Dave Helliar: England Life List BOU, Lockdown (COVID-19) Record(s) 1 to 96 of 96 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 29/03/2020 Chard Reservoir 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 09/04/2020 Chard Reservoir 2 (unusual here) 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 24/03/2020 Chard Reservoir 4 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 25/04/2020 Chard Reservoir Drake 5 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 07/11/2020 Chard Reservoir 6 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/04/2020 Chard Reservoir 7 Wigeon Mareca penelope 11/11/2020 Chard Reservoir 8 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 24/03/2020 Chard Reservoir 9 Teal Anas crecca 08/11/2020 Chard Reservoir 10 Pochard Aythya ferina 12/11/2020 Chard Reservoir 11 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25/03/2020 Chard Reservoir 12 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 12/04/2020 Chard Reservoir Female at Res this morning 13 Smew Mergellus albellus 30/03/2020 Chard Reservoir Redhead returned! 14 Goosander Mergus merganser 03/11/2020 Chard Reservoir 15 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 27/03/2020 near Chard Reservoir 16 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 18/03/2021 Snowdon Hill, Chard One 17 Swift Apus apus 20/04/2020 Peasmarsh (Chard WWTW) 1 feeding low over WWTW 18 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 23/04/2020 near Chard Reservoir 1 heard 19 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 21/04/2020 near Chard Reservoir 1 Feral 20 Stock Dove Columba oenas 03/04/2020 6 in newly harrowed field 21 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 24/03/2020 in garden 22 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 28/04/2020 near Chard Reservoir Pair 23 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 24/03/2020 Chard Reservoir 24 Coot Fulica atra 24/03/2020 Chard Reservoir 25 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 08/11/2020 Chard Reservoir 26 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 24/03/2020 Chard Reservoir 27 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 15/02/2021 Chard Reservoir 5th Record 28 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 21/03/2021 Chard Reservoir One 29 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 09/04/2020 Chard Reservoir 2 30 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 18/04/2020 Chard Reservoir 2 31 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 28/03/2020 Chard Reservoir 32 Common Gull Larus canus 28/03/2020 Chard Reservoir 33 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 24/03/2020 On house roof 34 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 08/04/2020 Chard Reservoir 2 adults 35 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 24/03/2020 Chard Reservoir 36 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 24/03/2020 Chard Reservoir 37 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 16/04/2020 Chard Reservoir 2 38 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 14/04/2020 Chard Reservoir 1 39 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Over & sometimes in my garden 40 Red Kite Milvus milvus 26/03/2020 1 over my garden 41 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 28/01/2021 G463 IOW introduction at Chard Res 'Feral' 42 Buzzard Buteo buteo 24/03/2020 over my garden 43 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 26/04/2020 Nimmer 44 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 03/04/2020 Chard Reservoir 1 45 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 25/03/2020 Chard Reservoir 46 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 30/03/2020 Chard Reservoir 47 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 26/03/2020 1 over my garden 48 Jay Garrulus glandarius 06/04/2020 Near Chard Reservoir 49 Magpie Pica pica Over garden 50 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula On house roof 51 Rook Corvus frugilegus 03/04/2020 In newly harrowed field 52 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Over garden 53 Raven Corvus corax 11/04/2020 Chard Reservoir 1 over 54 Coal Tit Periparus ater In garden 55 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 20/04/2020 Chard Reservoir 56 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Nesting in garden 57 Great Tit Parus major In garden 58 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 16/04/2020 Chard Reservoir Female - First Record here! 59 Skylark Alauda arvensis 05/05/2020 Snowdon Hill, Chard 3 singing 60 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 28/03/2020 Chard Reservoir 61 Swallow Hirundo rustica 29/03/2020 Chard Reservoir 62 House Martin Delichon urbicum 05/04/2020 Chard Reservoir First of the year 63 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chard Reservoir 64 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 06/04/2020 Chard Reservoir 1 singing 65 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Singing near my garden 66 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 23/04/2020 Peasmarsh (Chard WWTW) 1 singing 67 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 15/04/2020 Chard Reservoir 1 singing this am. 68 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Chard Reservoir 69 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 23/04/2020 Peasmarsh (Chard WWTW) 1 singing 70 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 21/04/2020 Peasmarsh (Chard WWTW) Singing male 71 Whitethroat Curruca communis 20/04/2020 Peasmarsh (Chard WWTW) 1 seen 72 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Chared Reservoir 73 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes In my garden 74 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Singing near my garden 75 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 02/04/2020 Chard Reservoir 1 singing 76 Starling Sturnus vulgaris In my garden 77 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Singing near my garden 78 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/04/2020 1 over my garden 79 Redwing Turdus iliacus 06/11/2020 Over my garden 80 Blackbird Turdus merula Nesting in my garden 81 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 25/01/2021 near Chard Reservoir 82 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 27/04/2020 Chard Reservoir 1 83 Robin Erithacus rubecula Nesting in my garden 84 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 22/11/2020 Pudleigh 85 House Sparrow Passer domesticus In my garden 86 Dunnock Prunella modularis Chard Resevoir 87 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/04/2020 Chard Reservoir 88 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 14/04/2020 near Chard Reservoir 89 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 12/11/2020 Over my garden 90 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Chard Reservoir 91 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 03/04/2020 Chard Reservoir 92 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 26/03/2020 near Chard Reservoir 93 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis In my garden 94 Siskin Spinus spinus 18/11/2020 Over my garden 95 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 05/05/2020 Snowdon Hill, Chard 5 males 96 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 20/04/2020 Chard Reservoir