2002 Records

Compiled mainly from the Draycote logbook Draycote recorders and Pager services. All records subject to acceptance email sightings

Great Northern Diver        3

Slavonian Grebe        2

Shag        immature

Great Northern Diver        2

Slavonian Grebe        2

Shag        2 immatures

Smew        female

Great Northern Diver        3

Slavonian Grebe        2

Shag        immature

Smew        female

Iceland Gull        adult

Great Northern Diver        3

Slavonian Grebe        2

Shag        immature

Smew        2 females

Golden Plover        600

Lesser Redpoll        6

Siskin        40

Great Northern Diver        adult, 2 juveniles

Slavonian Grebe        2

Long-tailed Duck        

Smew        2 females

Iceland Gull        adult

Great Northern Diver        3

Slavonian Grebe        2

Long-tailed Duck        

Smew        2 females

Great Northern Diver        3

Long-tailed Duck        

Great Northern Diver        3

Little Grebe        38

Great Crested Grebe        186

Slavonian Grebe        2

Pintail        female

Long-tailed Duck        

Smew        female

Great Spotted Woodpecker        2

Goldcrest        10

Chiffchaff        2

Long-tailed Tit        48

Siskin        40

Great Northern Diver        adult, 2 juveniles

Slavonian Grebe        2

Scaup        male

Long-tailed Duck        

Smew        female

Smew        female

Great Northern Diver        3

Goosander        10

Dunlin        2

Goldcrest        2

Bullfinch        3

Great Northern Diver        3

Shelduck        2

Peregrine Falcon        immature

Bullfinch        3

Great Northern Diver        2

Scaup        male

Long-tailed Duck       

Smew        female

Golden Plover        c.60

Grey Wagtail        2

Bullfinch        6

Great Northern Diver        2 adults, 2 juveniles

Scaup        male

Smew        female

Goosander        9 females, 7 males

Mediterranean Gull        adult

Great Northern Diver        2 adults, 2 juveniles

Smew        female

Red-throated Diver        2

Great Northern Diver        2 adults, 2 juveniles

Smew        female

Goosander        17

Iceland Gull        adult

Great Northern Diver        2 adults, 2 juveniles

Pintail        female

Scaup        male

Smew        female

Mediterranean Gull        adult

Great Northern Diver        3

Great Northern Diver        2 adults, 2 juveniles

Shelduck        2

Smew        female

Goosander        10

Iceland Gull        adult

Chiffchaff        2

Great Northern Diver        2 adults, juvenile

Iceland Gull        adult

Great Northern Diver        2 adults, juvenile

Scaup        male

Iceland Gull        adult

Mediterranean Gull        adult

Great Northern Diver        2 adults, 2 juveniles

Gadwall        6

Scaup        male

Smew        female

Snipe        5

Bar-tailed Godwit        2

Goldcrest        11

Long-tailed Tit        10

Siskin        20

Great Northern Diver        2 adults, 2 juveniles

Scaup        male

Iceland Gull        adult

Mediterranean Gull        adult

Great Northern Diver        2 adults, 2 juveniles

Scaup        male

Iceland Gull        adult

Mediterranean Gull        adult

Little Gull        adult

Great Northern Diver        2 adults, 2 juveniles

Iceland Gull        adult

Great Northern Diver        2 adults, 2 juveniles

Scaup        male

Goosander        12 females, 16 males

Common Buzzard        3

Kingfisher        3

Long-tailed Tit        20

Lesser Redpoll        6

Siskin        50

Great Northern Diver        2 adults, 2 juveniles

Scaup        male

Great Northern Diver        2 adults, 2 juveniles

Mediterranean Gull        2nd winter

01/12/2002

Great Northern Diver        2 adults, juvenile

Brent Goose

Scaup

Iceland Gull        adult    (pale bird returning for its 8th winter)

Mediterranean Gull        adult

Jan Feb March April May June July August September October November December

Great Northern Diver        2 adults

Great Crested Grebe        267

Goosander        12 females, 10 males

Great Northern Diver        2 adults, juvenile

Yellow-legged Gull        3rd winter, 2 adults

Mediterranean Gull        adult

Great Northern Diver        2 adults, juvenile

Great Northern Diver        2 adults, juvenile

Scaup        male

Mediterranean Gull        2nd winter

Great Northern Diver        juvenile

Great Northern Diver        2 adults, juvenile

Scaup        male

Goosander        4 females, 7 males

Peregrine Falcon        immature

Mediterranean Gull        2 2nd winters

Great Northern Diver        adult, juvenile

Great Crested Grebe        206

Pintail        male

Tufted Duck        c.890

Scaup        male

Peregrine Falcon        immature

Dunlin        2

Mediterranean Gull        adult

Red-necked Grebe        2

Red-breasted Merganser        male

Peregrine Falcon        immature

Fieldfare        12

Siskin        7

Bullfinch        4

Pintail        2

Scaup        male

Yellow-legged Gull        6 adults

Mediterranean Gull        1st winter, 2nd winter, adult

Shoveler        4

Common Scoter        male

Golden Plover        16

Dunlin        2

Yellow-legged Gull        4 adults

Mediterranean Gull        1st winter, 2nd winter

Lesser Redpoll        2

Pintail        female

Mediterranean Gull        1st winter, 2nd winter

Yellow-legged Gull        2

Mediterranean Gull        1st winter, 2nd winter

Scaup        male

Lapwing        c.1000

Great Northern Diver        juvenile

Pintail        8 females, 5 males

Scaup        male

Dunlin        2

Goosander        2 females, 4 males

Dunlin        3

Yellow-legged Gull        2 adults

Scaup        male

Mediterranean Gull        1st winter, 2nd winter

Yellow-legged Gull        2 adults

Mediterranean Gull        2nd winter

Yellow-legged Gull        2 adults

Franklin's Gull        adult winter

Yellow-legged Gull        3 adults

Goosander        5 females, 5 males

Dunlin        6

Scaup        male

Common Buzzard        2

Scaup        2 males

Swallow        2

Whooper Swan        2

Scaup        female, male

Dunlin        2

October

Bewick's Swan        8 adults, 3 juveniles

Goosander        4

Kittiwake        adult

Swallow        2

Goldcrest        3

Fieldfare        c.85

Long-tailed Tit        23

Kittiwake        adult

Goldeneye        20

Goldeneye        14

Meadow Pipit        26

Common Buzzard        2

Great Crested Grebe        80

Blackcap        male

Golden Plover        c.50

Meadow Pipit        19

Goldeneye        2

Sanderling        2

Kittiwake        adult

Long-tailed Tit        23

Great Crested Grebe        156

Scaup        male

Sky Lark        15

Redwing        c.200

Siskin        4

Pink-footed Goose        2

Snipe        3

Snipe        6

Dunlin        2

Bullfinch        2

Mute Swan        37

Gadwall        19

Scaup        male

Snipe        2

Little Gull        1st winter

Snipe        7

Mediterranean Gull        adult

Red-crested Pochard        2

Snipe        2

Meadow Pipit        c.60

Ringed Plover        3

Stonechat        male

Red-crested Pochard        2

Great Crested Grebe        c.100

Swallow        2

Yellow Wagtail        3

Common Buzzard        2

Ringed Plover        2

Dunlin        2

Yellow Wagtail        7

Yellow Wagtail        4

Meadow Pipit        20

Ringed Plover        2

Yellow Wagtail        4

Meadow Pipit        4

Snipe        3

Yellow Wagtail        3

Goldcrest        6

Chiffchaff        5

Common Buzzard        4

Lapwing        c.200

Wheatear        2

Song Thrush        3

Spotted Flycatcher        4

Little Grebe        57

Great Crested Grebe        211

Cormorant        34

Mute Swan        43

Wigeon        62

Teal        38

Pintail        2

Yellow Wagtail        3

Willow Tit        5

Crossbill        4

Wigeon        34

Yellow Wagtail        5

Wheatear        3

Wigeon        22

Wigeon        18

Pintail        2

Shoveler        11

Ringed Plover        4

Little Ringed Plover        2

Redshank        2

Common Sandpiper        2

Yellow Wagtail        20

Wheatear        2

Ringed Plover        3

Common Sandpiper        4

Common Tern        2

Black Tern        6

Yellow Wagtail        6

Black-necked Grebe        adult

Ringed Plover        4

Little Ringed Plover        2

Common Sandpiper        2

Common Tern        9

Yellow Wagtail        8

Mediterranean Gull        juvenile

Yellow Wagtail        2

Hobby        3

Ringed Plover        2

Common Sandpiper        3

Yellow Wagtail        20

Wheatear        3

Ringed Plover        2

Greenshank        2

Common Sandpiper        2

Yellow-legged Gull        8

Yellow Wagtail        6

Ringed Plover        2

Common Sandpiper        2

Yellow Wagtail        7

Ringed Plover        4

Common Sandpiper        2

Yellow Wagtail        20

Common Buzzard        2

Ringed Plover        2

Hobby        3

Ringed Plover        5

Common Sandpiper        6

Ruff        2

Sand Martin        16

Yellow Wagtail        20

Spotted Flycatcher        3

Ringed Plover        4

Common Sandpiper        6

Common Sandpiper        4

Sparrowhawk        female

Ringed Plover        2

Little Ringed Plover        2

Greenshank        2

Wood Sandpiper        2

Common Sandpiper        5

Dunlin        4

Yellow-legged Gull        3

Mediterranean Gull        juvenile

Yellow Wagtail        9

Little Grebe        28

Ringed Plover        2

Wood Sandpiper        2

Common Sandpiper        5

Dunlin        3

Common Gull        c.50

Yellow-legged Gull        7

Lesser Black-backed Gull        c.1100

Black-headed Gull        c.6500

Swift        2

Yellow Wagtail        12

Tree Sparrow        6

Ringed Plover        5

Whimbrel        3

Common Sandpiper        2

Ruff        4

Common Tern        6

Yellow Wagtail        7

Wheatear        2

Ringed Plover        2

Wood Sandpiper        2

Ruff        3

Common Tern        8

Ringed Plover        2

Green Sandpiper        2

Wood Sandpiper        2

Common Sandpiper        6

Dunlin        2

Ruff        2

Sandwich Tern        adult, juvenile

Ringed Plover        2

Common Sandpiper        6

Dunlin        3

Ruff        2

Yellow Wagtail        20

Goldcrest        4

Lesser Whitethroat        3

Ringed Plover        4

Little Ringed Plover        4

Greenshank        2

Wood Sandpiper        2

Common Sandpiper        4

Dunlin        2

Ruff        5

Yellow-legged Gull        6

Yellow Wagtail        2

Grey Wagtail        3

Common Buzzard        4

Ringed Plover        2

Little Ringed Plover        2

Wood Sandpiper        2

Common Sandpiper        3

Dunlin        3

Ruff        5

Little Gull        6 immatures

Black Tern        3

Yellow Wagtail        7

Ringed Plover        2

Curlew        2

Wood Sandpiper        2

Common Sandpiper        5

Dunlin        3

Ruff        2

Swift        11

Little Ringed Plover        3

Greenshank        2

Common Sandpiper        18

Sanderling        adult

Dunlin        2

Black Tern        9

Yellow Wagtail        15

Black Tern        10

Common Sandpiper        6

Yellow Wagtail        4

Osprey        3

Ringed Plover        2

Little Ringed Plover        2

Curlew        3

Common Sandpiper        8

Common Tern        18

Black Tern        3

Yellow Wagtail        7

Common Sandpiper        2

Common Tern        4

Arctic Tern        2

Yellow Wagtail        10

Ringed Plover        2

Little Ringed Plover        2

Dunlin        2

Ringed Plover        2

Little Ringed Plover        3

Common Sandpiper        6

Yellow Wagtail        8

Ringed Plover        2

Little Ringed Plover        4

Common Sandpiper        3

Common Tern        12

Black Tern        2

Black Tern        3

Yellow Wagtail        2

Grey Wagtail        3

Ringed Plover        2

Little Ringed Plover        5

Common Sandpiper        7

Yellow Wagtail        5

Blackcap        2

Whitethroat        6

Lesser Whitethroat        12

Shoveler        6

Lapwing        c350

Little Ringed Plover        2

Common Sandpiper        6

Yellow Wagtail        4

Little Grebe        24

Great Crested Grebe        136

Shelduck        immature

Shoveler        7

Greenshank        2

Green Sandpiper        3

Little Gull        1st summer

Yellow Wagtail        4

Shelduck        2 immatures

Shoveler        5

Little Ringed Plover        4

Common Sandpiper        9

Common Tern        15

Black-necked Grebe        adult summer

Shelduck        2 immatures

Ringed Plover        3

Little Ringed Plover        3

Curlew        4

Common Sandpiper        7

Sanderling        2

Dunlin        3

Common Tern        7

Redstart        3

Shelduck        2 immatures

Little Ringed Plover        4

Common Sandpiper        9

Little Stint        adult

Shelduck        2 immatures

Shoveler        5

Common Sandpiper        6

Common Tern        7

Little Grebe        18

Red-crested Pochard        

Marsh Harrier        female

Common Sandpiper        4

Dunlin        4

Yellow-legged Gull        adult

Common Tern        5

Grey Wagtail        4

Spotted Flycatcher        2

Red-crested Pochard        

Ringed Plover        2

Common Sandpiper        4

Ringed Plover        2

Common Sandpiper        3

Dunlin        3

Yellow-legged Gull        2 3rd summers

Common Sandpiper        4

Dunlin        4

Yellow Wagtail        3

Lapwing        37

Common Sandpiper        4

Dunlin        3

Common Tern        4

Oystercatcher        4

Common Sandpiper        6

Red-crested Pochard        

Common Sandpiper        4

Common Tern        9

Red-crested Pochard        

Pochard        8

Little Ringed Plover        5

Common Sandpiper        5

Common Tern        7

Spotted Flycatcher        2

Sparrowhawk        2

Common Sandpiper        3

Common Tern        5

Common Sandpiper        3

Common Tern        3

Oystercatcher        5

Common Tern        12

Sparrowhawk        male

Common Buzzard        3

Little Ringed Plover        2

Common Sandpiper        5

Common Tern        15

Common Tern        3

Common Scoter        male

Little Ringed Plover        5

Common Sandpiper        3

Common Tern        11

Kingfisher        3

Little Ringed Plover        3

Curlew        3

Common Sandpiper        2

Common Tern        3

Little Ringed Plover        5

Common Tern        5

Little Ringed Plover        5

Common Sandpiper        4

Common Tern        7

Little Ringed Plover        3

Common Sandpiper        4

Common Tern        6

Common Sandpiper        2

Little Ringed Plover        2

Common Sandpiper        2

Common Tern        3

Red-crested Pochard        female

Little Ringed Plover        2

Common Sandpiper        4

Dunlin        2

Dunlin        2

Common Tern        3

Swift        c.1000

Lapwing        2

Curlew        2

Common Tern        3

Swift        c.1000

Lesser Whitethroat        2

Oystercatcher        2

Common Tern        4

Common Tern        2

Yellow Wagtail        2

Yellow Wagtail        2

Ringed Plover        2

Common Tern        4

Common Buzzard        3

Common Sandpiper        3

Gannet        adult

Common Buzzard        3

Hobby        2

Whimbrel        12

Knot        2

Common Sandpiper        3

Turnstone        2

Common Tern        2

Yellow Wagtail        2

Ringed Plover        7

Sanderling        8

Common Tern        7

Oystercatcher        4

Yellow Wagtail        2

Common Sandpiper        2

Yellow Wagtail        6

Arctic Skua        2

Common Tern        2

Yellow Wagtail        2

Common Tern        4

Common Tern        2

Arctic Tern        3

Swift        c.50

Common Sandpiper        3

Common Tern        10

Arctic Tern        6

Yellow Wagtail        4

Common Tern        2

Arctic Tern        2

Common Sandpiper        3

Common Tern        7

Swift        c.250

Wheatear        2

Common Tern        6

Swift        30

Garden Warbler        2

Lesser Whitethroat        2

Great Northern Diver        adult summer

Common Tern        2

Arctic Tern        2

Common Tern        4

Goldeneye        female

Curlew        2

Common Tern        2

Sparrowhawk        2

Common Tern        4

Pochard        male

Common Sandpiper        2

Common Tern        3

Whinchat        female

Garganey        female

Common Sandpiper        4

Common Tern        5

Swallow        100

House Martin        20

Teal        2

Goldeneye        female

Spotted Redshank        summer plumage

Common Sandpiper        5

Common Tern        5

House Martin        5

Yellow Wagtail        2

Wheatear        2

Grey Wagtail        2

Stonechat        2

Wheatear        2

Reed Bunting        6

Long-tailed Duck        male

Common Scoter        male

Green Woodpecker        2

Sand Martin        c.100

Swallow        c.50

White Wagtail        3

Yellow Wagtail        5

Wheatear        2

Sedge Warbler        2

Blackcap        8

Willow Warbler        8

Sand Martin        10

Shoveler        2

Goldeneye        female

Long-tailed Tit        10

Long-tailed Duck        male

Fieldfare        10

Raven        2

Little Ringed Plover        2

Sand Martin        c.50

Little Ringed Plover        2

House Martin        10

Gadwall        2

Goosander        male

Sand Martin        30

Swallow        4

House Martin        2

Meadow Pipit        15

Sand Martin        65

Swallow        2

Long-tailed Duck        male

Goosander        male

Sand Martin        145

Blackcap        4

Willow Warbler        11

Long-tailed Duck        male

Goosander        male

Long-tailed Duck        male

Green Woodpecker        4

Fieldfare        2

Blackcap        3

Willow Warbler        6

Chiffchaff        11

Bullfinch        2

Yellowhammer        2

Reed Bunting        2

Garganey        male

Long-tailed Duck        male

Oystercatcher        3

Common Sandpiper        2

Blackcap        2

Chiffchaff        6

Brambling        male

Long-tailed Duck        male

Common Scoter        6 females, 11 males

Red-legged Partridge        2

Sand Martin        c.150

Swallow        20

Wheatear        2

Long-tailed Duck        male

Sand Martin        c.40

Swallow        2

Blackcap        2

Long-tailed Duck        male

Redshank        2

Common Scoter        1 female, 2 males

Sand Martin        7

Mediterranean Gull        1st winter

Little Gull        1st winter

Golden Plover        2

Mediterranean Gull        1st winter, 2nd summer

Little Gull        adult winter

Fieldfare        58

Shoveler        2

Long-tailed Duck        male

Sparrowhawk        4

Common Buzzard        17

Mediterranean Gull        adult summer, 1st winter, 2nd summer

Long-tailed Duck        male

Mediterranean Gull        1st summer

Little Gull        adult winter

Yellowhammer        20

Long-tailed Duck        male

Goldeneye        25

Goosander        6 females, 3 males

Mediterranean Gull        adult summer, 2 1st summers, 2nd summer

Long-tailed Duck        male

Common Scoter        1 female, 1 male

Sand Martin        6

Redpoll        16

Common Buzzard        3

Gadwall        6

Long-tailed Duck        male

Goldeneye        10

Goosander        8

Hen Harrier        male

Common Buzzard        6

Sand Martin        5

Chiffchaff        8

Long-tailed Duck        male

Common Buzzard        2

Sand Martin        15

Common Buzzard        4

Sand Martin        16

Wheatear        male

Siskin        6

Shoveler        5

Long-tailed Duck        male

Sand Martin        12

Gadwall        6

Long-tailed Duck        male

Common Buzzard        2

Golden Plover        7

Mediterranean Gull        2

Fieldfare        20

Chiffchaff        5

Siskin        8

Redpoll        40

Yellowhammer        17

Siskin        3

Long-tailed Duck        male

Chiffchaff        2

Long-tailed Duck        male

Sparrowhawk        2

Yellow-legged Gull        2 2nd winters, 1 3rd winter

Long-tailed Duck        male

Meadow Pipit        17

Chiffchaff        3

Long-tailed Duck        male

Common Buzzard        3

Mediterranean Gull        adult summer

Long-tailed Duck        male

Mediterranean Gull        1st winter

Kittiwake        8

Siskin        20

Long-tailed Duck        male

Wheatear        male

Long-tailed Duck        male

Goosander        12

Reed Bunting        2

Long-tailed Duck        male

Grey Wagtail        2

Long-tailed Duck        male

Long-tailed Duck        male

Goosander        12

Long-tailed Duck        male

Smew        male

Long-tailed Duck        male

Smew        male

Meadow Pipit        20

February

Long-tailed Duck        male

Goosander        20

Pied Wagtail        25

Treecreeper        2

Iceland Gull        adult

Long-tailed Duck        male

Goldeneye        5

Common Buzzard        2

Bullfinch        4 males

Ringed Plover        2

Iceland Gull        adult

Yellow-legged Gull        2 adults

Siskin        6

Siskin        8

Redpoll        4

Long-tailed Duck        1st winter male

Lapwing        120

Siskin        20

Linnet        8

Bullfinch        5

Long-tailed Duck        1st winter male

Goosander        20

Common Buzzard        6

Lapwing        40

Iceland Gull        adult

Great Crested Grebe        117

Canada Goose        65

Long-tailed Duck        1st winter male

Goldeneye        86

Goosander        38

Mediterranean Gull        adult

Kittiwake        adult

Long-tailed Duck        1st winter male

Common Buzzard        2

Mediterranean Gull        adult summer

Kittiwake        1 1st winter, 2 adults

Siskin        59

Long-tailed Duck        1st winter male

Iceland Gull        adult

Kittiwake        adult

Pintail        3 females, 1 male

Long-tailed Duck        1st winter male

Sparrowhawk        male

Golden Plover        75

Kittiwake        adult

January

Jan Feb March April May June July August September October November December

Pintail        3 females, 3 males

Iceland Gull        adult

Kittiwake        2

Long-tailed Duck        1st winter male

Iceland Gull        adult

Long-tailed Duck        1st winter male

Iceland Gull        adult

Iceland Gull        adult

Long-tailed Duck        1st winter male

Iceland Gull        adult

Goosander        8 females, 12 males

Green Woodpecker        2

Long-tailed Duck        1st winter male

Iceland Gull        adult

Long-tailed Duck        1st winter male

Long-tailed Duck        1st winter male

Sparrowhawk        male

Iceland Gull        adult

Iceland Gull        adult

Long-tailed Duck        1st winter male

Iceland Gull        adult

Yellow-legged Gull        6 adults

Glaucous Gull        1st winter

Scaup        male

Long-tailed Duck        1st winter male

Smew        male

Golden Plover        10

Grey Plover        2

Snipe        5

Dunlin        14

Iceland Gull        1st winter

Long-tailed Tit        8

House Sparrow        6

Chaffinch        20

Greenfinch        6

Shelduck        3

Red-crested Pochard        female

Scaup        male

Long-tailed Duck        1st winter male

Smew        1 female, 1 male

Golden Plover        25

Bewick's Swan        4 adults, 5 juveniles

Shelduck        3

Gadwall        18

Shoveler        45

Red-crested Pochard        female

Long-tailed Duck        1st winter male

Smew        1 female, 1 male

Glaucous Gull        1st winter

Iceland Gull        adult

Yellow-legged Gull        2 adults

Goldcrest        3

Long-tailed Tit        26

Shoveler        2

Red-crested Pochard        female

Smew        1 male, 1 redhead

Glaucous Gull        1st winter

Iceland Gull        adult

Yellow-legged Gull        2 adults

Long-tailed Duck        1st winter male

Smew        1 male, 1 redhead

Cormorant        118

Mandarin Duck        female

Pintail        female

Scaup        male

Long-tailed Duck        1st winter male

Common Scoter        female

Smew        1 male, 1 redhead

Goosander        72

Jack Snipe        2

Glaucous Gull        2nd/3rd winter

Iceland Gull        adult

Cormorant        88

White-fronted Goose        33

Shoveler        15

Pochard        150

Scaup        1 female, 2 males

Common Scoter        female

Sparrowhawk        2

Snipe        9

Dunlin        2

Glaucous Gull        1st winter

Iceland Gull        adult

Yellow-legged Gull        adult

Chiffchaff        3