin Riparia riparia Earliest 06/04/21 73 Swallow Hirundo rustica Earliest 06/04/21 74 House Martin Delichon urbicum Earliest 06/04/21 75 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 76 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 01/09/2020 Found at 09:20 in Ash tree in with tit flock,(In open area behind Fishing Lodge) Showed well for 10mins. 77 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 78 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 79 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 30/08/2021 80 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 81 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 82 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 83 Whitethroat Curruca communis 84 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 28/10/2019 1 on 15/03/21,1 on 29/09/21. 85 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 86 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 87 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 88 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 89 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 90 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 91 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 92 Redwing Turdus iliacus 93 Blackbird Turdus merula 94 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 95 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 22/09/2021 96 Robin Erithacus rubecula 97 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 01/09/2020 98 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 07/09/2020 On Dam fence. 99 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 21/04/2021 Male on Dam 100 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 101 Dunnock Prunella modularis 102 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 103 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 104 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 105 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 106 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 107 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 06/04/2021 Pair by Farm on Mill Lane 108 Linnet Linaria cannabina 117 on Stubble 14/03/22 109 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 33 flew over causeway 19/10/20. 110 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 111 Siskin Spinus spinus 112 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 113 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 122 roosted in Reed Bed 10/02/21