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13th February

St. Michael's Mead lake - Water Rail heard - Tony Moverley

12th February

SLRS - c.200 Lapwing circling and descending at 5.15pm - Mike Harris

Spellbrook West - Common Buzzard - over south at 1515 -

Wallbury - Nuthatch looking like their third year on the patch... using same hole as last year- Graeme J Smith

TTV Albury Hall - Siskin 9, Brambling 11, Yellowhammer 39 -Mick East

11th February

Thorley Park Road, B/S - Superb male Sparrowhawk in garden, preening for over an hour - Tony Moverley

10th February

Stortford Park Farm - Common Buzzard 1 - west, sparrowhawk 1 - female hunting the farm, linnet 60-70 on south west edge (west of bypass), no stonechats noted today - Graeme J Smith

TTV Patmore Heath - Linnet 5, Yellowhammer 53, Reed Bunting 7 - Mick East

9th February

Rye Meads - Common Buzzard X 4 then X2 - Mick East

8th February

Sawbridgeworth Marsh Roost - 11 Mallard (4N, 3S, 2E, 2 in), 1 Common Buzzard (sitting in tall Willows at North end of Marsh, sloped off unseen, late evening), 1F Sparrowhawk (W),2 Common Snipe, 2 LBBG (S), 6 Stock Dove (incuding local pair, in prolonged display flights, at North end of marsh), 1360 Wood Pigeon (Roosted in Kecksy's Bridge Wood), 1 Collared Dove (N), 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 G S Woodpecker (3S, 1W), 7 Meadow Pipit (in), 3 Redwing (S), 20 Fieldfare (in), 2 Song Thrush (singing), 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Magpie, 2 Jay, 406 Jackdaw (236S, 20N and 150 roosted in Kecksy's Bridge Wood), 8 Rook (S), 1 Goldfinch (S), 2 Chaffinch (S), 13 Greenfinch (3N, 1S, 3W, 2SW, 4in), 41 Reed Bunting (in)- Mike Harris

Tednambury Marsh Roost, - 1 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant (S), 2ad Mute Swans, 14 Mallard, 1f Kestrel, 6 Water Rails (5 on marsh, 1 South of Tednambury Lock), 511 Black-headed Gulls (SW), 45 Common Gulls (SW), 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (SW), 2 Herring Gulls (W), 6 Stock Doves, 515 Woodpigeons, 1 Collared Dove (S), 2 Green Woodpeckers, 59 Meadow Pipits (in) - very high count inc. flock of 32 in from the N, 2 Stonechat (m & f - South of Tednambury Lock), 42 Fieldfares (14W, 10S, 16in), 17 Redwings (16W, 1 in), 1 Marsh Tit (singing), 2 Jays, 151 Magpies (in), 323 Jackdaws (303SW, 20in!), 31 Rooks (SW), 1 Chaffinch (S), 6 Greenfinch (S), 3 Goldfinch (S), 5 Siskins (S), 33 Yellowhammers (in), 7 Reed Buntings (in), - Stephen Patmore

Furneux Pelham W - Barn Owl 06:30 - Mick East

6th February

Furneux Pelham NW - Barn Owl 17:30 - Mick East

4th February

SLRS - Little Grebe 1 on river – my first for this stretch, Cormorant 1, Moorhen 7, Mallard 3, BHG – several around, and 13 over S at 4pm, Green Woodpecker 1, GSW 1, Kestrel 1m, Wren 2, Mistle Thrush 1, Song Thrush 2 singing, Blackbird 5, Fieldfare c10, Redwing 3, Stonechat - pair at top end, Crow c10, Jackdaw c10, Rook 7 S at 4:20 heading for roost. , Wood Pigeon total of 100?, Starling c10, Magpie 12, Chaffinch c10, Greenfinch 13, Dunnock 5, Robin 1, Blue tit 1 - John Slee

3rd February

Little Hadham south east - 1 common buzzard, 1 adult lbbg, 14 BHG, 1 2nd cy herring gull, 1 reed bunting, 1 green woodpecker, usual tits and finches - Jono Forgham

Stort Park Farm and fields/woods west of Bishops Way - Goldfinch, Fieldfare , Redwing (2) (then mixed flock with Fieldfare), Siskin (1) (feeding in Alders alongside Bishops Way), Common Buzzard (loped over heading east), Large party of Long Tailed Tit, Stock Dove (1) - Steve Butler Kevin Hanrahan

2nd February

Hudshill - Common Buzzard

Albury Lodge - Fieldfare 250+ - Mick East

Stort park farm - Merlin chasing linnets. Stonechat 2. Golden plover 33. - Graeme J Smith

SLRS/Pishiobury Park - Great Tit, Starling, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Blue Tit, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Redwing (mixed flock with above), Crow, Jackdaw, Magpie, Wood Pigeon, Stock Dove (4), Collared Dove, Bullfinch (pair), Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Moorhen, Mallard, Black Headed Gull (C85), Common Gull (15), Long Tailed Tit, Pied Wagtail, Wren, Grey Heron, Robin, Jay, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Highlight was a Stoat attempting and eventually succeeding in dragging, a fully grown Rabbit, in to cover alongside a small path alongside the railway track. - Steve Butler

SAL - coot, moorhen, tufted duck, blue tit, greenfinch, robin, green woodpecker, corvids, teal, and not a lot else. Cut our loses and headed for Hatfield Forest lake. Added gadwall and had a superb fly past by c40 teal which eventually landed on the lake. No sign of the mandarin, but BHG, common gull, female bullfinch. Flock of redwing near carpark showed well. Total species count in the region of 35 - Summercroft Bird Club

Hatfield Forest Lake - Mandarin Duck one male. also sheduck and usual suspects. - Pete Duxon

Allen’s Green on sat lunchtime. - Fieldfare – one flock of 84 south of Allen’s Green, one flock of 100 + 25 Redwing at Trimm’s Green – road from Allen’s Green Golden Plover – one flock by road N from Allen’s Green, one flock of 130 just S of Matham’s Wood - John Slee

1st Febuary

SLRS and surround 13.45-14.30 - 2 pairs of Stonechat at far North end of scrape,53 BHG,5 Moorhen,5 Jackdaw,2 Green woodpeckers,Great tits all over,4 Carrion Crow,Jay over (s),many Mallard pairs, Through woods had Bullfinch(m),Chaffinch all over,Blue tits,(c 15) Redwing,7 Wood pigeon, 2 Wrens, LTT through, and finally stood under a Great Spotted Woodpecker boring a fresh hole. - Kevin Hanrahan

Trims Greem - Male stonechat in layby at 1605 - Graeme J Smith