Updated 5/11 American golden plover, grey phalarope, surf scoter, little auk Highlights: white-rumped sandpiper, PALLID HARRIER, rose-coloured starling, osprey, RED BREASTED FLYCATCHER, WRYNECK, long eared owl, Leach's and storm petrel, pomarine and long-tailed skua, CASPIAN TERN, pacific golden plover, red-backed shrike, red-necked phalarope, wood sandpiper, wood warbler, firecrest, KILLDEER, ROSS'S GULL

2/11 Little Auk 29/10 Surf Scoter (Just had week in Spain) 18/10 Pallas's Warbler 17/10 Am GPl 13/10 Whiskered Tern 10/10 WR Sand C Egret 8/10 YBWarbler 4/10 Snow Goose (G W-f Goose) 23/9 Rosy Starling, Pallid Harrier 16/9 RB Fly,Pied Fly 11/9 Whinchat 10/9 Grey Phal 7/9 Sooty Shearwater, Bonxie, Razorbill 31/7 Pec Sand 28/7 Arctic Skua 21/7 Red-necked Phalarope 13/7 Roseate Tern 18/6 Quail 7/6 RBShrike 4/6 Woodchat ShrikeVisit My Website

5/11 American Golden Plover, 3/11 Found Squashed Ring-Necked Parakeet (not in total), 22/10 Surf Scoter, 14/10 5 for the year Pec+W-R Sand, Snow Goose, Whiskered Tern, Cattle Egret, 7/10 Pallid Harrier, 2/10 seen nothing for the last month but I am now a married man, Norfolk year list no hope this year will double efforts next year, 4/6 Self-found Woodchat Shrike whilst on a bike ride,8/5 Laughing Gull, Purple Heron, 7/4 Killdeer, but no alpine swift :( 25/3 GG Shrike, 18/2 American Wigeon, 22/1 Lap Bunt, 21/1 Tundra Bean, Golden Pheasent (wayland) 3/1 Slav Grebe, Ross's Gull, Black Guilli, Little Bunt, Dartford Warb, be updated site (24/10) - www.freewebs.com/garybirder

New county record. Many thanks to all who helped along the way Latest 21/12 Grey Phalarope,23/12 Whooper Swan, 19/12 Surf Scoter, 5/12 Leach's Petrel, 30/11 Grey Partridge, 12/11 Scaup 11/11 LONG-BILLED MURRELET 10/11 Long-Billed Dowitcher 5/11 Woodchat Shrike 4/11 Little Auk 31/10 Cattle Egret 29/10 Long-tailed Duck 20/10 Pink-footed Goose, 19/10 Subalpine Warbler, 18/10 Lapland Bunting, 9/10 Spotted Sandpiper, 17/9 Buff-breasted Sandpiper 16/9 Wryneck 11/9 Pectoral & Curlew Sandpiper 9/9 Merlin 7/9 Little Stint 3/9 Long-tailed Skua 2/9 Sooty Shearwater 27/8 Spotted Crake 5/8 Black Tern 26/7 Yellow-legged Gull, 15/7 Red Kite, 10/6 Balearic Shearwater Highlights May: Gull-billed Tern, Iberian Chiffchaff, Roseate Tern, Purple Heron, Hoopoe, Kentish Plover, Broad-billed Sandpiper Apr: Serin, Osprey, Alpine Swift, BW Stilt, Franklins Gull Mar: Waxwing, BT Diver, Snow B, Night Heron, White Stork, Feb: Crane, WF Goose. 153 in Jan including American Wigeon, Lesser Scaup, Laughing Gull, Ring-necked Duck, Yellow-browed Warbler, GG Shrike, SEO, Red Grouse

14/10 Snow Goose 13/10 Whiskered Tern 10/10 GNDiver, WRSand, Cattle Egret 23/9 Rosy Pastor, Pallid Harrier 18/9 Bittern, Pec Sand 16/9 RBF, GG Shrike, Wryneck 10/9 Whinchat, Pied Fly, Barred Warbler 28/8 Bonxie, Manx Shearwater, 20/7 R N Phalarope, 15/7 Caspian Tern Roseate Tern, Red backed Shrike 4/6 Woodchat 2/6 Hoopoe Osprey Laughing Gull, Scarlet Rosefinch, Nightjar, Purple Heron 26/4 White Stork 25/4 Wood Wblr, 21/4 Arctic Tern 16/4 Redstart 15/4 Tree Pipit 7/4 Killdeer, 4/4 Ring Ousel 2/4 Firecrest [Northern LT Tit]25/3 Smew 24/2 Goshawk 21/1 Quail 19/1 Mandarin, Little Bunting, Humes Warbler, Dartford Warbler, Ross's Gull, American Wigeon, Razorbill, http://worldbirders.com/Norfolk-2006-?r=1140290926

3 Bitterns, Cranes, 3 Firecrest, Laps and Litt Bunt, Hawfinch. All the Grebes, Rough-legd Buzz, Mealy Reds, Goshawk, Killdeer(150), Long-eared Owl, 6 Ring Ouzels,3 Pied Flys, Purple Heron, Laughing Gull, Monties, 2 Red-backed Shrike, 2 Red Kites, Honey Buzz, Stone Curlew. Temmincks, Quail. Cattle Egret, Dotterels, Tree Sparrow, Purple Sandpiper, Barred Warbler, Grey Phal, 2 Pec Sands, Gg Shrike, Wryneck, 2 R b Flys, Pallid, Rc Starling, 3 Yellow-browed Warblers , White-rumped Sand, Pallas's W, Snow Goose, Dartford W, Whiskered Tern, Surf scoter, Black Guillemot, Pom Skua, Little Auk, American Golden Plover, Shags, B e Kite and Balearic Shear.Last two days clear up with Grey Wag, Waxwing, Smew and a horrible R c Pochard.

Little Gull, Greenland Whitefront, Lap Bunt, LE Owl, Brent Goose, Barred Warb, Subalp, RB Shrike, Surf Scoter, Pink feet, R E Vireo, Sabs Gulls, Grey Phal, R B Fly, Melodious Warblers, Pec Sands, Least Sand, Wilsons Phal, Dotterel, Osprey, Baird's Sand, Buff breasted Sand, Wrynecks, Balearic Shearwaters, Sooty Shearwaters, Great Shearwaters, Corys Shearwaters, Gull-billed Tern, Tree Sparrow, Spotted Sandpipers, Montagu's Harrier, Purple Heron, Roseate Tern, Laughing Gull, Kentish Plovers, Red-rumped Swallow, Night Herons, Y B Warblers & Spoonbills.

12/11 Purple Sandpiper 4/11 LT Duck 3/11 Black Kite, Barnacle Goose, Little Auk. BT Diver 24/10 Bewicks Swan 20/10 RB Merg 14/10 Barred Warbler and a lucky Honey Buzzard (me being lucky not the buzzard)Latest 13/10 R.B. Goose and Raddes Warbler - Latest YB Warbler, Pec Sand, Buff-breasted Sandpiper Latest 15 Sept Puffin, GW Egret Latest 8th Sept Pom Skua , Velvet Scoter ( 4 days seawatching on trot paying off) Latest Bonxie, Kittiwake (!) Late August LT Skua, Little Stint. 15 Aug - Sooty Shearwater, - 8 Aug - Woodchat Shrike, Curlew Sand. 28/06 update - Quail, Razorbill, Manx Shearwater, Sandwich Tern. 24/06 Great Reed Warbler 22/06 update - Lesser Yellowlegs at last, Purple Heron. 13/06 update - back from hols - Spotted Redshank 23/05 WWB Tern - latest - Bearded Tit, Gannet, Fulmar - 20th May latest Arctic Tern, 1/2 a Bluethroat, bit of a struggle at the moment! 11th May -Temmincks Stint, Black Redstart, Dotterel, Whinchat. 10th May latest - Redstart, Tree Pipit, 9th May latest - BN Grebe, Wood Sandpiper, Garden Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher - Highlights - Black-winged Stilt, Night Heron, Osprey, Sora, Arctic Redpoll, Glaucous Gull, Red Kite, Rough-legged Buzzard

Latest28/10 Surf Scoter; 14/10 Snow Goose; 13/10 Whiskered Tern; 10/10 White-rumped Sandpiper, Cattle Egret; 23/9 Pallid Harrier, Rose-coloured Starling; 18/9 BITTERN!, Pec. Sand.; 16/9 Red-backed Shrike, RBF, Wryneck,GG Skrike; 10/9 Barred Warbler(!), Whinchat, Pied Fly; Highlights28/8 Bonxie; 20/7 RN Phalarope; 15/07 Roseate Tern, A. Skua; 21/05 Honey Buzzard; 14/05 Spoonbill; 11/05 Black Tern; 07/05 Purple Heron, C. Rosefinch, Laughing Gull; 06/05 Temminck' Stint, Monty's Harrier; 05/05 Curlew & Wood Sands; 28/04 Dotterel; 26/04 Wt. Stork; 25/04 Wood Warb; 21/04 A. Tern; 16/04Gropper; 15/04 Tree Pipit; 07/04 Killdeer; 29/03 Ring Ouzel; 25/03 Smew; 24/02 Goshawk; 21/02 Red Kite; 19/02 R.N. Grebe; 17/02 Purp. Sand., 11/02 Crossbill, L.S.W.; 04/02 Hawfinch; 21/01 Slav. Grebe, L. Redp., B.N. Grebe, Lt. Gull; 21/01 B.T. Diver, Lap. Bunt.; 15/01 Twite; 14/01 Little Bunt.; 08/01 Hume’s Leaf Warbler; 01/01 Ross’ Gull. Brazilian Bider

Latest November 1st Little Auk & Long-tailed Duck. October 31st Black-throated Diver. 29th Snow Goose. 28th Great Northern Diver & Lapland Bunting. 14th Barred warbler. 13th Yellow-browed Warbler & Red-breasted Goose. 12th Radde's Warbler. 10th Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 9th White-rumped Sandpiper. September 24th Long-tailed Skua. 14th Great White Egret. August 17th Wood Sandpiper. 14th Pied Flycatcher. 13th Bonxie, Sooty Shearwater, Pomarine Skua & Velvet Scoter. 8th L-b Dowitcher & Woodchat Shrike. July 15th Arctic Skua. 13th Y-l Gull. 11th Arctic Tern. 1st Razorbill. June 25th Guillemot. 24th Great Reed Warbler & Quail. 20th Purple Heron. 11th Manx Shearwater. 7th Nightjar & Lesser Yellowlegs. 3rd Fulmar. May 31st Curlew Sandpiper. 25th W-w Black Tern. 24th Sandwich Tern. 23rd Montagu's Harrier. 14th Spotted Flycatcher. 13th Dotterel. 11th Temminck's Stint & Black Redstart. 9th Turtle Dove. 7th Little Stint. 5th Tree Pipit & Redstart. 4th Spoonbill, Black-winged Stilt, Little & Black Terns. HIGHLIGHTS - Snow Goose, Radde's Warbler, Night Heron & Sora (Lincs Ticks), W-w Black Tern, Purple Heron, Arctic Redpoll, B-w Stilt, R-l Buzzard, Raven, Iceland Gull & Waxwings.

Highlights: Little Bunting, Purple Heron, Montagu's Harrier, Honey Buzzard, Red-necked Phalarope, Cattle Egret, Barred Warbler, Pallid Harrier, Rosy Starling, Yellow-browed Warbler, Long-tailed Skua, Red-backed Shrike, Whiskered Tern, White-rumped Sandpiper, Surf Scoter, American Golden Plover.
Latest: 4th Nov - Some nice views of Little Auks at Walcott, plus a Great Northern Diver further offshore. 5th Nov - Couldn't resist a look at the American Golden Plover at Waxham.

HIGHLIGHTS = FRANKLIN`S GULL. + Finding LESSER SCAUP (Blithfield`s first). Manx shearwater, Leach`s storm-petrel & 4 Pectoral sandpipers @ Blithfield & co-finding Staff`s first Roseate tern for 23 years & Blithfield`s first for 32 years. + Great-northern diver (3) Black-necked, Red-necked (3) & Slavonian grebe. Leach`s storm-petrel (2). Manx shearwater. Shag. Bittern. Whooper (9) & Bewick`s (7) swan. Brent (2), White-fronted, Tundra bean (4), Barnacle (39) & Pink-footed goose. American wigeon. Red-breasted merganzer (3). LESSER SCAUP (2). FERRUGINOUS DUCK. Long-tailed duck. Quail. Red grouse. Osprey (3). Goshawk. Hen & Marsh harrier. Red kite. Avocet (2). Grey plover (4). Pectoral sandpiper (5). Temminck`s stint (2). Spotted redshank (3). Bar-tailed godwit. Great skua. FRANKLIN`S, Sabine`s, Yellow-legged, Iceland & Glaucous gull. Kittiwake. Roseate, Sandwich & Little (2) tern. Long-eared owl. Hoopoe. Wood lark. Red-backed & Great-grey shrike. Black redstart (2). Yellow-browed, Cetti`s & Dartford warbler. Firecrest. Mealy redpoll. Twite. Hawfinch. Snow bunting.

Oct:-Whiskered Tern,YB Warbler, white-rumped Sand, Cattle Egret Sept:- Red-backed Shrike, Pec Sand, Curlew Sand.28/8 Black Tern, Bonxie, Manx, Arctic Skua.11/6 Nightjar.

Latest Little Auk 11/11 after two weeks in South Africa on honeymoon.......LEO 13/10, Yellow-browed Warbler & Hooded Crow 12/10, Spotted Red 19/09, Little Egret 18/09, Black Tern, Blyth's Reed & RB Shrike 17/09, LT Skua 09/09, Osprey & Pintail 06/09, Pectoral & Curlew Sandpiper 04/09, Pom Skua 23/08, Little Stint 22/08, Icterine & Barred Warbler, Wryneck & Pied Fly 20/08, Sooty Shear 13/08, Green Sand & Ruff 12/08, Bonxie 09/08, Ruddy Shelduck & Arctic Skua 05/08, Roseate Tern & Ruddy Duck 03/08. Highlights - Buff-breasted Sand, Spoonbill, Iberian Chiffchaff, Arctic Redpoll, Bewick's, Mandarin, Water Pipit, Iceland & Glauc, Surfer, Nuthatch

22/10 2 Alpine Swifts & Am.Wigeon. 24/9 Greenish. (jacksnipe back 23rd). 17Sept 10AM juv Hobby & then Garden ticked HoneyBuzz at 16:30. Patch Marsh Harrier. Pec & Pom . Aug- Wryneck find. some seabirds. July Semi Palmated Sand, 2/6 Nightjar, Quail, Turtle Dove, WoodWarb at last. 21/5 Woodchat, 13thTemmincks, 12thSpoonbill, LittStint, Manxie, Puffin, LittTern during 150 County Race. 8/5 Common Tern, 7/5 Wood Sand, Arctic Tern, 26th LesserWthroat & Garden Warb 25th 16Swifts, Garg, SarnyTern, Reed&SedgeWobs, Spotshank&Grnshnk. 24th an early SpotFly, Cuckoo, cock Ouzel on patch, Pied Flys, 23rd Wheatear eventually 22 of them! 20th Redstart, TreePip, Wthroat, Whimbrel, CommSand, Gropper, Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, Swallow, HoMartin, WillWobb, Blackcap, LRP, Sand Martin, Scaup, PENDULINE TIT, Goshawk, 23/3YLGull, GND, 21/3 beautyBNG, Mandarin. 18/2Common Buzz, 12/2 Common Redpoll, 10/2 Gannet, GWT, Bean, LEgret, Wapit, LBB, 15WFG, LSW, (13th-136)Brambling & RLP (11th-134)Hawfinchx8 (didnt see last year), Lesser Scaup (8th-132)50+Waxwings (7th-131)27Crossbill & Yaffle. (4th-129)pr Lap Buntings down to 20', Snow Bunt, RingPlov, Kittiwake, Fulmar, 2ad MedGulls, found Ad IceGull. (3rd-122) 3 Green Sand, Kite, Woodcock, 5Stonechat, Whooper, Dipper. (2nd-115)5 OWLS. LITTLEBUNTING. Twite, Jack Snipe, Merlin, Slav. Pinkies (91 on 1st)RNGrebe, Long tail Duck, Smew, Peregrines, Kingfishers

Latest;Shags, LT Duck, Leach's Petrels. Highlights:2 x Guillemots, Razorbill, Little Auk, 6 Hawfinches, Firecrest, Mandarin, GN Diver, 4 x BN Grebes, Slavonian Grebe, Bittern, Scaup, Smew, 5 Owl species, Avocet, Ring-billed Gull, Ring Ouzel, Gannet, Eider, Dartford Warbler, Great Skua, Arctic Skua, Pomarine Skuas, 2 x Red Kite, Chough, Stone Curlew, Marsh Harrier, Turtle Dove, Egyptian Goose, Garganey, Wryneck, Whiskered Tern, Black Tern, Little Terns, Nightingale, Mealy Redpolls, Spoonbill, Tree Sparrows, Storm Petrels, Nightjars, Curlew Sandpiper, Ferruginous Duck, Quail, Kentish Plover, Osprey, 3 x Pectoral Sandpipers, Wood Sandpiper, Grey Phalarope & Lesser Yellowlegs,Yellow-browed Warbler. Website for details http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/pdb2006avonyear

15/11. BOU + 2. 215 in old county (BOU+3). Latest: Yellow-browed Warbler, Mandarin. Highlights: Buff-b Sand, Lesser Yellowlegs, R-n Phalarope, Leach's Petrel, Sooty Shear, Squacco, R-b and Woodchat Shrikes, Mealy Redpoll, Blk-thr Thrush, Bonaparte's Gull, Blk-h Wagtail, all 4 skuas, Pec Sand, WWB Tern, White Stork, Temminck's Stint, Spotted Sand, Snow Bunt; Whiskered Tern, Ferruginous Duck and Chough in N Somerset.

Latest: Woodlark, Lapland Bunting, Yellow-browed Warbler, Hen Harrier. Highlights: Lesser Yellowlegs, Kentish Plover, Osprey, Pectoral Sandpiper, Avocet, Ferruginous Duck, Common Rosefinch, Spoonbill, Pomarine Skua, Mealy Redpoll, Whiskered Tern, Wryneck, Stone Curlew, Chough, Red Kite. www.birdlist.co.uk

200+ for 2nd year running. Highlights: Franklin's Gull, Leach's Petrel, American Wigeon, Pectoral Sandpiper, Ferruginous Duck, Yellow-browed & Dartford Warblers, Bittern, Avocet, Roseate Tern, Great Skua, Quail, Temminck's Stint, Glaucous & Iceland Gulls, Hoopoe, Snow Bunting, R-b. & GG Shrikes, Slavonian, R-n. & B-n. Grebes, Bean, W-f, P-f, Brent & Egyptian Geese, L-t. Duck, Smew, C Scoter, Garganey, Mandarin, R-c.Pochard, Bewick's & Whooper Swans, Hen Harrier, Goshawk, Mealy Redpoll, Wood Lark, Firecrest, Crossbill, Hawfinch, Water & Rock (British & Scandinavian) Pipits, Red Grouse, Dipper, Ring Ouzel, Back Tern, Little Gull, Turtle Dove, Spotted Redshank, Little Stint, Wood & Curlew Sandpipers, Grey Plover, Kittiwake, Nightjar, Black Redstart. (plus Caspian Gull)

LATESTFinished on 192 Lesser Yellowlegs, Wood Sandpiper, and Scaup HIGHLIGHTS: Hawfinch, Slavonian Grebe, Black-Necked Grebe,G N Diver, Bittern, White-Fronted Goose, Ring-Necked Duck, Smew, Mandarin Duck, Little Gull, Med Gull, Black Redstart, Dipper, Merlin, Ring-billed Gull, Ring Ouzel, Brent Goose, Guillemot, Eider, Dartford Warbler, Little Ringed Plover, Great Skua, Arctic Skua, Fulmar, Pied Flycatcher,Red Kite, Chough, Stone Curlew, Turtle Dove, Marsh Harrier, Whiskered Tern, Nightingale, Garganey, Storm Petrel, Nightjar,Quail, Ferruginous Duck, Black Tern, Pectoral Sandpiper.
See my blog- http://richardsbirdingdiary.blogspot.com

8/10 Latest: Ruddy Shelduck, Buff-Breasted Sand, Lesser Yellowlegs; Red-necked Phalarope, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, Pectoral Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier, Osprey, WWB Tern, Greenshank, Common Scoter, Ferruginous Duck, Red-backed Shrike, Spotted Fly, Red Kite, Nightjar, Gannet, Turtle Dove, Spoonbill, Nightingale, Hobby, L.E.O., Whiskered Tern, Swift, Wood Warbler, Sanderling, Black-headed Wag, Whinchat, Ring Ouzel, Grasshopper Warbler, Yellow Wag, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Black Tern, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, Whimbrel, Pied Fly, Redstart

09/11/06,Gadwall,Little Auk, Pintail,Redstart, Shore Lark, R, Warbler, Scuap,B. GEESE,Pec Sand, Green Sand, Osprey, Pied Fly, Icc Warbler, Wryneck, Med Gull, A.Skua, W.Sand, L. Gull, G.N.Diver,manx,wood warb,Garganey,Curlew Sand, Dotterel,I Chiffchaff,spoonbll,B.B.Sand,Goshawk,Artic Redpoll, Water Pipit, Bittern, B-N Grebe, Surf Scoter, Iceland Gull, Tundra Bean, Black Redstart, Bewick's Swans,R.N.Duck,L.R.P.R Ouzel,

14 May - Latest Golden Oriole thanks to the Wooley Monster

Out of a total of 202 reliably recorded in the counties to 16/10. Most significant finds 2 Lesser Scaups, Red-necked Phalarope and Richard's Pipit. County ticks Green-winged Teal, Ring-billed Gull,Gannet and the pipit.

Jan (107) Highlights - GN Diver, RT Diver, L Egret, Bittern, B Swan, W Swan RCP, Scaup, R Kite, Merlin, J Snipe, Co Sand, Med Gull, Waxwing, Me Redpoll, Hawfinch Feb (15) - LS Woodpecker, H.Harrier, RN Grebe, Crossbill, Br Goose, Casp. Gull, Goshawk March (11) - I. Gull, Kittiwake, Mandarin April (23) - Raven, T. Pipit, R. Ouzel, Grasshopper Warbler, Hoopoe, GG Shrike, Redstart, A.Tern. May (12) - Turnstone, Whinchat, Little Gull, Bl. Tern, Garganey, T. Stint, C. Scoter, Osprey. June (5) - L. Stint, Nightjar, Avocet, H. Buzzard (200th County tick), Quail. July (2) Spoonbill, Ma Harrier. Aug (2) Ruff, W.Stork. Sept (2) S.Redshank, C.Sandpiper. Oct (2) LT Duck, Bar. Goose (Cat C) 181 species + W & BH Wagtail.

29/10 out of 202 reported. LATEST Spoonbill, Black Redstart, Knot,Curlew Sand, Pec Sand, Long-t Skua, Osprey, Marsh Harrier, Manx S, Spotted Red, R-nGrebe, T Dove, Turnstone, Sanderling, Roseate Terns, Little Stint, Spot Fly, Wood Sand, Grey Plover, Whinchat, Little Tern, Hobby, Wood Warb, Greenshank, L Whitethroat, Bar-t Godwit, L-t Duck, Garganey, Sandwich T, Nightingale, Garden +Reed Warbs, Whitethroat, Swift, Whimbrel, Black Tern, Little Gull, Tree Pipit, White Stork, Brent, P-f + W-f Geese, Raven, Grasshopper Warb, Blk-t Godwit, Common Scoter, Redstart, Med Gull, Kittiwake, GNDiver, Ring Ouzel, L-Spot Woodp, R-c Poch, Crossbill, Grey Partridge, Brambling, Jack Snipe, Iceland Gull, Hawfinch, Mealy Redpoll, Scaup, Little Egret, Cetti's

Highlights - RICHARD'S PIPIT, R-B GULL, Lesser Scaup, G-W Teal, Hawfinch, B-T & GN Divers, Kittiwake, W-Fronted & Brent Geese, R-N & B-N Grebes, Raven, Iceland Gull, R-B Merganser, Pied Flycatcher, Ring Ouzel, Little Tern, Avocet, R-N Phalarope, Nightjar, Spoonbill, Shag, Cett'is.
Latest - Whooper Swan (05/11)

HIGHLIGHTS: Green winged teal (8th jan), Smew & Long-t-duck (15th jan), Red C pochard & 1stw Rough legged buzzard (21st Jan), Grey phalarope & Male Ring necked duck (24th jan), Male American wigeon & 4 Little egrets (29th jan), 6 Snow bunting (2nd Feb), Ad Med gull (5th Feb), 6 Waxwing (15th Feb), Black redstart (19th Feb), Hen harrier, Black guillemot & Bittern (26th Feb), Red necked Grebe & Great grey shrike (4th March), Great white egret (15th March), Black throated diver & Greenland whitefront (19th March). Manxie (23rd April). Hoopoe (29th April). Woodchat shrike (6th May) LATEST: Gropper 7th May.

LATEST:-Ruddy Shellduck,Scaup,Ring necked duck

Mr Saunders how can you claim RB Merganser as a recent addition, when you claim to have seen one at Sandwell valley on the 3rd January???????? You have finally been rumbled

Recent additions Pied Avocet, Gropper, Little & Black Terns, Wood Sand, Lesser Spot, Rufous Nightingale, Hobby, Whinchat, Bar-wit & Grey Plover

Out of 192 claimed in the county. Latest: Sandwich Tern (24/9) Highlights: W-F. Goose, R-N. Duck, R-F. Falcon, LAUGHING GULL, Long-tailed Skua, Alpine Swift, Mealy Redpoll

LESSER SCAUP, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, BLACK-WINGED STILT, Bean Goose, Pectoral Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint, Dotterel, Long-t Duck, Woodlark, Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, Osprey, L-e Owl, Mealy Redpoll, Firecrest, Black Redstart, Snow Bunting, Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint, Bar-t Godwit, Sandwich Tern, Black-n Grebe. Latest: Ring Ouzel (20/10). See my website: www.worcesterbirding.co.uk

Latest: Richard's Pipit & Isabelline Shrike (22/10/06). Highlights: S-t Lark, Wryneck, Balear Shear, Bonxie, Black Tern, Stilt Sandpiper, Nightjars, Stormy, Woodchat, Temmy, Garganey, Ring-billed Gull, Black Scoter, Hawfinch, Black Guillies, Snow Buns, Purple Sands, Tree Sparrows and Black Redstart.

Pink-footed, White-fronted, Brent & Egyptian Geese, Garganey, Red-crested Pochard, Scaup, Smew, Long-tailed Duck, Common Scoter, GN Diver, BN & RN Grebe, Manx Shearwater, Cattle Egret (!!!), Little Egret, Osprey, Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, Hobby, White Stork, Grey Plover, Woodcock, Jack Snipe, Bar & Black-tailed Godwits, Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, Ruff, Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Little Gull, Kittiwake, Black & Arctic Terns, Turtle Dove, Water Pipit, both Redstarts, Whinchat, Nightingale, Willow Tit, Cetti's & Wood Warblers, Brambling, Hawfinch, Mealy Redpoll, Raven, Corn Bunting (+ Caspian Gull, not counted here)

Latest Osprey (12/9), Little Stint (9/10)

Latest 02/05/06 Hobby / Highlights -Night Heron, Marsh Harrier, Woodlark, Jack Snipe,Twite, Sora Rail, Slav Grebe, Corn Bunting, Hawfinch, Merlin, Rough legged Buzzard, Hooded Crow, Scaup, Smew, Little Egret, Hen Harrier, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (4), Marsh Tit, Raven, Nuthatch.

Recent - Ring-necked Duck, Little-Ringed Plover and Yellow Wag.

Hume's Warbler. Hawfinch, Scaup, Pale-bellied Brent

Last Updated 3/1: Fudge Duck, RL Buzzard, Hawfinch, Long-tailed Duck, 3 Bittern, Black-necked Grebe, Slav Grebe

Hume's Yellow browed warbler and Green winged teal 1st for me.

3 County Ticks This Year - 14 Tundra Bean Geese + Sanderling. Latest - Red-Backed Shrike (23.7.06)

Latest : Avocet (6/4) & Whimbrel 7/4) - Highlights:- Common Buzzard (1/1). Waxwing (13/1), Barn owl (13/1), Peregrine & Smew (28/1), Common Rosefinch (20/2). See our website www.Rawmarshnature.co.uk

INCLUDES REED WARBLER,WHITETHROAT,CASPIAN GULL, SWIFT & HEN HARRIER

Hawfinch , Bearded Tit , G N Diver, Brambling , Smew

Sand Martins, Cormorants, L.Whitethroat