Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
Status at Longham Lakes
Uncommon migrant.
1. 1 1st-winter on Hampreston Fields 19th August 2002.
2. 1 1st-winter on Hampreston Fields 15th September 2004.
3. 3 on Hampreston Fields and at the end of Green Lane, 13th September 2006.
4. 1 on Hampreston Fields 4th September 2007.
5. 1 alongside the Longham Reservoir North on 12th September 2009; then another on 20th (Chris Parnell).
6. 1 on 3rd, then 8th September 2010, along east shore of LR South.
7. 1 1st winter by Hampreston Fields, 15th-19th October 2011.
8. 1 along the Causeway, 8th May 2013 (DC).
9. 1 in the scrub on the east side, 11th September 2014 (Chris Parnell).