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21st March
Ash Valley to Much Hadham and then back along the river to Hadham Ford.- 300+ golden plover in bean field. LBBG 2 north,Herring gull 2 north, Black headed gull 1 north, kestrel 2 (1 female with very pale head), skylarks 4, yellowhammers 3, Green woodpecker 2, stock dove 1, pied wagtail 1. - Jono Forgham
18th March
Spellbrook West - Marsh Tit 1 - Graeme J Smith
Farnham - Upwick Road (Essex end) - Stonechat 3 male 1 Female - Mick East
17th March
Farnham - Upwick Road (Essex end) - Stonechat male - Mick East
16th March
Farnham - Upwick Road (Essex end) - Stonechat male - Mick East
15th March
SLRS - Cormorant 3 in the Cormorant tree, Mute Swan 6 juveniles/immature I various stages of greyness NE, Greylag Goose 1 over, Gadwall 9!, Teal 5, Mallard 4, Kestrel 1, Moorhen 6, Coot 4, Lapwing 4 – 2 pairs calling over the scrape, BHG 3, Common Gull 1, Stock Dove 5, Wood Pigeon c50+, Collared Dove 3, GSW 2, Pied Wagtail 1, Wren 2, Dunnock 5, Robin 4, Blackbird 7, Fieldfare 1, Song Thrush 3, Redwing 5, Stonechat 1 in the scrape field, Chiffchaff 1 singing – just a few snatches of song, Blue tit 1, Great tit 2, Jay 1, Magpie 7, Jackdaw 4, Crow c5, Starling 15, House Sparrow 1, Chaffinch 4, Greenfinch 2, Goldfinch 7, Bullfinch 3, Reed Bunting 2m. - John Slee
Rush Green (nr. Baker's End) - 7 Common Buzzards at 13:40 today. Three obvious pairs at height and a single bird lower down. - Mike Harris
Birchanger Wood - Brambling 1 in birches with Goldfinches
South of Farnham Green - Buzzard (2), Stonechat (f) Along the road from Stortford to Upwick
Lower Sheering - Sparrowhawk 1 over the village - Jan Hein van Steenis
Patmore Heath - Siskin Male on Niger - Mick East
14th March
Thorley Park Road, B/S - 2 Siskin on niger seed feeder. - Tony Moverley
10th March
Trimms Green - golden plover c.70, fieldfare 80+ - Graeme j Smith
9th March
Little Hadham south east walk (9.30 - 11.00) - common buzzard 2, linnet 2 (new sp for 2008), green woodpecker 3, GSW drumming, skylarks several yellowhammer lots, mallards 3 pairs on River Ash, moorhens 2
south west walk (2.00 - 3.30pm) - bullfinches 3, jays 2, magpies 7, wood pigeons 500+, yellowhammers 6, green woodpeckers 4, goldfinch party of 9 - Jono Forgham
Hatfielf Forest Lake - great crested grebe 7, bullfinch 7, jay 6(7), gadwall 15+, tufted duck 10, green woodpecker 3, tawny owl 1 - in exactly the same place i've seen him before. roosting on the north-west marshy side (photo on blog later), redwing c.200 into trees from east side of forest - Graeme j Smith
Sawbridgeworth 15:30. - c50 Golden Plover circling south of West Road - Mike Harris
SLRS 9:30-10:30 - : 5 Snipe, 3 Lapwing, 4 Coot (the first for me here this year), 15 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, a GSW drumming loudly next to the river at the boat yard. - John Slee
8th March
Thorley Park Road, B/S - 1 male Reed Bunting in rear garden. Mary Moverley
Little Hadham Round of golf at Ash Valley Club:(8.30 - 1.00) - kestrel 1, skylarks 15+, green woodpecker 2, fieldfare 7, yellowhammers 5, rooks and jackdaws frequently joined me in the rough and out of bounds areas! - Jono Forgham
7th March
Little Hormead - Grey Partridge X3
Wyddial - Grey Partridge X2 - Mick East
6th March
Thorley Wash - 4 Little Grebe and 1 Stonechat - still good numbers of Fieldfare and Redwing around. Tony Moverley
Sawbridgeworth Marsh Roost(16:08-17:50) - 3 Cormorant (2S, 1N), 1 Grey Heron (S), 3 Mallard (MMF), 3 Pheasant (in), 48 Golden Plover (20W, 28 circling in East), 1 Common Snipe, 2 Jack Snipe, 20 B H Gull (SSW), 12 Common Gull (SSW),1 2ndW G B B Gull (SSW),15 Stock Dove (2 prs displaying, 9 and two singletons to roost), 1860 Wood Pigeon (Roosted in Kecksy's Bridge Wood),2 Green Woodpecker, 1 G S Woodpecker, 1 L S Woodpecker (Flew from Spill Timbers to Kecksy's Bridge Wood), 4 Meadow Pipit, 63 Redwing (61S, 2 in), 25 Fieldfare (in), 1 Magpie, 162 Jackdaw (S), 1 Starling (S), 1M Chaffinch, 1M Goldfinch (singing), 43 Greenfinch (22NE, 21SW!!! The NE birds were double the height of the birds moving in the opposite direction.. Confusing or what?), 34 Reed Bunting, Absolute minmum figure. Two recalcitrant male birds, one singing and the other answering with "siu" all evening, did not help in counting the in-coming birds!) - Mike Harris
5th March
Thorley Park Road, B/S - 2 Siskin (male & female) on niger seed feeder - Tony Moverley
4th March
Patmore Heath - Siskin M+F - Mick East
3rd March
Great Hyde Hall - Two Common Buzzards soaring and 70 Rooks in a ploughed field up West road - John Slee
1st March
Little Hadham - Grove Wood - grey wagtail 1 at the Ford by the Nags Head, kestrel 1, corvids 100's, sparrow hawk 1, meadow pipits 15, redwing 7, coal tit 1, yellwhammer 9, skylark 2 - Jono Forgham
