14/11. Caspian, Glaucous and Kumlien's Gulls, Firecrest 18 on 29/3, Bittern, Grey Phal, Garganey, Woodlark, Osprey, Nightingale, Wood Sand, Buzzard, Pom Skua, Wryneck, Montagu's Harrier, Night Heron, Wood Warbler, GN Diver, Yellow-browed Warbler singing!! RB Shrike, Spoonbill, Temminck's Stint, Storm Petrel - hundreds! Balearic Shearwater, LT Skua, Gull-billed Tern, Icterine W, Bee-eater, RR Swallow, Golden O, Pec Sand, Mealy Redpoll, Honey Buzzard, Marsh Sand, Quail, Nuthatch - first for Dunge!!, Dotterel, LE Owl, White-rumped Sand, Red Kite, Isabelline Shrike, Pallas's Warbler, Cattle Egret, Little Auk, Penduline Tit, Raddes Warbler.

10/11 Shorelark. 2/11 Twite, Velvet Scoter. 1/11 Black Guillemot, Little Auk. 30/10 Bearded Tit. 24/10 Shag. 14/10.Black-throated Diver. 13/10 Razorbill. 12/10 Yellow-browed W Recent bits Lap Bunt, Dartford W, Quail, Dotterel all self found. Highlights:- Marsh Sand, Golden O, KP, Honey Buzzard, Red Kite, Long-tailed Skua.

4/11 Puffin 1/11 Black Guillemot, Grey Phalarope, Little Auk, Velvet Scoter 30/10 Woodlark 20/10 Shore Lark 19/10 Pallas's Warbler 16/10 Black-throated Diver, 11/10 Yellow-browed Warbler 10/10 Bearded Tit 23/9 Balearic Shearwater 15/9 Long-tailed Skua 7/9 Sooty Shearwater, Manx Shearwater 25/8 Quail, Shag 5/8 Wood Warbler 3/8 Storm Petrel 4/7 Garganey 11/6 Marsh Sandpiper 22/5 Honey Buzzard 11/5 Montagu's Harrier 27/4 Golden Oriole 25/4 Red-necked Grebe 15/4 Kentish Plover 6/4 Red Kite 2/4 Crossbill 30/3 Slavonian Grebe 11/2 Bewick's Swan 26/1 Great Northern Diver 13/1 Pomarine Skua 5/1 Black-necked Grebe 3/1 Black Brant

Or thereabouts.

National rarities include Broad-billed Sandpiper (found), Semi-palmated Sandpiper and American Golden Plover. Also Red-backed Shrike (found) and Black Brant

Black-throated Diver, 7 Great Northerns, 2 Shag, Bittern, 2+ Spoonbill, White-front, Brent Goose, Lesser Scaup, Merlin, Pec Sand, Long-tailed Skua, Ring-billed Gull, Iceland Gull, 10 Sandwich & 5 Little Terns, Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl, Twite.

Hilights = White Stork, Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan, WFGoose, Barnacle Goose, Garganey, Long-tailed Duck, Smew, Red Kite, Osprey, Montague's Harrier, Common Crane, Wood Sandpiper, Pacific golden Plover (sf ), Jack Snipe, Great Skua, Kittiwake, Little Gull, Black Tern, Little Auk, Wryneck, Common Redstart, Black Redstart, Ring Ouzel, Pied Flycatcher, Tree Sparrow, Mealy Redpoll, Hawfinch and Little Bunting (sf) Latest = Bearded Tit 3/11 Red-necked Grebe 5/11 and bringing up the 200th patch tick with the white morph Snow Goose

Latest = Great northern diver. Highlights include Buff-bellied Pipit, Black kite, Lesser Yellowlegs, Roseate Tern, White-rumped sandpiper, Yellow-browed warbler, Shorelark, Little auk, Spoonbill, Black Redstart, Redstart, Montagu's Harrier, Osprey, Quail, Garganey.

Latest: Woodlark, Lapland Bunting, Yellow-browed Warbler, White-rumped Sandpiper, Brent Goose, Pintail, Hen Harrier, Wryneck, Wood Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Ruff, Black-necked Grebe, Firecrest, Curlew Sandpiper, Common Rosefinch, Storm Petrel, Great Skua, Little Tern, Spoonbill, Tree Sparrow, Marsh Harrier, Pomarine Skua, Mealy Redpoll, Garganey, Hobby, Spotted Flycatcher, Wood Warbler, Sanderling, Arctic Skua, Fulmar, Cuckoo, Arctic Tern, Ring Ouzel, Garden Warbler, Whinchat, Chough, Lesser Whitethroat, Greenshank, Common Tern, Pied Flycatcher, Grasshopper Warbler, Red Legged Partridge, Manx Shearwater, Brambling, Little Ringed Plover, Guillemot, Yellow Wagtail, Sandwich Tern, Greylag, Common Scoter, Gannet, Wheatear, Yellowhammer, Ruddy Duck, Kittiwake, Bewicks Swan, Black Redstart, Med Gull, 5 species of Owl, Barwit, Purple Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull www.birdlist.co.uk

2/11 Black-throated Diver, Balearic Shearwater, 1/11 Black Guillemot, Little Auk, 30/10 Little Owl (at last), 27/10 Tree Sparrow, 23/10 Ring Ouzel, 20/10 Shorelark, 19/10 Pallas's Warbler, 11/10 Yellow Browed Warbler, Razorbill, Bearded Tit 15/9 Long Tailed Skua, Pom Skua, Arctic Tern, 14/9 Black Tern, 7/9 Manx Shearwater, 2/9 Whinchat, 25/8 Spotted Redshank, Shag 13/8 Montagu's Harrier, 30/7 Little Stint, Arctic Skua, 11/7 Garganey, 11/6 Marsh Sandpiper, 7/6 Honey Buzzard 11/5 Red Kite, 6/5 Bonxie, 5/5 Hobby, 26/4 Golden Oriole, 25/4 Red Necked Grebe, 16/4 Grasshopper Warbler, Whimbrel 15/4 Kentish Plover, 2/4 Redstart, 29/3 Firecrest, Black Redstart 1/3 Hen Harrier, 3/2 Whitefront, 21/1 Barn Owl, 19/1 Merlin, 12/1 Purple Sandpiper, 5/1 Long Eared Owl, Buzzard, Peregrine, Cetti's, 4/1 Snow Bunting

(UK400 173) Latest: DUSKY WARBLER 5/11. Bewicks Swan 2/11, Little Auk 25/10, Shorelark 20/10, RICHARD'S PIPIT 18/10. SE Owl 11/10, LE Owl 24/9. Highlights LT Skua, Barred Warbler, Wryneck, finding both Roseate Tern and Great Reed Warbler. Ross's Gull, Common Cranes, Alpine Swift, Ring Ouzels, Firecrests, Waxwings, BT Diver, Bean Geese. http://www.freewebs.com/jameswright

Latest 30/12 Nuthatch, 27/12 Dartford Warbler, 23/12 CETTI'S WARBLER, 5/12 Leach's Petrel, 4/12 Black-necked grebe, 21/11 Goosander, 12/11 LONG-BILLED MURRELET, Long-tailed Duck 4/11 Little Auk, Redpoll 30/10 Treecreeper, Mistle Thrush 29/10 Fieldfare, Brambling 28/10 Yellowhammer, Redwing 23/10 Yellow-browed Warbler, Golden Plover 12/10 Spoonbill, 1/10 Sooty Shearwater, 17/9 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, Curlew Sandpiper 16/9 Wryneck 9/9 Merlin 7/9 Little Stint 3/9 LONG-TAILED SKUA 27/8 SPOTTED CRAKE 25/8 Green Woodpecker, 23/8 Stock Dove, 19/8 Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler 13/8 Whinchat, 5/8 LAUGHING GULL, Ruff, YL Gull, Black Tern 24/6 Coal Tit. Highlights Balearic shearwater, Pom Skua, Storm Petrel, Garganey, Roseate Tern, Kentish Plover, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Jay, RN Grebe, Osprey, SEO, BT Diver, Jack Snipe, Velvet Scoter, Avocet, Cirl Bunting, Glaucous Gull, Tawny Owl. Find out more about the reserve at www.dawlishwarren.co.uk

Highlights: Greenland White-fronted Goose, Red Kite, Honey Buzzard, Nightjar, Spotted Crake, Wood Warbler, Great White Egret, Black Tern, Nightingale, Arctic Tern, Bar-tailed Godwit, Turnstone, Common Scoter, Cetti's Warbler, GW Teal, Common Redpoll, Med Gull, All Patch Ticks

Woodcock, Stonechat, Willow Tit (1/1), Scaup, Little Gull, Yellow Legged Gull (11/1), Pink-footed goose (12/1), Smew (14/1), Merlin (15/1) Knot (25/1), Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Raven (9/2) , 2 Red Necked Grebe (12/2) first ones for nearly 8 years!, Med Gull (17/2), American Wigeon, Barn Owl (26/2), Short Eared Owl, Brambling (29/3), Garganey (31/3), Firecrest (3/4) First one for 13 years!, Common Scoter (4/4), Great Grey Shrike, Belvide's 5th (8/4), Osprey (12/4), Whimbrel(21/4), Whinchat (25/4), Long Eared Owl (26/4), Red Kite, Woodlark, (29/4), Bar-tailed Godwit (1/5), Black Tern (4/5), Sanderling (7/5), Marsh Harrier (14/5), 2 Little Terns (22/5), Black Necked Grebe (24/5), Little Egret (27/5), Grey Plover (5/7), Sandwich Tern (13/7), Turnstone, Tree Pipit (12/8), Wood Sandpiper (14/8), Redstart (23/8), Pectoral Sandpiper (24/8), Bonxie (3/9), Kittiwake, Little Stint (16/9), Honey Buzzard (17/9), Rock Pipit, Jack Snipe (14/10), White-fronted Goose (24/10), Corn Bunting (28/10), Whooper Swan, Red Breasted Merganser (2/11) Latest: POMARINE SKUA RES TICK (7/12), Leach's Petrel (8/12),Bewick's Swan (18/12). View my new birding blog at www.surfbirds.com/blog/Belvide84/

Latest:- 4/7 Garganey. Highlights:- Marsh Sandpiper, Honey Buzzard, Golden Oriole, Kentish Plover, Gropper, Osprey, Red Kite , Bonxie, Arctic Skua.

HIGHLIGHTS = Black-necked grebe (3). Manx shearwater. Leach`s storm-petrel. Little egret (8). Whooper (2) & Bewick`s (7) swan . Gargany (12). LESSER SCAUP. Ferruginous duck. Smew. Red-breasted merganzer (3). Scaup (6). Common scoter (21). Marsh harrier. Osprey (3). Goshawk. Merlin. Water rail. Avocet (2). Grey plover (2). Woodcock. Jack snipe. Black-tailed godwit (91). Whimbrel (11). Spotted redshank (3). Pectoral sandpiper (4). Little stint (3). Curlew & Wood sandpiper (2). Sanderling (15). Turnstone (11). Knot (5). Kittiwake. FRANKLIN`S, Sabine`s, Yellow-legged, Little (10) & Med (14) gull. Roseate, Black, Little (2) & Sandwich tern. Turtle dove. Raven. Whinchat (9). Black redstart. Redstart (6). Pied flycatcher (2). Tree, Rock (6) & Water pipit (2). Blue-headed wagtail. Marsh & Willow tit. Brambling.

Highlights :-Red Breasted Merganser(3/1),Mealy Redpoll(8/1), Yellow Legged Gull(25/1), Waxwing x2 (8/2), Raven x2 (13/2),Short Eared Owl(18/2),Mediterranean Gull(24/2),GANNET(15/3), Knot (17/3),CRANES x2(18/3) ,Goshawk(18/3),Tree Sparrow (no birds in Valley Last Year),Little Gull x2 (27/3),Ring Ouzel(28/3), GREY PARTRIDGE x2 ,Pink Footed Geese x6(3/4), OSPREY (4/4)+(22/4),Sandwich Tern x2(6/4),RED KITE(8/4) Whimbrel(9/4),Water Pipit(10/4),Arctic Tern(19/4),Little Egret x6 (21/4),Long Eared Owl (23/4),Wood Warbler(27/4),Garganey(29/4), Black Tern x4 (8/5), Marsh Harrier (11/5), Turtle Dove (16/5) WHITE STORK(31/5)Sanderling x2 (7/6)Black Wits 50+ (20/7) Barn Owl(9/8) CASPIAN GULL(31/8)&(5/9), BONXIE (20/9)Merlin(17/10) Scaup x3 (2/11) LATEST:-RING NECKED DUCK (first winter male) (6/11) updated 7th November (220)visits

LATEST 2/11 Long tailed Duck 28/10 Kingfisher 26/10 Little Auk 16/10 Yellow legged Gull 11/10 Barnacle Goose, Brambling 02/10 Little Stint 30/09 Red-legged Partridge 25/09 Yellow browed Warbler, Lesser Redpoll, Spotted Flycatcher 24/09 Tree Pipit, Ruff 23/08 Curlew Sandpiper 19/08 Wryneck, Pied Fly, Reed Warbler and Whinchat 18/08 Barred Warbler 16/08 Great crested Grebe 14/08 Red necked Grebe 13/08 Velvet Scoter 11/08 Storm Petrel. Snow Bunting, Shoveler, ( no standing fresh water ), Long tailed Skua, Arctic Skua, Bonxie, Sandwich, Arctic, Common, Roseate and Little Terns, Quail, Merlin, Peregrine, Marsh Harrier, Sooty Shearwater, Mediterranean Gull, Little Gull, Corn Bunting, Blue headed Wagtail, Black Redstart, Gropper, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Whimbrel, Purple Sandpiper, Greenshank, Willow Tit, Short eared and Little Owls, Tree Spug, Scandinavian Rock Pipit, White Wag, Greenland Wheatear. Missed - Shorelark. See my new blog at www.boulmerbirder.blogspot.com for more patch 'crack'.

Highlights: Great Northern Diver, Bonaparte's Gull, Glaucous Gull, Iceland Gull, Caspian Gull, Scaup, Common Scoter. Latest Purple Sandpiper.

Found a male Firecrest this morning - definitely the way to start the day. Best of the finds so far are 14 Tundra Bean Geese, Firecrest, Brent Goose, Imm. Garganey & 3 Sandwich Terns. Five patch ticks - Knot, Short-eared Owl, Raven, Black Redstart & Firecrest. Updated 11/10/06

Cracking year on Marbury patch in Cheshire!Nothing will beat having a bottle of beer with POD in ALS BAR when a WWBT flew in!STONKER!

Latest: Ruddy Duck (26/10). Highlights: Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Duck, Laughing Gull, Red-rumped Swallow, Surf Scoter, Storm Petrels, Purple Heron, Pectoral Sandpipers, Peregrine, Dipper, Purple Sandpiper, Black-necked, Red-necked & Slavonian Grebes, Great Northern, Red-throated & Black-throated Divers, Scaup & Black Redstart.

Highlights Bittern, Slav Grebe, Jack Snipe, Avocet, Temmincks Stint, Hen Harrier

(BOU) Little Egrets, Whooper Swans, Pink-footed Geese, Mandarin Duck, Greater Scaups, Common Scoters, Garganey, Red-crested Pochards, Smews, Marsh Harriers, Black-tailed Godwits, Whimbrels, Ruffs, Jack Snipes, Wood Sandpiper, Turnstone, Arctic Skuas, Mediterranean Gulls, Little Gulls, Yellow-legged Gulls, Caspian Gulls, Kittiwake, Black Terns, Arctic Terns, Tree Pipit, Whinchats, Grasshopper Warbler, Bramblings, Snow Bunting.

Found WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN 09/08 on Neumanns...now thats what local patching is all about.Latest Little Egret grip back

Latest garden warbler 2/6 garganey 23/6 green sand 1/7 spotted redshank 2/7 cuckoo 2/8 arctic tern 4/8 turnstone 6/8 willow tit 8/8 hobby 14/8 red necked phalarope 16/8 egyptian goose 14/9 black tern 18/9 spot fly 14/10 american wigeon 30/10 merlin 31/10 whooper swan

2006 patch ticks included black-throated diver, marsh harrier, sabine's gull, coot(!), yellow wagtail & little gull

House Martin, Common Tern, Little Owl 24/4 Black Redstart 21/4 Mandarin. Highlights: 2 Alpine Swift, Ross`s Gull, Waxwings, Tundra Bean Geese, Peregrine, Black-t Diver

Whooper Swan the latest.

Marsh Harriers, Arctic Tern, Ruffs, Little Egrets, Redstart, Montagu's Harrier, Brambling, Black Tern, Greater Scaup, Smew, Red-Crested Pochard, Garganey, Black-necked Grebe, Whinchat, Barn Owl, Hobby, Wood Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Med Gull, Yellow-legged Gull

Highlights - LESSER SCAUP, Long-tailed Duck, Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint (4), Mealy Redpoll (3), Merlin (2), Black Tern, Little Egret (3), Garganey (3), Pink-f. Goose, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Ruff (2), Tree Pipit (5), Mandarin. Latest: Goldeneye (2/11). See my website: www.worcesterbirding.co.uk

11/10 - KNOT!! (Patch tick!). 25/09 - Ruff. 14/09 - Black Tern & MEDITERRANEAN GULL!! (Patch tick!!). 27/08 - Whinchat. 17/08 - TREE PIPIT!! (common I know, but it's still a 1st for VP!!). 03/08 - Green Sandpiper. 31/07 - Wood Sandpiper & Greenshank. 18/07 - Little Egret. 12/07 - Kingfisher. 11/06 - Black-tailed Godwit (x68!! pos. of the icelandic race?). 01/06 - Hobby. 16/05 - Egyptian Goose (patch tick!). 15/05 - Arctic Tern (patch tick!). 14/05 - Garganey. 11/05 - Spotted Flycatcher (patch tick!). 05/05 - Garden Warbler. 03/05 - Whitethroat. 24/04 - Sedge Warbler. 23/04 - Common Tern & Whimbrel. 22/04 - Lesser Whitethroat & Reed Warbler. 21/04 - Redstart & Ringed Plover. 19/04 - Swift. 18/04 - Blackcap (finally). 13/04 - Yellow Wagtail (x6). 10/04 - Common Sandpiper. 07/04 - Bar-tailed Godwit & Willow Warbler. 05/04 - Ruddy Duck. 04/04 - Barn Owl (patch tick!!). 03/04 - Stonechat & female BLACK REDSTART!! ( a VP first!!). 01/04 - LRP & House Martin. 30/03 - Wheatear (Patch tick!). 28/03 - Swallow. 26/03 - Sand Martin. 20/03 - Mealy Redpoll, Redshank & Collared Dove. 17/03 - Gadwall (finally!). 02/03 - Golden Plover. Highlights:Hen Harrier, Scaup, Siskin, Brambling, Lesser Redpoll, Goldeneye, Red-legged Partridge, Peregrine, Water Rail & Raven.

(23/9 Jack Snipe back feeding in open.) (alpina Dunlin), Ringed Plover, Curlew Sand, Honey Buzzard, Quail, Turtle Dove, 9/5 Common Tern (& another BNG), (8/5 another Knot !) 7/5 Wood Sand, 6/5 ReedWarb 1stMay Greenshank, 30th Sedge, Swift. 26th LesserWhthroat, Garden Warb. 24th cock Ouzel, 23rd Wheatear at last 22 of them! 20/4 Gropper, YellWag, TreePipit, Redstart, Wthroat, LRP. Comm Sand, KNOT, 21/3 cracking BNG. 18/2 Common Buzzard #100, 12/2 Common Redpoll, (LSW drumming). (24th-98)LBB, (20th-97)RED KITES, (96)Shoveller & Pink footed Goose. (15th-94)15WFG, LSW. 92 Wigeon GreyWag Brambling & RLP (12th-87)3 Hawfinch, (7th-86)Jay, Shoveller, Goldeneye, Crossbill, Yaffle. (Barn Owl shreiking over garden tonight, flying at approx 90'- nice Birthday present) (4th-80)Dipper, Stonechat, Woodcock, Goosander. (2nd-75) 5 OWLS. LITTLE BUNTING, Twite, Jack Snipe, Chiffchaff. (52 on 1st) awesome imm fem Peregrine through at head height, Kingfisher & 350 Siskin

I have found 119 species in smestow valley this year how many have you found NICK hey?? I have now beaten the record which was 120! LATEST - November - 10th -Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 6th - 4 Gadwall (which i found NICK) 3rd- Brambling & Little Owl (During Skywatch) Thanks Dad for finding Brambling & Little Owl! Highlights-(VALLEY LIFE TICKS IN CAPITALS) GARGANEY (1ST FOR SMESTOW VALLEY), KITTIWAKE, SCANDINAVIAN ROCK PIPIT, CUCKOO, ARCTIC TERN, 4 WHOOPER SWANS, LITTLE EGRET, 2 Goosander, Mandarin, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 2+ Oystercatcher, 2 Mealy Redpoll, Med Gulls, Dunlins, Green Sandpipers, 2 Ringed Plover, Red-legged & Grey Partridges, 3 Ring Ouzel, Reed Warbler, 5 Tree Pipit, Redstart, 4,380 Redwing in one morning(West Mids county record count?!)

Latest Ruddy Duck (20/9) Highlights 4 Bittern, L. Egret, Pintail, R-C. Pochard, Smew, Black-tailed Godwit, Med. Gull, Arcitc Tern, Barn Owl, Cetti's Warbler, Pied Fly, Brambling.

Latest addition, a Common Snipe

Highlights: Finding my 1st Knot but 2nd patch sighting, and finding my 2nd and 3rd and 4th Red Kites (duplication?),and twitched my 1st spring Wood warbler..53 Species on New Years Day. L-t Tit, L.Egret,Stonechat,G.Wag, Bullfinch & Wren 4/1/. Pheasant, W.Rail, L.Owl, Chiffy & M.Thrush 7/1. Jackdaw & Rook 12/1. Ruddy Duck & Greylag 18/1.Siskin & Knot 23/1.Peregrine 16/2.Kingfisher 5/3. Redshank & L.Redpoll 15/3. Little Ringed Plover 24/3. Red Kite, Sand Martin & Willow Warbler 25/3.Swallow 27/3.Wheatear & Egyptian Goose 28/3.Blackcap 29/3.Brambling 1/4.Green Sand 4/4. Common Buzzard 5/4.House Martin 7/4.Yellow Wagtail,Marsh Harrier,C.Whitethroat and C.Redstart 10/4.Feral Pigeon 11/4.Dunlin 15/4.Common Swift 16/4.Reed Warbler 17/4.Common Sandpiper 19/4.Sedge Warbler 20/4.Cuckoo and Lesser whitethroat 21/4.Hobby 22/4.Wood Warbler and Common Tern 25/4.Whinchat 27/4.Garden Warbler 5/5. Six Black-tailed Godwits 25/7. Spot Fly 21/8. Juv Arctic Tern 4/10 a sight tick! Goldeneye

07 Nov: Brambling 09 Oct: Little Grebe 18 Sept: Yellow Wagtail 12 Sept: Tree Pipit

Sorry Gaz but i ain't found nothing in the valley this year. Other commitments have meant no visits to Smestook Valley recently Latest - Fieldfare Oct - Little Gull and Common Scoter. Sept - Sky Lark, two Black Terns and 17/9 Snipe over for No. 100 7/8 Westport tick with juv Med Gull (at last!) 30/7 Treecreeper 20/7 My 3rd ever Redshank - brilliant 5/7 Excellent day with a flock of ten Blackwits (Westport tick and semi-mega status) plus July record of Common Gull.27/6 Cat C Barnacle Goose.

Latest: Cuckoo 4/5, Gropper + Garden Wblr 05/05

1/1 Water Rail, L Redpoll, Merlin, Siskin, Buzzard. 2/1 Snipe.15/1 Wigeon. 18/1 R C Pochard. 31/1 Jack Snipe, G Partridge, R L Partridge. 5/2 P F Goose. 14/2 Golden Plover. 27/2 Bittern ( patch tick) .1/3 Linnet. 19/3 Little Owl. 29/3 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Sand Martin. 7/4 Blackcap. 9/4 Swallow, Treecreeper.14/4 House Martin.30/4 Whitethroat, Swift, Sedge Warbler. 14/5 Garden Warbler. 21/5 Reed Warbler.5/6 Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail. 9/7 Corn Bunting. 14/7 Lesser Whitethroat. 23/7 Common Sandpiper. 30/7 Hobby. 26/9 Whinchat, Tree Pipit. 1/11 Goosander. 25/12 Marsh Tit

2/5 Common Buzzard. 1/5 Little Gull, Otter. 11/4 Icewit. 6/4 Little Egret. Highlight 2/4 Alpine swift. Also pinkfoot, slav, marsh harrier.

Highlights: Common Snipe, Ruddy Duck, Ring-necked Parakeet, Med Gull, Ring Ouzel, Raven, RedKite, Dunlin, Wigeon

Latest: Swift, Reed & Sedge, Whitethroat. Highlights: Slav, Mealy Redpoll, Buzzard

Latest : Coot,Little Grebe, Water Rail, Chiffchaff, Common Scoter, Curlew, House Martin 4/4 & Whimbrel & Waxwing (7/4) - Highlights:- Common Buzzard & Golden Plover (1/1), Peregrine (28/1). See our website www.Rawmarshnature.co.uk

Latest addition Tree Sparrow on Saturday, paid for it with puncture and had to walk two miles home.

Hawfinch, Great Northern Diver, Smew, Bittern