Bucks Species List
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very rare vagrant
Rough-legged Buzzard
Raptors
Buteo lagopus
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December 17, 1966
Chiltern Escarpment
1 from mimd Dec. to 28th Jan. 1967
April 17, 1971
Dorney Common
1 present
January 1, 1995
Middle Claydon
1 over
December 8, 2012
Foxcote
Probably an adult female
1839 Bledlow Woods – A pair shot in November
1880 High Wycombe – 1 trapped on 6th Dec
1890/1 Halton – 3 trapped in late autumn, 2 of which are now in the Tring Museum.
1912 Aston Clinton – 1 present
Scarce passage migrant
Osprey
Raptors
Pandion haliaetus
common resident
Kestrel
Raptors
Falco tinnunculus
very rare vagrant
Red-footed Falcon
Raptors
Falco vespertinus
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July 27, 1983
Milton Keynes
1 male
May 31, 2008
Richings Park
1 present
May 26, 2010
Drayton Beauchamp
A male 26th May & a 1st summer male on 2nd June was seen over a longer period at nearby Wilstone Reservoir.
May 21, 2012
Jubilee River
A 1st summer male from 21st-22nd May.
Scarce winter visitor
Merlin
Raptors
Falco columbarius
Scarce summer visitor
Hobby
Raptors
Falco subbuteo
Scarce Resident
Peregrine
Raptors
Falco peregrinus
Scarce Resident
Water Rail
Rails & crakes
Rallus aquaticus
rare vagrant
Spotted Crake
Rails & crakes
Porzana porzana
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August 19, 1995
Willen
1 from 19th-23rd Aug. with another from 5th Sep.
October 9, 2000
Dorney Common
A juvenile showed well for over a week in a stream on the Bucks/Berks border from 9th-19th Oct.
March 29, 2003
Little Marlow GP
1 from 29th-30th Mar.
August 27, 2018
Willen
1 from 27th Aug until 27th Sep.
very rare vagrant
Little Crake
Rails & crakes
Zapornia parva
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November 6, 2023
Linford
1 immature present until 11th November
very rare vagrant
Corncrake
Rails & crakes
Crex crex
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June 25, 1965
Shipton Lee
1 adult from 25th - 30th June
June 4, 1960
Great Linford
1 adult
August 2, 1960
Haversham
1 adult
July 1, 1961
Great Pednor
1 adult during July & August
May 15, 1961
Haversham
1 adult from 15th May - 10th June
September 14, 1974
Newton Longville
2 adults present
common resident
Moorhen
Rails & crakes
Gallinula chloropus
common resident
Coot
Rails & crakes
Fulica atra
rare vagrant
Crane
Cranes
Grus grus
common summer visitor
Oystercatcher
Waders
Haematopus ostralegus
very rare vagrant
Black-winged Stilt
Waders
Himantopus himantopus
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July 6, 1988
Willen
A pair of 1st summer birds present 7th-18th Jun.
April 24, 2016
Manor Farm
A pair
April 20, 2017
Little Marlow GP
A pair
May 14, 2019
College Lake
A pair
Scarce passage migrant
Avocet
Waders
Recurvirostra avosetta
rare vagrant
Stone-curlew
Waders
Burhinus oedicnemus
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May 23, 1985
Caldecotte
1 present
April 28, 1988
Downley Common
1 present
March 31, 1996
Fawley Bottom
2 seen to land in a field
April 21, 1999
Drayton Parslow
1 present but very elusive
May 1, 2004
College Lake
1 1st-2nd May had been colour ringed as a chick in Berkshire the previous year.
April 19, 2005
Chalfont St Peter
1 present
April 14, 2006
Rowsham
1 present
April 22, 2007
Quainton Hills
A 1st summer bird
May 8, 2007
Broughton
1 present
April 3, 2013
Gallows Bridge
1 on 3rd Apr. remained until 6th. A ringed bird bird from the Brecklands.
October 14, 2014
Lodge Hill
1 on 14th was also heard the following morning
June 14, 2015
Mid Bucks
1 present
May 15, 2019
Gallows Bridge
1 present
common summer visitor
Little Ringed Plover
Waders
Charadrius dubius
Scarce passage migrant
Ringed Plover
Waders
Charadrius hiaticula
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