Bob Philpott: Wiltshire Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 224 of 224 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 26/08/2004 Devizes. The Crammer 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 23/01/2022 CWP. Field by Lake 83. 3 birds together. 5 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 20/12/2001 CWP 68. 3 birds 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10/02/2006 CWP 74 7 birds. 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Also Black Swan, Swindon and CWP. 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10/12/2003 Inglesham With mute swan at Inglesham 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna ********** ********** 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 14/04/2018 North Meadow, Cricklade Pair. 14 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 30/09/2002 Cotswold Water Park, Ashton Keynes. Old entry. Lake 68c. With teal. Eclipse. Head pattern distinct. 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 03/04/2012 Swindon Old entry. With tufted duck at lydiard park 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 27 February 2020. Male and Female at Jubilee Lake, RWB. First sighting of this species at this location. 26 Scaup Aythya marila 18/02/2017. CWP57. Male. 01/02/2020. Male at CWP82. 23/03/2022. Male at CWP74. 27 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Lake 301 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 13/11/2016 CWP 74 3 female 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 20/01/2005 CWP Lake 74. 31 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 27/02/2016 Corsham Lake Unringed and flying 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 30/10/2017 CWP. Cleveland Lakes 24 Dec 2009. Coate Water, Fem. 2 Redhead. 34 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 20/03/2014 CWP 74 Two males 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 36 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 37 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 38 Quail Coturnix coturnix 39 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 40 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 03/07/2015 Savernake 23/06/2010.. Savernake. 41 Swift Apus apus 42 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 04/05/2023 Salisbury Plain Group of birds from Great Bustard Trust release scheme 43 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Was regular at CWP. 44 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 45 Stock Dove Columba oenas 30/05/2005 RWB, Springfield Close Old Tawny Owl nest. 46 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 47 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 14/06/2007 Savernake Three birds 48 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 49 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 50 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 51 Coot Fulica atra 52 Crane Grus grus 11/05/2019 CWP. Lake 74. 2 birds into CWP 74 scrape from 82 direction. stayed 10 minutes and flew off in same direction. 53 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 54 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 03/08/1998 CWP Lake 68 Old record. Bird on lake numbered 68B at that time. With Mark Barrett 55 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena ********** ********** 56 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 57 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 30/04/2012 CWP 74. 4 birds in summer plumage. 58 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 14/03/2018. 3 birds by viewing point at RSPB Winterbourne Downs. 59 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 60 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 61 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 20/07/1987 CWP68c My first for CWP. 25/05/2009 CWP 68c 62 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 15/05/2013 CWP74 63 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 64 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 03/05/1985 Hackpen Hill Summer plumage 2 fem and 1 male 65 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 66 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 67 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 68 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 07/05/2011 CWP Ashton Keynes 9 birds 69 Curlew Numenius arquata 30/05/2018. Two birds calling and feeing on lawn by Cheeseley Hill Farm 70 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 71 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 72 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 21/02/2012 CWP 74. 5 during snipe survey 73 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 23/06/2010 Savernake Forest 74 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 75 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Devizes, The Crammer 76 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 77 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 16/08/2015 Coate Water 78 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 79 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 80 Redshank Tringa totanus 81 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus ********** ********** 82 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 83 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 16/05/2012 CWP 74 On tern rafts 84 Knot Calidris canutus 85 Ruff Calidris pugnax 86 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 21/05/2015 CWP 74 scrapes One bird 87 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 88 Sanderling Calidris alba 16/05/2013 CWP74 89 Dunlin Calidris alpina 17/04/2010 CWP 74 7 Birds. 90 Little Stint Calidris minuta 91 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 14/09/2011 CWP 74 scrape. Juvenile with 5 dunlin. 92 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 20/11/2003 CWP Lake 68c. 93 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 08/05/2019 CWP. lake 74. 12 birds over lake. Two birds 27/04/2024 94 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 27/06/2012 CWP 74 Summer plumaged adult 95 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 25/04/2012 CWP 74. 50+ birds 96 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 08/05/2019 CWP. lake 74. 20 birds over lake. Breeding bird for area. 97 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 98 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 10/04/2016 CWP. Lake 83 Adult. 99 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 24/02/2023 Jubilee Lake, Royal Wootton Bassett Tired individual stayed on site during the day only. 28/07/2011 Coate Water 100 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 101 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 12/01/2003 Swindon STW Old entry. Thames Water Sewage works 102 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 103 Common Gull Larus canus 07/12/2016 CWP, Cleveland Lakes 10 birds at roost 104 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 105 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 01/05/2004 Calne Sand Pits 106 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 107 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 24/04/2018 Field opposite Marsh Farm Hotel 3 birds for several days. One 3rd summer, one second summer? Gull roost at CWP 74 on 20/1/2005 108 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 109 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 25/04/2018 Field opposite Marsh Farm Hotel 17/02/2005. CWP74. Iceland and Kumliens at Lake 74 in roost. dark edges to primaries - thayers queried 110 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 111 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 30/10/2012 , Swindon One immature at lake. 112 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/12/1988 CWP 68c My first for CWP. 20/12/2004 on lake 68. 10/02/2016. CWP 82. 113 White Stork Ciconia ciconia High over RWB, heading west. 114 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 115 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 116 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 06/07/2013 CWP 74 Summer Plumage 117 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 118 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 22/04/2023 Castle eaton Part of national influx. In trees by R Thames. P 119 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 120 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 121 Great White Egret Ardea alba 122 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 123 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 27/06/1987 Waterhay 124 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 01/10/1976 1/10/1976. Cokes Pit CWP (2). 4/7/1981. Shearwater. 125 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 126 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 127 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 128 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 129 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 09/08/2008 Salisbury Plain A360 just west of Shrewton. In field to right of road when driving from Airmans Cross to Shrewton. Apparently hunting, flying slowly quite low over ground. 130 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 131 Red Kite Milvus milvus 10/07/2022 Braydon Forest Red Kite. 26/11/20. First cal year male. Tagged ASHCON (site confidential) Near Ashmore North Dorset. Grid Ref ST91. Right wing tag colour and code: YELLOW X0. Left wing tag colour and code: YELLOW X0 . Ring Number: GY08945 Re-sighted: 07/07/2022. Braydon Manor, Braydon, Wilts. Photo. First re-sighted 04/04/2021 Bath, 2nd re-sighting 20/03/2022 Lydiard Park. 132 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 01/12/2007 Cholderton One bird roaming Cholderton seen in Hants and Wilts on 3 occasions 133 Buzzard Buteo buteo pellets on Salisbury Plain 134 Barn Owl Tyto alba 135 Little Owl Athene noctua 14/04/2021 Minety 136 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 137 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 18/12/2004 Marlborough Downs. 18/12/2004. 12 birds into roost. 25/10/2017. One passing through Braydon Fields Farm 138 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 139 Hoopoe Upupa epops Below PMH. Purton Tip. 140 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 141 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 142 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 27/07/2008 Royal Wootton Bassett flew to top of telegraph pole at Skew Bridges, Wootton Bassett appeared to come from scrub area along railway line. 01/04/2016 One in Somerford Common. 143 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 144 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 145 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 146 Merlin Falco columbarius 02/01/2014 Braydon Forest by Braydon X Roads. 147 Hobby Falco subbuteo 148 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 149 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 150 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 25/10/1993 Swindon Eastern race - Steppe Shrike. On post of Thames Water having been ringed and released being found injured 151 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 09/10/2012 Haxton, Salisbury Plain 152 Jay Garrulus glandarius 153 Magpie Pica pica 154 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 155 Rook Corvus frugilegus 156 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 157 Raven Corvus corax 158 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 09/02/2005 Semington, Wiltshire 15 at Semington Crematorium. 40 at Chippenham behind Pheasant Inn. 15/12/2010 15 at The Pheasant in Chippenham 159 Coal Tit Periparus ater 160 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 10/03/2016 Braydon Forest 2 feeding by road 161 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 162 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 163 Great Tit Parus major 164 Skylark Alauda arvensis 165 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 166 Swallow Hirundo rustica 167 House Martin Delichon urbicum 168 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 169 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 170 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 171 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 172 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 173 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 174 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 12/05/2010 Swindon One bird at Moulden Hill 175 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 176 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 177 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 178 Whitethroat Curruca communis 179 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Wichelstowe 180 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 12/12/2003 Royal Wootton Bassett, Sorrel Close Garden Juvenile male. Gravelled edge of patio stunned. Prior location prior likely to have been Wootton Bassett Lake. Small wing mark on glass of rear door. Bird placed in box to recover. Ringed and ID with No: APV533 Graham Deacon. Released and flew away. 181 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 182 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 183 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 184 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 185 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 07/08/2020 Corsham, Lyppiatt Road. Adult 186 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 187 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 188 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 189 Redwing Turdus iliacus 190 Blackbird Turdus merula 191 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 192 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 20/03/2010 Liddington Hill 3 birds. In Hawthorn tree. From main road up track over brow and view from gate. 16/10/2010. Barbury Castle 3 birds. 193 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 01/08/1992 Sorrel Close garden 3 day stay in garden. Taking Peacock butterflies from buddleia, ignoring other butterfly species. 194 Robin Erithacus rubecula 195 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 06/05/2007 CWP. Swillbrook 22/05/2012. CWP 74: singing loudly opposite the shed at CWPT Site. CWP 65 / 43: One bird only singing loudly. The one by the road somewhere near the road sign. CWP 77: Bird heard in distance within Lower Mill Site. 196 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 197 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 06/03/2014 Shite Valley, Marshfield P. On Glos / Wilts border. Just in Wilts by a few feet. 198 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 12/1/1982. Fem in garden at Chippenham. 199 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 200 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 201 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 202 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 203 Dipper Cinclus cinclus Box. Coate area. 204 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 205 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 206 Dunnock Prunella modularis 207 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 208 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 209 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Roost of 2000 at Swindon Police Station. 05/01/1985 210 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 211 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 212 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 213 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 214 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 02/02/2018 Hilmarton Churchyard One bird around church and yew trees. 215 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 216 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 217 Linnet Linaria cannabina 218 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 02/02/1981 Gloucester Close, Chippenham 219 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 220 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 221 Siskin Spinus spinus 19/06/2009 Royal Wootton Bassett Over the winter ,the usual supply of siskins on the feeders. In early April, 2 siskins, a male and a female, were still visiting the garden. Throughout April the birds visited together on a regular basis seeing off other birds and generally acting as you would expect a pair. Throughout May the behaviour of these birds changed. They still visited the garden but individually and for only short periods. Early June two juvenile siskins and a female. 222 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 223 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 224 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus