Common Sandpiper becomes the 100th species of 2009

With the first six months of the year now passed, the total number of species recorded in the Amersham Recording Area stands at 100 species of which 66 are breeding.

1) Little Grebe (breeding; probably 7 pairs)
2) Great Crested Grebe (3 pairs breeding)
3) Sinensis Cormorant (wintered)
4) LITTLE EGRET (up to 7 birds was recorded 1 January until late April)
5) Grey Heron (frequent visitor but not breeding; nearest heronry at Stocker's Lake)
6) Mute Swan (3+ pairs breeding; all failed thus far)
7) Atlantic Canada Goose (breeding)
8) Mandarin Duck (possibly breeding)
9) Mallard (breeding)
10) GADWALL (successfully bred following record number of wintering birds)
11) NORTHERN SHOVELER (several winter records)
12) EURASIAN WIGEON (a few winter records)
13) Common Teal (present from January-March in small numbers)
14) NORTHERN POCHARD (has probably bred but no young recorded yet)
15) Tufted Duck (breeding)
16) RUDDY DUCK (at least 4 adult drakes recorded April-June)
17) OSPREY (3 spring migrants including two long-staying individuals)
18) RED KITE (breeding, with in excess of 21 pairs)
19) Common Buzzard (breeding; 25+ pairs)
20) Eurasian Sparrowhawk (breeding)
21) Common Kestrel (breeding)
22) HOBBY (breeding; 3 records thus far)
23) Red-legged Partridge (breeding)
24) Common Pheasant (breeding)
25) WATER RAIL (2 noted in January)
26) Moorhen (breeding)
27) Eurasian Coot (breeding)
28) EUROPEAN GOLDEN PLOVER (few winter records)
29) Lapwing (few in winter)
30) GREEN SANDPIPER (1 in January)
31) COMMON SANDPIPER (adult in early July)
32) Common Snipe (exceptional winter for this species)
33) WOODCOCK (noted in January-February)
34) Black-headed Gull (frequent visitor)
35) Common Gull (record numbers in winter period)
36) Herring Gull (scarce winter visitor)
37) Lesser Black-backed Gull (small numbers)
38) Great Black-backed Gull (scarce visitor)

39) Stock Dove (breeding)
40) Woodpigeon (breeding)
41) Eurasian Collared Dove (breeding)
42) EUROPEAN TURTLE DOVE (single singing male in June)
43) COMMON CUCKOO (single record in June)
44) Tawny Owl (breeding)
45) Little Owl (bred successfully)
46) Common Swift (breeding)
47) Common Kingfisher (breeding)
48) Ring-necked Parakeet (1-2 in winter)
49) Green Woodpecker (breeding)
50) Great Spotted Woodpecker (breeding)
51) Eurasian Skylark (breeding)
52) Barn Swallow (breeding)
53) House Martin (breeding)
54) Meadow Pipit (winter visitor)
55) Pied Wagtail (breeding)
56) Grey Wagtail (breeding)
57) Wren (breeding)
58) Dunnock (breeding)
59) European Robin (breeding)
60) COMMON STONECHAT (6 birds overwintered)
61) Song Thrush (breeding)
62) Redwing (overwintered)
63) Mistle Thrush (breeding)
64) Fieldfare (overwintered)
65) Common Blackbird (breeding)
66) GARDEN WARBLER (4+ singing males in June)
67) Blackcap (breeding)
68) LESSER WHITETHROAT
69) Common Whitethroat (8+ singing males)
70) WESTERN REED WARBLER (3 singing males)
71) Willow Warbler (5 singing males)
72) WOOD WARBLER (singing male in May)
73) Common Chiffchaff (breeding)
74) Goldcrest (breeding)
75) FIRECREST (breeding)
76) Great Tit (breeding)
77) Coal Tit (breeding)
78) Blue Tit (breeding)
79) MARSH TIT (very scarce with just 1 pair breeding)
80) Long-tailed Tit (breeding)
81) Nuthatch (breeding)
82) Common Treecreeper (breeding)
83) Magpie (breeding)
84) Jay (breeding)
85) Jackdaw (breeding)
86) Rook (breeding)
87) Carrion Crow (breeding)
88) COMMON RAVEN (odd record in winter)
89) Common Starling (breeding)
90) House Sparrow (breeding)
91) Chaffinch (breeding)
92) BRAMBLING (very poor winter counts in Penn Wood)
93) Linnet (breeding in very small numbers)
94) LESSER REDPOLL (a few in winter)
95) Goldfinch (breeding)
96) Greenfinch (breeding)
97) SISKIN (winter visitor)
98) BULLFINCH (breeding)
99) REED BUNTING (1 singing male)
100) Yellowhammer (5 singing males)