Recent Sightings

10th April 2025

5 Wheatear - Bratton - Anthony Tucker

5 House Martin - Lacock - Ed Nash

85 Fieldfare, 2 Whitethroat, Reed Bunting, 6 Swallow, Red Kite, 4 Raven  - Chippenham - Joanna Hutchinson

6 Willow Warbler, 2 Marsh Tit - Somerford Common - Robin Griffiths

4 Wheatear, 2 Stonechat, 6 Swallow, 2 Red Kite - Wylye - Bjorn Howard

Wheatear - Middle Woodford - Bob Blamey

2 Green Sandpiper - Britford - Bob Blamey

5 Chiffchaff, 3 Swallow, House Martin, Raven - Luckington - Scott Punter

2 Redstart, 3 Stonechat, Tree Pipit, 3 Swallow, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, 55 Corn Bunting, 4 Raven, Red Kite - SPTA west - Rich Prior 

BLACK REDSTART, Wheatear - Fyfield Down - Simon Gathercole

9th April 2025

Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Swallow, Cetti's Warbler, Snipe, Shoveler, Teal, 4 Red Kite - Langford Lakes - Stephen & Will Hackett

HOOPOE - in a garden at Ham, no further details

Common Tern (1st spring record) - CWP68 - Nigel Pleass

Great Black-backed Gull, Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, 8 Swallow - Britford - Bob Blamey

8 Swallow, 6 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Bunting, Teal, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler - Lower Moors, CWP - Scott Punter

8th April 2025

3 RING OUZEL, Redstart - Liddington Hill - Malcolm Royal

Willow Warbler, 2 Red Kite, Great White Egret, Little Egret, 7 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 4 Sand Martin, Shoveler, Gadwall, Reed Bunting, Cettis Warbler - Langford Lakes - Steve Cladingboel

OSPREY - Royal Wootton Bassett - Bob Philpott

Wheatear, 2 Whitethroat, Curlew - SPTA east - Harry Boorman

Whinchat (1st spring record), 2 Swallow, 4 Corn Bunting - Upton Cow Down - John Simpson

4 Willow Warbler - Westbury - Mike Smith

Whitethroat, Wheatear, 3 Stonechat, 50 Meadow Pipit, Swallow - Blakehill - Robin Griffiths

Willow Warbler, Swallow - Little Bedwyn - Richard Fuller

13 Fieldfare, 5 Corn Bunting, 2 Red Kite, Raven, 5 Gadwall - Shrewton Water Meadows - Rich Prior

16 Lapwing, 5 Red Kite, 4 Raven - Druid's Head Farm - Rich Prior

12 Blackcap, Whitethroat, 3 Marsh Tit, 3 Siskin, 2 Swallow, 3 Red Kite, 6 Raven - Grovely Wood - Rich Prior

Redstart, Wheatear, 5 Stonechat, 4 Swallow, 45 Meadow Pipit, Red Kite, Raven - Wylye Down - Rich Prior

Great White Egret, Little Egret, 2 Snipe, Lapwing, 8 Shoveler, 12 Teal, 11 Gadwall, 9 Swallow, 4 Cetti's Warbler, Red Kite - Langford Lakes - Rich Prior

47 Stock Dove, 40 Linnet, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Swallow, - Luckington - Scott Punter

Swallow, 2 Raven, Red Kite - Thickwood - Chris Woods

3 RING OUZEL - Morgan's Hill - Joanna Hutchinson

2 Wheatear, 2 Stonechat - Furze Knowll - Joanna Hutchinson

Whitethroat, 90 Corn Bunting, 5 Red Kite - SPTA centre - David Betteridge

Wheatear, 9 Stonechat, 3 Corn Bunting, Swallow - SPTA east - Brian Heath

7th April 2025

3 Tree Pipit - Lower Pertwood - Tim Ridgers-Steer

Reed Warbler (1st spring record) - CWP68 - Roger Gillespie

Fieldfare, Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 15 Blackcap - Nightingale Wood - Phil & Graham Deacon

2 Blackcap, Willow Warbler - Westbury - Mike Smith

Tree Pipit, Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, 5 Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting, 35 Corn Bunting, 2 House Martin, Swallow, 4 Red Kite, 2 Raven - SPTA centre - Rich Prior 

3 Gadwall, 2 Great White Egret, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 4 Swallow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, 4 Reed Bunting - Charlton All Saints - Tom Coldwell

4 RING OUZEL, 32 Fieldfare - Liddington Hill - Ken Cypher (photo), Malcolm Royal

MARSH HARRIER, Wheatear, 2 Grey Partridge - Edington Hill - Paul Boult

6th April 2025

Wheatear, 2 Stonechat, Grey Partridge, 40 Yellowhammer - SPTA west - Lee Dutton

Tree Pipit (1st spring record), Red Kite, 3 Raven, 4 Swallow, 11 Jay (!), 25 Chiffchaff, 3 Marsh Tit, 7 Siskin - Chase Woods - Tom Coldwell

6 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, Swallow, Barn Owl - Avon Valley NR, Salisbury - Stephen & Will Hackett

Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Yellow Wagtail, Willow Warbler, 4 Cetti's Warbler, Great Egret, 2 Little Egret, 16 Swallow, 37 Sand Martin, 9 Shoveler - Langford Lakes - Mike Trew
 
 
 
 
2 Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, Lapwing - CWP68 - Scott Punter
 
2 Swallow, 2 Red Kite - Warminster - David Little
 
6 Red Kite - SPTA east - Ed & Dawn Nash

5th April 2025

Redstart - Lydiard Park - Nigel Pleass

Wheatear, 2 Swallow - Harnham Hill - Tom Coldwell

12 Stonechat, 2 Grey Partridge, 2 Swallow, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Red Kite - APTA east - Brian Heath

2 Willow Warbler - Somerford Common - Robin Griffiths

3 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff - Luckington - Scott Punter

2 Swallow, Cetti's Warbler - Caen Hill Locks - Mike Eckersley

BLACK REDSTART - Oliver's Castle - Ernest Escott

3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, Snipe - Coate Water - Graham Cox

4th April 2025

DIPPER, 2 March Tit - Castle Combe - Tim Salkeld

Swallow - Swindon - Graham Deacon

RING OUZEL - Liddington Hill - Malcolm Royal

3 Blackcap, 16 Chiffchaff, Corn Bunting, 2 Grey Wagtail, Raven, 5 Red Kite, 6 Swallow, Willow Warbler - Wylye - Bjorn Howard

3 Swallow, 7 Red Kite - Stoford - Bob Blamey

OSPREY, Red Kite, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 4 Raven  - Chippenham - Joanna Hutchinson

Willow Warbler, Marsh Tit, 2 Raven, Red Kite - Ravensroost - Robin Griffiths

Little Ringed Plover, 2 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 8 Buzzard, 5 Red Kite, Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 16 Teal, 8 Shoveler, 7 Gadwall - Langford Lakes - Mike Trew, Mike Hamzij, Jonny Cooper, Barry Mitchell
 

3rd April 2025

Whitethroat (1st spring record), 11 Chiffchaff, 7 Stonechat, 4 Red Kite - SPTA east - Brian Heath

3 Swallow - Porton - Tom Coldwell

House Martin - Bradford on Avon - Paul Clack

Swallow - East Knoyle - John Howell