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| The drake Lesser Scaup was very interested in this female Tufted Duck and was seen copulating. |
This was a morning visit with my daughter Katherine. We started at Marine Lake and then called in at Marshside RSPB, Crossens and Banks Marsh. There were staggering numbers of wildfowl, Geese and waders present. Photography was not easy due to the distances.
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| Goosander - A 1st winter bird on Marine Lake. |
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| Smew - A 1st winter drake seen on Marine Lake |
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| Pintail - Large numbers of this species were seen on Marshside RSPB |
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| Teal - 1000s of Teal were present in the area. |
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| Marshside RSPB seen from Crossens Road. Thousands of Lapwing and Golden Plover were present as well as the wildfowl. |
The following video shows just a few of the 50,000 Pink-footed Geese that spend the Winter on the Ribble Estuary. The video was taken at Banks Marsh. Sorry about the shaky video.
This Whooper Swan was a surprise visitor to Little Marlow Lake. It was found by Graham Smith and was present from 23rd until 28th November 2025.
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| Stonechat - Present in tall vegetation in the riverside meadow. |
A female Montagu's Harrier was reported in the Ivinghoe/Cheddington/Long Marston area on 25th June although it appears it had been seen over several days. It was seen every after that but was extremely elusive and eventually is was considered that the best time and place to see the bird was early morning or in the evening on a large field between Cheddington and Long Marston.
I visited the site early on 27th June and stayed for about 7 hours and failed to see it. I then tried again on 30th June and after a wait of almost two hours, the bird fly SW across the field and disappeared into Herts. About eight of us were present and saw the bird. This was a county tick for me and many other people.
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| The Harrier field on the Cheddington to Long Marston Road. |
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| Montagu's Harrier - a good view of the underwing |
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| The white rump can be seen in this photo. |
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| More distant but showing a view of the upperwing. |
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| Brown Hare - several were present. |
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| Yellow Wagtail - There was a lot of breeding activity from our viewpoint with a good number breeding in this one field |
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| Skylark - Also lots of Skylarks singing and flying around. Nice to get one almost in full view! |
A early morning walk (6:45 star) in Egypt and Dorney Woods certainly produced large numbers of singing birds. Several Tit species, plus Blackbird, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff and Blackcap. I was particularly interested in the scarer species to photograph and the only ones I found were Treecreeper and Spotted Flycatcher.
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| Treecreeper - Not a rare species but not that common and often hard to find. Merlin picked this calling bird up high in the trees. |
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| Song Thrush - These Song Thrushes were also present. |
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| Barn Owl leaving it's likely breeding site. The first photos were taken on 15th June |
A visit to Homefield Wood near Marlow produced a lot of singing birds, all fairly common. The best bird species was Marsh Tit which is not common in this area.
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| Marsh Tit - More than one family parties were present but always difficult to photograph! |
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| Great Tit - A juvenile |
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| Small Skipper |
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| Light Emerald Moth |
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| Sparrowhawk - Just as we were leaving this Sparrowhawk sored overhead |
