Species Account
Extract from Bird Report 2024
Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor. (Green list).
The highest counts during the first winter period were 14 at Grovebury SP on 1st January, ten at Broom South Quarry on 14th January, 14 at Tetworth Hall Estate on 28th February and 16 at the same site on 4th March. The last of the spring was one at Gadsey Brook on 7th April. The first in the second winter period was one at Houghton Brook Pools on 29th September. The largest counts during this period were ten at Tetworth Hall Estate on 4th December, four near Green Lane, Stewartby Lake on 20th December and five at Fenlake Meadows on 31st December. It was a much better year for this species than 2023.
