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31st December
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Please consider making the entries for your bird sightings onto the club's wiki system now available on the "Recent Trial" page that you can reach by the second button on the left hand column. The webmaster thinks that as this trial involves updating the technology at no cost it might be a good time to change. It needs to be demonstrated that this change would be a good move for us now we are on the brink of the new decade. We should like to have more direct contributors. It should be the views of the frequent users of wiki and the website that the club takes note of.
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Please express a view also about the on line bird report for 2008 that has been available for a week or two on the fifth button in the left hand column. Data used to compile the text comes only from the emails to the club's yahoo site, the entries onto this wiki and records fed back to the club from the national reporting systems. In the last two or three years the club has been encouraged to receive more records. This should have more valid views with more contributions. It is hoped that this "Recent Trial" should help in at least maintaining the present levels.
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Stocking Pelham - Purring Turtle Dove; plus two Swallows prospecting around newly constructed stables. - Tony Moverley
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The club will next meet on Monday 4th January at the Bricklayer's Arms at 8.00 pm. 
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28th April
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A Happy New Year,
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Spellbrook - 2 swift north over today (1555hrs) 10 mins before small thunderstorm. after the rain stopped (1610 hrs) c.15 swallows + c.40 house martins passed slowly over (also north)
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Many Thanks, David Arch.
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1817 hrs at Honeysuckle close... one more swift circling directly over house. - Graeme J Smith
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27th April
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28th December
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Coploe Hill - 1 ringtail MONTAGU'S HARRIER, 3 Common Buzzards, 1 Hobby, 3 Sand Martins, 20 Swallows, 7 House Martins, 5 Yellow Wagtails, 4m Lesser Whitethroats
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Hatfield Forest - 1 Common Gull, 2 M Swan, 23 Cad Geese, 197 Mallard, 4 Coot, 10 Moorhen, 46 Black-headed Gull and a single Kingfisher. 2 Teal circled once before returning in the direction of SAL as the North end is still completely frozen. Also 1 Common Buzz, 6 Bullfinch and 1 Marsh Tit. Very quiet with only 25 species noted - Graeme J. Smith
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Chrishall Grange - 1 Common Buzzard, 5 Yellow Wagtails, 1f Wheatear, 4m Lesser Whitethroats, 1m Garden Warbler - Stephen  Patmore
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26th April
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Newport - 1 RED KITE (untagged individual lingering over SW side of village c.13:40), 1f MARSH HARRIER (flew NW at 11:35am), 7 Common Buzzards, 4 Hobby (single S at 11:30am, group of 3 SW at c.12:30), 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 1 Turtle Dove (flew N at 07:00am), 10 Yellow Wagtails, 2m Wheatears (both apparent Greenland birds), 2m Sedge Warblers, 18m Whitethroats, 21m Blackcaps, 7m Willow Warblers
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26th December
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Coploe Hill - 8 Greylag Geese (N), 7+ Common Buzzards, 1 Hobby (S), 15 Swallows (N), 5 House Martins, 6 Yellow Wagtails, 7 (2m+5f) Wheatears (sev. apparent Greenland birds), 2m Lesser Whitethroats, 3m Whitethroats, 4m Blackcaps
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Catmere End - 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1m Lesser Whitethroat, 4m Whitethroats
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Rook End SW - 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Grey Wagtail
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Debden area - 4 Common Buzzards, 3 House Martins, 2m Lesser Whitethroats, 1m Whitethroat, 7m Blackcaps, 3m Willow Warblers
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Debden Park Lake - 2 Shelduck
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Audley End - 1 Barnacle Goose - Stephen Patmore
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Patmore Heath BBS - Mallard, Goshawk, Kestrel, Pheasant, Moorhen 3, Cuckoo,Green Woodpecker 2, Great Spotted Woodpecker 3, Skylark 4, Swallow 4 , Pied/White Wagtail 1, Song Thrush 3, Mistle Thrush 3, Lesser Whitethroat 4, Blackcap 2, Chiffchaff 3, House Sparrow 11 - Mick East
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River Stort, B/S - From Twyford lock south to the white footbridge (north of Spellbrook lock):
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1 Kingfisher, 9 Little Grebe and 1 Woodcock (flushed from the wet area just east of the towpath where the power lines cross) - Tony Moverley
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Widford Ridge - 1 Kestrel, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Swallow,
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23rd December
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F Brimstone, 3 Small White, 1 Peacock
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SLRS - 1 Grey Heron, 8 Gadwall, 1 Kestrel, 1 Lapwing, 2 Swallow, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Yellowhammer
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M Brimstone, M Orange Tip, 1 Peacock - Mike Harris
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25th April
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River Stort, B/S - 2 Kingfishers and a Meadow Pipit by the cinema; 1 Lesser Redpoll and 4 Siskin with several Goldfinches in alders near Grange Paddocks - Tony Moverley
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Spellbrook Marsh(the Wash) - GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 - SINGING,  whitethroat 5, sedge warbler 4
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Honeysuckle Close - 8 Redwing and a Female Blackcap in our garden
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Trimms Green - Corn bunting 1 - singing - Graeme J Smith
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Moor Hall, B/S - 2 Grey Patridge just west of Thorley Church, together with Yellowhammer (2), Linnet (2), Reed Bunting (1) and Common Whitethroat (1). - Tony Moverley
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Oriole Way - still high numbers of Redwing on the last of the berries between entrance to Honeysuckle Close and The Brambles, commuting to taller trees and playpark area of SPF east. Also 2 Song Thrush and Mistle Thrush - Graeme J. Smith
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24th April
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22nd December
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Trimms Green - yellow wagtail 1 at 0715 hrs - Graeme J Smith
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Honeysuckle Close/Oriole Way - Many Fieldfare and Redwing over randomly all morning with at least 3 Songthrush. 1 Grey Heron East at dawn, 1 Mistle Thrush spending his 2nd day on the house opposite, 1 Imm. Corm over NE mid morning.
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over the last few days - Graeme J. Smith
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Little Hadham - Cuckoo, willow warbler called from the hawthorn - chiffchaff 2 , common whitethroat 1, green woodpecker 2, blackcap 3, peacock butterfly 1,  - Jono Forgham
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21st December
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Mathams Wood - Common Buzzard One seen over Mathams Wood, near Moor Farm  - Dave Sampson
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Coploe Hill - 3 Greylag Geese (S), 1 BRENT GOOSE (flew SE at 06:25am), 1 Common Buzzard, 1m Peregrine (flew S at 06:40am), 1 Turtle Dove (S), 6 Swallows (N), 3 House Martins (N), 3 Yellow Wagtails (N), 4 Whitethroats, 1 Lesser Whitethroat
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Hatfield Forest Lake - 8ad+2juv Great Crested Grebes, 2 Greylag Geese, 1m Cuckoo, 10+ Sand Martins
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St Michael's Church (0930 Hrs) - A remarkable 33 SONG THRUSH including over 20 on the ground at once, 62 Redwing minimum, 1 male Sparrowhawk, 7(+) Goldcrest with at least 4 Coal Tit, 11 Blue Tit, 9 Greenfinch and 3 Great Tit.
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30+ Swallows, 5 House Martins - Stephen Patmore
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23rd April
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Great Hadam golf club  - Lesser whitethroat 1 singing at at 0715 - Graeme J Smith
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SLRS - Male Shoveler,  another brood of baby ducks, a Coot seemingly on a nest,  Sedge Warbler. 2 male Blackcaps, Willow Warbler singing. - John Slee
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River Stort at back of Beckingham Palace - 2 Common Terns quartering river at 10 feet and flew off toward SLRS on my approach,  - Kevin Hanrahan
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SAL - 2 Little Grebe, 13 Mallard, 13 Tufted Duck (only 4 females), 16 Coot, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Skylark, 1 Pied Wagtail, 4 Swallow, 4 Sand Martin (N), 2 L T Tit, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Linnet, 5 Goldfinch, 3 Reed Bunting (singing males)
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Oriole Way - 30+ Redwing and another 7 Song Thrush - Graeme J. Smith
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SLRS - 17 Mallard (one female with brood of 5 day olds, 8 Gadwall, 1M Shoveler, 1 Canada Goose, 6 Coot, 3 Lapwing, 1 Swallow, 2 House Sparrow!, Mike Harris
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22nd April
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20th December
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Little Hadham - Ring Ouzel, herring gull 1 north, yellowhammer 25+, linnet 7, chiffchaff 7, blackcap 9 singing males, plus 3 females, marsh tit 1, swallow 4, nuthatch 1, fieldfares 7!(late?), common whitethroat 1 (1st of the year)
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Plus peacock 12+, orange tip 3, brimstone males 3, small white 2
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SLRS  - wigeon 2, gadwall 7, mallard ducklings now down to 3,  a terrapin sitting on a tree stump just before the lock gates where the river flows to the right by the house. Red and yellow stripes on its neck. - Jono Forgham
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Thorley Wash - Common Whitethroat 3;
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Tednambury - Sedge Warbler 2; Common Whitethroat 1; Lesser Whitethroat 1; Little Owl (in an oak in field near Sawbridgeworth Reserve. Alas, no Cuckoos.
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Little Canfield - 4 Wheatear (incl 1 m) in fields near Little Canfield Church.
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Dave Sampson
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21st April
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Bury Lodge - RED KITE flying SE towards airport at 17:10
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Newport SW - 1ad Hobby, 15+ Sand Martins, 30+ Swallows, 4 House Martins, 1m BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL (feeding on filter tanks), 3m Yellow Wagtail, 2m Blackcap - Stephen Patmore
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SAL - 12 Teal, 4 Gadwall, 1M Shelduck, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Canada's, 1 Common Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 L B B Gull (E), 2 Skylark (singing), 1 Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler,. 1 Chiffchaff
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3 Yellowhammer - Mike Harris
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SLRS/River Stort/Pishiobury - Whitethroat (1st of season), Sedge Warbler (" " "), Blackcap (3 singing but none sighted), Chiffchaff (several singing), Grey Heron, Kestrel (F), Wigeon (Pair have returned to SLRS) - Steve Butler
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20th April
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SAL (07:50-08:40) - 1 Little Grebe, 12 Mallard, 2 Gadwall, 10 Teal, 18 Coot, 2 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1Skylark, 2 GreyWagtail, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Lesser Whitethroat singing), 3 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Yellowhammer
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1 Little Owl on Telegraph pole just south of entrance to the Forest.
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SLRS (09:00-09:30) - 9 Mallard (+ brood of three ducklings - loss of ten so far), 5 Gadwall, 10 Coot, 1M Cuckoo (pristine), 2 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 7 Magpie (chaff dump), 3 Yellowhammer
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Stort Park Farm - 77 LAPWING West in groups of (2, 33 and 42), 1 Herring Gull NE, 10 Bullfinch
   
   
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Sawbridgeworth Marsh (09:35-10:00) - 1 Water Rail, 3 Sedge Warbler (singing), Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 10 Reed Bunting (5 pairs)
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Honeysuckle Close - 1 Great Black-backed Gull over West - Graeme J. Smith
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Nazeing GP from Meadgate Lane - Sandwich Tern with the flock of Common Tern's (12) this morning. And although this site is in Essex, the circuit the Sandwich is taking around the two pits, it enters Herts as it crosses the River Lea. It did this twice in half an hour.
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18th December
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Also Cuckoo calling here.- Mike Harris
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SLRS & surround 10.15 - 11.30 - Chiffchaff  6 singing 1 silent but good obs, Wren, Robins, Great Peckers 3, Reed Bunting, Blackcap (m) good obs, Treecreeper (called by Dave), Willow Warbler (h), Grn Pecker 2, several Coot, Moorhen & Mallard on scrape also Widgeon & Gadwall, Swallows (c 10), Blue tits & Great tits all over, One of each seen at nest holes, Blackbirds all over, Woodpigeon all over, Collard doves, Jay, LINNIT (f) with nest material, good obs, Bullfinch pair over (s), LBBG 7 over, Pied wagtail, Songthrush 2, House Sparrow, Lone Cormorant in cormorant tree, Chaffinch, Green finch 2 - Kevin Hanrahan - John Slee
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SAL (09:30-10:15) - 4 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 18 Mallard, 22 Teal, 15 Coot, 1 Common Buzzard (E), 1F Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Golden Plover (E, calling plaintively overhead, I would have missed it if it hadn't called), 5 Common Snipe, 1 JACK SNIPE, 15 BH Gull (11S, 4N), 1 Common Gull (S), 70 Wood Pigeon (S), 4 Skylark (NW), 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 7 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 8 Fieldfare, 8 Blackbird, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch - Mike Harris
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Whinchat at Little Canfield Tip this afternoon - in the field by the church, also three Wheatears there
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15th December
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Coploe Hill - 2 Common Buzzards,  16 Swallows (N), 1m Wheatear, 2m Whitethroat, 1m Lesser Whitethroat, 1m Willow Warbler, 35 Linnets - Stephen  Patmore
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Stort Park Farm (east) - 1 Lesser Redpoll - Graeme J. Smith
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St Michaels Mead pond - sedge warbler 1, jack snipe 1 - only giving a brief view as it flew over the 'dividers' in the middle, water rail - only heard, tufted duck - usual resident male, willow warbler 2, blackcap 1, chiffchaff 1
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14th December
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Oriole way - sparrowhawk. male over - Greaeme J. Smith
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Westland Green 2.00 - 3.15pm  - bullfinch 4 (2 pairs), skylarks 8+, yellowhammer 5, long tailed tit 4, swallow 1, mistle thrush 2 - - Jono Forgham
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Sawbridgeworth Marsh Roost (14:50-16:30) - 5-6 Cormorant (4S together, then 1N returning S?), 1 Grey Heron (N), 2 Mute Swan (S, then returning N), 2 Mallard (S), 2 Common Buzzard (in to Spill Timbers Wood), 2 Kestrel (much calling against the Buzzards), 7 Pheasant (in), 1 Common Snipe, 451 BH Gull (S), 59 Common Gull (S), 15 LBB Gull (S), 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 GS Woodpecker, 3 Song Thrush (in), 31 Redwing (16 in, 15N), 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Fieldfare (in), 4 Blackbird (in), 10 Long tailed Tit, 9 Magpie (in), 2 Jay, 56 Jackdaw (S), 1 Starling (E), 15 Goldfinch (N, one flock), 3 Greenfinch (NE), 1 Bullfinch (SE), 6 Reed Bunting (in) - Mike Harris
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19th April
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13th December
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Little Hadham - chiffchaff 4+, blackcap 1 male, linnets 20+, yellowhammers 15+, Little owl 1
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SAL (08:15-09:20) - 5 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 2 WHOOPER SWAN (flew SE calling at 08:28), 49 Mallard, 2 Teal, 1M Shoveler, 15 Coot (still increasing slowly!), 1 Lapwing, 13 BH Gull (8N, 5S), 14 Common Gull (6N, 8S), 25 LBB Gull (N), 1 Green Woodpecker, 27 Redwing (14 feeding on Hawthorn, 13 high S), 11 Fieldfare (feeding on Hawthorn), 4 Long tailed Tit, 43 Rook (heading towards HF), 10+ Jackdaw (ditto), 3 Jay, 2 Chaffinch, c.25 Goldfinch (feeding flock), 1 Bullfinch (heard only)
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18th April
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SLRS (09:30-10:00) - 1 Mallard (a lone bird overhead), 1 Moorhen, 10 BH Gull, 2 Common Gull, 1 LBB Gull (S), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 GS Woodpecker, 6 Skylark, 79 Redwing (13 feeding nr Chaff dump, c.40 in hedge E of layby, 26 high SE)
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c.50 Fieldfare (in hedge E of layby), 6 Song Thrush (feeding nr Chaff dump), c.10 Magpie, c.20 Jackdaw, 1 Jay, 6+ Dunnock (feeding on Chaff dump), 25+ Chaffinch (ditto), 14 Goldfinch (ditto), 2 Greenfinch (ditto), - Mike Harris
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Moor Hall/Mathams Wood - 1 Swallow (flying East), 2 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Linnet & 2 Yellowhammer - Tony Moverley
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12th December
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17th April
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Hatfield Forest Cafe - 1 drake Shoveler, 27 Canada Geese, 12 Gadwall, 3 Tufted Duck, 31+ Teal, 3 Great Crested Grebe (juv + both Ads), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Redwing and 2 Pied Wagtail on the Cafe benches - Graeme J. Smith
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Coploe Hill,(06:00-07:45am) - 1 Cormorant (E),1 Grey Heron (NE), 1 Greylag Goose (N), 1 Golden Plover, 2 Green Sandpipers (grounded, then flew E), 30 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (NE/E), 4 Herring Gulls (NE/E), 1 Swallow (N), 15 Meadow Pipits (N/NW), 1 alba Wagtail (N), 1m TREE PIPIT (singing on ridge early morning), 1f RING OUZEL (in hedge S of viewpoint), 94 Fieldfares, 7 Redwings (N), 1m Whitethroat, 3m Blackcaps, 1m Willow Warbler, 20 Linnets - Stephen Patmore
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Hollingson's Mead - 4 G C Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 1 Mute Swan (on nest), 2 Gadwall, 12 Tufted Duck, 1M Kestrel, 2 Lapwing (1 on nest), 1 L R Plover (heard), 9 L B B Gull (all adults bathing, retired to Harlow's northern Industrial estates), 1 B H Gull (1st Sum), 10 Sand Martin, 12 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 1M Grey Wagtail, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Blackcap (all males), 1 Willow Warbler (singing), 3 Chiffchaff (all singing) - Mike Harris
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Spellbrook - Wallbury - Thorley church - Michaels Mead pond - Swallow 1 - just south of thorley church. feeding over fields, Yellow wagtail 3 - 100 yards north of Thorley church, treecreeper 3 - Wllbury, chiffchaff - everywhere, Willow warblers - still not as many as chiff's, Blackcap - there were 4 singing males on the wallbury edge of the river (only got 2 last week), Michaels mead pond: over an hour in wait for JS with no sightings - Greaeme J. Smith
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Little Hadham. - 2 owls called from nearby and were observed setting off hunting whilst two others called from the other side of the valley. meadow pipit 1, robin 4, jackdaw 200+, blackbird 8+, goldfinch 17, redwing 17, yellowhammer 2, red legged partridge 2, gsw 1, green woodpecker 1, moorhen 1, mallard overhead 6, rook 37, carrion crow 25+, kestrel 1 - Jono Forgham
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Stort Valley - Buzzard, Buzzard flying between Kecksy's & Tednambury.  GS Woodpecker, N of Spellbrook Lock. Kingfisher, S of Pig Lane. - Keith Watts
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7th December
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St Michaels Mead Lake - Little Grebe, Little Grebe in the reeds (0830) - no signs of snipe nor rail.  Reed Bunting, Sparrowhawk, Swallows, GS Woodpeckers - Keith Watts
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Spellbrook locks to Twyford Locks - mallard 7, rook 37, grey wagtail 2 ( 1 at each lock gate), wood pigeon 100+, magpie 7, green woodpecker 1, Long tailed tit 25, fieldfare 50+, great tit 8, marsh tit 1 (Wallbury), blackbird 24 (good numbers), bullfinch 6 ( in hedgrow east of bridge), goldfinch 16, BHG 14, wren 5, chaffinch 11, blue tit 8, redwing 7, song thrush 1, stock dove 3, reed bunting 1, robin 4, moorhen 2, collared dove 2, cormorant 1, little grebe 1, greenfinch 2, grey heron 1 - Jono Forgham
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6th December
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Patmore Heath - Goldcrest
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Tescos north of the A120 25+ skylarks in a field adjacent to East Wood and then in a field East of Hadham Hall another party of 50+, chaffinch 20+, jay 4, wood pigeon 50+, blue tit 6, blackbird 3, fieldfare 20+, goldfinch 4, robin 3, carrion crow 25+, gt tit 5, GSW 2, jackdaw 125+, pheasant 1, magpie 5, redwing 30+, yellowhammer 4, BHG 2, pied wag 1, mallard 7, collared dove 4, linnet 1, moorhen 8, rook 25+, greenfinch 2, mistle thrush 2, common gull 11 - Jono Forgham
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5th December
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Mathams Pit - 1 Little Grebe, 4 Mallard, 7 Tufted Duck (5M, 2F), 2 Coot, 4 Ad LB B Gulls, 1 Swallow
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Fernaux Pelham (just South) - 47+ Fieldfare, c.10 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 Skylark, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Female Sparrowhawk low over West - Graeme J. Smith
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Trims Green - 20 Stock Dove, 5 Linnet, 1 Corn Bunting, 4 Yellowhammer
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Tharbies Farm - 1M Kestrel, 2 Swallow, - Mike Harris
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Coploe Hill - 3 Sparrowhawks, 2 Common Buzzards, 17 Golden Plovers, 11 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (NE), 2ad Great Black-backed Gulls (NE), 5 Swallows, 1 House Martin, 1 Yellow Wagtail (N), 1 Grey Wagtail, 75 Fieldfares, 1m Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warblers, 25 Linnets - Stephen Patmore
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4th December
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Thorley Park Road - good to see a couple of Goldcrests passing through the garden at lunchtime - not seen for some considerable time. Max count of Goldfinch on niger seed feeder is 13 so far. Tony Moverley
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Muntjac 2 on the far side of ths scrape, then later screaming from near the allotments. - John Slee
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2nd December
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15th April
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Oriole Way, B/S - Chiffchaff in thick bushes between entrance to Honeysuckle Close and The Brambles and Imm Grey Heron landing on my roof is a new garden tick.
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Stort Park Farm (east only) - 13 Starling, c.40 Woodpigeon not including passing birds, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Collared Dove, 1 Little Owl, 7 Feral Pigeons, 5 Rook, 11 Redwing, 9+ Magpie, 1 Great Tit, 3 Black-headed Gull over North, 4 Blue Tit, 9 Blue Tit, c.15 Blackbird, 8 (9) Long-tailed Tit, 1 GREY WAGTAIL over SW towards SPF West’s water feature, 3 (4) Bullfinch, 3 Green Woodpecker were 2 males and a female, 17 Goldfinch and 23 Greenfinch were an obvious increase on yesterday, 6 Dunnock, 9 Robin, with only 2 Wren and 3 Chaffinch - Graeme J. Smith
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15 Swallow (minimum count, birds continually passing through, could probably double this figure), 1 House Martin, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chiffchaff - Mike Harris & Stephen Patmore
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SAL - 1ad Great Crested Grebe, 2 Shelduck, 3 (2m) Tufted Ducks, 1ad Little Ringed Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwits (flew NE @ 17:25pm), 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 Bullfinch - Stephen Patmore
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Farnham Road - 2 X  Common Buzzard, 2 X Grey Heron - Mick East
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Little Hormead 19:20 - Tawny Owl
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30th November
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Pheasant Hall - Barn Owl 22:50 - Mick East
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Thorley Park Road, B/S - a count of 97 Collared Doves sitting on various TV aerials at dusk in the vicinity of Thorley Park Road and Thornbera Gardens - Tony Moverley
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14th April
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Furneaux Pelham North - Barn Owl x 2 - Mick East
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Little Hormead 06:40 - Tawny Owl
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28th November
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Furneux Pelham W 06:30 - Barn Owl
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River Stort (14:30-16:20) Between Twyford and Tednambury Locks; A total of 9 Little Grebe (5 north of Spellbrook lock near where the power lines cross the river and 4 just south of Spellbrook lock); plus 5 Fieldfare, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Song Thrush, numerous Redwing and a Kingfisher - Tony Moverley
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Flint Cross South 22:20 - Barn Owl
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Stort Park Farm - A few Golden Plover calling from distant SW field, 2 Treecreeper in SPF house grounds - Graeme J. Smith
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Barley North 22:33  - Barn Owl
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27th November
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Barkway North 22:38 - Barn Owl
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Michael's Mead Pond (Southern Country Park) - A remarkable 80 Canada Geese on the water (prob my site record) and 2 SISKIN in Alders - Graeme J. Smith
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Barkway South 22:42 - Barn Owl
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25th November
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Hare Street North 22:52 - Barn Owl - Mick East
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Hatfield Forest - Drake Goosander on lake. 4+ Siskin in lakeside alders. - Colin Wills
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GT.Plantings Wood and Little Plantings Wood - Common Buzzard A Buzzard was seen soaring over Gt.Planting Wood (along the A120 towards Little Hadham); a few hours later another sighting (presumably the same individual)at adjoining Little Planting Wood. - Dave Sampson
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23rd November 09
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13th April
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Rushy Mead to Wallbury - 2 KINGFISHER, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Treecreeper, 3 BRAMBLING east over Rushy Mead are easily my best site species to date, 2 Siskin, 6 Little Grebe (4, 200 yards North of Spellbrook Lock and 2 more 50 yards South of Lock, 7 Bullfinch in four goes, 5 Goldcrest, 1 Imm Cormorant South, c,120 Black-headed Gull over South with at least 11 Common Gull, 62 Redwing seemed a decent count but only 13 Fieldfare and a single singing Mistle Thrush - Graeme J. Smith
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SAL (08:15-09:15) - 2 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 10 Mallard, 4 Tufted (1F,3M), 18 Coot, 1 Common Snipe, 4 B H Gull, 2 Skylark, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Willow Warbler (all singing males), 4 Chiffchaff (ditto), 3 Jay ,6 Reed Bunting (3 pairs), 1 Yellowhammer
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21st November
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SLRS (09:25-10:00) - 6 Mallard (+ brood of ducklings), 9 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon (pair), 1 GARGANEY (M), 8 Coot, 1 Lapwing, 4 Ad L B B Gulls (N), 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 G S Woodpecker, 1 Willow Warbler (singing), - Mike Harris
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Coploe Hill,(09:20-11:30am) - 1 Red Kite (circling N of Hill at c.10:30am before gaining height and moving NE), c.17 Common Buzzards, 5 Black-headed Gulls (W), 1ad Herring Gull (S), 3ad Lesser Black-backed Gulls (NE), 2 Sand Martins (N), 74 Meadow Pipits (N/NE), 1 Yellow Wagtail (N), 3 alba Wagtails (N), 42 Fieldfares (flock on fields), 1 Redwing (E), 1m Blackcap, 16 Goldfinches (N), 1 Reed Bunting, - Stephen Patmore
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SAL (08:00-08:45) - 3 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 50 Mallard, 1M Gadwall, 11 Coot (increasing slowly!), 1 BH Gull (S), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 3 Fieldfare (S), 1 CHIFFCHAFF (at northern sluice), 7 Jackdaw (SW), 1 Jay, 5 Magpie, 6 Chaffinch (W), 4 Bullfinch, 1 Yellowhammer - Mike Harris
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12th April
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20th November
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Hudshill Wood - Common Buzzard
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Stort Park Farm (west) - 45-50 Golden Plover over South at 1530 Hrs - Graeme J. Smith
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Patmore Heath North  - Common Buzzard X2 - Mick East
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19th November
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Hatfield Forest Lake - Great Crested Grebe 8 on lake, one had stripey headed baby hitching a ride. Naff picture on thequacksoflife.blogspot.com. Swallows over lake. Willow Warblers singing - Pete Duxon
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Twyford Lock area - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker approx 12.45pm Redwing (approx 30 with Goldfinches and Siskins - Dave Sampson
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St Michaels Mead pond - Jack Snipe - Greaeme J. Smith
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16th November
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SLRS - Sparrowhawk 1f, 2m Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Lapwing, 2 Jay, 1 Meadow Pipit N, 2 Swallow
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River Stort (14:00-15:30) Between Twyford and Spellbrook Locks; 6 Little Grebe, 5 Fieldfare and 1 Kingfisher- Tony Moverley
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through, Reed Bunting, Yellowhammers, 8 Gadwall on the pond. - John Slee
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11th April
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15th November
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Little Hormead 06:45 - Tawny Owl - Mick East
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Hatfield Forest (13:45-15:30) - 3 GC Grebe (pr+yg), 31 Canada Geese, 34 Mallard, 6 Teal , 2 Pochard (MM), 3 Coot, 82 BH Gull, 1 Ad LBB Gull (NW), 5 Stock Dove, 4 Collared Dove, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Marsh Tit, 16 Long tailed Tit, 60 Redwing (26 Round coppice, 34 Emblems coppice, all feeding on Hawthorn berries), 4 Mistle Thrush, 10 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Goldfinch - Mike & Anita  Harris
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10th April
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Spellbrook (west) - A single Marsh Tit around Hayter's North Lawn with Blue and Great Tits, perhaps only my 3rd site tick - Graeme J. Smith
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St Michaels Mead Pond 16:10-16:30 - Jack Snipe 3 (2 left south)- Greaeme J. Smith
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14th November
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St Michaels Mead Pond - Water Rail at 09:10am but no sign of Jack Snipe. Tony Moverley
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SAL (08:18-08:48) - 1 Little Grebe, 23 Mallard, 10 Coot (first double figure count in months), 1 Ad Common Gull (W), 2 LBB Gull (W), 2 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush (W), 9 Starling, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting - Mike Harris
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Church Lane (off Obrey Way) B/S - 5 Bullfinch feeding on blossom (3 females & 2 males). Tony Moverley
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11th November
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St Michaels Mead Pond 06:10 - Jack Snipe - Graeme J. Smith
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Hatfield Forest - Buzzard (2), Tawny Owl (1), Buzzards soaring over Spittlemore Coppice at 4.30 p.m., Tawny Owl calling within Spittlemore Coppice at 5 p.m. - Chris Swan
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Little Hormead 06:40 - Tawny Owl - Mick East
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8th November
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Sawbridgeworth -  2 Blackcaps in bushes in front of my house. - Kevin Hanrahan
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Sawbridgeworth Marsh Roost (15:45-17:00) - 2 Cormorant (S), 1 Grey Heron (S), 53 Canada Geese (NE), 4 Mallard (S), 1M Sparrowhawk (E into Spill Timbers Wood), 182 BH Gull (S), 1 Common Gull (S), 2 Water Rail, 7 Pheasant (in, 2M, 5F), 1 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Skylark (SE), 6 Meadow Pipit (2SE, 2N, 2 in), 23 Redwing (20 in, 3 NW), 6 Song Thrush (in), 2 Redwing/Song Thrush spp. (in), 2 Mistle Thrush (E into Spill Timbers Wood), 12 Blackbird (in), 6 Wren (calling/singing), 3 Jay (W into Fox Earth Wood), 12 Jackdaw (S. The main flocks seem to be feeding on the fields East of the Pishiobury roost, hence the low numbers over the marsh), 6 Carrion Crow, 26 Starling (NE), 1 Goldfinch (W), 10 Greenfich (5NE, 3SW,2S), 1 Bullfinch (E), 48 Reed Bunting (in) - Mike Harris
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SAL  - 2 Little Grebe, 9 Mallard, 9 Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Kestrel, 14 Coot, 1 Lapwing, 1 Common Snipe, 1 L B B Gull (Distant!), 1 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 2 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, 1 Alba wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Long tailed Tit, 2 Linnet, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting , 2 Yellowhammer - Stephen Patmore & Mike Harris
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7th November
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Mathams Wood and Thorley Wash - Willow Warblers with a Corn Bunting on farm buildings at Trims Green - Dave Sampson
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SAL (07:30-08:20) - 1 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 18 Mallard, 2 Shoveler (both drakes, left south @ 07:40), 11 Coot (2 'new' birds on the large lagoon), 72 BH Gull (mainly N), 1 Common Gull (N),
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4 LBB Gull (3SW, 1NW), 140 Wood Pigeon (S, 70,45,15,5,5), 1 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Skylark (SE), 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Jay, 16 Starling (W), 6 Chaffinch (W), 1M Bullfinch, 3 Reed Bunting, 1 Yellowhammer
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The sun encouraged a few singers - Robins, Wrens and a Dunnock. - Mike Harris
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9th April
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Coploe Hill (06:45-09:30am) - 1 Cormorant (W), 2 Mute Swan (W), 1 Greylag Goose (N), 45 Lesser Black-backed Gull (W), 2 Herring Gull (W), 3 Great Black-backed Gull (S), 7109 Woodpigeons (S/SW),
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16 Skylark (W), 2 Meadow Pipit (W), 3 alba Wagtail (S), 1164 Fieldfares (W), 35 Redwing (W), 101 Starlings (W), 184 Chaffinches (W), 2 Greenfinch (S), 15 Goldfinch (S), 4 Redpoll (S)
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Amwell (AM) - 1M Shelduck (S), Pr Teal, 4 Common Buzzard, 3 L R Plover, 6 Lapwing, 2 Redshank, 3 B H Gull, 1 Swallow (N), 35 Sand Martin (N)  (4, 3, 2, 2, 15, 9), 2 Blackcap (MM), 1 Cetti's (M), 1 Willow Warbler (M), 3+ Chiffchaff - Mike Harris
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Also: 2 Sparrowhawk, 450 Golden Plover, 350 Lapwing, 100 Black-headed Gulls, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Corn Bunting - Stephen Patmore
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8th April
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31st October
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SLRS 17:10 - 2 Little Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 12+ Mallard (+ a brood of 13 ducklings), 14 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, 2 Teal, 1M GARGANEY, 6 Coot, 3 Lapwing, 4 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 G S Woodpecker, 2 Swallow, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1M Willow Warbler, 2+ Chiffchaff (2 singers and a silent bird after the singing had ceased) - Mike Harris
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Coploe hill (07:00-08:30am) - All movement S-> unless stated - 10 Golden Plover, 7 Lapwing, 25 Black-headed Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 250 Woodpigeon, 20 Stock Dove, 1 Skylark, 3 Fieldfare (W), 81 Redwing, 147 Starling (W), 26 Chaffinch, 4 Brambling, 2 Greenfinch, 23 Goldfinch, 14 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting Also, 1 Blackcap, 11 Corn Buntings - Stephen Patmore
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Patmore Heath 16:20 - Red Kite in from north and then out to the east, Goshawk in & out E, Common Buzzard, Cormarant X2.
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SAL (07:05-08:00) - 2 Little Grebe, 22 Mallard, 40 Teal, 3 Gadwall, 8 Coot, 5 Lapwing (NW), 27 BH Gull, 2 Common Gull, 20 Wood pigeon (S), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Skylark, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Song Thrush (W), 82 Redwing (W, 2, 80), 1 Linnet (S), 1 Greenfinch (S), 6 Chaffinch (W), 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting
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Farnham - Upwick Road (Essex end) - Wheatear, Meadow Pipit on pile.
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Sawbridgeworth Marsh Roost (15:45-17:00) - 2 Cormorant (S), 2 Mallard (N), 2 Common Buzzard (E into Spill Timbers Wood), 4 Pheasant (in), 3 Common Snipe, 103 BH Gull (S), 39 Common Gull (S), 2 LBB Gull (S), 8 Stock Dove (E into Spill Timbers Wood), 1 Collared Dove (1NE then 1SW, same?), 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Pied Wagtail (SW), 3 Grey Wagtail (2E, 1SE), 3 Song Thrush, 26 Redwing (14 in, 9SW, 3S), 5+ Blackbird (3+ in, 2S), 12 Jackdaw (S, pitifully low count), 3 Jay, 24 Starling (7E, 7S, 10N), 3 Greenfinch (SW), 24 Chaffinch (W), 34 Reed Bunting (in) - Mike Harris
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Upwick Common - Marsh Tit X2 - Mick East
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29th October
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7th April
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Honeysuckle Close B/S 0830 Hrs - 14 Fieldfare looking to land with 3 Redwing in tow - Graeme J. Smith
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Patmore Heath - Reed Bunting M, Mistle Thrush X2 - Mick East
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28th October
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6th April
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Hayter, Spellbrook (west) - 641 REDWING all west (14, 16, 23, 13, 7, 1, 2, 22, 37, 42, 21, 14, 6, c.150, 23 and one flock of at least 250 birds in a single broad front) and in only 40 minutes! c.40 GOLDEN PLOVER over NE
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Coploe Hill - juvenile/1w Iceland Gull flew North amongst a light passage of Lesser Black-backed Gulls at 12:55pm - Stephen Patmore
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Trims Green/Lysander Park - 203 REDWINGS west in 5 groups, c.300 BLACK-HEADED Gull, c.100 COMMON GULL and at least 30 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on fields c.800 metres SW.  Lysander Park farm buildings were surrounded with birds with 20+ HOUSE SPARROWS, 7 PIED WAGTAIL, 22 YELLOWHAMMER, 54 LINNET, 37 GOLDFINCH, A stunning 51 GREENFINCH, 47+ CHAFFINCH, 78+ STARLING included 47 over West 3 GOLDEN PLOVER over NW  Amazing there was so many small species hanging around… considering I saw (probably) the same female SPARROWHAWK three times. 3 TREE SPARROWS calling, low over South are a county tick for me.
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Hatfield Forest Lake - 1 House Martin with 1 Swallow and 1 Sand Martin. Also 50 Fieldfares.
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Blounts Farm - 17 REDWING in tallest trees brings my daytotal to an incredible MINIMUM OF 861 birds,  2 RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE, 15 GOLDEN PLOVER- 4 joined by 2 more small flocks of 6 and 5 at the same spot JonoF found them the other day, 2 MISTLE THRUSH over South along with only a single MEADOW PIPIT. A very large feeding flock of c.150 CHAFFINCH just South-west of Mathams Wood.
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Sawbridgeworth - 1 House Martin over my house l . Whilst watching this, a male Sparrowhawk went over and plunged claws first towards the Queen's Head. - John Slee
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Mathams Wood - 1 MARSH TIT
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Moorfield Spring (Herts) - Common Buzzard X2 mating.
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Mathams Pit - To my great surprise the Pit is being refilled.  327 BLACK-HEADED GULL, 201 COMMON GULL - nice to get a monster count before November  112 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS including a distant blue-ringed individual (finished “B”), 1 Adult GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL looking more than just a bit poorly, 4 LAPWING and 2 MEADOW PIPIT.
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Patmore Heath - Common Buzzard X2, Siskin 1F - Mick East
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Michael’s Mead Pond (Southern Country Park) - 59 FIELDFARE(47 and 12 all West), the usual drake TUTED DUCK, 1 vocal WATER RAIL and 2 BULLFINCH amongst the usuals. - Graeme J. Smith
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5th April
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26th October
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Amwell NR - common buzzard 1 (over east), water rail 1, redshank 4, sand martin c.200 - in 3 huge 'swarms' (c.90, c.60, c.50), swallow 4(+), house martin 10(+), sedge warbler 1, cetti's warbler 3, blackcap 1, chiffchaff 6, willow warbler 3 - Graeme J. Smith
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Hayter, Spellbrook (west) - 1 RAVEN over South, 61 REDWING (2, 42, 9, 6, 2) over west, 15 Black-headed Gull North, 2 GREY WAGTAIL landing on Hayter’s facory roof from ENE shortly after 2 Pied Wagtails on a similar course. 21 Goldfinch (6, 3, 4, 1, 7) all West along with 36 Greenfinch (12, 6, 5, 2, 9, 2), 42 Chaffinch (2, 6, 7, 5, 9, 13), 53 Starling in 3 groups, 14 GOLDEN PLOVER SW, c.550 WOODPIGEON SW and 2 Blackbird high west.  - Graeme J. Smith
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Cut Throat Lane south - Common Buzzard
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25th October
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Patient End - Barn Swallow
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SAL (07:15-08:15) - 3 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 8 Mallard, 1F Tufted Duck, 7 Coot, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Snipe, 54 BH Gull (mainly N), 2 Common Gull (N), 1 LBB Gull (N), 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Skylark, 9 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 11 Redwing (W. 6, 4, 1), 4 Jay (min), 271 Starling (W. 32, 70, 11, 4, 18, 55, 75, 6), 4 Greenfinch (W), 8 Chaffinch (W), 9 Linnet (W), 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting, 1 Yellowhammer  -  Mike Harris
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Hole Spring Wood - Common Buzzard
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Coploe Hill - Visible movement (06:15-08:00am) - 2 Cormorant (W), 25 Grey Goose sp. (SE), 15 Black-headed Gull (W), 2 Common Gull (W), 9 Lesser Black-backed Gull (W), 4 Herring Gull (W - all appeared to be argentatus), 1 WOODLARK (S @ 07:30), 28 Skylark (W/SW), 7 Meadow Pipit (S), 1 Grey Wagtail (S), 7 alba Wagtail (S), 3 Blackbird (W), 7 Fieldfare (W), 4 Song Thrush (W), 18 Redwing (W), 1 Jay (E), 28 Starling (W), 1 TREE SPARROW (S), 268 Chaffinch (W/SW), 2 Brambling (S), 31 Greenfinch (S), 9 Goldfinch (S), 1 Siskin (S), 39 Linnet (S), 9 Redpoll sp (S), 3 Reed Bunting (S)
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Patmore Heath - Common Buzzard, Blackcap, Goldcrest, Siskin 1M 1F - Mick East
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Also: - 1 Common Buzzard, 1f MERLIN (NW of the viewpoint), 5 Grey Partridge
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SLRS - Gadwall c6, Lapwing 3 - 2 on the scrape and one on the field E of Feakes Lock, LBB 3 N over allotments. Green Woodpecker 1, GSW 1, Stock Dove 3, Chiffchaff 4 singing birds at least
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Strethall Fields - 1 RED KITE (untagged, being mobbed by corvids at 08:05am)
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Blackcap 1 singing male by the allotments, Sand Martin 7 over scrape on return journey, Swallow. total of 8 through, Wheatear 1m in same field as Lapwing, Reed Bunting 1m, Bullfinch pair near Feakes Lock, Wren total of 6 seen - John Slee and Kevin Hanrahan
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At the Feeders were a very obliging  female Siskin and a pair of Nuthatch along with the more usual fayre. 2 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 G S Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff singing, Great/Blue/Coal & Long tailed Tits, 3 Treecreeper (including 2 singing birds.A pair of Blue Tits were taking nesting material in to one of the 'Bat boxes' near the Centre - that's going to be one interesting maiden flight for the Offspring! - Mike Harris
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Audley End - Mute Swan, 1 Black Swan (long-staying individual), 1 Barnacle Goose (only a singleton for the last month or so)
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4th April 
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Newport SW - 6 Meadow Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail, 10 Blackbird, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Goldcrest
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Moorfield Spring (Herts) - Common Buzzard
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Tednambury with Dave Sampson, - 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Herons, 12 Mallard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 6 Pheasant (in), 2 Water Rail, 1 Snipe, 147 Black-headed Gull (SW), 48 Common Gull (SW), 6 Lesser Black-backedGull (SW), 16 Stock Dove (S), 3 Collared Dove (S), 1 Kingfisher, 9 Meadow Pipit (in),
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2 Grey Wagtail (SE), 1 Song Thrush (in), 86 Redwing, 10 Long-tailed Tits, 67 Magpie (In), 25 Starling (S), 35 Greenfinch (mostly S - some in), 7 Goldfinch (S), 4 Siskin, 26 Yellowhammer (in),
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9 Reed Bunting (in) - Stephen  Patmore
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Stacey's Gorse (Albury South) -  Common Buzzard
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24th October
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Patmore Heath  - Common Buzzard - Mick East
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SAL (07:50-0840)- - 4 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 18 Mallard, 1F Teal, 8 Coot, 22 Moorhen, 1 BH Gull
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2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 6 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 3 Goldcrest (first of Autumn), 3 Jay, 1 Goldfinch, 8 Chaffinch, 6 Reed Bunting
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Trimms green - 1 corn bunting
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Hatfield Forest (08:45-09:45) - 3 GC Grebe (pair + youngster), 1 Grey Heron, 1 Canada Goose, 58 Mallard, 12 Teal, 3 Coot, 18 BH Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 GS Woodpecker, Wood Pigeon sitting on nest platform (!) near the 'Old Tawny tree'., 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Redwing (only),
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1 Song Thrush, 14 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch - Mike Harris
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Spellbrook (west) - lapwing 1 north, chiffchaff 2, blackcap 1, goldcrest with nesting material
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23rd October
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Wallbury - chiffchaff 5 (3 east side, 2 west), blackcap 2, kestrel 1, willow warbler 1, also butterflies: 1 peacock, 1 female brimstone - Graeme J. Smith
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Visible movement (07:30-08:00am) - 10 Meadow Pipit (S), 14 alba Wagtail (S), 1 Blackbird (S), 7 Song Thrush (S), 2 TREE SPARROW (S), 26 Chaffinch (S), 11 Greenfinch (S), 20 Goldfinch (S), 1 Siskin (S), 68 Linnet (S), 5 Redpoll (S), Also, 12 Grey Partridges - Stephen  Patmore
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3rd April 
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22nd October
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Upwick Road (Essex end) - 5 Meadow Pipits
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Spellbrook west - 2 Tawny Owl (one male calling from carpark wood and a second only 50 yards away in the cat and dog place) + now usual Little Owl, 16 Lapwing over Trims Green, Kestrel and a smart male Sparrowhawk on 3rd day on site.
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Foxearth Wood (A10 vets) - Common Buzzard
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Stort Park Farm - another Little Owl putting in a breif appearance on the nest tree, 21 Meadow Pipit grounded in bushes around stonechat corner and 28 Golden Plover over South is my first 'large' flock of the autumn - Graeme J. Smith
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Patmore Heath - Common Buzzard X2 - Mick East
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SAL (08:15-09:15) - 5 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant (E), 2 Mute Swan, 67 Mallard, 33 Teal, 9 Coot, 10 Lapwing (W), 1 Common Snipe, 42 BH Gull (mainly N), 1 Ad Herring Gull (W), 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Kingfisher, 7 Skylark (6 mainly S and 1 singing), 13 Pied Wagtail, 3 Grey Wagtail, 17 Meadow Pipit (12S & 5 feeding with wagtails), 30+ Robin (many with territories in the reedbeds), 6 Redwing (W), 3 Song Thrush (W), 3 Blackbird (S high), 2 Jay, 44 Starling (feeding parties), 1 Goldfinch, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Yellowhammer - Mike Harris
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12 Male Chiffchaffs between Southmill Lock and Spellbrook (incl 3 at Walbury); 1 male Blackcap (Walbury); 1 Singing Skylark over the Wash; 2 Sparrowhawks (Rushy Mead and Thorley Wash). Also 3 species of butterfly - Brimstone; Small Tort; Comma. - Dave Sampson
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Coploe Hill - (07:45-09:00am - 13 Mallard (S), 1 Snipe (W), 10 Skylark (S), 3 Meadow Pipit (S), 4 alba Wagtail (S), 1 Blackbird (W), 1 Song Thrush (S), 9 Redwing (W), 223 Starling (W), 46 Chaffinch (W/S), 76 Greenfinch (S), 28 Goldfinch (S), 1 Siskin (S), 12 Linnet (S), 7 Redpoll sp (S), 2 Reed Bunting (S) - Stephen  Patmore
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Bishop's Stortford. Hockerill area garden. - Blackcap (M) (present since 20th March) now joined by female. Siskin (M).  Peacock butterfly (1). - Ian Gray
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20th October
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Harlow Mill Station - Swallow, a male flying East - Mike Harris
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Sawbridgeworth Marsh (17:30-19:30) - 1 Cormorant (up & down River), 1 Grey Heron, 3-5 Mallard, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, c.50 Golden Plover (Over Trims Green area), 1 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 G S Woodpecker, 1 L S Woodpecker (poor view, flew into Kecksy's Bridge Wood), 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chiffchaff (singing, - Mike Harris, Chris Dee and Stephen Patmore.
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Coploe Hill - (07:05-08:00am) - 3 Cormorant (W), 1 Grey Heron (E), 1 Skylark (W),m 2 Meadow Pipit S), 7 alba Wagtail (S), 1 Blackbird (W), 8 Song Thrush (S - one group of 7!), 9 Redwing (W), 11 Starling (W), 60 Chaffinch (W), 17 Greenfinch (S), 19 Goldfinch (S), 20 Linnet (S) - Stephen Patmore
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2nd April
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19th October
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Upwick Road (Essex end) - 4 Meadow Pipits, 5 Jay, Bullfinch 1m also Common Buzzard over Moorfield Spring (Herts)- Mick East
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Coploe Hill - Visible movement (07:15-09:15am) 2 Cormorant (W), 25 Common Gull (E), 19 Lesser Black-backed Gull (N), 39 Herring Gull (N), 1184 Woodpigeons (S), 41 Skylark (W), 5 Meadow Pipit (S), 5 Grey Wagtail (S), 9 alba Wagtail (S), 4 Blackbird (W), 106 Fieldfare (W), 526 Redwing (W), 2 Song Thrush (S), 81 Starling (W), 3 TREE SPARROW (S), 1192 Chaffinches (W - 1003 in the first hour!), 7 Brambling (W), 83 Greenfinches (S), 43 Goldfinch (S), 54 Linnet (S), 2 Redpoll (S), 3 Reed Bunting (S) - Stephen Patmore
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SLRS - 6 Mallard, 3 Gadwall, 12 Coot, 3 Lapwing (with a fourth bird displaying south of the Chaff dump field), 8 Stock Dove, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chiffchaff singing, 1 Brambling (under bushes near Chaff dump)
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18th October
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Pishiobury Park -  Grey Heron, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 G S Woodpecker,  2 Mistle Thrush, 6 Chiffchaff (5 singing and 1 silent), 2 Jay, 2 Goldfinch , 20+ Greenfinch, 1 Brambling (north end of Osiers)
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Rivers/Orchards - 1 Ad Common Gull (N), 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Chiffchaff (2 singing and 1 silent), 14 Linnet - Mike Harris
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1st April
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Coploe Hill Visible movement (07:00-10:45am) - 30 Lapwing (W),15 Lesser Black-backed Gull (N),23 Herring Gull (NE), 2035 Woodpigeon (S/SW), 3 Great Spotted Woodpeckers (N), 320 Skylark (W), 9 Meadow Pipit (S), 7 alba Wagtail (S), 9 Blackbird (W), 97 Fieldfare (W), 2 Song Thrush (W), 745 Redwing (W), 431 Starling (W), 5 TREE SPARROW (1W,4S), 720 Chaffinch (W), 2 Brambling (W), 7 Greenfinch (S), 58 Goldfinch (S), 3 Siskin (S), 2 Redpoll (S), 21 Linnet (S), 2 Reed Bunting (S)
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River Stort Spellbrook north - Kingfisher, Chiffchaffs 7+ singing, Willow Warbler, Great-spotted woodpecker, Wren, Mallard, Moorhen. Large number of the old Poplars cut down and re-planted on Essex bank, may be interesting later in the year. - Mick East
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Stephen Patmore
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31st March
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17th October
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Thorley Park garden - 2 Siskin - Chris Dee
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Coploe Hill Visible movement (07:00-10:15am) - 1 Cormorant (E), 1 POCHARD (NW), 5 Herring Gull (N), 26 Lesser Black-backed Gull (N), 575 Woodpigeons (W/SW), 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers (W), 29 Skylark (W), 11 Meadow Pipit (S), 9 alba Wagtail (S), 3 Blackbird (W), 1 RING OUZEL (W), 437 Fieldfares (W), 7 Song Thrush (W/SW), 1831 Redwings (W), 4 Mistle Thrush (W), 1 Jay (E), 373 Starling (W), 3 TREE SPARROWS (S - all singles), 125 Chaffinch (W), 1 Brambling (W), 17 Greenfinch (S), 24 Goldfinch (S), 4 Siskin (S), 19 Linnet (S), 3 Redpoll sp (S), 2 Reed Bunting (S)
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Sawbo Marsh - 2 singing Chiffchaff, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Water Rail, a mere 4 Meadow Pipits roosted - Chris Dee
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Also: 6 Common Buzzards, 1 PEREGRINE (Juv chasing Woodpigeons to the SW), 350 Golden Plover, 100 Lapwings, 200 Black-headed Gulls, 50 Common Gulls, 650 Starlings, - Stephen  Patmore
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Patmore Heath - Siskin 1m 1f, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff singing - Mick East
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30th March
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Stansted Airport Lagoons - 3 Buzzards soaring together north of lagoons.  7 Little Grebes. - Colin Wills
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Obrey Way, B/S - Chiffchaff heard singing - Tony Moverley
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SAL - 7 Little Grebe , 7 Cormorant (S), 2 Mute Swan, 1m Wigeon, 35 Teal, 23 Mallard, 5 Lapwing (N), 2 Snipe, 20 Common Gull, 6 Collared Dove (W), 85 Skylark (NW), 20 Meadow Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail, 10 Blackbird, 1 Fieldfare,. 25 Song Thrush, 342 Redwing (NW), 1 Mistle Thrush (W), 2 Chiffchaff, 5 Jays, 301 Starling (NW), 110 Chaffinch (NW), 2 Brambling (NW), 30 Linnet (N), 4 Bullfinch, 15 Reed Bunting - Stephen  Patmore
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Patmore Heath - Common Buzzard X 4 2m 2f one pair displaying - Mick East
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14th October
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SAL(11:15-12:15) - 6 Little Grebe, 11 Mallard (5 pair + 1M), 5 Teal (2 pair + 1M), 2 Gadwall pair), 3 Tufted Duck (pair + 1M) The female was the resident injured bird. Buzzard (sp.) Probably Common, 1 Pheasant, 16 Coot (8 pairs), 2 Common Snipe, 5 Green Woodpecker, 3 Skylark (singing),
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8 Meadow Pipit (N), 2-3 Redwing, 28 Fieldfare, 2 Long tailed Tit, 2 Goldfinch, 1-2 Greenfinch,
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2-3 Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting (singing), 2 Yellowhammer
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Allens Green (12:30-13:00) - 1M Kestrel, 5+ Fieldfare, 2+ Redwing, 1 Chiffchaff, Several Skylark singing  1M Brimstone - Mike Harris
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13th October
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Coploe Hill,(09:00-12:00) - female Goshawk with a couple of Buzzards at 11:25am and slowly headed W towards Chrishall Grange and out of view. 3 Cormorants (NW), 2 Greylag Geese (E), 5 Sparrowhawks
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Spellbrook and Thorley Church - 279 Redwing and 49 Songthrush mostly SW and 13 Siskin over NNW towards Thorley Church, 2 Grey Part, 5 Little Owl and 2 Tawny Owl - Graeme J. Smith
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15+ Common Buzzards (min count of birds in air at once), 6 Kestrels (inc the resident tail-less female), 2prs Grey Partridge, 600+ Golden Plovers, 6prs Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper (W calling), 6 Black-headed Gulls (W), 2 Common Gulls (NW), 68 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (NW), 6 Herring Gulls (NW), 4 Great Black-backed Gulls (NW), 125 Meadow Pipits (NW), 1 Sand Martin (S), 1m White Wagtail (W), 3 alba Wagtails (NW), 1m Wheatear, 495 Fieldfares (parties of 45, 220 & 230 - all leisurely NW), 2 Redwing (N), 1 Goldcrest, 33 Goldfinches (N), 24 Greenfinches (N), 6 Linnets (N)
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13 Corn Buntings, Buzzards all over the place today - including those from Coploe, my daily total is of well over 30 birds! - Stephen  Patmore
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29th March
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12th October
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Thorley Park Road, B/S - One Siskin visiting niger seed feeder in rear garden - Tony Moverley
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Stansted Airport Lagoons - 2 Whooper Swans (adults) on NE pit at midday; stayed briefly, calling agitatedly, then took off and headed high north.  Also Buzzard, 1+ Chiffchaff, 2 Teal, 6 Little Grebes. - Colin Wills
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Allen's Green - Starlings 350+ 'doing the swarm' also 20c Fieldfare - Mick East
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Coploe Hill - 1 Mute Swan (S), 120 Woodpigeon (SW), 32 Skylark (W), 2 Swallow (S), 6 Meadow Pipit (W), 8 alba Wagtail (S), 5 Blackbird (W), 1 Fieldfare (W), 12 Song Thrush (W), 798 Redwings (W),
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22 Starling (W), 108 Chaffinch (W), ,  Brambling (W), 10 Greenfinch (S), 27 Goldfinch (S), 2 Siskin (W), 9 Redpoll (S), 30 Linnet (S), 3 Reed Bunting (S) - Stephen  Patmore
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28th March
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Little Hadham 06.45 - 07.45 - 1 chiffing chiffchaff!(7.40), 23 jackdaws, 9 rooks, 5 redwing over, 2 great tits, 4 blue tits, 4 long tailed tits, 2 robins, 1 dunnock, 3 wrens, 17 LBBG north (7.35),
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Mathams Wood - chiffchaff 3, buzzard 1, reed bunt 1
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Allotment 16.50 - 17.45 - 1 yellowhammer, 5 redwing west, 8 fieldfare west, 1 bullfinch, 1 BHG, 50+ rooks, 25+ jackdaws, 20+ carrion crows, 50+ wood pigeons, 2 collared dove, 1 stock dove north, 6 blackbirds, 1 green woodpecker, 1 GSW, 1 COMMON BUZZARD north, 6 chaffinche - Jono Forgham
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Micheals Mead Pond - jack snipe 2, water rail 1 (all out in the open) - Graeme J Smith
 
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Patmore Heath - Reed Bunting male - Mick East
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10th October
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27th March
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Stort Park Farm - LESSER WHITETHROAT - sticking to the SW edge of SPF House Garden. Graeme J. Smith
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Patmore Heath - Siskin 1 M 1 F, Common Buzzard X 2, Sparrowhawk
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SAL (07:25-08:35) - 4 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 51 Mallard, 1 Teal, 1M Tufted Duck, 8 Coot, c.20 Moorhen, 2 Common Snipe, 15 BHG (N/NW), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Skylark (singing), 8 Pied Wagtail, 3 Grey Wagtail, 24 Meadow Pipit (mainly NW into headwind), 32 Redwing (1, 2, 14, 15. W my first of Autumn), 1 Fieldfare (W ditto), 4 Song Thrush, 21 Starling (6E locals, 15W prob migrants), 8 Chaffinch (mainly NW), 2 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch, 3 Yellowhammer, 11 Reed Bunting (in from height)
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Farnham - Upwick Road (Essex end) - Stonechat 1 M 1 F.- Mick East
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Extended walk Hadham east and north - magpie 3, jackdaw 200+, chaffinch, blue tit, great tit, blackbirds, starlings, greenfinch,long tailed tit, robin, wren (all many), LBBG 1, common buzzard 1 (over East Wood), redwing 75+ (Hoecroft Lane), Fieldfare 50+ scattered near Green Street, cormorant 1, chiffchaff 1, herring gull 1, pheasant 5+, sparrow hawk 1, grey partridge 2, house sparrow 25+ (Hadham Ford), linnet 56 on wires (between East Wod and Tescos), yellowhammer 15+, corvids (plenty), wood pigeon (numerous), dunnock 4, marsh tit 1 (calling near Green Street), skylark 11+, green wodpecker 4, GSW 1 (drumming in East Wood), LTT 12, pied wagtail 2 (Hadham Ford horse field) - Jono Forgham
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Trims Green (08:50-09:30) - 60+ Mallard (on fishing pools), 1 Kestrel, 42 Golden Plover (26, 16), 40 Collared Dove, 10 Skylark, 15 Meadow Pipit, 1 Alba Wagtail, 114 Redwing (1, 16, 23, 70, 2, 2),
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25th March
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Patmore Heath - Siskin 1 M
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Farnham - Upwick Road (Essex end) - Stonechat 3 M 1 F, Reed Bunting 2 M
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Clapgate just north of Nino Wood - Common Buzzard X 2 - Mick East
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Plashes Wood (A10)- Common Buzzard on post by road - Brenda East
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Spellbrook (west)- treecreeper 1, coal tit 2, marsh tit 1 - Graeme J Smith
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24th March
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Sawbridgeworth Marsh - 1 Imm MERLIN Flew East at 17:10, 1 Cormorant (S), 2 Grey Heron (N), 1 Mute Swan (N), 12 Mallard (max 6 in air together), 1F Sparrowhawk (W), 1M Kestrel (E), 5 Pheasant (in)
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2 Water Rail, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Jack Snipe, 7 B H Gull (4E, 3S), 6 Common Gull (4S, 2E), 3 Herring Gull (E), 3 L B B Gull (W), 1Ad G B B Gull (E), 2 Stock Dove, 660 Wood Pigeon (Roosted in Kecksy's Bridge Wood), 2 Green Woodpecker, 96 Meadow Pipit (in - a sharp increase - Spring passage), 24 Redwing (1N, 23S), 43 Fieldfare (13E, 30 in), 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Long tailed Tit (2 pairs), 1 Jay, 237 Jackdaw (S), 1 Starling (NE), 3 Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch (W), 79 Greenfinch (NNE to roost - a sharp increase - Spring passage), 42 Reed Bunting (in), 1M Yellowhammer (singing at North end of Marsh). - Mike Harris
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Folly Gorse - Common Buzzard mobbed by 2 Carrion Crow
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Farnham - Upwick Road (Essex end) - Stonechat 1 Male 2 Female
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Patmore Heath - Siskin 2 Male 1 Female
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23rd March
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Farnham - Upwick Road (Essex end) - Stonechat 3 Male 2 Female
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Albury (South) - Fieldfare 300+ in field south of village hall - Mick East
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SLRS - BHG (c 10) coots (c 8) Mallard pairs, GSW drumming, Starlings sitting it out (c 75) 5 Yellowhammer on chaffdump, Chaffinchs, Dunnocks, Robins, Magpies, Pheasant (h) many Wood pigeon in trees all over, LTT (h) Great Tit 3, Moorhen 2, Redwing 2, Corvids about but no calls.- Kevin Hanrahan
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22nd March
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Hatfield Forest Lake - great crested grebe 12, tufted duck 11, gadwall 13, teal 7, canada goose c.15, bullfinch 2, great spotted woodpecker 1, green woodpecker 2, mistle thrush 2, coal tit 1, nuthatch 1, redwing c.15 - Graeme J Smith
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21st March
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Ash Valley to Much Hadham and then back along the river to Hadham Ford.- 300+ golden plover in
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bean field. LBBG 2 north,Herring gull 2 north, Black headed gull 1 north, kestrel 2 (1 female with very pale head), skylarks 4, yellowhammers 3, Green woodpecker 2, stock dove 1, pied wagtail 1.  - Jono Forgham
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SLRS - Gadwall 22 today plus a White-Cheeked Pintail. Treecreeper, 4 Lapwing, c30 Stock Dove over the chaff-dump field, singing Chiffchaff and still a few Fieldfares and Redwings - John Slee
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18th March
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Spellbrook West -  Marsh Tit 1 - Graeme J Smith
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Farnham - Upwick Road (Essex end) - Stonechat 3 male 1 Female - Mick East
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17th March
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Farnham - Upwick Road (Essex end) - Stonechat male - Mick East
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16th March
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Farnham - Upwick Road (Essex end) - Stonechat male - Mick East
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15th March
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SLRS - Cormorant 3 in the Cormorant tree, Mute Swan 6 juveniles/immature I various stages of greyness NE, Greylag Goose 1 over, Gadwall 9!, Teal 5, Mallard 4, Kestrel 1, Moorhen 6, Coot 4, Lapwing 4 – 2 pairs calling over the scrape, BHG 3, Common Gull 1, Stock Dove 5, Wood Pigeon c50+, Collared Dove 3, GSW 2, Pied Wagtail 1, Wren 2, Dunnock 5, Robin 4, Blackbird 7, Fieldfare 1, Song Thrush 3, Redwing 5, Stonechat 1 in the scrape field, Chiffchaff 1 singing – just a few snatches of song, Blue tit 1, Great tit 2, Jay 1, Magpie 7, Jackdaw 4, Crow c5, Starling 15, House Sparrow 1, Chaffinch 4, Greenfinch 2, Goldfinch 7, Bullfinch 3, Reed Bunting 2m. - John Slee
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Rush Green (nr. Baker's End) - 7 Common Buzzards at 13:40 today. Three obvious pairs at height and a single bird lower down. - Mike Harris
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Birchanger Wood - Brambling 1 in birches with Goldfinches
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South of Farnham Green - Buzzard (2), Stonechat (f) Along the road from Stortford to Upwick
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Lower Sheering - Sparrowhawk 1 over the village - Jan Hein van Steenis
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Patmore Heath - Siskin Male on Niger - Mick East
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14th March
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Thorley Park Road, B/S - 2 Siskin on niger seed feeder. - Tony Moverley
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10th March
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Trimms Green - golden plover c.70, fieldfare 80+ - Graeme j Smith
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9th March
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Little Hadham south east walk (9.30 - 11.00) - common buzzard 2, linnet 2 (new sp for 2008), green woodpecker 3, GSW drumming, skylarks several
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yellowhammer lots, mallards 3 pairs on River Ash, moorhens 2
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south west walk (2.00 - 3.30pm) - bullfinches 3, jays 2, magpies 7, wood pigeons 500+, yellowhammers 6, green woodpeckers 4, goldfinch party of 9 - Jono Forgham
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Hatfielf Forest Lake - great crested grebe 7, bullfinch 7, jay 6(7), gadwall 15+, tufted duck 10, green woodpecker 3, tawny owl 1 - in exactly the same place i've seen him before. roosting on the north-west marshy side (photo on blog later), redwing c.200 into trees from east side of forest - Graeme j Smith
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Sawbridgeworth 15:30. - c50 Golden Plover circling south of West Road - Mike Harris
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SLRS 9:30-10:30 - : 5 Snipe, 3 Lapwing, 4 Coot (the first for me here this year), 15 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, a GSW drumming loudly next to the river at the boat yard. - John Slee
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8th March
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Thorley Park Road, B/S - 1 male Reed Bunting in rear garden. Mary Moverley
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Little Hadham Round of golf at Ash Valley Club:(8.30 - 1.00) - kestrel 1, skylarks 15+, green woodpecker 2, fieldfare 7, yellowhammers 5, rooks and jackdaws frequently joined me in the rough and out of bounds areas! - Jono Forgham
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7th March
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Little Hormead - Grey Partridge X3
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Wyddial - Grey Partridge X2 - Mick East
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6th March
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Thorley Wash - 4 Little Grebe and 1 Stonechat - still good numbers of Fieldfare and Redwing around. Tony Moverley
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Sawbridgeworth Marsh Roost(16:08-17:50) - 3 Cormorant (2S, 1N), 1 Grey Heron (S), 3 Mallard (MMF),
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3 Pheasant (in), 48 Golden Plover (20W, 28 circling in East), 1 Common Snipe, 2 Jack Snipe, 20 B H Gull (SSW), 12 Common Gull (SSW),1 2ndW G B B Gull (SSW),15 Stock Dove (2 prs displaying, 9 and two singletons to roost), 1860 Wood Pigeon (Roosted in Kecksy's Bridge Wood),2 Green Woodpecker,
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1 G S Woodpecker, 1 L S Woodpecker (Flew from Spill Timbers to Kecksy's Bridge Wood), 4 Meadow Pipit, 63 Redwing (61S, 2 in), 25 Fieldfare (in), 1 Magpie, 162 Jackdaw (S), 1 Starling (S), 1M Chaffinch, 1M Goldfinch (singing), 43 Greenfinch (22NE, 21SW!!! The NE birds were double the height of the birds moving in the opposite direction.. Confusing or what?), 34 Reed Bunting, Absolute minmum figure. Two recalcitrant male birds, one singing and the other answering with "siu" all evening, did not help in counting the in-coming birds!) - Mike Harris
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5th March
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Pishiobury Park (17:20 till after dark) - 1 Cormorant (S), 27 BH Gull (S), 2 Common Gull (S), 3 LBB Gull (S), 3 Stock Dove, 1 Tawny Owl (calling near the park entrance on my return), 1 BARN OWL (superb hunting views), 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 GS Woodpecker, 20 Meadow Pipit, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Song Thrush, 5 Mistle Thrush, 5 Long tailed Tit (min), 2 Jay, 100's Jackdaw (in the roost - impossible to count accurately), 100+ Rook (in the roost - ditto), 1 Goldfinch, 7 Chaffinch, 1 BRAMBLING - Mike Harris
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Coploe Hill (07:00-10:00) - 36 Golden Plover (W), 38 Black-headed Gull (W), 1 Herring Gull (NW), 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull (W), 105 Skylarks (W), 2 Swallow (W), 1 ROCK PIPIT (S @ 08:15am), 13 Meadow Pipit (SW), 21 alba Wagtail (SW), 5 Blackbird (W), 3 Fieldfare (W), 13 Song Thrush (SW),
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Patmore Heath - Siskin M+F - Mick East
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SAL - 4 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan, 1f Wigeon, 46 Teal, 40+ Mallard, 1 Lapwing, 1+ Jack Snipe, 13+ Snipe, 1 Kingfisher, 15 Skylark, 1 ROCK PIPIT (circled the site, then left N calling @ 07:50am), 20 Meadow Pipits , 5 Grey Wagtails, 25 alba Wagtail (SW), 3 Blackbird singletons dropped in from height), 1+ Redwing (heard), 5 Song Thrush, 3 Chiffchaffs, 10 Greenfinch (SW), 30 Linnet (S/SW), 3 Redpoll (SW), 10 Reed Bunting (leaving roost at dawn) - Stephen  Patmore
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Great Hyde Hall - Two Common Buzzards soaring and 70 Rooks in a ploughed field up West road - John Slee     
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Coploe Hill (06:50-08:20) - 5 Cormorant (N), 1 Grey Heron (N), 1 Sparrowhawk (E), 27 Skylark (W), 13 Swallow (W), 1 House Martin (W), 9 Meadow Pipit (S), 1 Grey Wagtail (S), 6 alba Wagtail (S), 3 Dunnock (W), 9 Song Thrush (SW), 3 Redwing (SW), 23 Starling (W), 110 Chaffinch (SW), 9 Greenfinch (S), 8 Goldfinch (S), 113 Linnet (S), 4 Reed Bunting (S) - Stephen  Patmore
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Little Hadham - Grove Wood - grey wagtail 1 at the Ford by the Nags Head, kestrel 1, corvids 100's, sparrow hawk 1, meadow pipits 15, redwing 7, coal tit 1, yellwhammer 9, skylark 2 - Jono Forgham
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SAL (07:25-08:15) - 4 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 16 Mallard, 12 Teal, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 9 Coot, c.30 Moorhen, 3 Common Snipe, 2  LBB Gull (N), 2 BH Gull (N), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Skylark, 14 Pied Wagtail (into headwind), 1 Grey Wagtail, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 1 Blackbird (high W), 1 Song Thrush, 11 Magpie (on the mud of the smallest lagoon!), 1 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting - Mike Harris

Current revision as of 18:29, 31 December 2009

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31st December

Please consider making the entries for your bird sightings onto the club's wiki system now available on the "Recent Trial" page that you can reach by the second button on the left hand column. The webmaster thinks that as this trial involves updating the technology at no cost it might be a good time to change. It needs to be demonstrated that this change would be a good move for us now we are on the brink of the new decade. We should like to have more direct contributors. It should be the views of the frequent users of wiki and the website that the club takes note of.

Please express a view also about the on line bird report for 2008 that has been available for a week or two on the fifth button in the left hand column. Data used to compile the text comes only from the emails to the club's yahoo site, the entries onto this wiki and records fed back to the club from the national reporting systems. In the last two or three years the club has been encouraged to receive more records. This should have more valid views with more contributions. It is hoped that this "Recent Trial" should help in at least maintaining the present levels.

The club will next meet on Monday 4th January at the Bricklayer's Arms at 8.00 pm.

A Happy New Year,

Many Thanks, David Arch.

28th December

Hatfield Forest - 1 Common Gull, 2 M Swan, 23 Cad Geese, 197 Mallard, 4 Coot, 10 Moorhen, 46 Black-headed Gull and a single Kingfisher. 2 Teal circled once before returning in the direction of SAL as the North end is still completely frozen. Also 1 Common Buzz, 6 Bullfinch and 1 Marsh Tit. Very quiet with only 25 species noted - Graeme J. Smith

26th December

River Stort, B/S - From Twyford lock south to the white footbridge (north of Spellbrook lock): 1 Kingfisher, 9 Little Grebe and 1 Woodcock (flushed from the wet area just east of the towpath where the power lines cross) - Tony Moverley

23rd December

River Stort, B/S - 2 Kingfishers and a Meadow Pipit by the cinema; 1 Lesser Redpoll and 4 Siskin with several Goldfinches in alders near Grange Paddocks - Tony Moverley

Honeysuckle Close - 8 Redwing and a Female Blackcap in our garden

Oriole Way - still high numbers of Redwing on the last of the berries between entrance to Honeysuckle Close and The Brambles, commuting to taller trees and playpark area of SPF east. Also 2 Song Thrush and Mistle Thrush - Graeme J. Smith

22nd December

Honeysuckle Close/Oriole Way - Many Fieldfare and Redwing over randomly all morning with at least 3 Songthrush. 1 Grey Heron East at dawn, 1 Mistle Thrush spending his 2nd day on the house opposite, 1 Imm. Corm over NE mid morning. over the last few days - Graeme J. Smith

21st December

St Michael's Church (0930 Hrs) - A remarkable 33 SONG THRUSH including over 20 on the ground at once, 62 Redwing minimum, 1 male Sparrowhawk, 7(+) Goldcrest with at least 4 Coal Tit, 11 Blue Tit, 9 Greenfinch and 3 Great Tit.

Oriole Way - 30+ Redwing and another 7 Song Thrush - Graeme J. Smith

20th December

Stort Park Farm - 77 LAPWING West in groups of (2, 33 and 42), 1 Herring Gull NE, 10 Bullfinch

Honeysuckle Close - 1 Great Black-backed Gull over West - Graeme J. Smith

18th December

SAL (09:30-10:15) - 4 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 18 Mallard, 22 Teal, 15 Coot, 1 Common Buzzard (E), 1F Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Golden Plover (E, calling plaintively overhead, I would have missed it if it hadn't called), 5 Common Snipe, 1 JACK SNIPE, 15 BH Gull (11S, 4N), 1 Common Gull (S), 70 Wood Pigeon (S), 4 Skylark (NW), 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 7 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 8 Fieldfare, 8 Blackbird, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch - Mike Harris

15th December

Stort Park Farm (east) - 1 Lesser Redpoll - Graeme J. Smith

14th December

Sawbridgeworth Marsh Roost (14:50-16:30) - 5-6 Cormorant (4S together, then 1N returning S?), 1 Grey Heron (N), 2 Mute Swan (S, then returning N), 2 Mallard (S), 2 Common Buzzard (in to Spill Timbers Wood), 2 Kestrel (much calling against the Buzzards), 7 Pheasant (in), 1 Common Snipe, 451 BH Gull (S), 59 Common Gull (S), 15 LBB Gull (S), 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 GS Woodpecker, 3 Song Thrush (in), 31 Redwing (16 in, 15N), 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Fieldfare (in), 4 Blackbird (in), 10 Long tailed Tit, 9 Magpie (in), 2 Jay, 56 Jackdaw (S), 1 Starling (E), 15 Goldfinch (N, one flock), 3 Greenfinch (NE), 1 Bullfinch (SE), 6 Reed Bunting (in) - Mike Harris

13th December

SAL (08:15-09:20) - 5 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 2 WHOOPER SWAN (flew SE calling at 08:28), 49 Mallard, 2 Teal, 1M Shoveler, 15 Coot (still increasing slowly!), 1 Lapwing, 13 BH Gull (8N, 5S), 14 Common Gull (6N, 8S), 25 LBB Gull (N), 1 Green Woodpecker, 27 Redwing (14 feeding on Hawthorn, 13 high S), 11 Fieldfare (feeding on Hawthorn), 4 Long tailed Tit, 43 Rook (heading towards HF), 10+ Jackdaw (ditto), 3 Jay, 2 Chaffinch, c.25 Goldfinch (feeding flock), 1 Bullfinch (heard only)

SLRS (09:30-10:00) - 1 Mallard (a lone bird overhead), 1 Moorhen, 10 BH Gull, 2 Common Gull, 1 LBB Gull (S), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 GS Woodpecker, 6 Skylark, 79 Redwing (13 feeding nr Chaff dump, c.40 in hedge E of layby, 26 high SE) c.50 Fieldfare (in hedge E of layby), 6 Song Thrush (feeding nr Chaff dump), c.10 Magpie, c.20 Jackdaw, 1 Jay, 6+ Dunnock (feeding on Chaff dump), 25+ Chaffinch (ditto), 14 Goldfinch (ditto), 2 Greenfinch (ditto), - Mike Harris

12th December

Hatfield Forest Cafe - 1 drake Shoveler, 27 Canada Geese, 12 Gadwall, 3 Tufted Duck, 31+ Teal, 3 Great Crested Grebe (juv + both Ads), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Redwing and 2 Pied Wagtail on the Cafe benches - Graeme J. Smith

8th December

Little Hadham. - 2 owls called from nearby and were observed setting off hunting whilst two others called from the other side of the valley. meadow pipit 1, robin 4, jackdaw 200+, blackbird 8+, goldfinch 17, redwing 17, yellowhammer 2, red legged partridge 2, gsw 1, green woodpecker 1, moorhen 1, mallard overhead 6, rook 37, carrion crow 25+, kestrel 1 - Jono Forgham

7th December

Spellbrook locks to Twyford Locks - mallard 7, rook 37, grey wagtail 2 ( 1 at each lock gate), wood pigeon 100+, magpie 7, green woodpecker 1, Long tailed tit 25, fieldfare 50+, great tit 8, marsh tit 1 (Wallbury), blackbird 24 (good numbers), bullfinch 6 ( in hedgrow east of bridge), goldfinch 16, BHG 14, wren 5, chaffinch 11, blue tit 8, redwing 7, song thrush 1, stock dove 3, reed bunting 1, robin 4, moorhen 2, collared dove 2, cormorant 1, little grebe 1, greenfinch 2, grey heron 1 - Jono Forgham

6th December

Sawbridgeworth Marsh Roost (14:30-16:20) - 6 Cormorant (2N, 4S), 1 Ad Mute Swan (S), 1 PEREGRINE (low S @ 14:52), 1 Sparrowhawk (in to Spill Timbers Wood), 4 Pheasant (in), 355 BH Gull (S), 35 Common Gull (S), 21 LBB Gull (S), 1 Ad Herring Gull (S), 600 Wood Pigeon (in to Fox Earth Wood - one flock!), 10 Stock Dove (2 displaying, 3E, 5W), 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Skylark (SW), 1 Meadow Pipit (S), 52 Redwing (3 in, 26W, 19N, 4S), 3 Mistle Thrush (S), 2 Blackbird (in), 1 Starling (NW), 156 Jackdaw (S), 6 Magpie (W), 1 Jay (E), 3 Chaffinch (S), 2 Greenfinch (N), 1 Yellowhammer (SE), 5 Reed Bunting (in, 15:27, 15:40, 15:43, plus two late calls - disastrous!) - Mike Harris

Tescos north of the A120 25+ skylarks in a field adjacent to East Wood and then in a field East of Hadham Hall another party of 50+, chaffinch 20+, jay 4, wood pigeon 50+, blue tit 6, blackbird 3, fieldfare 20+, goldfinch 4, robin 3, carrion crow 25+, gt tit 5, GSW 2, jackdaw 125+, pheasant 1, magpie 5, redwing 30+, yellowhammer 4, BHG 2, pied wag 1, mallard 7, collared dove 4, linnet 1, moorhen 8, rook 25+, greenfinch 2, mistle thrush 2, common gull 11 - Jono Forgham

5th December

Fernaux Pelham (just South) - 47+ Fieldfare, c.10 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 Skylark, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Female Sparrowhawk low over West - Graeme J. Smith

4th December

Thorley Park Road - good to see a couple of Goldcrests passing through the garden at lunchtime - not seen for some considerable time. Max count of Goldfinch on niger seed feeder is 13 so far. Tony Moverley

2nd December

Oriole Way, B/S - Chiffchaff in thick bushes between entrance to Honeysuckle Close and The Brambles and Imm Grey Heron landing on my roof is a new garden tick.

Stort Park Farm (east only) - 13 Starling, c.40 Woodpigeon not including passing birds, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Collared Dove, 1 Little Owl, 7 Feral Pigeons, 5 Rook, 11 Redwing, 9+ Magpie, 1 Great Tit, 3 Black-headed Gull over North, 4 Blue Tit, 9 Blue Tit, c.15 Blackbird, 8 (9) Long-tailed Tit, 1 GREY WAGTAIL over SW towards SPF West’s water feature, 3 (4) Bullfinch, 3 Green Woodpecker were 2 males and a female, 17 Goldfinch and 23 Greenfinch were an obvious increase on yesterday, 6 Dunnock, 9 Robin, with only 2 Wren and 3 Chaffinch - Graeme J. Smith

1st December

Farnham Road - 2 X Common Buzzard, 2 X Grey Heron - Mick East

30th November

Thorley Park Road, B/S - a count of 97 Collared Doves sitting on various TV aerials at dusk in the vicinity of Thorley Park Road and Thornbera Gardens - Tony Moverley

Furneaux Pelham North - Barn Owl x 2 - Mick East

28th November

River Stort (14:30-16:20) Between Twyford and Tednambury Locks; A total of 9 Little Grebe (5 north of Spellbrook lock near where the power lines cross the river and 4 just south of Spellbrook lock); plus 5 Fieldfare, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Song Thrush, numerous Redwing and a Kingfisher - Tony Moverley

Stort Park Farm - A few Golden Plover calling from distant SW field, 2 Treecreeper in SPF house grounds - Graeme J. Smith

27th November

Michael's Mead Pond (Southern Country Park) - A remarkable 80 Canada Geese on the water (prob my site record) and 2 SISKIN in Alders - Graeme J. Smith

25th November

Hatfield Forest - Drake Goosander on lake. 4+ Siskin in lakeside alders. - Colin Wills

23rd November 09

Rushy Mead to Wallbury - 2 KINGFISHER, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Treecreeper, 3 BRAMBLING east over Rushy Mead are easily my best site species to date, 2 Siskin, 6 Little Grebe (4, 200 yards North of Spellbrook Lock and 2 more 50 yards South of Lock, 7 Bullfinch in four goes, 5 Goldcrest, 1 Imm Cormorant South, c,120 Black-headed Gull over South with at least 11 Common Gull, 62 Redwing seemed a decent count but only 13 Fieldfare and a single singing Mistle Thrush - Graeme J. Smith

21st November

SAL (08:00-08:45) - 3 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 50 Mallard, 1M Gadwall, 11 Coot (increasing slowly!), 1 BH Gull (S), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 3 Fieldfare (S), 1 CHIFFCHAFF (at northern sluice), 7 Jackdaw (SW), 1 Jay, 5 Magpie, 6 Chaffinch (W), 4 Bullfinch, 1 Yellowhammer - Mike Harris

20th November

Stort Park Farm (west) - 45-50 Golden Plover over South at 1530 Hrs - Graeme J. Smith

19th November

Twyford Lock area - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker approx 12.45pm Redwing (approx 30 with Goldfinches and Siskins - Dave Sampson

16th November

River Stort (14:00-15:30) Between Twyford and Spellbrook Locks; 6 Little Grebe, 5 Fieldfare and 1 Kingfisher- Tony Moverley

15th November

Hatfield Forest (13:45-15:30) - 3 GC Grebe (pr+yg), 31 Canada Geese, 34 Mallard, 6 Teal , 2 Pochard (MM), 3 Coot, 82 BH Gull, 1 Ad LBB Gull (NW), 5 Stock Dove, 4 Collared Dove, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Marsh Tit, 16 Long tailed Tit, 60 Redwing (26 Round coppice, 34 Emblems coppice, all feeding on Hawthorn berries), 4 Mistle Thrush, 10 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Goldfinch - Mike & Anita Harris

Spellbrook (west) - A single Marsh Tit around Hayter's North Lawn with Blue and Great Tits, perhaps only my 3rd site tick - Graeme J. Smith

14th November

SAL (08:18-08:48) - 1 Little Grebe, 23 Mallard, 10 Coot (first double figure count in months), 1 Ad Common Gull (W), 2 LBB Gull (W), 2 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush (W), 9 Starling, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting - Mike Harris

11th November

Hatfield Forest - Buzzard (2), Tawny Owl (1), Buzzards soaring over Spittlemore Coppice at 4.30 p.m., Tawny Owl calling within Spittlemore Coppice at 5 p.m. - Chris Swan

8th November

Sawbridgeworth Marsh Roost (15:45-17:00) - 2 Cormorant (S), 1 Grey Heron (S), 53 Canada Geese (NE), 4 Mallard (S), 1M Sparrowhawk (E into Spill Timbers Wood), 182 BH Gull (S), 1 Common Gull (S), 2 Water Rail, 7 Pheasant (in, 2M, 5F), 1 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Skylark (SE), 6 Meadow Pipit (2SE, 2N, 2 in), 23 Redwing (20 in, 3 NW), 6 Song Thrush (in), 2 Redwing/Song Thrush spp. (in), 2 Mistle Thrush (E into Spill Timbers Wood), 12 Blackbird (in), 6 Wren (calling/singing), 3 Jay (W into Fox Earth Wood), 12 Jackdaw (S. The main flocks seem to be feeding on the fields East of the Pishiobury roost, hence the low numbers over the marsh), 6 Carrion Crow, 26 Starling (NE), 1 Goldfinch (W), 10 Greenfich (5NE, 3SW,2S), 1 Bullfinch (E), 48 Reed Bunting (in) - Mike Harris

7th November

SAL (07:30-08:20) - 1 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 18 Mallard, 2 Shoveler (both drakes, left south @ 07:40), 11 Coot (2 'new' birds on the large lagoon), 72 BH Gull (mainly N), 1 Common Gull (N), 4 LBB Gull (3SW, 1NW), 140 Wood Pigeon (S, 70,45,15,5,5), 1 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Skylark (SE), 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Jay, 16 Starling (W), 6 Chaffinch (W), 1M Bullfinch, 3 Reed Bunting, 1 Yellowhammer The sun encouraged a few singers - Robins, Wrens and a Dunnock. - Mike Harris

Coploe Hill (06:45-09:30am) - 1 Cormorant (W), 2 Mute Swan (W), 1 Greylag Goose (N), 45 Lesser Black-backed Gull (W), 2 Herring Gull (W), 3 Great Black-backed Gull (S), 7109 Woodpigeons (S/SW), 16 Skylark (W), 2 Meadow Pipit (W), 3 alba Wagtail (S), 1164 Fieldfares (W), 35 Redwing (W), 101 Starlings (W), 184 Chaffinches (W), 2 Greenfinch (S), 15 Goldfinch (S), 4 Redpoll (S)

Also: 2 Sparrowhawk, 450 Golden Plover, 350 Lapwing, 100 Black-headed Gulls, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Corn Bunting - Stephen Patmore

31st October

Coploe hill (07:00-08:30am) - All movement S-> unless stated - 10 Golden Plover, 7 Lapwing, 25 Black-headed Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 250 Woodpigeon, 20 Stock Dove, 1 Skylark, 3 Fieldfare (W), 81 Redwing, 147 Starling (W), 26 Chaffinch, 4 Brambling, 2 Greenfinch, 23 Goldfinch, 14 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting Also, 1 Blackcap, 11 Corn Buntings - Stephen Patmore

SAL (07:05-08:00) - 2 Little Grebe, 22 Mallard, 40 Teal, 3 Gadwall, 8 Coot, 5 Lapwing (NW), 27 BH Gull, 2 Common Gull, 20 Wood pigeon (S), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Skylark, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Song Thrush (W), 82 Redwing (W, 2, 80), 1 Linnet (S), 1 Greenfinch (S), 6 Chaffinch (W), 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

Sawbridgeworth Marsh Roost (15:45-17:00) - 2 Cormorant (S), 2 Mallard (N), 2 Common Buzzard (E into Spill Timbers Wood), 4 Pheasant (in), 3 Common Snipe, 103 BH Gull (S), 39 Common Gull (S), 2 LBB Gull (S), 8 Stock Dove (E into Spill Timbers Wood), 1 Collared Dove (1NE then 1SW, same?), 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Pied Wagtail (SW), 3 Grey Wagtail (2E, 1SE), 3 Song Thrush, 26 Redwing (14 in, 9SW, 3S), 5+ Blackbird (3+ in, 2S), 12 Jackdaw (S, pitifully low count), 3 Jay, 24 Starling (7E, 7S, 10N), 3 Greenfinch (SW), 24 Chaffinch (W), 34 Reed Bunting (in) - Mike Harris

29th October

Honeysuckle Close B/S 0830 Hrs - 14 Fieldfare looking to land with 3 Redwing in tow - Graeme J. Smith

28th October

Hayter, Spellbrook (west) - 641 REDWING all west (14, 16, 23, 13, 7, 1, 2, 22, 37, 42, 21, 14, 6, c.150, 23 and one flock of at least 250 birds in a single broad front) and in only 40 minutes! c.40 GOLDEN PLOVER over NE

Trims Green/Lysander Park - 203 REDWINGS west in 5 groups, c.300 BLACK-HEADED Gull, c.100 COMMON GULL and at least 30 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on fields c.800 metres SW. Lysander Park farm buildings were surrounded with birds with 20+ HOUSE SPARROWS, 7 PIED WAGTAIL, 22 YELLOWHAMMER, 54 LINNET, 37 GOLDFINCH, A stunning 51 GREENFINCH, 47+ CHAFFINCH, 78+ STARLING included 47 over West 3 GOLDEN PLOVER over NW Amazing there was so many small species hanging around… considering I saw (probably) the same female SPARROWHAWK three times. 3 TREE SPARROWS calling, low over South are a county tick for me.

Blounts Farm - 17 REDWING in tallest trees brings my daytotal to an incredible MINIMUM OF 861 birds, 2 RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE, 15 GOLDEN PLOVER- 4 joined by 2 more small flocks of 6 and 5 at the same spot JonoF found them the other day, 2 MISTLE THRUSH over South along with only a single MEADOW PIPIT. A very large feeding flock of c.150 CHAFFINCH just South-west of Mathams Wood.

Mathams Wood - 1 MARSH TIT

Mathams Pit - To my great surprise the Pit is being refilled. 327 BLACK-HEADED GULL, 201 COMMON GULL - nice to get a monster count before November 112 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS including a distant blue-ringed individual (finished “B”), 1 Adult GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL looking more than just a bit poorly, 4 LAPWING and 2 MEADOW PIPIT.

Michael’s Mead Pond (Southern Country Park) - 59 FIELDFARE(47 and 12 all West), the usual drake TUTED DUCK, 1 vocal WATER RAIL and 2 BULLFINCH amongst the usuals. - Graeme J. Smith

26th October

Hayter, Spellbrook (west) - 1 RAVEN over South, 61 REDWING (2, 42, 9, 6, 2) over west, 15 Black-headed Gull North, 2 GREY WAGTAIL landing on Hayter’s facory roof from ENE shortly after 2 Pied Wagtails on a similar course. 21 Goldfinch (6, 3, 4, 1, 7) all West along with 36 Greenfinch (12, 6, 5, 2, 9, 2), 42 Chaffinch (2, 6, 7, 5, 9, 13), 53 Starling in 3 groups, 14 GOLDEN PLOVER SW, c.550 WOODPIGEON SW and 2 Blackbird high west. - Graeme J. Smith

25th October

SAL (07:15-08:15) - 3 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 8 Mallard, 1F Tufted Duck, 7 Coot, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Snipe, 54 BH Gull (mainly N), 2 Common Gull (N), 1 LBB Gull (N), 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Skylark, 9 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 11 Redwing (W. 6, 4, 1), 4 Jay (min), 271 Starling (W. 32, 70, 11, 4, 18, 55, 75, 6), 4 Greenfinch (W), 8 Chaffinch (W), 9 Linnet (W), 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting, 1 Yellowhammer - Mike Harris

Coploe Hill - Visible movement (06:15-08:00am) - 2 Cormorant (W), 25 Grey Goose sp. (SE), 15 Black-headed Gull (W), 2 Common Gull (W), 9 Lesser Black-backed Gull (W), 4 Herring Gull (W - all appeared to be argentatus), 1 WOODLARK (S @ 07:30), 28 Skylark (W/SW), 7 Meadow Pipit (S), 1 Grey Wagtail (S), 7 alba Wagtail (S), 3 Blackbird (W), 7 Fieldfare (W), 4 Song Thrush (W), 18 Redwing (W), 1 Jay (E), 28 Starling (W), 1 TREE SPARROW (S), 268 Chaffinch (W/SW), 2 Brambling (S), 31 Greenfinch (S), 9 Goldfinch (S), 1 Siskin (S), 39 Linnet (S), 9 Redpoll sp (S), 3 Reed Bunting (S)

Also: - 1 Common Buzzard, 1f MERLIN (NW of the viewpoint), 5 Grey Partridge

Strethall Fields - 1 RED KITE (untagged, being mobbed by corvids at 08:05am)

Audley End - Mute Swan, 1 Black Swan (long-staying individual), 1 Barnacle Goose (only a singleton for the last month or so)

Newport SW - 6 Meadow Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail, 10 Blackbird, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Goldcrest

Tednambury with Dave Sampson, - 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Herons, 12 Mallard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 6 Pheasant (in), 2 Water Rail, 1 Snipe, 147 Black-headed Gull (SW), 48 Common Gull (SW), 6 Lesser Black-backedGull (SW), 16 Stock Dove (S), 3 Collared Dove (S), 1 Kingfisher, 9 Meadow Pipit (in), 2 Grey Wagtail (SE), 1 Song Thrush (in), 86 Redwing, 10 Long-tailed Tits, 67 Magpie (In), 25 Starling (S), 35 Greenfinch (mostly S - some in), 7 Goldfinch (S), 4 Siskin, 26 Yellowhammer (in), 9 Reed Bunting (in) - Stephen Patmore

24th October

SAL (07:50-0840)- - 4 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 18 Mallard, 1F Teal, 8 Coot, 22 Moorhen, 1 BH Gull 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 6 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 3 Goldcrest (first of Autumn), 3 Jay, 1 Goldfinch, 8 Chaffinch, 6 Reed Bunting

Hatfield Forest (08:45-09:45) - 3 GC Grebe (pair + youngster), 1 Grey Heron, 1 Canada Goose, 58 Mallard, 12 Teal, 3 Coot, 18 BH Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 GS Woodpecker, Wood Pigeon sitting on nest platform (!) near the 'Old Tawny tree'., 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Redwing (only), 1 Song Thrush, 14 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch - Mike Harris

23rd October

Visible movement (07:30-08:00am) - 10 Meadow Pipit (S), 14 alba Wagtail (S), 1 Blackbird (S), 7 Song Thrush (S), 2 TREE SPARROW (S), 26 Chaffinch (S), 11 Greenfinch (S), 20 Goldfinch (S), 1 Siskin (S), 68 Linnet (S), 5 Redpoll (S), Also, 12 Grey Partridges - Stephen Patmore

22nd October

Spellbrook west - 2 Tawny Owl (one male calling from carpark wood and a second only 50 yards away in the cat and dog place) + now usual Little Owl, 16 Lapwing over Trims Green, Kestrel and a smart male Sparrowhawk on 3rd day on site.

Stort Park Farm - another Little Owl putting in a breif appearance on the nest tree, 21 Meadow Pipit grounded in bushes around stonechat corner and 28 Golden Plover over South is my first 'large' flock of the autumn - Graeme J. Smith

SAL (08:15-09:15) - 5 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant (E), 2 Mute Swan, 67 Mallard, 33 Teal, 9 Coot, 10 Lapwing (W), 1 Common Snipe, 42 BH Gull (mainly N), 1 Ad Herring Gull (W), 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Kingfisher, 7 Skylark (6 mainly S and 1 singing), 13 Pied Wagtail, 3 Grey Wagtail, 17 Meadow Pipit (12S & 5 feeding with wagtails), 30+ Robin (many with territories in the reedbeds), 6 Redwing (W), 3 Song Thrush (W), 3 Blackbird (S high), 2 Jay, 44 Starling (feeding parties), 1 Goldfinch, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Yellowhammer - Mike Harris

Coploe Hill - (07:45-09:00am - 13 Mallard (S), 1 Snipe (W), 10 Skylark (S), 3 Meadow Pipit (S), 4 alba Wagtail (S), 1 Blackbird (W), 1 Song Thrush (S), 9 Redwing (W), 223 Starling (W), 46 Chaffinch (W/S), 76 Greenfinch (S), 28 Goldfinch (S), 1 Siskin (S), 12 Linnet (S), 7 Redpoll sp (S), 2 Reed Bunting (S) - Stephen Patmore

20th October

Coploe Hill - (07:05-08:00am) - 3 Cormorant (W), 1 Grey Heron (E), 1 Skylark (W),m 2 Meadow Pipit S), 7 alba Wagtail (S), 1 Blackbird (W), 8 Song Thrush (S - one group of 7!), 9 Redwing (W), 11 Starling (W), 60 Chaffinch (W), 17 Greenfinch (S), 19 Goldfinch (S), 20 Linnet (S) - Stephen Patmore

19th October

Coploe Hill - Visible movement (07:15-09:15am) 2 Cormorant (W), 25 Common Gull (E), 19 Lesser Black-backed Gull (N), 39 Herring Gull (N), 1184 Woodpigeons (S), 41 Skylark (W), 5 Meadow Pipit (S), 5 Grey Wagtail (S), 9 alba Wagtail (S), 4 Blackbird (W), 106 Fieldfare (W), 526 Redwing (W), 2 Song Thrush (S), 81 Starling (W), 3 TREE SPARROW (S), 1192 Chaffinches (W - 1003 in the first hour!), 7 Brambling (W), 83 Greenfinches (S), 43 Goldfinch (S), 54 Linnet (S), 2 Redpoll (S), 3 Reed Bunting (S) - Stephen Patmore

18th October

Coploe Hill Visible movement (07:00-10:45am) - 30 Lapwing (W),15 Lesser Black-backed Gull (N),23 Herring Gull (NE), 2035 Woodpigeon (S/SW), 3 Great Spotted Woodpeckers (N), 320 Skylark (W), 9 Meadow Pipit (S), 7 alba Wagtail (S), 9 Blackbird (W), 97 Fieldfare (W), 2 Song Thrush (W), 745 Redwing (W), 431 Starling (W), 5 TREE SPARROW (1W,4S), 720 Chaffinch (W), 2 Brambling (W), 7 Greenfinch (S), 58 Goldfinch (S), 3 Siskin (S), 2 Redpoll (S), 21 Linnet (S), 2 Reed Bunting (S)

Also, 14 Grey Partridge, 350 Golden Plover, 100 Lapwing, 1500 Starlings, 200+ Linnets, - Stephen Patmore

17th October

Coploe Hill Visible movement (07:00-10:15am) - 1 Cormorant (E), 1 POCHARD (NW), 5 Herring Gull (N), 26 Lesser Black-backed Gull (N), 575 Woodpigeons (W/SW), 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers (W), 29 Skylark (W), 11 Meadow Pipit (S), 9 alba Wagtail (S), 3 Blackbird (W), 1 RING OUZEL (W), 437 Fieldfares (W), 7 Song Thrush (W/SW), 1831 Redwings (W), 4 Mistle Thrush (W), 1 Jay (E), 373 Starling (W), 3 TREE SPARROWS (S - all singles), 125 Chaffinch (W), 1 Brambling (W), 17 Greenfinch (S), 24 Goldfinch (S), 4 Siskin (S), 19 Linnet (S), 3 Redpoll sp (S), 2 Reed Bunting (S)

Also: 6 Common Buzzards, 1 PEREGRINE (Juv chasing Woodpigeons to the SW), 350 Golden Plover, 100 Lapwings, 200 Black-headed Gulls, 50 Common Gulls, 650 Starlings, - Stephen Patmore

15th October

Stansted Airport Lagoons - 3 Buzzards soaring together north of lagoons. 7 Little Grebes. - Colin Wills

SAL - 7 Little Grebe , 7 Cormorant (S), 2 Mute Swan, 1m Wigeon, 35 Teal, 23 Mallard, 5 Lapwing (N), 2 Snipe, 20 Common Gull, 6 Collared Dove (W), 85 Skylark (NW), 20 Meadow Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail, 10 Blackbird, 1 Fieldfare,. 25 Song Thrush, 342 Redwing (NW), 1 Mistle Thrush (W), 2 Chiffchaff, 5 Jays, 301 Starling (NW), 110 Chaffinch (NW), 2 Brambling (NW), 30 Linnet (N), 4 Bullfinch, 15 Reed Bunting - Stephen Patmore

14th October

SAL - 40 Teal, 1 GREY PLOVER (flew N calling @ 08:05am), 2 Snipe, 15 Meadow Pipit (NW), 1 RING OUZEL (in scrub on S side at dawn, then flew NW with Redwings), 10 Blackbirds, 6 Fieldfares (N), 30 Song Thrush (NW), 840 Redwings (NW), 1 Chiffchaff, 85 Starling (N), 160 Chaffinch (NW), 15 Brambling (N/NW), 25 Goldfinch (W), 20 Linnet (W) - Stephen Patmore

13th October

Spellbrook and Thorley Church - 279 Redwing and 49 Songthrush mostly SW and 13 Siskin over NNW towards Thorley Church, 2 Grey Part, 5 Little Owl and 2 Tawny Owl - Graeme J. Smith

12th October

Stansted Airport Lagoons - 2 Whooper Swans (adults) on NE pit at midday; stayed briefly, calling agitatedly, then took off and headed high north. Also Buzzard, 1+ Chiffchaff, 2 Teal, 6 Little Grebes. - Colin Wills

Coploe Hill - 1 Mute Swan (S), 120 Woodpigeon (SW), 32 Skylark (W), 2 Swallow (S), 6 Meadow Pipit (W), 8 alba Wagtail (S), 5 Blackbird (W), 1 Fieldfare (W), 12 Song Thrush (W), 798 Redwings (W), 22 Starling (W), 108 Chaffinch (W), , Brambling (W), 10 Greenfinch (S), 27 Goldfinch (S), 2 Siskin (W), 9 Redpoll (S), 30 Linnet (S), 3 Reed Bunting (S) - Stephen Patmore

Little Hadham 06.45 - 07.45 - 1 chiffing chiffchaff!(7.40), 23 jackdaws, 9 rooks, 5 redwing over, 2 great tits, 4 blue tits, 4 long tailed tits, 2 robins, 1 dunnock, 3 wrens, 17 LBBG north (7.35), 1 green woodpecker, 1 GSW, 3 blackbirds, 6 Starlings, 2 goldfinches, 1 chaffinch, 6 collared doves, 8 woodpigeons

Allotment 16.50 - 17.45 - 1 yellowhammer, 5 redwing west, 8 fieldfare west, 1 bullfinch, 1 BHG, 50+ rooks, 25+ jackdaws, 20+ carrion crows, 50+ wood pigeons, 2 collared dove, 1 stock dove north, 6 blackbirds, 1 green woodpecker, 1 GSW, 1 COMMON BUZZARD north, 6 chaffinche - Jono Forgham


10th October

Stort Park Farm - LESSER WHITETHROAT - sticking to the SW edge of SPF House Garden. Graeme J. Smith

SAL (07:25-08:35) - 4 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 51 Mallard, 1 Teal, 1M Tufted Duck, 8 Coot, c.20 Moorhen, 2 Common Snipe, 15 BHG (N/NW), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Skylark (singing), 8 Pied Wagtail, 3 Grey Wagtail, 24 Meadow Pipit (mainly NW into headwind), 32 Redwing (1, 2, 14, 15. W my first of Autumn), 1 Fieldfare (W ditto), 4 Song Thrush, 21 Starling (6E locals, 15W prob migrants), 8 Chaffinch (mainly NW), 2 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch, 3 Yellowhammer, 11 Reed Bunting (in from height)

1 Muntjac , 1 'Myxie' Rabbit (pleasingly absent from SAL this Summer)

Trims Green (08:50-09:30) - 60+ Mallard (on fishing pools), 1 Kestrel, 42 Golden Plover (26, 16), 40 Collared Dove, 10 Skylark, 15 Meadow Pipit, 1 Alba Wagtail, 114 Redwing (1, 16, 23, 70, 2, 2), 1 Song Thrush, 30 Linnet, 25 Goldfinch, 27 Chaffinch, 10 Greenfinch

Pishiobury Park (17:20 till after dark) - 1 Cormorant (S), 27 BH Gull (S), 2 Common Gull (S), 3 LBB Gull (S), 3 Stock Dove, 1 Tawny Owl (calling near the park entrance on my return), 1 BARN OWL (superb hunting views), 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 GS Woodpecker, 20 Meadow Pipit, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Song Thrush, 5 Mistle Thrush, 5 Long tailed Tit (min), 2 Jay, 100's Jackdaw (in the roost - impossible to count accurately), 100+ Rook (in the roost - ditto), 1 Goldfinch, 7 Chaffinch, 1 BRAMBLING - Mike Harris

Coploe Hill (07:00-10:00) - 36 Golden Plover (W), 38 Black-headed Gull (W), 1 Herring Gull (NW), 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull (W), 105 Skylarks (W), 2 Swallow (W), 1 ROCK PIPIT (S @ 08:15am), 13 Meadow Pipit (SW), 21 alba Wagtail (SW), 5 Blackbird (W), 3 Fieldfare (W), 13 Song Thrush (SW), 376 Redwing (W), 52 Starling (W), 193 Chaffinch (W), 9 Greenfinch (S), 16 Goldfinch (S), 1 Siskin (S), 1 Redpoll (S), 18 Linnet (S), 8 Reed Bunting (S) - Stephen Patmore

9th October

SAL - 4 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan, 1f Wigeon, 46 Teal, 40+ Mallard, 1 Lapwing, 1+ Jack Snipe, 13+ Snipe, 1 Kingfisher, 15 Skylark, 1 ROCK PIPIT (circled the site, then left N calling @ 07:50am), 20 Meadow Pipits , 5 Grey Wagtails, 25 alba Wagtail (SW), 3 Blackbird singletons dropped in from height), 1+ Redwing (heard), 5 Song Thrush, 3 Chiffchaffs, 10 Greenfinch (SW), 30 Linnet (S/SW), 3 Redpoll (SW), 10 Reed Bunting (leaving roost at dawn) - Stephen Patmore

8th October

Coploe Hill (06:50-08:20) - 5 Cormorant (N), 1 Grey Heron (N), 1 Sparrowhawk (E), 27 Skylark (W), 13 Swallow (W), 1 House Martin (W), 9 Meadow Pipit (S), 1 Grey Wagtail (S), 6 alba Wagtail (S), 3 Dunnock (W), 9 Song Thrush (SW), 3 Redwing (SW), 23 Starling (W), 110 Chaffinch (SW), 9 Greenfinch (S), 8 Goldfinch (S), 113 Linnet (S), 4 Reed Bunting (S) - Stephen Patmore

3rd October

SAL (07:25-08:15) - 4 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 16 Mallard, 12 Teal, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 9 Coot, c.30 Moorhen, 3 Common Snipe, 2 LBB Gull (N), 2 BH Gull (N), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Skylark, 14 Pied Wagtail (into headwind), 1 Grey Wagtail, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 1 Blackbird (high W), 1 Song Thrush, 11 Magpie (on the mud of the smallest lagoon!), 1 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting - Mike Harris

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