Colne Valley Birding

Sharing bird sightings from the Colne Valley Regional Park. To find out more about the park visit Views on this page are my own.

[Colne Valley Birding @CVBirding]

This page is dedicated to bird news and sightings from within the Colne Valley Regional Park. This tweet shows the boundaries of this varied and beautiful landscape.

[Colne Valley Park @Colne_Valley]

Many people – some of whom have lived in the area all their lives – still have trouble getting their heads around the Colne Valley Regional Park as an entity. They know individual parts of it, but the wider view often remains opaque, so here’s a map!

[Tony Sweetland @TonySweetland]

Staines Res this am: Marsh Harrier flew e towards the Moor over the s basin at 12:00, 15 B N Grebe (8 s basin, 7 n basin), water pipit and 36 Pochard and 25 Goldeneye. @CVBirding

[Tony Sweetland @TonySweetland]

Staines Res this am: 10 B N Grebe(8 n basin,2 S), 3 water pipit nw corner s basin, 500+ tufted duck, only 17 Pochard, 2 Pintail and 24 Goldeneye. @CVBirding

[Tony Sweetland @TonySweetland]

Staines Res this am: Lesser Scaup SW corner S basin, 6 B N Grebe, 2 Pintail, water pipit, 28 Goldeneye, 400+ tufted duck, 34 Pochard and gosseander. @CVBirding

[Tony Sweetland @TonySweetland]

Staines Res this am: 5 B N Grebe, 3 Pintail(1m, 2f) on s basin, Peregrine, water pipit, shelduck. About 40 Pochard in sw corner of s basin, could not see lesser scaup today.@CVBirding

[Tony Sweetland @TonySweetland]

Staines Moor this am: 5 Water Pipit (4 southern flood, 1 on Colne), 6 Stonechat, 35 Meadow pipit, 3 chiffchaff and 2 Snipe. @CVBirding

[Tony Sweetland @TonySweetland]

Staines Res this am: increase in duck numbers with 300+ of Pochard and Tufted Duck, 20 goldeneye. 9 B N Grebe, 4 shelduck, water pipit. Pochard flock again in sw corner of S basin into sun therefore could not see if lesser scaup still present. @CVBirding

[Tony Sweetland @TonySweetland]

Staines res this am: 5B N Grebe, Oystercatcher, 57 Pochard, 80+ wigeon and a lapwing. @CVBirding

[stewart easterbrook @s_easterbrook]

A grey wagtail walking across the ice @MapleLodgeRsrve this morning @HMWTBadger @_BTO @BBCSpringwatch @RSPBbirders @Hertsbirds @WildlifeTrusts @Colne_Valley @CVBirding @Natures_Voice @RSPBEngland #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #wildlife

[Tony Sweetland @TonySweetland]

Nice morning at Staines Res: Ad Great N Diver on n basin (thanks Ken), 2 Little gull ad and 1st winter s basin, 3 B N Grebe, gooseander, 60 Pochard, 200+ tufted duck, c10 Goldeneye and 4 Egyptian Geese. @CVBirding

[Tony Sweetland @TonySweetland]

Staines Moor this am: 1 water pipit by N Bridge, Raven flew east along southern end, 5 Stonechat and a few m pipit and skylark. @CVBirding

[Tony Sweetland @TonySweetland]

Staines Res this am: Quiet, 4 Blck necked Grebe, 2 peregrine hunting teal on n basin and 3 Goldeneye (2m and f) @CVBirding

[Tony Sweetland @TonySweetland]

Staines Res this am: 6 B N Grebe, yellow wag, common Sandpiper. @CVBirding

[stewart easterbrook @s_easterbrook]

A nuthatch @MapleLodgeRsrve this week @HMWTBadger @_BTO @BBCSpringwatch @RSPBbirders @Hertsbirds @WildlifeTrusts @Colne_Valley @CVBirding @Natures_Voice @RSPBEngland #wildlifephotography #birdphotography

[birdmanuk @birdmanuk68]

A Green Sandpiper photographed at Springwell Lake this afternoon was my first for the site, plus a rather sleepy looking Grey Heron. @LondonBirdClub @CVBirding @Colne_Valley

[Tony Sweetland @TonySweetland]

Staines Moor this am: Whinchat, Reed warbler, 5-6 Stonechat, 3 Kingfisher, Cettis Warbler, 15 meadow pipit, 3 skylark and 70+ B H Gull feeding on flying insects @CVBirding

[Tony Sweetland @TonySweetland]

Staines Res this am: 1 Back Tern n basin, 11 B N Grebe, Ruff, Ringed Plover, 500+ House Martin, Hobby @CVBirding

[stewart easterbrook @s_easterbrook]

In the sunshine @MapleLodgeRsrve yesterday @HMWTBadger @_BTO @BBCSpringwatch @RSPBbirders @Hertsbirds @WildlifeTrusts @Colne_Valley @CVBirding @Natures_Voice @RSPBEngland #wildlifephotography #birdphotography

[birdmanuk @birdmanuk68]

A late afternoon visit to Woodoaks Farm produced a ♂ & 2 ♀ Common Stonechat and a ♀ Common Kestrel.@Hertsbirds @CVBirding

[birdmanuk @birdmanuk68]

Travelling home this morning along the M25 heading north towards junction 16 between Cowley & Uxbridge I spotted a Barn Owl flying over the motorway heading west. @CVBirding @Colne_Valley

[birdmanuk @birdmanuk68]

An afternoon visit to Woodoaks Farm where I bumped into @LeeEvansBirding produced 3 Whinchat & 2 Stonechat on the fence line below the tea shack (well spotted Lee regarding the Stonechats) plus 2 very mobile Clouded Yellow Butterflies. @Hertsbirds