Species Account
Extract from Bird Report 2024
Common passage migrant, sometimes overwintering in small numbers. (Amber list).
There were two winter records, with one at Broom South Quarry on 25th January and two at Southill Park on 29th January. The first of the spring were two at Priory CP on 11th April. A small influx occurred on 6th July, with singles at Broom East and Broom South Quarry, and two at Grovebury SP. The only counts of more than two during the year were three at Broom East on 18th–25th July, with four there on the 26th–27th, three at Grovebury SP on the 23rd and three at Priory CP also on the 23rd. At Grovebury SP there were six on 10th August, four on 17th August, three on 3rd September and five on 7th September. At Rookery North ClP there were six on 5th September. The last of the year was one at Broom South Quarry on 11th October.
