The Ogston Bird Club publishes a “Newsletter” in April, August and December each year to try and link the membership to each other with what’s been happening, current issues and forthcoming events on the Ogston bird scene. The “Newsletter” contains a mixture of topical articles and news items and a comprehensive summary of the recorded bird sightings.
Birding Top 1000
Latest Ogston sightings
- Thurs 9 July 2020
2 Egyptian Geese, 3 Mandarins, 8 Common Scoters (3 drakes) in the morning with just a pair left later in the day, 1 Little Egret, 48 Cormorants, 2 broods of three GCGrebes, 4+ Oystercatchers, 11 LRPlovers (one juv), 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sand, 4 Curlews NW, 17 vocal Black-tailed Godwits at 1720 dropped in onto […]
- Wed 8 July 2020
2 Egyptian Geese, 10 Mandarins including a new brood of five, 74 Tufteds Ducks, a Goosander, a Little Egret, a Sparrowhawk, 4+ Oystercatchers, 9 LRPlovers (one juv), 2 Common Sands, 3 Curlews, ad Common Gull, 8 Common Terns (2 juvs on the raft still), Kingfisher, Willow Tit, 6 Siskins.
Other local sightings
- 27/12/19 News
MAM TOR The Snow Bunting still present on Dec 25th. CHURCH WILNE WATER SKI PIT The Black Necked Grebe still present on Dec 26th. On Dec 24th 2 Little Grebes, 5 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Cormorants, 8 Wigeon, 7 Gadwall, 20 Pochard, 104 Tufted Duck, 2 Goldeneye, 250 Coot and single Common and Herring Gulls. […]