Bough Beech May 2007

31st May

Buzzard(2)  Common Tern(7 pairs nesting)

30th May

Buzzard(2)  Hobby 

29th May

Great White Egret  Buzzard(3)   Sparrowhawk(2)  Osprey  Hobby  Common Tern(11)  Swift(100+)  Turtle Dove 

27th May

Mandarin  Nightingale  Hobby  Swift(30+)

26th May

Little Egret  Mandarin(3)  Ringed Plover(4)  Common Sandpiper  Turtle Dove(5+)  Cuckoo(4+)

25th May

Buzzard(4+)  Hobby(2+)  Common Tern(12)  Common Sandpiper  Turtle Dove(5)

24th May

Marsh Harrier(female flying W at 18.30)  Cuckoo(2)  Turtle Dove(2)

23rd May

Buzzard(3)  Hobby  Turtle Dove

22nd May

Mandarin(8+) 

21st May

Mandarin(6)  House Martin(90)  Ringed Plover(3)  Swift(18)  Common Tern(10)  Black Tern(2 from 19.15)

20th May

Nighingale  Common Tern(12)  Reed Warbler(2)  Whitethroat(3)  Garden Warbler(2)  Blackcap  Chiffchaff  Buzzard(3)  Hobby  Mandarin(3)  Little Egret(2)  Turtle Dove(3)  Red Kite(16.00-16.20) 

19th May

Buzzard(2)  Swift(30)  Sand Martin  Cuckoo(2)  Dunlin

18th May

Turtle Dove  Lesser Whitethroat  Buzzard(3)  Little Ringed Plover  Hobby

17th May

Common Crane(2 flying over in a North-westerly direction)  Common Sandpiper Turtle Dove(2)  Cuckoo(6)  Common Tern(7)  Nightingale(4)  Lesser Whitethroat  Buzzard(2)  Hobby  Yellow Wagtail  Little Egret  Sedge Warbler  Reed Warbler(4)

16th May

Common Tern(10)  House Martin(100)  Swallow(25)   

15th May

Nightingale  Common Tern(3 pairs on separate rafts)  Cuckoo  Whitethroat(3)  Garden Warbler  Blackcap  Chiffchaff(3)

13th May

Mandarin(6)  Common Tern(6)  Cuckoo(6)  Buzzard(3)  Hobby  Lesser Whitethroat(2)  Sedge Warbler  Reed Warbler(6)  Willow Warbler(3)

12th May

Mandarin(4)  Nightingale(4)  Turtle Dove(2)  Common Tern(6)  Cuckoo(2)  Dunlin(3)  Whimbrel  Common Sandpiper(3)  Reed Warbler  Whitethroat  Willow Warbler  Chiffchaff  Swift(15)

10th May

Common Tern(6)  Cuckoo  Reed Warbler  Whitethroat Garden Warbler  Blackcap  Willow Warbler  Nightingale  House Martin(200 after rain)  Swallow(100 after rain)  Swift(10 after rain)

9th May

Nightingale  Cuckoo  Common Terns  Mandarin  Willow Warbler(2)

8th May

Common Sandpiper  Common Tern(5)  Turtle Dove  Cuckoo  Nightingale(2)  Reed Warbler  Whitethroat  Garden Warbler  Blackcap  Willow Warbler  Mandarin(2 males)

7th May

Whimbrel(2)  Buzzard(2)  Hobby(3)  Cuckoo  Swift(15)  Cuckoo(4)  Reed Warbler  Lesser Whitethroat  Whitethroat  Garden Warbler  Blackcap   Chiffchaff  Turtle Dove Common Tern(8)    

6th May

Nightingale(2 - pair adjacent to nestsite)  Common Tern(8)  Reed Warbler  Whitethroat(2)  Garden Warblers  Blackcaps  Chiffchaff  Willow Warbler  Swallow(20+)  House Martin(3) Little Ringed Plover  Cuckoo

5th May

Cuckoo  Reed Warbler(2)

4th May

Hobby  Nightingale(2)  Tawny Owl  Common Sandpiper(2)  Cuckoo Common Terns  Reed Warblers  Whitethroat(2)  Garden Warbler(7)  Blackcap(3)  Willow Warbler

2nd May

Arctic Tern  Greenshank  Common Sandpiper  Little Ringed Plover(2)  Cuckoo(2)  Common Tern(6)  House Martin(30)

1st May

Common Sandpiper(4)  Common Tern(4 investigating 2 rafts as nesting sites)  Cuckoo  Nightingale(2)  Whitethroat  Garden Warblers(2)  Blackcap(3)  Chiffchaff(2)