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-	21st July	+	31st December
-	spellbrook - Grey Wagtail on pub grounds, kingfisher from wallbury/wash footbridge also Buzzard over north with Hobby giving it a hard time. This is my first spellbrook Hobby of 2008 in complete contrast to the regular sightings during the last few summers. no sign of Grasshopper Warbler again today tho - Graeme J Smith	+	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.
-	20th July	+	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.
-	SAL (05:10-05:50am) - 2 Little Grebes (pair at nest), 2 Teal, 182 Mallard (inc brood of 5 day-old young), 11ad+11juv Tufted Ducks (no sign of 3rd brood present last week), 1f Sparrowhawk, 1m Kestrel, 1ad Hobby, 3 Common Sandpipers, 10 Swifts, 4 Willow Warblers, 3 Jays, 6 Linnets	+	The club will next meet on Monday 4th January at the Bricklayer's Arms at 8.00 pm.
-	SLRS (06:10-07:00am) - 1 Cormorant, 3 Grey Herons, 2 Teal, 1m Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 6ad+2juv Lapwings, 4 Black-headed Gulls, 1ad Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2ad Common Terns, 3 Stock Doves, 2juv Green Woodpeckers, 3juv Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 30 Sand Martins (S), 6 House Martins, 2ad+3juv Yellow Wagtails, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroats, 1 Garden Warbler, 3 Blackcaps, 4 Chiffchaffs	+	A Happy New Year,
-	Coploe Hill (07:45-09:30am) - 4 Cormorants (S), 1 Grey Heron (N), 2 Sparrowhawks, 6 Common Buzzards, f Grey Partridge (with young chicks), 1 s/p Golden Plover (SW), 45 Lapwings (N), 1 Whimbrel (SW at 08:10am), 17 Black-headed Gulls (W), 2ad Herring Gulls (W), 84 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (W/SW), 1ad Sandwich Tern (S calling at 07:53am), 65 Swifts (S), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Sand Martins (S), 1 Mistle Thrush (N), 3 Lesser Whitethroats - Stephen Patmore	+	Many Thanks, David Arch.
-	Hatfield Forest - Crossbill in Beggarshall Coppice (TL531203) this morning. - Jan Hein van Steenis	+	28th December
-	19th July	+	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
-	Bush End Church - Turtle Dove still singing from grounds - Graeme J. Smith	+	26th December
-	18th July	+	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
-	Newton - Barn Owl - Mick East	+	23rd December
-	17th July	+	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
-	Trimms Green - Corn Bunting 2 still singing, Buzzard regular this year for first time, today seen again returning to the same area in Mathams Wood - Graeme J. Smith	+	Honeysuckle Close - 8 Redwing and a Female Blackcap in our garden
-	Little Hormead - Tawny Owl - Mick East	+	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
-	Newport - five Whimbrel flew S low over my  garden at 07:40 this morning. - Stephen Patmore	+	22nd December
-	SLRS (17:00-17:30)- 1 Cormorant (S), 7 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 BH Gull (Ads), Yellow Wagtail heard, 1 juv Whitethroat, The partial albino juvenile Moorhen still present on the South end of the Scrape amongst the Juncus. Mike Harris	+	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
-	16th July	+	21st December
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-	Michaels Mead Pond - single Common Tern still fishing regularly. On departure always heads in direction of Thorley Wash. still 3 singing Reed Warblers.	+
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-	Hayter, Spellbrook (West) - Bullfinches on second brood, the single surviving Green Woodpecker Juv giving absurdly close views on the entrance lawn, Kestrels very vocal around suspected nest site again today, Harlequin ladybirds now unavoidable - Graeme J. Smith	+
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-	14th July	+
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-	Vantorts Recreation Park in Sawbridgeworth.  - 8.20am one Spotted Flycatcher making sallies for	+
-	insects from Cherry Tree - Steve Butler	+
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-	SLRS (17:30-18:00) - 3 Cormorant (S), 9 Canada Goose, 1 LBB Gull (2nd Sum), 3 BH Gull, 6 Lapwing (includes two of the brood), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 GS Woodpecker, 10 House Martin, 1 Swallow (singing) - Mike Harris	+
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-	SLRS (08:40-09:10) - 1 Cormorant, 4 Canada Geese, 2 Lapwing, 1 Ad BH Gull, 1 Common Tern	+
-	1 Partial albino juvenile Moorhen. Amazing looking creature with blotchy white flanks and an inverted 'V' on the mantle.	+
-	SAL (09:25-10:15) - 1 Common Sandpiper, Plus all the usual suspects.	+	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.
-	In one brief sunny spell a few Insects became apparent. - 3 Large White, 30 Meadow Brown, 4 Ringlet, 1 Essex/Small Skipper, 1M B T Skimmer.	+	Oriole Way - 30+ Redwing and another 7 Song Thrush - Graeme J. Smith
-	Allens Green - 60+ Swift drifting South at 10:30. - Mike Harris	+	20th December
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-	SAL (07:05-07:50) - 4 Little Grebe, 4 Tufted Duck (+ broods of 4 & 6), 1 Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Swift, 5 Swallow, 1 House Martin , 50+ Sand Martin, 2 Grey Wagtail, 10+ Pied Wagtail, 6+ Reed Warbler (3 singing males and 3 fledged juvs), 2 Chiffchaff still singing.	+
-	Hatfield Forest - 300 Jackdaw (2 roadside flocks in crops, 200 + 100)	+	Stort Park Farm - 77 LAPWING West in groups of (2, 33 and 42), 1 Herring Gull NE, 10 Bullfinch
-	Hatfield Heath - 60 Lapwing (N)	+	Honeysuckle Close - 1 Great Black-backed Gull over West - Graeme J. Smith
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-	SLRS (08:05-08:30) - 4 Lapwing (FG), 1 LBB Gull (3rd Sum W), 4 BH Gull, 15 House Martin, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail (pair 'alarming' in crops over the railway) - Mike Harris	+
-	Coploe Hill - single Whimbrel heading SW over at 15:35. Stephen Patmore	+	18th December
-	11th July	+	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
-	SAL - 3ad+11juv Tufted Duck, 1ad Hobby, 1f Kestrel, 2 Lapwings, 1 Common Sandpiper, 30 Swifts, 40 Sand Martins, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Pied Wagtails, 10+ Reed Warblers, 4 Willow Warblers	+	15th December
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-	Y'day, a single Common Sandpiper (per Colin Wills).  - Stephen  Patmore	+
-	Stortford Park Farm - 87 Swift over South at dusk, little owl - Graeme J. Smith	+	Stort Park Farm (east) - 1 Lesser Redpoll - Graeme J. Smith
-	10th July	+	14th December
-	SLRS - Black-tailed Godwit 3, Yellow Wagtails vocal in the fields E of the railway line - John Slee also Mike Harris	+	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
-	Hayter Factory, spellbrook (west) - Little Owl 1, sitting in tree at main car park.  My first work record since starting here in Oct. '02 - Graeme J. Smith	+	13th December
-	9th July	+	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)
-	SAL - c.120 Sand Martins - Colin Wills	+	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
-	8th July	+	12th December
-	Thorley Wash - no sign of Grasshopper Warblers at 1130 hrs	+	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
-	Wallbury Weir - Adult Common Sandpiper, a first for my Spellbrook list at 11:15 hrs! - Graeme J. Smith	+	8th December
-	SLRS (17:00-18:00) - 2 Cormorant (S), New Mallard brood (4Y), 1M Teal, 4 Canada Geese, 1 Sparrowhawk (prob F), 2 BH Gull (Ad + juv), 8 Lapwing (5FG + 3Y), 2 Swift (S), 0 (3) Swallow, 3 (40+) House Martin, 15+ (1) Sand Martin, 6+ Pied Wagtail, 2 Yellow Wagtail (pair both carrying food in crop field south of the access track), 5 Goldfinch.	+	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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-	Both Meadow Brown and Ringlet flying in small numbers. - Mike Harris	+
-	SAL (17:15-18:00) - 4ad Little Grebe, 4f Tufted Duck + two broods of 6 young, 1juv Little Ringed Plover, 1ad Lapwing, 3 Common Sandpipers, 45 Swifts (NW), 1 Kingfisher, 130+ Sand Martins (mostly juvs - no Swallows or House Martins present), 1 Meadow Pipit, 1juv Yellow Wagtail, 3 Grey Wagtails (inc agitated pair at northern end, suggesting young may have fledged?), 13 Pied Wagtails, 2 Willow Warblers, 3 Reed Buntings	+	7th December
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-	Ugley Green - 1 Spotted Flycatcher (carrying food)	+
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-	Newport SW - 1ad+1juv Kingfisher, 30+ Swallows, 2 Grey Wagtails	+
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-	Audley End - 3 Cormorants, 3ad Mute Swan, 23 Canada Geese, 3 Barnacle Geese, 14ad+10juv Tufted Ducks	+
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-	Coploe Hill (18:50-20:40) - - No sign of yesterday's Quail. , 1 Grey Heron (N), 3 Common Buzzards,	+
-	7 Lapwings (S), 13 Black-headed Gulls (S), 18 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (S), 1 Great Black-backed Gull - 3rd Yr (S), 150+ Swifts, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 720 Jackdaws (N - roost movement), 245 Rooks (N - roost movement), 35 Starlings, 1m Reed Bunting - Stephen  Patmore	+
-	7th July	+	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
-	Thorley Wash - Grasshopper Warbler still singing despite rain at 05:35	+	6th December
-	200 yards East of Thorley Church - male Yellow Wagtail again	+	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
-	Spellbrook lane (east) - Spotted Flycatcher 1, c. 25 yards north-east of rail crossing - Graeme J. Smith	+	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
-	SLRS - 1M Teal, 1 LRP, 5 FG Lapwing (chicks hopefully undercover?), 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Ad LBBG (Marauding), 1 Ad BHG - Mike Harris	+	5th December
-	Coploe Hill - Quail this evening - calling pretty persistently from the fields W of (and below) the hill from c.19:15 - 20:25. Nearby, a second singing Quail in fields just E of the minor road between Strethall and Chrishall, and just S of the Ickleton turn, at c.20:40. - Stephen Patmore	+	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
-	6th July	+	4th December
-	SAL (08:30-09:30)- 5 Little Grebe (4Ads, 1 juv), 3 Tufted Duck (All Females, one with brood of 6 ducklings), 1 LBB Gull (3rd Sum W), 2 BH Gulls (S), 2 Lapwing, 1 LR Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 GS Woodpecker, 40+ Swift, 30 Sand Martin, 20 House Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail (juv), 10+ Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit (S - first of Autumn!), 2 Reed Warbler, 3 Whitethroat (inclu first juv), 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Bullfinch, 13 Goldfinch, 3 Linnet	+	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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-	20 Meadow Brown, 10 Ringlet	+
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-	11 Emerald Damselfly (8M, 2F, 1T), 6 Common Blue Damselfly (5M, 1T), 4 Blue tailed Damselfly (5M, 1T), 2 Black tailed Skimmer (1M, 1T)	+
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-	Quite a few Deer prints in the soft muddy edges	+
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-	SLRS (09:45-10:15)- 1M Teal, 2 Gadwall (pair in eclipse), 1F Tufted Duck, 1 Ad LBB Gull(hasseling Flapper chicks), 1 Ad BH Gull, 2 LR Plover (per John Slee), 3 Lapwing (and brood), 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Black tailed Godwit (Summer plumage islandica) - Mike harris	+
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-	SAL (07:30-08:30) - 2 Little Grebe, 1 Hobby, 5 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 LBB Gull (3rdSum), 11 BH Gull (Ads drifting S in small groups), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Swift, 1 House Martin, 6 Sand Martin, 10+ Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff (Family party), 1 Goldfinch, 6 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Yellowhammer	+	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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-	SLRS (08:45-09-15)- 1 Cormorant (in Corm tree), 4 Canada Geese, Coot brood of three chicks, 20 Moorhen (juvs everywhere now), 1 Ad Water Rail, 3 Lapwing (+ 3 Chicks - growing well), 1 Ad LR Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper, 11 BH Gull (Ads drifting South, several dropping in to bathe and feed)	+
-	2 Swift, 2 House Martin, 1M Reed Bunting, 1M Yellowhammer, - Mike & Anita Harris	+
-	4th July	+	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
-	Thorley Wash - Grasshopper Warbler - Graeme J. Smith	+	1st December
-	3rd July	+	Farnham Road - 2 X  Common Buzzard, 2 X Grey Heron - Mick East
-	SAL - 6 Little Grebes, 3 (1m) Tufted Duck, 2ad Little Ringed Plovers, 12 Lapwings, 3 Green Sands	+	30th November
-	4 Common Sands, 5+ Sand Martins, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Lesser Whitethroat (pr feeding young at nest), 2juv Willow Warblers - Also 2 Grass Snakes.  - Stephen  Patmore	+
-	2nd July	+	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
-	Newport - 3 Crossbills flying SE over at c.08:00am this morning; also a single Crossbill heard calling at 05:50am on Sunday morning. - Stephen Patmore	+	Furneaux Pelham North - Barn Owl x 2 - Mick East
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-	SAL - Ruddy Duck, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, 4 Common Sandpipers, Green Sandpiper, Common Tern - Colin Wills	+
-	SLRS - Yellow Wagtail, a Sand Martin - John Slee	+	28th November
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-	Thorley Wash - Grasshopper Warbler, still singing 30-40 yards NNW of Thorley Wash/Wallbury footbridge at 0640-0700.  no sign of second bird today - Graeme J. Smith	+	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
-	30th June	+	Stort Park Farm - A few Golden Plover calling from distant SW field, 2 Treecreeper in SPF house grounds - Graeme J. Smith
-	Thorley Wash - Grasshopper Warbler, still singing persistently 30-40 yards NNW of Thorley Wash/Wallbury footbridge (0850-0945 hrs) a second bird on the south side occasionally heard - Graeme J. Smith	+	27th November
-	29th June	+	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
-	SAL (17:30-18:30) - 1 Little Grebe on nest (thats the most exposed nest i think i've ever seen!),	+	25th November
-	80 Mallard (includes all broods), 7 Tufted Duck (3pr + injured F), 20 Coot, 2 LRP (juvs), 3 Lapwing (juvs), 1 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 10 Swift, 50+ Sand Martin (mainly juvs), 5+ L T Tit (brood), 1 Grey Wagtail, 10+ Pied Wagtail (mainly juvs), 3 Reed Warbler (singing males), 2 Whitethroat (ditto), 1 Chiffchaff (ditto), 11 Goldfinch, 2 Yellowhammer, 2 Reed Bunting - Mike Harris	+
-	28th June	+	Hatfield Forest - Drake Goosander on lake. 4+ Siskin in lakeside alders. - Colin Wills
-	Latton Park (14:00-16:00) - 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 G S Woodpecker, 10 Skylark (on the Common), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (carrying food into a bramble bush), 3 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (heard), 15 L T Tit, 2 Marsh Tit, 20 Coal Tit, 15 Blue Tit, 10 Great Tit, 3 Jay	+	23rd November 09
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-	The huge mixed Tit flock of 60+ birds, mainly juveniles, had a surprisingly high percentage of Coal Tits.	+
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-	2 spikes of Bee Orchids (past their best) were growing by the entrance to the woods behind the (Ex) Little Chef.	+
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-	2 Large White, 3 Red Admiral, 1 Purple Hairstreak, 35 Meadow Brown, 40 Speckled Wood, 10 Ringlet	+
-	6 Small/Essex Skipper	+
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-	5 Large Red Damselfly, 3 Azure Damselfly, 1 TM Black Tailed Skimmer	+
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-	If anyone wants to visit the Woods, you should be aware that the 'Forest Way' has been renamed the 'Stort Valley Way' on the Footpath signs.-  Mike Harris	+
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-	27th June	+
-	Bishops Stortford - Red Kite high over the High School going towards Motorway. - Mike Franklin	+	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
-	SLRS (17:00-18:00)- 4 Canada Geese (F + 3Y), Many Mallard broods, 2 Prs Coot (+ young), 6 Moorhen (inclu 2 well grown juvs), 10 Lapwing (7Ads + 3Y), 1 Ad LBBG, 10 Swift, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Sand Martin, 25 House Martin, 1 Yellow Wagtail (juv), 6 Pied Wagtail (Min), 3 Linnet, 1M Reed Bunting (Still singing away!) - Mike Harris	+	21st November
-	26th June	+	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
-	Thorley Wash - Grasshopper Warbler, still singing 30-40 yards NNW of Thorley Wash/Wallbury footbridge - Graeme J. Smith	+	20th November
-	25th June	+	Stort Park Farm (west) - 45-50 Golden Plover over South at 1530 Hrs - Graeme J. Smith
-	Trimms Green - Lapwing 4 (flew west into the distance from Blounts farm), Yellow Wagtail 2 (male and juv) opposite entrance to Morris farm - Graeme J. Smith	+	19th November
-	24th June	+	Twyford Lock area - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker approx 12.45pm Redwing (approx 30 with Goldfinches and Siskins - Dave Sampson
-	Quinbury Farm  - Quail singing north of Braughing at Hay Street from the footpath at Quinbury Farm TL398264 - Birdguides	+	16th November
-	Patient End - Little Owl	+	River Stort (14:00-15:30) Between Twyford and Spellbrook Locks; 6 Little Grebe, 5 Fieldfare and 1 Kingfisher- Tony Moverley
-	Patmore Heath - Goldcrest - Mick East	+	15th November
-	SAL - 2m Teal, 116 Mallard, 19 Tufted Ducks, 6 (2ad+4juv) Little Ringed Plovers, 15 Lapwings,	+	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
-	1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Stock Doves, 10+ Swift, 20+ Sand Martins, 10+ House Martins, 20+ Swallows, 3 Grey Wagtails, 20+ Pied Wagtails (mostly juvs) - Stephen Patmore	+
-	22nd June	+	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
-	Hatfield Heath (07:55) - 2MM Peacock	+	14th November
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-	SAL (08:05-08:55) - 2 Little Grebe (Wader lagoon), 3 New Mallard broods (fantastic season for them - 11, 8 & 8), 3 Tufted Duck (Pr + 1S), Still no Coot or Moorhen broods, 4 L R Plover (all juveniles - bred nearby?), 1 Common Sandpiper, 10 Swift, 10 House Martin, 6 Sand Martin, 3 Skylark	+
-	10+ Pied Wagtail (mainly juveniles), 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Sedge Warbler (singing males on the Wader lagoon - where have they come from? First records for SAL this year for me) All the usual suspects still in song, Willow W, Reed W, Whitethroat, Garden W, Chiffchaff etc.	+
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-	SLRS (09:15-0945)- 1 Cormorant (making futile attempts to land on Corm tree!), 1F Shoveler, 1F Canada +3Y, Pr Lapwing + 2 fluffy young (Yes! They did breed!), 1 Green Woodpecker, 10 House Martin , 1 Sand Martin, 1 Sedge Warbler (singing in Juncus - where did he come from too? First for SLRS for me this year), Family of Whitethroats, 2 YellowWagtail (Males in territorial dispute over the track East of the Railway)	+
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-	1 Grass Snake curled up on path. It must have been cold because it allowed me to touch it before it slithered off.	+
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-	1 Stoat ran across Sheering Lower Road South of the Marsh. - Mike Harris	+
-	21st June	+	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
-	Stort Valley - Common Tern, Pair of Common Terns between Spellbrook & Tednambury excellent views all afternoon. (Tern also seen regularly near new footbridge at Rivermill Chinese early mornings c5am) Also Reed Warblers, Reed Buntings, 3 Curlews over flying north/nw c 1630 21/06. Garden Warbler between spellbrook & wallbury - keith watts	+	11th November
-	20th June	+	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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-	Thorley Wash, Bishops Stortford: - grasshopper warbler, still singing 30-40 yards NNW of thorley wash/wallbury footbridge. can be heard from bridge so no need to venture out into the nettles. - graeme j smith	+
-	Stort - Grasshopper Warbler, Singing 30 yds NW of bridge 44 (Wallbury) c 11.30am 20/06, but not heard on next visit c 5pm Saturday 21/06 - keith watts	+	8th November
-	19th June	+	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
-	Thorley Wash - Grasshopper Warbler singing 30 yards North-West of Wallbury/Wash footbridge 0630-0645 hrs	+	7th November
-	Trimms Green - grey partridge (this bird looked as if it was sitting on eggs, staying very still and refusing to move despite close proximity), common buzzard 1, kestrel 1, yellow wagtail - disappeared when grass was cut at the north-west gate at blounts farm - Graeme J. Smith	+	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
-	18th June	+	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)
-	Norfolk Way, Bishop's Stortford - an adult Common Tern (with food) was observed flying over Norfolk Way approx 09.00 hrs - a somewhat unusual occurrence in Town; rather suggests there is a lake nearby with a breeding pair on it (surely too far way from the Hatfield Forest ternery).	+	Also: 2 Sparrowhawk, 450 Golden Plover, 350 Lapwing, 100 Black-headed Gulls, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Corn Bunting - Stephen Patmore
-	Dave Sampson	+
-	16th June	+	31st October
-	Amwell NR - wood sandpiper (from new white hide until 1528hrs only), green sandpiper, cettis warbler, 2 spotted flycatcher - per RBA	+	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
-	15th June	+	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
-	Thorley Park  - Red Kite Adult Red Kite seen over Thorley Park about 11.30am - flying in a  westerly direction. Don't think it is the same bird as the 'unusually plumaged etc' bird seen at Sheering recently (see Stort Valley Wild site) as it didn't seem as 'tatty'as that individual and the plumage colours looked 'normal'. - Dave Sampson	+	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
-	Farnham Road Herts - Common Buzzard	+	29th October
-	Nino Wood area - Common Buzzard - Mick East	+	Honeysuckle Close B/S 0830 Hrs - 14 Fieldfare looking to land with 3 Redwing in tow - Graeme J. Smith
-	SAL (09:20-10:10) - 1 G C Grebe, 2 Little Grebe (Small lag), 65 Mallard (30 ads, 35 juvs), 3 Teal (MMF), 13 Tufted Duck, 1 Canada Goose, 1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 35 Swift, 10+ Sand Martin, 2 Skylark, 3 Reed Warbler (singing males), 2 Whitethroat (ditto), 3 Willow Warbler (ditto) , 1 Pr Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Yellowhammer	+	28th October
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-	6 Black tailed Skimmer (5M 1F), 2 Common Blue D/Fly, 5 Common Blue Butterfly (all males), 1 Meadow Brown - Mike Harris	+
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-	SLRS (10:30-11:30) - 3 Cormorant (all in Corm tree), 1F Canada and her three hybrid young looking more like Canada's now!), 1 Kestrel, 3 Ad Lapwing, 1 Herring Gull (2nd Sum), 1 Green Woodpecker,1 G S Woodpecker , 2 Prs Whitethroat carrying food (one at South end and one at Railway crossing) 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Willow Warbler (JS), 1M Reed Bunting, - Mike Harris  John Slee and Kevin Hanrahan	+
-	Debden Park - single Crossbill flew SW over am Also, two Common Terns, and at a site nearby, a day-hunting Barn Owl at a potential nest site. - Stephen  Patmore	+	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
-	14th June	+	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.
-	Patient End - Little Owl - Mick East	+	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.
-	13th June	+	Mathams Wood - 1 MARSH TIT
-	Furneax Pelham - Little Owl	+	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.
-	Barley North - Barn Owl 06:00 - Mick East	+	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
-	11th June	+	26th October
-	Bishop's Stortford (Hockerill area) - 1020 am. Fleeting glimpse of 3 'Egret' type heading North (all white - legs well projected).- Ian Gray	+	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
-	8th June	+	25th October
-	Patmore Heath - Common Buzzard X3 - Mick East	+	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
-	7th June	+	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)
-	SAL (16:30-17:30)	+	Also: - 1 Common Buzzard, 1f MERLIN (NW of the viewpoint), 5 Grey Partridge
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-	4 L Grebe (pr on small lagoon and calling birds on the other lagoons, so possible three pairs now)	+
-	21 Mallard (plus 5 broods - 11,7,4,4,4 - all well grown apart from one brood of 4 day olds), 1M Teal, 24 Tufted Duck, 12 Swift, 4 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Reed Warbler singing)	+
-	2 Willow Warbler (ditto), 1 Chiffchaff (ditto)	+
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-	SLRS (17:45-18:05) - 30 Mallard ( + several broods - impossible to count now), 1F Canada ( + dubious offspring), 6 Coot ( + 2 broods), 2 Lapwing (Both Adults and probably both Males) - Mike Harris	+
-	6th June	+	Strethall Fields - 1 RED KITE (untagged, being mobbed by corvids at 08:05am)
-	Stortford park farm - little owl at roundabout - Graeme J. Smith	+	Audley End - Mute Swan, 1 Black Swan (long-staying individual), 1 Barnacle Goose (only a singleton for the last month or so)
-	4th June	+	Newport SW - 6 Meadow Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail, 10 Blackbird, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Goldcrest
-	between mathams pit and the black barn - grey partridge 2	+	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
-	trimms green - yellow wagtail male still singing from same spot	+	24th October
-	hayter, spellbrook - jay (young bird seen two days in a row at suspected nest site is my first ever confirmed breeding record!) - Graeme J Smith	+	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
-	1st June	+	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
-	Newport - 1f Marsh Harrier (over meadows NW of the village @ 06:20am), 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (all 1S, N), 30+ Sand Martins, 20+ House Martins (over Sewage Works in early showers), 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1m Reed Warbler, 2 Spotted Flycatchers (pair from last week at entrance to Sewage Works),Yesterday, a single tardy male Wheatear on Coploe Hill the only bird of note.  - Stephen Patmore	+
-	Hatfield Forest Lake - Great Crested Grebe 6 young at least 6 young on the lake, looked like two pairs had bred.  Common Tern sitting on raft. presume on eggs? - Pete Duxon	+	23rd October
-	Sawbridgeworth Marsh (16:15-16:45)	+	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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-	A few singing Warblers despite the overcast conditions.	+
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-	3 Reed Warbler	+
-	3 Sedge Warbler	+
-	1 Garden Warbler	+
-	2 Whitethroat	+
-	1 Chiffchaff	+
-	Also two pairs of Reed Buntings, one pair feeding young.	+
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-	SAL (17:15-18:00) - 3 Little Grebe (pair on small lagoon, plus one on Wader lagoon - they are beginning to arrive, albeit slowly), 22 Mallard (+ several broods), Pr Gadwall, 17 Tufted Duck (8 pairs + odd male), 14 Coot, 1 Kestrel, 1 L R Plover, 15 Swift, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Garden/Blackcap (Singing male, uttering phrases from each species, could not get a view to confirm either way)	+
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-	SLRS (18:15-18:45) - 1M Gadwall (going into eclipse), 1 Hobby (in from East, but in hunting mode)	+
-	20 Stock Dove (on Chaff dump), 1F Whitethroat (Collecting food) - Mike Harris	+
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-	31st May	+
-	SAL (07:30-08:05)- 2 Little Grebe (Small lagoon), 1 Cormorant (S), 17 Mallard (+ 4 Broods), 1M Shoveler, 6 Tufted Duck (3pr), 8 LBB Gull (N @ 07:49 various ages, but no adults), 6 House Martin (collecting wet mud from track), 2 GreyWagtail, 2 Mistle Thrush (S), 3 Reed Warbler (singing males), 1 Garden Warbler (ditto), 3 Willow Warbler (ditto), 1 Chiffchaff (ditto), 2 Reed Bunting (ditto), 2 Yellowhammer (ditto)	+	22nd October
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-	SLRS (08:20-09:00) - 1 Cormorant (Corm tree), 1M Gadwall, Mixed Goose pair and hybrid young, 1F Kestrel, 1 Lapwing, 2 G S Woodpecker, 15 Swift, 3 Skylark, (No sign of last weeks M Yellow wagtail), 2 Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff, 1M Reed Bunting, Pr Yellowhammer (carrying food)	+
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-	1 Small White (a bit early for Insects generally) - Mike Harris	+
-	29th May	+	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.
-	Thorley Wash - GRASSHOPPER WARBLER Singing male heard at the southern end of the first fenced enclosure; though very low key song!! Also, a mating pair of Eyed Hawk Moths observed and photographed. - Dave Sampson	+	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
-	Hadham Ford - 2 red kites (circling over to the East of the village, 2 corn buntings (Ash Valley G.C.), treecreeper, bullfinch, common buzzard (with large prey), reed bunting, stock dove, house sparrow, corvids,tits (inc newly fledged LTT's) finches (4sp), hirundines, moorhen and mallard (with 1 week old brood) woodpeckers, (2sp)warblers (3sp) etc etc., - Jono Forgham	+	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
-	27th May	+	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
-	A120 - Common Buzzard X2	+	20th October
-	Patmore Heath - Common Buzzard - Mick East	+	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
-	25th May	+	19th October
-	SLRS - 3 Gadwall, The Hybrid Goose pair have refound the third ugly Gosling!, 1 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 30 Barn Swallow, 20 House Martin	+	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
-	SAL - 2 LR Plover, 15 Sand Martin, - Mike Harris	+	18th October
-	24th May	+	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)
-	SAL (06:00-06:45) - 1 Grey Heron, 41 Mallard (+ broods of 11, 2 & 2), 8 Tufted Duck, 14 Coot, 3 Lapwing, 2 L R Plover, 1 Swift (NE), 2 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark (singing males), 1 Pied Wagtail, 5 Reed Warbler (singing males), 1 Garden Warbler (ditto), 4 Willow Warbler (ditto),	+	Also, 14 Grey Partridge, 350 Golden Plover, 100 Lapwing, 1500 Starlings, 200+ Linnets, -
-	1 Reed Bunting (ditto) , 2 Yellowhammer (ditto), 3 Linnet	+	Stephen Patmore
-	SLRS (07:00-07:30) - 3 Gadwall (MMF), 2 Canada Goose (S), 1F Canada + 1M Greylag and two  hybrid Goslings. 3 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, M Cuckoo, M Whitethroat, M Reed Bunting - Mike Harris	+	17th October
-	Millennium Wood, Bury Green - bullfinch 2, willow warbler 3+, chiffcaff 3+, blackcap 1, common whitethroat 2, reed bunting 2, green woodpecker 2,	+	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)
-	great spotted woodpecker 1, great black backed gull 2 north east, 2nd yr herring gull 1 south, linnets 2, swallows 8+, swifts 10+, usual corvids, finches and tits - Jono Forgham	+
-	23rd May	+	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
-	Hand Lane - Spotted Flycatcher catching insects at Hand Lane, opposite the entrance to Pishiobury Park carpark this evening at 17:00 - Mike Harris	+	15th October
-	20th May	+	Stansted Airport Lagoons - 3 Buzzards soaring together north of lagoons.  7 Little Grebes. - Colin Wills
-	Patmore Heath - Common Buzzard - Mick East	+	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
-	Amwell - Great Reed Warbler, James Hide	+	14th October
-	18th May	+	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
-	Hatfield Forest - Kite sp over - John Slee	+	13th October
-	SLRS - Breeding: 4 Mallard broods  8 - about a week old, 4 - about 2 weeks old (including Whitey), 4 - day olds, 4 - day olds, 1 Canada brood  3 goslings (3 adult birds too), 1 Coot brood 2 young, Also: Pair Gadwall, 1 Grey Lag, 1 Herring Gull (1st Sum flew N), 2 LBBG (N), 40 Stock Dove (on chaff dump)	+	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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-	Trims Green - 1 Hobby	+
-	Blounts Farm - M Kestrel, M Yellow Wagtail, M Pied Wagtail - Mike Harris	+	12th October
-	Coploe Hill,(15:15-16:15) - 10+ Common Buzzards, 6 Hobby (1 lingering, 2 singles N and party of 3), 27 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (NE), 391 Swifts (N/NE in 1hr), 2m Lesser Whitethroats - Stephen Patmore	+	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
-	17th May	+	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
-	SAL (08:00-09:00) - Wader lagoon water level now high again. 21 Mallard (+ broods of 5 & 2), 3 Tufted Duck (MMF), 8 Coot (big decrease in breeding pairs - no Little Grebes either), 1 Common Sandpiper, 20 Swift, 10 House Martin, 1 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 2 Skylark, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 7 Reed Warbler (all singing males), 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Willow Warbler (all singing males), 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Linnet, 3 Reed Bunting, 1 Yellowhammer	+	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
-	SLRS (09:10-09:30) - 2 Cormorant (in Corm tree), 11 Mallard (+ broods of 6 & 3 - includes the white duckling), 1 Canada Goose, 1 Grey lag , 6 Coot, 1 Lapwing, 3 Stock Dove, 1M Cuckoo, 20 Swift	+
-	10 House Martin, 2 Swallow, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Whitethroat, 50 Starling (Flock made up mostly of 1st brood 'Brown Sqawkers'), 1 Linnet, - Mike Harris	+
-	16th May	+	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
-	Henley Herne spring - corn bunting 1  singing just south east of spring c. 0640 hrs - Graeme J Smith
-	A120 - Black Kite today at around 14:30 flying east along the A120 north of Bishop's Stortford town centre.- Anita Harris	+	10th October
-	Birchanger Green Services - Goshawk? only a possible seen poorly & fairly briefly from the car but a buzzard-sized stocky, powerful greyish raptor heading directly away over the services. Drove round but couldn't relocate it. - James. A. Hanlon	+	Stort Park Farm - LESSER WHITETHROAT - sticking to the SW edge of SPF House Garden. Graeme J. Smith
-	15th May	+	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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-	Mathams Pit - Common Sandpiper, 10.10am - 10.30am Common Sandpiper, Swallows, Kestrel, Skylarks, Willow Warbler. No sign of tern. -	+
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-	Amwell - Hobbies, 7 Hobbies, Cettis heard, Reed Warblers, Cuckoo. - Keith Watts	+
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-	14th May	+
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-	Stansted Airport - Montagu's harrier (1st sum f) present for 3 days around the runways (per rarebirdalert.com)- James. A. Hanlon	+
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-	Mathams Pit . A superb summer plumaged Black Tern was seen at Mathams Pit (near Trims Green) from about 11.50 this morning. I viewed it from the (so called) public access immediately before the display saying no public right of way next to the Paint Balling place in Mathams Wood; the lake is perfectly viewable from here, and good views of the bird were had as it whisked constantly back and forth occasionally diving - for about an hour before I left, fully sated! Stephen was already on his way and he was able to view it after me. Presumably it will stay around a while - but no other terns present. Also in the area: Common Buzzard being harried by crows over Mathams Wood (possible breeding suspected as this is the second recent sighting here); a pair of Turtle Doves at Trims Green; 3 Yellow Wags; 2 male Corn Buntings; 2 Grey Partridges. - Dave Sampson	+
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-	Newport SW - 1 Hobby, 2 Spotted Flycatchers (by railway line)	+
-	Matham's Wood - 5m Garden Warblers	+	1 Muntjac , 1 'Myxie' Rabbit (pleasingly absent from SAL this Summer)
-	Trimm's Green - 1 Common Buzzard, 3 Turtle Doves (1 near Blount's Fm, pair opposite Morris's Fm)	+	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),
-	2 Yellow Wagtail	+	1 Song Thrush, 30 Linnet, 25 Goldfinch, 27 Chaffinch, 10 Greenfinch
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-	SLRS - 1 Little Ringed Plover (flew through calling)	+
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-	SAL - 3 Common Sandpipers Also several Four-spotted Chasers and a single male Broad-bodied Chaser on the wing.  -  Sephen Patmore	+
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-	Patmore Heath - Cuckoo	+
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-	Fowlmere Airfield - Barn Owl 00:30 - Mick East	+
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-	13th May	+
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-	Patmore Heath  - Common Buzzard, Red Kite,(11:03), Sparrowhawk, Mistle Thrush. - Mick East	+
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-	SAL - 2 Common Sands, 10+ Swallows, 20+ House Martins, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1+m Reed Warbler, 1m Lesser Whitethroat, 2m Garden Warblers - Stephen Patmore	+
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-	Little Hadham - hobby, 2 bullfinches, 3 robins, 5 yellowhammers, 1 pheasant, 6 common whitethroat, 3 blackcap, 1 lesser whitethraot, 1 wren, 2 greenfinch, 2 chaffinch, 50+ wood pigeons, 20+ rooks, great tits, 2 blue tits, 1 blackbird, 1 song thrush, plus 6 orange tips, 4 small whites, 2 large whites, 3 speckled wood, 1 peacock, plenty of rabbits (hence 3 foot chicken wire fence around my patch), 1 hare, 1 fox cub - Jono Forgham	+
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-	11th May	+
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-	Patmore Heath  - Hobby	+
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-	Albury TTV - Common Buzzard X3, Cormorant - Mick East	+
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-	10th May	+
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-	Trimm's Green 4:40-5:30 - Yellow Wagtail - 3, Red-Legged Partridge - 3 pairs, Grey Partridge - 1 pair, Corn Bunting - 2 singing, Linnet - 10+, Swallow, Stock Dove 1, Yellowhammer 1,	+
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-	Allen's Green - Whitethroat 1, Hare 1 - John Slee	+
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-	Rye Meads - Hobby 7+, Red Kite, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Turtle Dove 2, Cetti's Warbler,Grasshopper Warbler - Mick East	+
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-	8th May	+
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-	Patmore Heath - Pallid Swift heading south - Mick East	+
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-	7th May	+
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-	An early start at Thorley Wash failed to produce anything more exciting than a pair of Common Terns .......... and once again no Groppers!! Same at Tednambury. I was out in the field so to speak for 6 hours but had very little to show for it. And I'm STILL without a Yellow Wag so far this year!! - Dave Sampson	+
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-	Little Hadham - lesser whitethroat, 2 green woodpeckers, 3 common whitethroat, 1 blackcap, 2 yellowhammers, assorted tits and finches, 2 dunnock, 2 robin, 2 blackbird., Also:7 orange tips, 2 peacocks, 5 speckled wood, 3 swifts over on 8th - Jono Forgham	+
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-	5th May	+
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-	Thorley Wash -  A garden Warbler; a Blackcap; several C.Whitethroats and Sedge Warblers;several Chiffs and a couple of Wiilow Warblers; a Cuckoo; a Kestrel; a Water Rail screamed; a pair of Linnets (surprisingly uncommon here); several Reed Buntings. Butterflies represented by several Orange Tips; a few Green-veined Whites and Small White; a Holly Blue (my first for the year); and a Peacock or two. - Dave Sampson	+
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-	Sawbridgeworth church tower - 8 swifts screaming around tower last night about 8.30pm - Jono Forgham	+
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-	SLRS - Sedge Warbler, 6 Whitethroat, Blackcap, and over in the fields by Pishiobury Park/Bonks Hill a Lesser Whitethroat singing from the top of a hawthorn bush, a Garden Warbler in the next hedgerow, and Blackcap, Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff singing loudly. Otherwise a Greylag with 4 Canada Goose, 3 Gadwall, Swifts, and a Skylark.- John Slee	+
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-	Debden Park Lake - 1 Little Egret (flew off W at 05:15am)	+
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-	Coploe Hill - 1m Marsh Harrier (lingering mid-morning), 11+ Common Buzzards, 3+ Hobby, 26 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (N), 55 Swallows (N), 4 Yellow Wagtails	+
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-	Chrishall Grange area - 6 Yellow Wagtails, 1m Reed Warbler	+
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-	Howe Wood, Strethall - 2 Hobby	+
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-	Newport - 1 Hobby (N) - Stephen  Patmore	+
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-	Thorley Wash, spellbrook (north): - • kestrel 2 (M+F both hunting seperately), Great black backed gull 3 - over north, cuckoo 1 - male on east side of river, swallow 4 - checking out the buildings west (across the road) from the wash, sedge warbler 9  (1 north edge of wallbury, 3 south wash, 3 north wash + 2 more just south of wallbury), whitethroat 12 - minimum. seemingly everwhere! garden warbler 2 (1 singing 50 yards south-east of the railway foot-crossing and another 30 yards south from wallbury footbridge on the herts side) blackcap 6 (5 males, 1 female), chiffchaff 4(5), willow warbler 4, treecreeper 2 - essex side of river, north of Wallbury, linnet 2 - flew out from the trees at the foot-crossing and put down on the grass c.60 yards south-west.  - Graeme J Smith	+
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-	4th May	+
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-	Bishop's Stortford - Ring-necked Parakeet in my garden for about 30 seconds this evening (approx 6.30 pm; seemed fairly flighty. - Dave Sampson	+
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-	Thorley - common buzzard 1 - soaring over - Graeme J Smith	+
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-	Grass marsh opposite SLRS scrape - Whitethroats erupting all over - Kevin Hanrahan	+
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-	3rd May	+
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-	Bishop’s Stortford - Three Swifts seen over my house this morning  - Tony Moverley	+
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-	Patmore Heath - House Martins checking Nest sites, Swift 2, Cuckoo - Mick East	+
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-	Hatfield Forest - Marsh Harrier 1 2nd year male flying north - Jan Hein van Steenis	+
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-	Trimms green - Grey partridge 1, Yellow Wagtail 7 (6 at morris farm, 1 tharbies), meadow pipit 3, stockdove 7 - east, lesser whitethroat - singing at tharbies - Graeme J Smith	+
-	2nd May	+	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
-	north of Much Hadham - Sparrowhawk, Lesser Black-backs (5), 2 Mallard and 2 Canada Goose - all over Swallow, Whitethroat and Blackcaps galore, Cuckoo, GSW, Yellowhammer and a galore number of Dunnock and Skylark all round. 2 Muntjac, Rabbit, Hare  - David Arch	+	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
-	Thorley Wash - Grasshopper Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap, Sedge Warbler, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Cuckoo, GSW, Green woodpecker, Kingfisher, Moorhen, Reed Bunting, Mallard, Long tailed Tit, Water Rail - Mick & Brenda East	+	9th October
-	1st May	+	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
-	Common Buzzard seen soaring over/near my house (Thorley) approx 10.30 a.m.	+	8th October
-	Dave Sampson	+
-	Hadham walk (5.00 - 7.30pm) - 2 tawny owls conversing across a field little owl (on wires opposite entrance to Ash Valley G.C.), swallow 1, common whitethroat 3, chiffchaff 4, blackcap 2,	+	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
-	RLP 2, grey heron 1 (south)- Jono Forgham	+
-	Trims Green area (tetrad TL41T) - Hobby flying south. Plus 5 Yellow Wagtails, good numbers of Yellowhammer, Linnet & Skylark noted & a pair of Little Grebe seen on Tharbies pond.- Tony Moverley	+	3rd October
-	Chrishall/Coploe - 1ad f Marsh Harrier, 1imm m Hen Harrier (same 1CY bird as Tuesday), 6 Common Buzzards, 1 Turtle Dove, 2 Meadow Pipits (late passage birds), 9 Yellow Wagtails, 1m Nightingale (singing), 2m & 4f Greenland Wheatears - Stephen Patmore	+	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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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