Birding the Chess Valley: Deceased BARN OWL

Monday, 8 January 2018

Deceased BARN OWL

Sadly, I found the remains of one of our few remaining Chess Valley BARN OWLS in Chesham today, the bird presumably having been predated on at roost by a Common Buzzard. That leaves us with just two surviving birds

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Bird Species recorded in the area in 2018

48) Yellowhammer 2/1
47) HAWFINCH (up to 46 in Little Missenden) 1-3/1
46) Bullfinch 1/1
45) Greenfinch 1/1
44) Goldfinch 1/1
43) Brambling (Hyde Heath) 2/1
42) Chaffinch 1/1
41) House Sparrow 1/1
40) Common Starling 1/1
39) Common Raven (3 over my house in Little Chalfont) 2/1
38) Carrion Crow 1/1
37) Rook 1/1
36) Western Jackdaw 1/1
35) Jay 1/1
34) Common Magpie 1/1
33) Common Treecreeper 1/1
32) Nuthatch 1/1
31) Long-tailed Tit 1/1
30) Coal Tit 1/1
29) Blue Tit 1/1
28) Great Tit 1/1
27) Goldcrest 1/1
26) Common Blackbird 1/1
25) Fieldfare 1/1
24) Mistle Thrush 1/1
23) Redwing 1/1
22) Song Thrush 1/1
21) Robin 1/1
20) Dunnock 1/1
19) Wren 1/1
18) Pied Wagtail 1/1
17) Collared Dove 1/1
16) Woodpigeon 1/1
15) Black-headed Gull 1/1
14) Coot 1/1
13) Moorhen 1/1
12) Common Pheasant 1/1
11) Common Kestrel 1/1
10) Sparrowhawk (Little Missenden) 3/1
9) Red Kite 1/1
8) Tufted Duck (Shardeloes) 1/1
7) Mallard (92 on Lowndes Park Lake Chesham) 1/1
6) Atlantic Canada Goose (208 at Shardeloes Lake) 1/1
5) Greylag Goose (3 at Shardeloes Lake) 1/1
4) Mute Swan (Bois Mill Lake/Great Water/Shardeloes) 1/1
3) Grey Heron (Bois Mill Meadow) 1/1
2) Little Egret (6 wintering) 1/1
1) Sinensis Cormorant (Bois Mill Pond) 1/1

Monday, 8 January 2018

Deceased BARN OWL

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