Bucks Species List
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very rare vagrant
Great Skua
Skuas
Stercorarius skua
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September 3, 1983
Wilstone Res. Herts.
1 flew SW into Bucks.
August 25, 1987
Willen
1 present
January 1, 1995
Little Marlow GP
1 circled and flew off W
September 27, 1998
Foxcote Res.
1 adult present
October 19, 2001
Lacey Green
1 picked up injured & taken to St Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital.
May 11, 2012
Foxcote
1 present
November 15, 2015
Pitstone
A bird from Wilstone Res (Herts) seen to fly into the distance and over Pitstone.
November 12, 2017
Longwick
An adult circled the village
November 5, 2019
Wilstone Res. Herts
1 flew into Bucks airspace when it departed.
August 15, 2020
Calvert
1 present
October 3, 2020
Eythrope
1 present
very rare vagrant
Sabine's Gull
Gulls
Xema sabini
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January 10, 1981
Willen
1 adult and 1 immature
October 17, 1987
Colnbrook
A juvenile flying NE
October 21, 1987
Colnbrook
1 Adult on 21st Oct, 3 adults from 22nd-24th Oct, 1 from 26th-28th Oct. The 1987 records followed the “great storm” of 15th Oct when many Sabine’s Gulls were blown into southern England.
September 26, 1997
Little Marlow GP
1 Juvenile
October 3, 1997
Calvert
1 juvenile
September 27, 1998
Foxcote Res.
1 juvenile
September 16, 2001
Foxcote Res.
A juvenile coming in to roost from 16th-19th Sep.
October 19, 2003
Foxcote Res.
1 adult
July 1, 2012
Startopsend Res.
A 1st summer bird from 1st-5th July in the Bucks corner of the reservoir.
January 4, 2014
Weston Turville Res.
A juvenile seen at dusk on 4th Jan was seen to fly off early the next day.
Scarce passage migrant
Kittiwake
Gulls
Rissa tridactyla
very rare vagrant
Bonaparte's Gull
Gulls
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
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January 9, 2016
College Lake
1 came into roost on 9th, 10th, 12th and 13th Jan. It was initially found at nearby Wilstone Reservoir (Herts) and feeding in fields close to that site.
common resident
Black-headed Gull
Gulls
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Scarce passage migrant
Little Gull
Gulls
Hydrocoloeus minutus
very rare vagrant
Franklin's Gull
Gulls
Larus pipixcan
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June 30, 1999
Willen
A summer-plumaged adult seen late on 30th Jun and early the following morning.
Scarce winter visitor
Mediterranean Gull
Gulls
Larus melanocephalus
common resident
Common Gull
Gulls
Larus canus
very rare vagrant
Ring-billed Gull
Gulls
Larus delawarensis
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January 24, 1991
Fulmer
1 adult present, subsequently took up residence in Uxbridge
November 7, 1991
Little Marlow GP
A 2nd winter bird from 7th-9th and 16th Nov. What was probably the same bird was seen at Pickeridge Quarry near Stoke Common on 23rd Nov.
February 12, 1992
Little Marlow GP
The same individual as seen in November 1991 was relocated on 21st Feb.
February 9, 1994
Willen
1 adult
February 16, 1994
Hedgerley
1 adult
September 26, 1994
Little Marlow GP
A 2nd winter bird on 10 dates between 26th Sep and 25th Nov.
February 12, 1995
Little Marlow GP
The 1994 bird was seen again on 12th & 26th Feb and 10th Mar. An adult bird seen on several dates from 29th Sep to end Dec may have been the same bird.
March 20, 2002
Little Marlow GP
A 2nd winter bird on 20th & 30th Mar.
January 28, 2003
Foxcote
A 2nd winter bird
April 1, 2003
Little Marlow GP
An adult on 1st Apr was also seen on 2nd, 3rd and 5th.
July 14, 2004
Little Marlow GP
A 2nd summer bird on 14th July and on many days between 16th July and 6th Aug.
November 26, 2004
Caldecotte Lake
1 adult
March 5, 2008
Little Marlow GP
A 2nd summer bird
January 20, 2014
Little Marlow GP
1 adult
February 10, 2023
Little Marlow GP
1 adult
common resident
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gulls
Larus fuscus
common resident
Herring Gull
Gulls
Larus argentatus
Scarce Resident
Yellow-legged Gull
Gulls
Larus michahellis
Scarce Resident
Caspian Gull
Gulls
Larus cachinnans
rare winter visitor
Iceland Gull
Gulls
Larus glaucoides
rare winter visitor
Glaucous Gull
Gulls
Larus hyperboreus
Scarce winter visitor
Great Black-backed Gull
Gulls
Larus marinus
Scarce passage migrant
Little Tern
Terns
Sternula albifrons
very rare vagrant
Caspian Tern
Terns
Hydroprogne caspia
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April 17, 1992
Willen
1 present
April 13, 1996
Caldecotte
1 flew through
May 11, 2001
Willen
1 present
July 9, 2017
Linford
An adult on several dates between 9th July and 14th Aug.
very rare vagrant
Whiskered Tern
Terns
Chlidonias hybrida
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May 16, 1994
Willen
2 adults from 16th-21st May. The same birds were also thought to have been seen on Rockland Broad, Norfolk the day before they appeared at Willen (during E winds). On the day after they left two Whiskered Terns were seen at Cley, Norfolk, where they were seen to fly out to sea.
October 29, 2001
Willen
An immature bird present from 29th until 31st when it flew off, later being found in Bedfordshire. Unfortunately it was not positively identified until 31st.
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