Record individual day list

On Sunday 2 September 2001, Matthew Berriman carried out a day-long birdwatch entirely from within the reservoir boundaries and saw 101 species, beating his own previous record set up in May 2001 by 8.

This record has now stood for nearly five years so it is high time it was beaten! Please send an email to tappleton@lrwt.org.uk giving your species list (together with locations) if you manage to exceed the current record. On 6-7 October 2001, a record 116 species of birds were recorded at Rutland Water.
However, many individuals were involved in compiling that list.

Key to locations:

BFP = Burley Fishponds; BW = Barnsdale Wood; D = Dam; L1 = Lagoon I; L3 = Lagoon 3; NA= North Arm; SA = South Arm; MB = Manton Bay; O = Flying Over.

Little Grebe

Curlew Sandpiper

MB

Wren

Great Crested Grebe

Dunlin

Dunnock

Cormorant

Ruff

Robin

Little Egret

SA+BP

Snipe

Blackbird

Grey Heron

Black-tailed Godwit

MB+L1

Song Thrush

Spoonbill

L1

Curlew

MB

Reed Warbler

L3

Mute Swan

Spotted Redshank

NA

Lesser Whitethroat

BW+MB

Greylag Goose

Redshank

Whitethroat

Canada Goose

Greenshank

Garden Warbler

Egyptian Goose

Green Sandpiper

Blackcap

L2

Shelduck

Wood Sandpiper

L1

Chiffchaff

Wigeon

Common Sandpiper

Willow Warbler

Gadwall

Turnstone

Old Hall

Goldcrest

Teal

Black-headed Gull

Long-tailed Tit

Mallard

Common Gull

Marsh Tit

BW

Pintail

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Coal Tit

BW

Garganey

NA+L1

Herring Gull

Blue Tit

Shoveler

Yellow-legged Gull

BFP

Great Tit

Red-crested Pochard

Great Black-backed Gull

Treecreeper

Pochard

Common Tern

Magpie

Tufted Duck

Black Tern

SA

Jackdaw

Goldeneye

SA

Stock Dove

Rook

Ruddy Duck

Woodpigeon

Carrion Crow

Sparrowhawk

Collared Dove

Starling

Osprey

Kingfisher

L1

House Sparrow

Kestrel

Green Woodpecker

BFP

Tree Sparrow

Pheasant

Great Spotted Woodpecker

BW

Chaffinch

Moorhen

Sand Martin

Greenfinch

Coot

Swallow

Goldfinch

Little Ringed Plover

NA

House Martin

Linnet

Ringed Plover

Meadow pipit

Bullfinch

Grey Plover

Yellow Wagtail

Yellowhammer

Lapwing

Grey Wagtail

D

Reed Bunting

Knot

SA+MB

Pied Wagtail