Herriott's Pool and Stratford Bay from Burledge Hill. A splendid place for birds, some of which are rare. In the last few years, the area in the picture has had Lesser Scaup, 5 Glossy Ibis, Long-billed Dowitcher, Franklin's and Laughing Gulls, Great Reed Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler, 3 Ferruginous Ducks, 4 Ring-necked Ducks, Spoonbill, Red-backed Shrike and such Chew cripplers as Quail, Whooper Swan, 8 Velvet Scoters etc etc...

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MUTE SWAN	Cygnus olor	B	166	Common - numbers increase during summer moult
BEWICK'S SWAN	Cygnus columbianus		141	Uncommon winter visitor and passage migrant; barely annual recently
WHOOPER SWAN*	Cygnus cygnus		5	Inexplicably rare! Most recent confirmed records Nov 1974 and Nov 2008
TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE*	Anser serrostris		2	Two Bean Geese in Jan/Feb 1958 (race undetermined) and one Jan-Mar 1996
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE*	Anser brachyrhynchus		1	Rare winter visitor
GTR. WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE	Anser albifrons albifrons		89	Uncommon winter visitor and passage migrant; formerly regular
LSR. WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE	Anser erythropus		1	One, Oct 1991 to Feb 1992 - possibly from a re-introduction scheme?
GREYLAG GOOSE	Anser anser		43	Feral birds now irregular in small numbers - formerly more frequent in summer (moult)
GREATER CANADA GOOSE	Branta canadensis	B	905	Wintering flocks of one or two hundred, but 700 to 800 during moult.
BARNACLE GOOSE	Branta leucopsis	b	34	Feral - very few believed to be genuine wild birds. Breeding from 1998
DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE	Branta bernicla bernicla		8	Scarce winter visitor and passage migrant
EGYPTIAN GOOSE*	Alopochen aegyptiacus		3	Very rare (5 or 6 records) - perhaps generously placed in the main list
RUDDY SHELDUCK	Tadorna ferruginea		5	Annual summer records late 1980s and 1940s. You pays your money…..
COMMON SHELDUCK	Tadorna tadorna	B	37	A small presence throughout the year
MANDARIN DUCK*	Aix galericulata		3	Rare, mainly in the winter months. Some evidently 'less wild' than others!
EURASIAN WIGEON	Anas penelope		2360	Winter visitor and autumn passage. Winter numbers have decreased considerably recently
AMERICAN WIGEON*	Anas americana		1	Two records - Apr 1977 and Dec 1978 - Jan 1979
GADWALL	Anas strepera	B	425	NI (II) Common resident, with variable peak Jun - Aug
EURASIAN TEAL	Anas crecca		5600	Common in autumn and winter - autumn water levels determine numbers
GREEN-WINGED TEAL*	Anas carolinensis		2	Rare winter visitor; once on spring passage (six records in total)
MALLARD	Anas platyrhynchos	B	1970	Common resident; formerly big summer moult but fewer now
NORTHERN PINTAIL	Anas acuta		188	Regular autumn passage and then smaller numbers in winter; most counts are of 20 or less
GARGANEY	Anas querquedula	b	34	A few in spring, but more regular in autumn - most years less than ten
BLUE-WINGED TEAL**	Anas discors		1	Five records - Nov 1979; Jul-Aug 1992; Oct 1993; Sep 1995; Aug 2003
NORTHERN SHOVELER	Anas clypeata	b	1140	II A few in winter and spring, but big numbers autumn and early winter
MARBLED DUCK**	Marmaronetta angustirostris		1	One in Aug, Sep and Oct 1984 - also at Blagdon and Cheddar Res.
RED-CRESTED POCHARD*	Netta rufina		7	Mainly late summer and autumn - continental birds probably occur, as well as birds from the UK
COMMON POCHARD	Aythya ferina	B	3095	NI Common resident; peaks tend to be in early winter
RING-NECKED DUCK*	Aythya collaris		8	20+ birds, many records of lingering birds. Four in 1976-77, three in 05, eight on 9th Nov 08
FERRUGINOUS DUCK*	Aythya nyroca	[b]	2	Rare - five recorded, some birds have hung around in recent years, and probably bred in 2006
TUFTED DUCK	Aythya fuligula	B	2115	NI Common spring/autumn passage and winter - best numbers in autumn
GREATER SCAUP*	Aythya marila		10	Occasional birds in winter or passage; best counts usually in spring
LESSER SCAUP**	Aythya affinis		1	After a long wait, a male in April 2008
COMMON EIDER*	Somateria mollissima		1	Chew crippler! One record in Nov 1993
LONG-TAILED DUCK*	Clangula hyemalis		8	Irregular winter visitor - perhaps one or two every other year?
COMMON SCOTER	Melanitta nigra		115	Most occur in small groups in midsummer; generally single figures
VELVET SCOTER*	Melanitta fusca		5	Six records. Nov 83 (2); Jan 84 (1); Nov 84 (5); Oct 05 (3); Dec 07 (5); Dec 08 (2)
COMMON GOLDENEYE	Bucephala clangula		210	Common winter visitor; numbers double in spring build-up
SMEW	Mergellus albellus		21	Irregular winter visitor in small numbers, usually up to four or five, but none in winter 07/08
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER	Mergus serrator		8	One or two regular most winters; a male has been seen each winter for over 20 years
GOOSANDER	Mergus merganser		283	(NI) Once common winter visitor (peak in the 1940s), most counts now less than 50
RUDDY DUCK	Oxyura jamaicensis	B	1064	Winter visitor, but much reduced after shooting (now double-figures only); a few pairs breed
WHITE-HEADED DUCK**	Oxyura leucocephala		1	A female in June 1985, a drake in Nov/Dec 1995 and a juv in Aug/Sep 2003
RED-THROATED DIVER*	Gavia stellata		1	Rare winter visitor; once in autumn (Sep-Oct 1997)
BLACK-THROATED DIVER*	Gavia arctica		2	Very rare winter visitor, but one summer record (May 2003)
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER*	Gavia immer		4	Rare winter visitor - like all divers, tend not to linger when they do appear
PIED-BILLED GREBE**	Podilymbus podiceps		1	One - the first bird for the Western Palearctic in 1965 and 1966
LITTLE GREBE	Tachybaptus ruficollis	B	152	NI Mainly a summer visitor - numbers best late summer/autumn
GREAT CRESTED GREBE	Podiceps cristatus	B	690	NI Common resident - peaks in autumn with big moulting flocks
RED-NECKED GREBE*	Podiceps grisegena		2	Rare winter visitor and passage migrant; one summered in 1992
SLAVONIAN GREBE*	Podiceps auritus		2	Scarce winter visitor and passage migrant, but one form Jun-Oct 2000
BLACK-NECKED GREBE	Podiceps nigricollis	[b]	6	Annual passage migrant (commoner than Slav.) now occasional in winter. Bred in 1998
NORTHERN FULMAR*	Fulmarus glacialis		1	Only eight+ records - May 70; Apr 75; Aug 78; Apr 81; 96; May 06 (2); May 08 (1+)
MANX SHEARWATER*	Puffinus puffinus		1	Five records of 'wild' birds - Sep 1974; Sep 1983 (2); Aug 1986; Oct 1995
EUROPEAN STORM-PETREL*	Hydrobates pelagicus		3	Four records - Nov 1977; Sep 1983 (2+1); Oct 2000 (3)
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL*	Oceanodroma leucorhoa		7	Nine records (16 birds); the max. (7) was in the fabled Sep 1983 wreck
NORTHERN GANNET*	Morus bassanus		1	Very rare (12 records) - not necessarily during storms, either
GREAT CORMORANT	Phalacrocorax carbo carbo		305	NI Common - numbers best in autumn/early winter (low water levels)
'Continental' Cormorant*	Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis			Ringing controls and close views proves this race occurs - undoubtedly under-recorded
EUROPEAN SHAG*	Phalacrocorax aristotelis		5	Five records - Dec '79 (2); Nov '80 (3); Oct '88; Sep '98; Aug '05 (5)
GREAT BITTERN*	Botaurus stellaris	[b]	6	Scarce, but now regular winter visitor and bred 1997. Extraordinary spring peak of 6 in Mar 99
LITTLE BITTERN**	Ixobrychus minutus		1	One - Jun 1993
NIGHT HERON*	Nycticorax nycticorax		1	Four records - Nov 1983; Jun 1992; Jun 1999; May 2001
SQUACCO HERON**	Ardeola ralloides		1	One in May 1973
CATTLE EGRET*	Bubulcus ibis		1	One in October 2007
LITTLE EGRET	Egretta garzetta		9	First record Oct 1940 - now annual in small numbers (most in autumn)
GREAT WHITE EGRET*	Ardea alba		1	One record - June and July 2003
GREY HERON	Ardea cinerea	B	61	Common resident
PURPLE HERON*	Ardea purpurea		1	Four records - Apr-May 1970; Apr 1977; Jun-Jul 1983; May 2001
BLACK STORK**	Ciconia nigra		1	One, Apr 1988
WHITE STORK*	Ciconia ciconia		1	One, May 2000. I saw it, and I'm counting it
GLOSSY IBIS**	Plegadis falcinellus		1	One, November 2007
EURASIAN SPOONBILL*	Platalea leucorodia		1	Rare passage migrant
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE	Alectoris rufa		7	Two records -a covey of up to seven Nov -Dec 1988, one in Dec 2005
GREY PARTRIDGE	Perdix perdix		11	Very rare
QUAIL*	Coturnix coturnix		1	A singing male in June 2008 at Lower Gurney Farm and the Parkland
COMMON PHEASANT	Phasianus colchicus	B		Common all round the lake
EUROPEAN HONEY-BUZZARD*	Pernis apivorus		2	One in May 1970 and two in Sep 2000
RED KITE*	Milvus milvus		2	Following the first in March 1940, a few are seen each year now
MARSH HARRIER*	Circus aeruginosus		2	Scarce summer passage migrant - two or three most years, but few linger
HEN HARRIER*	Circus cyaneus		1	Rare winter visitor or passage migrant - normally only fly-throughs
MONTAGU'S HARRIER*	Circus pygargus		1	Two records - 1950s and a probable in Oct 2001
SPARROWHAWK	Accipiter nisus	B		Fairly common but elusive resident
COMMON BUZZARD	Buteo buteo	B	29	Common all around the lake
ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD*	Buteo lagopus		1	One record in Nov 1974
BOOTED EAGLE**	Aquila pennata		1	One in Feb 2000. You can count it if you want
OSPREY*	Pandion haliaetus		2	Scarce passage migrant; occasionally birds linger in the autumn
COMMON KESTREL	Falco tinnunculus	B		Fairly common resident
MERLIN*	Falco columbarius		1	Rare - barely one a year. Best chance in October
EURASIAN HOBBY	Falco subbuteo		6	Frequent summer visitor; best numbers in autumn. Breeds locally
GYR FALCON**	Falco rusticolus		1	Unlikliest one on the list? One grey morph overwintered Nov 1961- Jan 1962
PEREGRINE FALCON	Falco peregrinus		2	Occasional all year - easiest when levels low in autumn
WATER RAIL	Rallus aquaticus	B	50+	Present all year (easiest in autumn), but best numbers during wet winters
SPOTTED CRAKE*	Porzana porzana		3	Almost annual autumn passage migrant (c.35 records to date)
LITTLE CRAKE**	Porzana parva		1	One record - May 1967
CORN CRAKE*	Crex crex		1	One in Oct 1965
MOORHEN	Gallinula chloropus	B	185	Common resident - most in late summer
COMMON COOT	Fulica atra	B	5000	NI Common resident - big numbers in autumn
EURASIAN OYSTERCATCHER	Haematopus ostralegus		21	Infrequent passage migrant - one of those birds you just bump into!
BLACK-WINGED STILT**	Himantopus himantopus		2	One record - two in May 1965
PIED AVOCET	Recurvirostra avosetta		4	Rare passage migrant - just about annual now
STONE-CURLEW*	Burhinus oedicnemus		1	One on Little Denny in Oct 1959
BLACK-WINGED PRATINCOLE	Glareola nordmanni		1	Two records - Sep 1964 and Aug 1993 (the latter was first at Blagdon)
LITTLE PLOVER	Charadrius dubius		10	Regular passage migrant in small numbers
RINGED PLOVER	Charadrius hiaticula		150	Formerly regular on autumn passage, but real drop in last 5 to 10 years
KILLDEER**	Charadrius vociferus		1	One in Jan 1976
KENTISH PLOVER*	Charadrius alexandrinus		1	One in Apr 1966
GREATER SAND PLOVER**	Caradrius leschenaultii		1	One from Nov 1979-Feb 1980. The third British record
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER*	Pluvialis dominica		1	One in Oct 1994
GOLDEN PLOVER	Pluvialis apricaria		339	Late autumn; presence exclusively dependant on low water levels
GREY PLOVER	Pluvialis squatarola		9	Occasional autumn passage migrant
NORTHERN LAPWING	Vanellus vanellus	[b]	2000	Passage migrant and winter visitor. Real decline in autumn flocks now - no longer breeds
RED KNOT	Calidris canutus		21	A few occur in suitable conditions in autumn
SANDERLING	Calidris alba		10	Occasional in spring and autumn - perhaps one or two per year?
LITTLE STINT	Calidris minuta		43	Autumn passage - some years good, others very poor
TEMMINCK'S STINT*	Calidris temminckii		1	Rare autumn passage migrant - only three since 1980 (eight in total)
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER*	Calidris fuscicollis		2	Two records (three birds) - Oct-Nov 1978 (2); Oct 1991
PECTORAL SANDPIPER*	Calidris melanotos		2	Very scarce autumn vagrant. Almost annual ten years ago, rare now
CURLEW SANDPIPER	Calidris ferruginea		23	As with Little Stint, autumn only and dependant on breeding success
PURPLE SANDPIPER*	Calidris maritima		1	Very rare, three confirmed records - Dec 1979; Oct-Nov 1991; Oct 2005
DUNLIN	Calidris alpina		765	Regular passage migrant (autumn best) but big decrease in recent years
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER*	Tryngites subruficollis		2	Probably six altogether (best was three in 1975); last one was Sep 1980
RUFF	Philomachus pugnax		101	Passage migrant - very few in spring, small numbers in autumn
JACK SNIPE	Lymnocryptes minimus		6	Elusive passage migrant and winter visitor
COMMON SNIPE	Gallinago gallinago	[b]	341	Winter visitor and autumn passage migrant - difficult to census accurately
Faroe Snipe*	Gallinago gallinago faeroensis		1	A published record of one in Nov 1988, and one in June 2007
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER**	Limnodromus scolopaceus		2	Two, Sep-Nov 1977, then one Jan 1978 (they wintered at Blagdon)
WOODCOCK	Scolopax rusticola		2	Winter visitor/passage migrant - uncommon and difficult to catch up with
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT*	Limosa limosa limosa		11	Rare passage migrant - most have been in summer
Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa islandica		58	Small nos. on passage - nearly all Blackwits at Chew are islandica
BAR-TAILED GODWIT	Limosa lapponica		80+	Very scarce passage migrant - one of the most difficult 'common' waders
WHIMBREL	Numenius phaeopus		15	Passage migrant - ones and twos in autumn, but often small groups in spring
EURASIAN CURLEW	Numenius arquata		16	Small numbers regular in autumn; a few sometimes in other months
SPOTTED REDSHANK	Tringa erythropus		18	Uncommon passage migrant - usually autumn, but now very infrequent
REDSHANK	Tringa totanus	[b]	17	Odd passage birds in spring and autumn; seldom any sizeable counts
MARSH SANDPIPER**	Tringa stagnatilis		1	Two records - Oct 1982 and Aug 1984 (both also at Blagdon)
GREENSHANK	Tringa nebularia		38	Passage migrant - a few in spring, but most in autumn
GREEN SANDPIPER	Tringa ochropus		26	Can occur every month, but best numbers early autumn
WOOD SANDPIPER	Tringa glareola		9	A few most autumns; spring birds are a rarity
COMMON SANDPIPER	Actitis hypoleucos		51	Frequent spring and autumn passage migrant
SPOTTED SANDPIPER**	Actitis macularia		1	Two records - Oct 1982 and August 2007
RUDDY TURNSTONE	Arenaria interpres		12	A tricky Chew bird - autumn the best time but absent in recent years
WILSON'S PHALAROPE**	Phalaropus tricolor		1	Seven records - the best UK site? All in Sep/Oct - the last in 1988
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE*	Phalaropus lobatus		1	Singles in Aug 1969 and May 1978; two other unaccepted records
GREY PHALAROPE*	Phalaropus fulicarius		5	Occasional birds after autumn storms; one exceptional summer-plumage bird in June 1940
POMARINE SKUA*	Stercorarius pomarinus		2	Only one confirmed record - two in Dec 1999
ARCTIC SKUA*	Stercorarius parasiticus		5	Sporadic and difficult to predict appearances - 25 records (50 birds)
LONG-TAILED SKUA*	Stercorarius longicaudus		1	Three records - Jun 1976 (adult), Sep 1991 and Aug 1999 (both juvs)
GREAT SKUA*	Stercorarius skua		2	Very rare - ten records (twelve individuals)
LITTLE GULL	Larus minutus		74	Spring/autumn passage; lately a few in winter. Traditionally most in spring, but fewer now
FRANKLIN'S GULL**	Larus pipixan		1	A second-winter on several dates in Jan-Apr 2008
LAUGHING GULL**	Larus atricilla		1	One record - an adult in April 2006
MEDITERRANEAN GULL	Larus melanocephalus		11	Spring/autumn passage migrant and winter visitor; most records are Feb-Mar in the roost
SABINE'S GULL*	Larus sabini		2	Virtually all associated with autumn storms - 17 records (18 individuals)
BLACK-HEADED GULL	Larus ridibundus		36350	II Spring/autumn passage migrant and winter visitor. Massive winter roost
RING-BILLED GULL*	Larus delawarensis		2	First record Mar 1980; c.50 birds now. Two together on three dates
COMMON GULL	Larus canus		18710	II Winter visitor and spring passage migrant. Huge winter roost
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus ssp.			A few birds each year assigned to intermedius - some showing fuscus characters seen recently
LESSER-BLACK BACKED GULL	Larus fuscus graellsii	[b]	6000	NI Spring/autumn passage migrant and winter visitor. Biggest nos in roost
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL	Larus michahellis		15	Can appear in ones and twos at any time, but most in autumn (with Lessers)
CASPIAN GULL*	Larus cachinnans		1	A handful of recent records, but still rare
Scandinavian Herring Gull	Larus argentatus argentatus		12	Only one or two records each winter, but does seem genuinely scarce
HERRING GULL	Larus argentatus argenteus		1000	Several hundred in winter roosts but not abundant given proximity of colonies
ICELAND GULL*	Larus glaucoides glaucoides		3	Uncommon winter visitor - not even annual on average (c.25 birds in total)
Kumlien's Gull*	Larus glaucoides kumlieni		1	Six records, including one of the first accepted UK records in 1982
GLAUCOUS GULL*	Larus hyperboreus		1	Surprisingly rare winter visitor - only ten records
GREAT-BLACK BACKED GULL	Larus marinus		18	Odd birds all year; generally no more than three or four
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE	Rissa tridactyla		70	Can occur at any time; mostly during storms
CASPIAN TERN**	Hydroprogne caspia		1	One - Aug 1988
SANDWICH TERN	Sterna sandvicensis		10+	Usually one or two records each year, but most are fly-throughs
COMMON TERN	Sterna hirundo		100	Frequent on spring and autumn passage - most records are of less than ten
ARCTIC TERN	Sterna paradisaea		75	Spring and autumn passage - often after westerly gales. Scarce some years
LITTLE TERN*	Sternula albifrons		6	Barely annual; like Sandwich, most are short-stayers
WHISKERED TERN**	Chlidonias hybrida		2	Three records (four birds) - Jun 1959; May 1983 (two); Apr 2006
BLACK TERN	Chlidonias niger		600	Spring and autumn passage; best numbers in autumn - sometimes hundreds
WHITE-WINGED BLCK TERN*	Chlidonias leucopterus		2	Rare vagrant (22 birds), but almost annual in the 80s. 3 in 1975 and 1982
BRICK DOVE	Columba livia			Occasional sightings of singletons are more likely lost racing pigeons
STOCK PIGEON	Columba oenas	B	410	Resident; odd birds and small flocks most likely
COMMON WOOD PIGEON	Columba palumbus	B	1500	Common resident and passage migrant. Large numbers roost on Denny
COLLARED DOVE	Streptopelia decaocto	b	12	Breeds nearby, but generally uncommon at the lake
EUROPEAN TURTLE DOVE*	Streptopelia turtur		5	Rare passage migrant - formerly more frequent
COMMON CUCKOO	Cuculus canorus	B	9	Regular summer visitor, but declining since 2003, with only one singing male in 2008
BARN OWL	Tyto alba	B		Becoming more regular after being scarce in the 1940s
LITTLE OWL	Athene noctua	B		Formerly a few pairs dotted around the lake, but now scarce
TAWNY OWL	Strix aluco	B		A few pairs in suitable woods around the lake
LONG-EARED OWL*	Asio otus		2	Just six reords - Apr 1979, May 1979, Jan 1989, Feb 1989, May 2006, June 2008
SHORT-EARED OWL	Asio flammeus		1	Rare passage migrant - several years may pass between records
EUROPEAN NIGHTJAR*	Caprimulgus europaeus		1	Two records - May 1973 and May 1996
COMMON SWIFT	Apus apus		15000	Common summer visitor; huge numbers in poor weather
ALPINE SWIFT*	Apus melba		1	One - Britain's earliest record, 18th Feb 1998
COMMON KINGFISHER	Alcedo atthis	B	5	Can be tricky to find - most obvious in late summer when young disperse
EUROPEAN BEE-EATER*	Merops apiaster		1	One in Aug 1966
HOOPOE*	Upupa epops		1	One in May 1979
EURASIAN WRYNECK*	Jynx torquilla		1	Very rare - the three records are Sep 1974; Sep 1981; and Sep 1997
GREEN WOODPECKER	Picus viridis	B		A few pairs around the lake
GRT. SPOTTED WOODPECKER	Dendrocopos major	B		As above - more often heard than seen
LSSR. SPOTTED WOODP'KER	Dendrocopos minor	b	4	Very elusive and irregularly recorded
SKY LARK	Alauda arvensis			One or two pairs breed in nearby fields, otherwise autumn passage only
HORNED LARK*	Eremophila alpestris		1	One in Feb-Mar 1963
SAND MARTIN	Riparia riparia		6700	Passage migrant (biggest numbers in spring); a few in summer
BARN SWALLOW	Hirundo rustica	b	14000	Common passage migrant and summer visitor
HOUSE MARTIN	Delichon urbicum		5000	Common passage migrant and summer visitor
RED-RUMPED SWALLOW*	Cecropis daurica		1	One record - Oct 1940
TREE PIPIT	Anthus trivialis		4	Uncommon passage migrant
MEADOW PIPIT	Anthus pratensis		1000	Fairly common passage migrant - most occur in autumn
RED-THROATED PIPIT*	Anthus cervinus		1	Two records - Oct 1976 (not accepted) and Dec 1979
TAWNY PIPIT*	Anthus campestris		1	One in Oct 1982
ROCK PIPIT	Anthus petrosus petrosus		3	Infrequent spring and autumn passage migrant - just about one per year
Scandinavian Rock Pipit*	Anthus petrosus littoralis		1	One in Mar 2001 is the only fully documented record
WATER PIPIT	Anthus spinoletta		21	Passage migrant and winter visitor; small groups occur on passage
Blue-headed Wagtail*	Motacilla flava flava	[b]	5	Scarce passage migrant - nowadays not quite annual (bred one year)
YELLOW WAGTAIL	Motacilla flava flavissima	[b]	200	Uncommon passage migrant - generally only one or two at any one time
CITRINE WAGTAIL**	Motacilla citreola		1	One record - Sep 1996
GREY WAGTAIL	Motacilla cinerea	B	13	Easily overlooked resident
White Wagtail	Motacilla alba alba		45	Spring and autumn passage migrant
PIED WAGTAIL	Motacilla alba yarrellii	B	300	Resident and passage - best numbers are spring flocks and winter roost
WHITE-THROATED DIPPER	Cinclus cinclus		1	Remarkably, just one record - Dec 2001 (Breeds only half a mile away!)
WINTER WREN	Troglodytes troglodytes	B		Common resident
HEDGE ACCENTOR	Prunella modularis	B		Common resident
EUROPEAN ROBIN	Erithacus rubecula	B		As above
COMMON NIGHTINGALE	Luscinia megarhynchos		2	Very rare passage migrant - last were 1994 and 2006
BLUETHROAT*	Luscinia svecica		1	One trapped in Sep 1968
BLACK REDSTART	Phoenicurus ochruros		1	A good local patch bird! Just about one per decade.
COMMON REDSTART	Phoenicurus phoenicurus		4	Uncommon spring and autumn passage migrant; barely annual
WHINCHAT	Saxicola rubetra	[b]		Passage migrant (formerly bred); expected each autumn but easy to miss
EUROPEAN STONECHAT	Saxicola torquata			Regular winter visitor
NORTHERN WHEATEAR	Oenanthe oenanthe		6	Spring and autumn passage migrant - a few recorded each year
RING OUZEL	Turdus torquatus		1	Two records - Nov 1985 and April 2007
BLACKBIRD	Turdus merula	B		Common resident
FIELDFARE	Turdus pilaris		1100	Most occur on autumn passage, but small flocks in winter; a few in spring
SONG THRUSH	Turdus philomelos	B		Fairly common resident
REDWING	Turdus iliacus			Occasional flocks in winter but more obvious on autumn passage
MISTLE THRUSH	Turdus viscivorus	B		Resident; can occur in small flocks in autumn
CETTI'S WARBLER	Cettia cetti	B		Very rare before 1992, now widespread resident
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER	Locustella naevia	[b]		Uncommon passage migrant- very difficult to find in the field at Chew
SAVI'S WARBLER*	Locustella luscinioides		1	Four records - Jul 1960; Apr 1980; Aug 1987; May 2001
AQUATIC WARBLER*	Acrocephalus paludicola		1	Rare autumn passage migrant; 12 records (three in 1984)
SEDGE WARBLER	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus	B		Common summer visitor and passage migrant, but smaller nos then Reed
MARSH WARBLER*	Acrocephalus palustris		1	Two records
REED WARBLER	Acrocephalus scirpaceus	B		Very common summer visitor and passage migrant - over 500 pairs breed
GREAT REED WARBLER**	Acrocephalus arundinaceus		1	Two (both singing males at Herriott's Bridge) in May 1992 and May 2008
LESSER WHITETHROAT	Sylvia curruca	b	6	Small numbers on spring and autumn passage
COMMON WHITETHROAT	Sylvia communis	b		Ditto, but can be very difficult to find within the lake enclosure!
GARDEN WARBLER	Sylvia borin	B		Fairly common summer visitor and passage migrant
BLACKCAP	Sylvia atricapilla	B		Fairly common summer visitor and passage migrant - no winter records
YELLOW-BROWED W'BLER*	Phylloscopus inornatus		1	Four records - Nov 1986, Oct 1988, Sept 2005, Jan 2008
WOOD WARBLER	Phylloscopus sibilatrix		2	Uncommon spring passage migrant - just about annual
COMMON CHIFFCHAFF	Phylloscopus c. collybita	B		Common summer visitor and passage migrant
Scandinavian Chiffchaff*	Phylloscopus c. abietinus			Uncommon winter visitor
Siberian Chiffchaff*	Phylloscopus collybita tristis		1	Uncommon winter visitor - confusion over some records, but has occurred
WILLOW WARBLER	Phylloscopus trochilus	B		Common summer visitor and passage migrant, but numbers fluctuating in recent years
GOLDCREST	Regulus regulus	B		Fairly common resident
FIRECREST*	Regulus ignicapillus		4	Uncommon winter visitor; a few occur on passage. Barely annual
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER	Muscicapa striata	b		In the recent past, a pair or two most years, but seldom recorded now
PIED FLYCATCHER	Ficedula hypoleuca		2	Scarce passage migrant - best chance in spring, but difficult to catch up with
BEARDED TIT*	Panurus biarmicus	[b]	50	Big influx in 1965, and bred in 1991. Otherwise, not even annual
LONG-TAILED TIT	Aegithalos caudatus	B		Common resident
BLUE TIT	Cyanistes caeruleus	B		Common resident
GREAT TIT	Parus major	B		Common resident
COAL TIT	Periparus ater	B		Small numbers around the lake - best bet is the No.2 Picnic Site
WILLOW TIT*	Poecile montanus			Big rarity! Last one was trapped in 1997
MARSH TIT	Poecile palustris	B		Odd pairs here and there but often tricky to find
NUTHATCH	Sitta europaea	b		Very scarce and erratic (barely annual), but bred for the first time in 2002
TREECREEPER	Certhia familiaris	B		Fairly common resident
GOLDEN ORIOLE*	Oriolus oriolus		1	Two records; one in the 1950s, and one in May 2003
RED-BACKED SHRIKE*	Lanius collurio		1	Four records - Aug 1969, Jul-Aug 1973, Oct 1976, May 2006
GREAT GREY SHRIKE*	Lanius excubitor		1	Two records - Jan 1973 and Nov 1987
JAY	Garrulus glandarius	B		Fairly common resident
MAGPIE	Pica pica	B		Common resident
JACKDAW	Corvus monedula	B	2000	Fairly common resident; large numbers roost on Denny in winter
Nordic Jackdaw*	Corvus monedula		1+	Seen for the first time in 2008
ROOK	Corvus frugilegus	B		Fairly common - four Rookeries; otherwise large winter roost on Denny
CARRION CROW	Corvus corone	B	125	Fairly common resident - can occur in flocks on the Parkland
RAVEN	Corvus corax	B	4	Formerly very rare, but now almost mpossible to miss, and has bred since 2005
STARLING	Sturnus vulgaris	B	50000	Fairly common resident - biggest numbers in winter/spring roost
HOUSE SPARROW	Passer domesticus			Breeds on nearby farms, but tricky on BW property!
TREE SPARROW	Passer montanus	b	150	Formerly bred, but now very scarce - odd birds turn up now and then
CHAFFINCH	Fringilla coelebs	B	200	Common resident and winter visitor - flocks can build up in suitable conditions
BRAMBLING	Fringilla montifringilla		200	Scarce winter visitor and spring passage migrant
SERIN*	Serinus serinus		1	One in Oct 1983
GREENFINCH	Carduelis chloris	B	125	Fairly common resident; big winter roost at Moreton Cottage
GOLDFINCH	Carduelis carduelis	B	150	Fairly regular resident and passage migrant
SISKIN	Carduelis spinus		100	Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor, generally small flocks
LINNET	Carduelis cannabina		200	Fairly common autumn passage migrant - best nos. when theres lots of mud!
TWITE*	Carduelis flavirostris		2	Two at North Widcombe in Jan 1979 (just outside Chew); one in Feb 1979
COMMON REDPOLL*	Carduelis flammea		1	Three records - Oct-Nov 1965; Apr 1996 and Mar 2001
LESSER REDPOLL	Carduelis cabaret		20	Uncommon winter visitor - usually ones or twos
COMMON CROSSBILL	Loxia curvirostra		5	Uncommon passage migrant - best chance is during an irruption
BULLFINCH	Pyrrhula pyrrhula	B		A few pairs dotted around the lake, but easy to miss
HAWFINCH	C. coccothraustes		2	Rare - only six records
LAPLAND BUNTING*	Calcarius lapponicus		1	Only two - Nov 1940 and Nov 1991
SNOW BUNTING*	Plectrophenax nivalis		1	Rare autumn passage migrant; six records, the last of which was in Oct 1992
YELLOWHAMMER	Emberiza citrinella			Another tricky 'common' species - barely annual passage migrant
CIRL BUNTING*	Emberiza cirlus		2	Three records - Aug 1960; May 1966 and Apr 1979 (pair)
LITTLE BUNTING*	Emberiza pusilla		1	Two records - Jan 1976 (trapped) and Mar-Apr 1996
REED BUNTING	Emberiza schoeniclus	B		Fairly common resident (but recent decline); small spring passage evident
CORN BUNTING*	Emberiza calandra		1	Only five records; the last was in 1979

 ESCAPED AND RELEASED BIRDS

Manx Shearwater*	Puffinus puffinus		1	Three rehabilitated birds released
White Pelican	Pelecanus onocrotalus		1
Pink-backed Pelican	Pelecanus rufescens		1
Greater Flamingo	Phoenicopterus roseus		1
Chilean Flamingo	Phoenicopterus chilensis		1
Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis coromandus		1	One seen intermittently from Jul 1994 to Jul 1995
White Stork	Ciconia ciconia		1
Sacred Ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus		1
Fulvous Whistling Duck	Dendrocygna bicolor		1
White-faced Whistling Duck	Dendrocygna viduata		1
Black Swan	Cygnus atratus		1
Swan Goose	Anser cygnoides
Tundra Bean Goose	Anser fabalis serrirostris		1
Pink-footed Goose	Anser brachyrhynchus		1
European White-f Goose	Anser albifrons albifrons		1
Lesser White-fronted Goose	Anser erythropus		1
Greylag Goose	Anser anser
Bar-headed Goose	Anser indicus	b	2
Snow Goose	Anser caerulescens		18
Canada Goose	Branta canadensis		1
Barnacle Goose	Branta leucopsis	b		Now in BOU group C2
Red-breasted Goose	Branta ruficollis		1
Orinoco Goose	Chenonetta jubata		1
Cape Shelduck	Tadorna capensis		1
Paradise Shelduck	Tadorna variegata		1
Ruddy Shelduck	Tadorna ferruginea
Ringed Teal	Callonetta leucophrys		1
Wood Duck	Aix sponsa		1
Mandarin	Aix galericulata
Chiloe Wigeon	Anas sibilatrix		1
Cape Teal	Anas capensis		1
Chestnut Teal	Anas castanea		1
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos
Bahama Pintail	Anas bahamensis		1
Yellow-billed Pintail	Anas georgica		1
Northern Pintail	Anas acuta		1
Silver Teal	Anas versicolor		1
Cinnamon Teal	Anas cyanoptera		2
Rosybill	Netta peposaca		2
Ring-necked Duck	Aythya collaris		1
New Zealand Scaup	Aythya novaeseelandiae		1
Maccoa Duck	Oxyura maccoa		1
Lanner Falcon	Falco biarmicus		1
Saker Falcon	Falco cherrug		1
Red-legged Partridge	Alectoris rufa		1	A released bird in Heron's Green Bay area
Spotted Crake*	Porzana porzana		1	One released May 2001 after being found in a street in Portishead
Common Guillemot*	Uria aalge		1	An old record of a rehabilitated bird released on Herriott's Pool
Little Auk*	Alle alle		1	One released Nov 1940 after being found under a hedge in Marshfield
Cockatiel	Nymphicus hollandicus		1
Budgerigar	Melopsittacus undulatus		1
Ring-necked Parakeet	Psittacula krameri		1
Red-rumped Parakeet	Psephotus haematonotus		1
African Grey Parrot	Psittacus erithacus		1
Red Avadavat	Amandava amandava		1
Chestnut Manikin	Lonchura malacca		1