Geoff Busby: Thornton Reservoir Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 98 of 98 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 13/08/2023 on outlet with other Geese. with Dave Wright 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 5 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 6 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13/08/2023 with 2 female Mallards from main car park with Dave Wright pair off dam 22/04/24 7 Gadwall Mareca strepera 23/04/2024 Ramp by car park Drake 8 Wigeon Mareca penelope 9 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 10 Teal Anas crecca 11 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 14/09/2023 female off main car park 12 Pochard Aythya ferina 13 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 14 Scaup Aythya marila 07/02/2019 drake showed very well close to car park with Tufted Ducks 15 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 16 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 17 Swift Apus apus 23/04/2024 1 bird high from car park 18 Stock Dove Columba oenas 17/04/2023 tall trees by the pool corner 2 birds 19 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 20 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 13/08/2023 main car park with Dave Wright 21 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 22 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 23 Coot Fulica atra 24 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 25 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 26 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 27 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 07/03/2024 Resting on Dam, had a swim around briefly 28 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 03/04/2022 flew high NW from dam (with Carol) 29 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 17/01/2024 34 flew onto dam to roost (with A.Smith) 30 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 05/10/2022 bobbing and feeding continuously on far bank muddy edge from between Fishing Lodge & gate (with Andy Smith - finder) 31 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 32 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 17/04/2023 near outlet flew to dam 33 Redshank Tringa totanus 12/04/2024 flew to dam self found viewed from picnic area by east car park; later main car park (with Andy Smith) also Common Sandpiper 34 Knot Calidris canutus 01/11/2019 on outlet (with A.Smith) 35 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 36 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 16/04/2024 flew along east side over dam and away down the valley (with A.Smith) 37 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 07/03/2024 2 adults & 2 juveniles (with A.Smith) 38 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 39 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 26/01/1992 from car park (with D.Dixon) LIFER 40 Common Gull Larus canus 19/01/2023 41 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 22/01/2024 42 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 43 Gannet Morus bassanus 22/08/2016 Stormblown Adult associating with Mute Swans (with R.Brett, A.Smith, Brian Moore & Rosie Thompson) 44 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 45 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 31/07/2013 distant 1st summer preening in tree on opposite bank (with Carol, A.Smith & A.Shaw) 46 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 47 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 02/02/2018 Sharp's Close, Thornton first seen to drop in with Black-headed Gulls, then flushed by dog walker. Finally seen flying towards reservoir (with P.Jessop) 48 Great White Egret Ardea alba 26/07/2018 3 birds 49 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 50 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 15/04/2024 Female flew along dam then up and over road spooking Woodpigeons 51 Buzzard Buteo buteo 52 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 18/03/2022 NE inlet stream 53 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 25/03/2024 Drumming nr church. 1 flew from Pine tree on north side into wood. Later more drumming in wood 54 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 21/03/2023 Flew into tree below dam calling 55 Hobby Falco subbuteo 22/05/2023 initially hawking insects circling high nr church 14:10; seen again 3x best views over woods to north 14:38 (with D.Wright) 56 Magpie Pica pica 57 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 17/04/2023 in fields near bridge near miniature goats 58 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 59 Coal Tit Periparus ater 60 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 61 Great Tit Parus major 62 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 63 Swallow Hirundo rustica 64 House Martin Delichon urbicum 65 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 66 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 67 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 68 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 02/06/2018 singing in hedge (with Liam & Dani) 69 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 70 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 05/05/2023 singing male h.b.n.s old hedges east side paddocks 71 Whitethroat Curruca communis 05/05/2023 singing male 72 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 73 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 74 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 75 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 76 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 77 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 17/01/2024 Retreat Farm fields perched on molehill then flew to hedge 78 Redwing Turdus iliacus 79 Blackbird Turdus merula 80 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 16/03/2024 several calling with Redwings in big hedge North sidec 81 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 17/04/2018 Horse Paddock below dam male in hedge showed well; eventually flew out pulling out worms before flying back into hedge (with Andrew Allen & A.Smith) 82 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 31/05/2023 briefly on hedge nr NE inflow stream 15:41 83 Robin Erithacus rubecula 84 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 85 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 86 Dunnock Prunella modularis 87 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 88 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 89 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 25/03/2024 c20 in ploughed field east of wood 90 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 91 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 26/09/2009 juv in Andy Smith's garden (with Carol & LGRE) 92 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 11/03/2024 male singing nr main car park 93 Linnet Linaria cannabina 16/03/2024 small flock in stubble North side 94 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 95 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 96 Siskin Spinus spinus 97 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 13/04/2022 back fields male singing 98 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 05/05/2023 opposite church on hedge singing male