1. Two, not aged, 3rd April 1907 (D. Carr).* See note 1 below.
  2. One, not aged, 4th November 1973.* See note 2 below.
  3. One, not aged, late Dec. 1978 to 1st Jan. 1979. See note 3 below.
  4. One, not aged, late 1981. See note 3 below.
  5. One or two, not aged, 1984.
  6. One, not aged, 27th Jan. 1996 (A.H. Davis).
  7. One, not aged, 7th Nov. 2009 (N.R. Milbourne).
  8. One, not aged, 29th Jan. 2010 (N.R. Milbourne).
  9. One, not aged, 28th Nov. 2010 (N.R. Milbourne).
  10. One, not aged, 13th Jan. 2013 (N.R. Milbourne, T. Doman, P. & L. Delve).
  11. One, not aged, 3rd March 2013 (R. Clevely).
  12. One, not aged, 6th April 2013 (N.R. Milbourne).
  13. One, not aged, 16th Dec. 2015 (K. Anstey, N.R. Milbourne).

Note 1: Donald Carr wrote “saw two on 3rd inst.” in his list dated 21st April 1907.

Note 2: At ‘Blagdon Wood’, so may not even refer to Blagdon, North Somerset, much less the lakeside.

Note 3: The most precise dates are given by Andy Davis in Birds at Blagdon Lake 1963-1983.

Bibliography (sources of information):

  1. Chadwick, P.J. Avon Bird Report, 1981. Avon Ornithological Group in Proc. of the Bristol Naturalists’ Society 41: 37-65.
  2. Davis, A.H. Avon Bird Report, 1996. Avon Ornithological Group.
  3. Davis, A.H. Birds at Blagdon Lake 1963-1983. Bristol Ornith. 18: 102-116. Bristol Ornithological Club.
  4. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Somerset Birds, 1973. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.
  5. Rose, Dr H.E. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 2009. Avon Ornithological Group.
  6. Rose, Dr H.E. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 2010. Avon Ornithological Group.
  7. Rose, Dr H.E. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 2013. Avon Ornithological Group.
  8. Rose, Dr H.E. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 2015. Avon Ornithological Group.
  9. Taylor, S.M. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 1984. Avon Ornithological Group.