2022 meetings & bird sightings
11th January Meeting at Eyebrook Reservoir
7 members led by Malcolm Boyd
1. Blue tit
2. Great tit
3. Long tailed tit
4. Mallard
5. Tufted duck
6. Mute swan
7. Little egret
8. Gadwall
9. Wigeon
10. Golden eye
11. Grey heron
12. Cormorant
13.Teal
14. Crow
15. Dunnock
16. Pied wagtail
17. Black headed gull
18. Avocet
19. Goosander
20. Lapwing
21. Pheasant
22. Shelduck
23. Greylag
24. Dunlin
25. Buzzard
26. Fieldfare
27. Chaffinch
28. Robin
29. Magpie
30. Golden plover
31. Bullfinch (male)
28th January Meeting at Sykes Lane, Rutland Water
5 members led by Malcolm Boyd
1. Red kite
2. Magpie
3. Chaffinch
4. Redwing
5. Woodpigeon
6. Blue tit
7. Blackbird
8. Starling
9. Robin
10. Canada goose
11. Mute swan
12. Pied wagtail
13. Black headed gull
14. Great crested grebe
15. Gadwall
16. Mallard
17. Great northern diver
18. Cormorant
19. Crow
20. Herring gull
21. Egyptian goose
22. Wigeon
23. Greylag
24. Wren
25. Pheasant
26. Dunnock
27. Long tailed tit
28. Great tit
29. Goldfinch
30. Fieldfare
31. Little grebe
32. Teal
33. Moorhen
24. Buzzard
22nd February Meeting at Egleton Bird Reserve, Rutland Water
8 members led by Malcolm Boyd
1. Goldfinch
2. Chaffinch
3. Pheasant
4. Crow
5. Curlew
6. Lapwing
7. Great white egret
8. Pied wagtail
9. Shelduck
10. Goosander
11. Canada goose
12. Jackdaws
13. Teal
14. Tufted duck
15. Mute swan
16. Dunnock
17. Black headed gull
18. Wigeon
19. Gadwall
20. Cormorant
21. Mallard
22. Greylag
23. Oystercatcher
24. Snipe
25. Coot
26. Shoveler
27. Reed bunting
28. Kestrel
29. Blackbird
30. Great crested grebe
31. Robin
32. Blue tit
33. Great tit
11th March Meeting at Eyebrook Reservoir
10 members led by Malcolm Boyd
1. Wigeon
2. Tufted duck
3. Blue tit
4. Mute swan
5. Black headed gull
6. Golden eye
7. Mallard
8. Crow
9. Red kite
10. Greylag
11. Cormorant
12. Canada goose
13. Shelduck
14. Coot
15. Pintail
16. Dunnock
17. Teal
18. Pied wagtail
19. Lapwing
20. Long tailed tit
21. Woodpigeon
22. Pheasant
23. Red legged partridge
24. Grey heron
25. Great tit
26. Robin
27. Moorhen
28. Chaffinch
29. Kestrel
30. Snipe
31. Buzzard
32. Siskin
33. Great crested grebe
34. Reed bunting
5th April Meeting at Lyndon bird reserve
11 members led by Malcolm Boyd
1. Robin
2. Pheasant
3. Mallard
4. Chaffinch
5. Great tit
6. Moorhen
7. Chiffchaff
8. Crow
9. Blackbird
10. Woodpigeon
11. Reed bunting
12. Magpie
13. Blue tit
14. Osprey
15. Mute swan
16. Greylag
17. Egyptian goose
18. Cormorant
19. Tufted duck
20. Great crested grebe
21. Jackdaw
22. Coot
23. Teal
24. Canada goose
25. Shelduck
26. Gadwall
27. Wigeon
28. Buzzard
29. Little grebe
30. Mandarin duck
31. Brambling
32. Goldfinch
33. Dunnock
22nd April Meeting at Prior's Coppice
7 members led by Malcolm Boyd
1. Wren
2. Blue tit
3. Blackbird
4. Jackdaw
5. Chiffchaff
6. Woodpigeon
7. Willow warbler
8. Great tit
Heard, but not seen:
Blackcap, green woodpecker
24th May Meeting at Burley Wood
12 members led by Malcolm Boyd
1. Woodpigeon
2. Pied wagtail
3. House martin
4. Jackdaw
5. Red legged partridge
6. Black headed gull
7. Osprey
8. Buzzard
9. Blackbird
10. Chiffchaff
11. Pheasant
12. Robin
13. Red kite
14. Egyptian goose
24th June Meeting at Burley Wood
7 members led by Malcolm Boyd
1. Pheasant
2. Black headed gull
3. Robin
4. Woodpigeon
5. Blackcap
6. Wren
7. Goldfinch
8. House martin
9. Swallow
10. Common Tern
11. Avocet
12. Lapwing
13. Tufted duck
14. Oystercatcher
15. Greylag
16. Coot
17. Jackdaw
18. Great crested grebe
19. Mute swan
20. Reed bunting
21. Blackbird
22. Shelduck
23. Mallard
24. Cormorant
25. Sedge warbler
26. Song thrush
27. Little egret
15th July Meeting at Eyebrook Reservoir
6 members led by Malcolm Boyd
1. Mute swan
2. Black headed gull
3. Grey heron
4. Red kite
5. Great crested grebe
6. Common tern
7. Crow
8. Lapwing
9. Starling
10. Pied wagtail
11. Tufted duck
12. Little egret
13. Osprey
14. Herring gull
15. Cormorant
16. Greylag
17. Canada goose
18. Coot
19. Gadwall
20. Woodpigeon
21. Mallard
22. Common sandpiper
23. Little grebe
24. Swallow
25. Greenshank
26. Yellowhammer
27. Goldfinch
28. Robin
29. Kestrel
30. Blackbird
31. Chiffchaff
32. Linnet
33. Buzzard
9th August Meeting at Egleton Bird Reserve, Rutland Water
7 members led by Malcolm Boyd
1. Woodpigeon
2. Blue tit
3. Long tailed tit
4. Great tit
5. Wren
6. Goldcrest
7. Willow warbler
8. Chiffchaff
9. Dunnock
10. Little egret
11. Sedge warbler
12. Great white egret
13. Sand martin
14. Robin
15. Oystercatcher
16. Mute swan & 8 signets
17. Moorhen
18. Red kite
19. Egyptian goose
20. Canada goose
21. Jackdaw
22. Coot
23. Lapwing
24. Grey heron
25. Lesser black backed gull
26. Cormorant
27. Black headed gull
28. Little grebe
29. Blackbird
25th August Meeting at Greetham Valley
4 members led by Malcolm Boyd
Heavy rain stopped this meeting and we retired to the golf club for coffee.
21st September Meeting at Whitwell carpark, Rutland Water
7 members led by Helen Jezequel and Graeme Bone
1. Woodpigeon
2. Magpie
3. Little egret
4. Mallard
5. Cormorant
6. Black headed gull
7. Robin
8. Pied wagtail
9. Long tailed tit
10. Wren
11. Grey heron
12. Crows
13. Mute swan
14. Dunnock
15. Coal tit
16. Kestrel
17. Little grebe
18. Greylag goose
19. Common sandpiper
20. Gadwall
21. Buzzard.
22. Ruff
5th October Meeting at Barnsdale, Rutland Water
7 members led by Malcolm Boyd
1. Mallard
2. Great crested grebe
3. Black headed gull
4. Little grebe
5. Grey heron
6. Egyptian
7. Little egret
8. Mute swan
9. Cormorant
10. Woodpigeon
11. Red kite
12. Greylag
13. Lesser black backed gull
14. Wigeon
15. Crow
16. Magpie
17. Green woodpecker
18. Buzzard
1st november Meeting at Eyebrook Reservoir
6 members led by Malcolm Boyd
1. Mallard
2. Cormorant
3. Red kite
4. Crow
5. Mute swan
6. Black headed gull
7. Teal
8. Canada goose
9. Gadwall
10. Great black backed gull
11. Blackbird
12. Great white egret
13. Grey heron
14. Lapwing
15. Woodpigeon
16. Chaffinch
17. Goldfinch
18. Long tailed tit
19. Blue tit
20. Wren
21. Robin
22. Little egret
23. Kestrel
24. Moorhen
25. Green woodpecker
26. Pheasant
27. Magpie
18th November Meeting at Egleton bird reserve
8 members led by Malcolm Boyd
1. Great spotted woodpecker
2. Blackbird
3. Robin
4. Dunnock
5. Crow
6. Woodpigeon
7. Great white egret
8. Moorhen
9. Magpie
10. Jackdaw
11. Mute swan
12. Blue tit
13. Cormorant
14. Stone chat
15. Wren
16. Curlew
17. Coot
18. Tufted duck
19. Lapwing
20. Golden plover
21. Starling
22. Greylag
23. Pintail
24. Peregrine falcon
25. Canada goose
26. Kestrel
27. Mallard
28. Shoveler
29. Black headed gull
30. Shelduck
31. Great crested grebe
32. Golden eye
33. Marsh harrier
34. Goldfinch
35. Chaffinch
20th December Meeting at Sykes Lane, Rutland Water
9 members led by Malcolm Boyd
1. Crow
2. Blue tit
3. Great tit
4. Black headed gull
5. Wigeon
6. Robin
7. Cormorant
8. Mute swan
9. Mallard
10. Tufted duck
11. Great crested grebe
12. Green woodpecker
13. Red kite
14. Pied wagtail
15. Goldfinch
16. Magpie
17. Blackbird
18. Great spotted woodpecker
19. Tree creeper
20 .Chaffinch
21. Chiffchaff
22. Teal
23. Goldeneye
24. Kestrel
25. Yellowhammer
26. Dunnock
27. Fieldfare
28. Woodpigeon