+ 6: recent addition - Ferruginous Duck. The record was getable (280), but I didn't get that extra piece of luck! 22/11 Iceland Gull, Little Auk, 16/11 Black Guillemot, 11/11 Ring-necked Duck, Ring-necked Parakeet, 3/11 Dusky Warbler, 2/11 Pallas' Warbler, Red-flanked Bluetail, 28/10 American Golden Plover, 12/10 Wilson's Phalarope 3/10 Leach's Petrel, 28/9 Woodchat Shrike, Greenish Warbler, 27/9 Barred Warbler, 26/9 Blyth's Reed Warber, 25/9 Radde's Warbler, 24/9 Melodious Warbler, Puffin, 15/9 Yellow-browed Warbler, 14/9 Red-necked Phalarope, 7/9 Cory's Shearwater, Long-tailed Skua, 18/8 Marsh Sandpiper, 22/7 White-rumped Sandpiper 24/6 Lesser Yellowlegs 21/6 Lesser Grey Shrike 7/6 Bee-eater 1/6 Trumpeter Finch 27/5 Citrine Wagtail 13/5 Red-footed Falcon, 5/5 Subalpine Warbler, 28/4 Whiskered Tern, 24/4 Black Kite, 20/4 Black Lark, 5/4 Great White Egret, 4/4 Cattle Egret

(BOU) (UK400=268) 23/11 Iceland Gull 15/11RNDuck 4/11 Dusky W 2/11 Rf Bluetail BBDipper Bt Thrush LEO (at long last!)30/10 AGP Barred and Pallas's Warbler 12/10 Wil Phal 29/3 YB and Raddes Warb Woodchat Shrike 23/9 Leach's Sooty Shear LT Skua 18/9 Wryneck14/9 RNPhal Seabirds 31/7 L Stint 28/7 Pec Sand 23/7/WRSand 25/6 Lesserlegs 21/6 LGShrike RBShrike 7/6 Bee-eater 2/6 Trumpeter Finch Tawny Pipit 21/5 Gt Reed Warbler 17/5 Hoopoe 15/5 SubA Warbler 13/5 Rf Falcon 4/5 GW Teal 28/4 Whis Tern 20/4 BLACK LARK 14/4 12/4 R-C Pochard 8/4 C.Egret R-l Buzzard WC SPARROW visit my website Norfolk Birders

BOU only/ HIGHLIGHTS;(01/01)Lesser yellowlegs, (02/01)Great White Egret, (12/01)Richards Pipit (28/03) Bluethroat (07/04) Red Rumped Swallow (08/04)Black Kite (04/05) Ortolan Bunting (10/05) SPECTACLED WARBLER (11/05) Great Reed Warbler (12/05) Red Footed Falcon (27/05) Icterine Warbler (28/05) R B Shrike (29/05) Subalpine Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Purple Heron (11/05)Spotted Crake (05/06) Thrush Nightingale/ Bee-eater (12/06) Night Heron, (05/06) Cory's Shearwater, (15/06) W R Sandpiper (26/08) Melodious Warbler (29/08) Citrine Wagtail (14/09) Wryneck (27/09) Raddes Warbler (08/10) R B Fly (12/10) Grey Phalarope (13/10) Y B Warbler (01/11) Sabines Gull (02/11)Pallas Warbler(05/11) Desert Wheatear LATEST; Long-tailed Duck, Velvet Scoter, Lap Bunt, Waxwing, Little Auk, R N Parakeet, R C Pochard Visit my site www.freewebs.com/suffolksillybustards/

(BOU)LEO,Hoopoe,White-tailed Eagle,Lapland bunting,Iceland Gull,Pink foot,Barnacle & WF Geese,Cattle Egrets,Green-winged Teal,Manx Shearwater,Serin, Monties,Temmincks Stint, BW Stilt,Glossy Ibis,Red-footed Falcon,Storm Petrel, Roseate Tern,Tawny Pipit, Quail,Sooty Shearwater, White-winged black tern,Red-backed Shrike, Yellow-browed warbler,Pec Sandp,Spotted Crake,Melodious warbler,Long-tailed skua,Twite,Waxwing - A new Hants yearlist record

Final birds of the year were, Water Pipit, Iceland Gull, Rough Legged Buzzard & Caspian Gull. Enjoyable year.

Red-breasted Goose, Ring-necked Duck, Green-winged Teal, Great White & Cattle Egrets, White-tailed Eagle, Red-footed Falcon, Montagu's Harrier, Iceland, Glaucous, Sabines & Caspian Gulls, Long-tailed Skua, Glossy Ibis, Grey & Red-necked Phals, Pectoral Sandpiper, Spotted Crake, Quail, Tawny Pipit, Red-backed Shrike, Yellow-browed and Melodious Warblers, Twite, Lapland & Snow Buntings, Waxwing

Sept- Dotterel, Wryneck, R br. Fly, Sabs, Buff br. Sand, Pec. Sand, Bluethroat, Y br. Warbler, Bairds Sand, Pom Skua. Oct- Bittern,Grey Phal, White billed Diver. Nov1st-Black thr. Diver,Nov 6th-Waxwing(236), Nov 7th- Red flanked Bluetail(237) and Black Redstart(238) Holy Island. Nov 9th-Desert Wheatear(239)Lynemouth.Snow Goose(240)south of Chev pools-Dec 6th.

(BOU Only) +2, Latest:30/12 Penduline Tit, 2/11 Shorelark, 7/11 Mealy Redpoll, 4/11Waxwing, 3/11 Fudge Duck+Grey Phal, 30/10 Little Auk, 29/10 Bewicks, 26/10 Woodlark, 24/10 Dartford Warbler, 22/10 Serin x 3, 11/10 GG Shrike, LG Shrike,8/10 Velvet Scoter,Lesser Redpoll,24/9 Y B Warbler,23/9 Bonxie,21/9 Dotterel,13/9 Honey Buzzard,30/8 Wryneck x 2,29/8 Sooty Shearwater, Redstart,25/8 Pom Skua,Marsh Sand,21/8 Pied Fly,17/8 Storm Petrel,Osprey,Manx Shearwater,16/8 Winchat,7/8 Razorbill,18/7 Pec Sand,16/7 Arctic Skua,15/7 Guillemot,13/7 Woodchat,27/6 Spoonbill, 25/6 Crossbill, 15/6 Quail, 10/6 LEO, 4/6 GW Egret, 31/5 Golden Oriole,Highlights: Monty's, RF Falcon, Gropper, RN Phal, Temminck's Stint, Blk Winged Stilt, Red Rumped Swallow, Richards Pipit, Black Tern, Tree Pipit, Cattle Egret, Stone Curlew, Jack Snipe, Eider, Tundra Bean Goose, Blk,Red necked & Slav grebe, Blk,Red throated & GNDiver, Glaucous Gull(local patch lifer), Iceland & Caspian Gull, LS Wood, Marsh Tit, Lapland Bunting x2, Goshawk x 2, Hawfinch.

Latest:Pallas`s Warbler 31/10, Grey Phalarope 12/10, Yellow-browed Warbler 25/9, Pec Sand 23/9, Dotterel 14/9, Honey Buzzard 13/9, Wryneck 10/9, HIGHLIGHTS: Thrush Nightingale, Subalpine Warbler, Purple Heron, White-rumped Sand, R N Parakeet, Cory`s Shearwater, Citrine Wagtail, Lesser Yellowlegs, W S Bluethroat, G W Egret, R R Swallow. FINDS: Ortolan Bunting, Icterine Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, Honey Buzzard, 2 Wryneck. http://www.freewebs.com/cortonbirds

Updated 21/12. Twite, Richard's Pipit, ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD (county lifer), Gt N Diver, Waxwing, Ruddy Shelduck, Leach's Petrel, Firecrest, Grey Phal, White-winged Black Tern, Red-crested Pochard, Curlew Sandpiper, Roseate Tern, Bonxie, Storm Petrel. GLOSSY IBIS (county lifer), Pec Sand, Manx Shearwater, H Buzzard, Arctic Skua. R S Bluethroat. Found on Hilbre. A 1st for the Island. Spoonbill, Red Kite.[+3 = Siberian Chiffchaff, Pale-bellied Brent, White Wagtail]http://wirralbirders.blogspot.com/

Latest: Brent Goose 26/12,
Highlights: The bulk (170 species) have been seen on my patch. A fantastic year, with 7 county ticks (2 self-found). Species I didn't see, but could have if I'd tried, include Slav Grebe, Bar-tailed Godwit, Hen Harrier, Short-eared Owl, Bittern, Jack Snipe, Great Grey Shrike, Black Redstart, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Bearded Tit, Hawfinch - which would have smashed the previous county record (214 I set in 2003). Also, missed a Fulmar by a few minutes and didn't have a Sandwich Tern (normally find one each year!).

Highlights...Great White Egret, Ring Billed Gull, Lesser Yellowlegs, Bluethroat, Shorelark, Black Kite. Finding a female and a stonking male RED FOOTED FALCON. Rosy Tern, Tem Stint, Dotterel, Balearic Shear, Long T Skua, Y B Warbler, Raddes Wr(www.freewebs.com/lammergeierheights)

24th Dec: Having finally cracked the 200 year mark in Somerset, I've since seen Hawfinch. Total includes Tawny Owl heard only (so far) and Barnacle Goose (feral?).

recent additions Little Stint,Storm Petrel, Lesser Canada Goose ,Red-necked Grebe,American Wigeon

Whinchat, Black Tern, Little Tern, Glossy Ibis, Wood & Curlew Sands, Sandwich tern at last Grey & Red Legged Partridge Red Kite Cuckoo Great Grey Shrike Com Sand Blackcap Cattle Egret Marsh Harrier Tree Sparrow Brambling G W Teal Iceland Gull, Scaup, bittern

Lesser Legs, Dicks Pipit, G W Egret, Black Kite ,etc,etc

Sabine's G, Fulmar, B-winged Stilt, Cattle Egret, Ring-b Gull, Firecrest, G N Diver, R-t Diver, Bean, Brent, W-f, P-f Geese, Glaucous, Iceland, Med, Caspian Gulls, Wood Warb,

December 31st: 2 Water Pipits, 3 Cetti's Warblers, 7 Black-necked Grebes, 11 Smew, 19 Scaup, 3 GNDivers, 2 Slav Grebes, LTDuck, GWEgret, 2 GWTeals, Lesser Scaup, 2 Kittiwakes, RBMerganser, 2 Avocets, 23 Corn Buntings, 18+ Garganey, Ring Ouzel, Sandwich Tern, 2 Temminck's Stints, 2 Wood Sandpipers, Little Tern, PURPLE HERON, STILT SANDPIPER, MARSH SANDPIPER, 2 Marsh Harriers, 32+ Crossbills, Spoonbill, 4 Caspian Gulls, Red-necked Phalarope, 2 Red-necked Grebes, Woodlark, 3 Merlins, Hawfinch, Ferruginous Duck, BTDiver, Snow Bunting, 2 Iceland Gulls, Long-eared Owl, Mealy Redpoll, and Red-t Diver. County split 161/178. At least 213 species have been recorded, with three more pending. I have only done better than this once before, so a pretty good year.

16/9 Wryneck, 1/6 Trumpeter Finch, Marsh Warb, 6/1 White Crowned Sparrow 1/1 Lap Bunt, Purple Sand, www.freewebs.com/garybirder

Highlights - STILT SAND, MARSH SAND, GW Egret, Lesser Scaup, Bean Goose, R-N Duck, 2 G-W Teals, Water Pipit, L-t Duck, R-N Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Slav Grebe, Bewick's, S-E Owl, Kittiwake, Cetti's, Ring Ouzel, Temminck's, Avocet, Fulmar, Redstart, Pec Sand, Marsh Harrier, 3 Spoonbills, Ferruginous.. Latest - Iceland Gull (23/11), Waxwing (24/11), Mealy Redpoll & Glaucous Gull (07/12), R-T Diver & Caspian Gull (26/12)

Full list on Bubo

Hoopoe, Honey Buzzard, Red-backed Shrike, Nightingale, Golden Oriole, Hobby, Woodlark, Red-footed Falcon, Woodchat, Garganey, Black Tern, Lesser Whitethroat, Wood Sand, Lesserlegs, Mandarin, Purple Heron, BNG, Spotshank, Bewick's Swan, Rough-leg ,Raven, Glauc, Iceland Gull, Black Grouse, YLG, Desert Wheatear, Med Gull, Mealy Redpoll, Waxwing, Scaup, Dipper, Bearded Tit, Smew, Water Pipit, Hen Harrier, Lsw, Y-front

To 30 Nov. Full details at www.bubo.org/listing

Highlights: Dark-eyed Junco, Lapland Bunting, Tundra Bean Goose, Rough-legged Buzzard, Velvet Scoter, Black-winged Stilt, American Golden Plover, Whiskered Tern, Red-footed Falcon, Pectoral Sandpiper, Honey Buzzard, Osprey, Hoopoe, Crane, Green Heron, Red-flanked Bluetail Latest: 27/08 Osprey, Honey Buzzard, Common Crane, Hoopoe 26/10 Green Heron 2/11 Red-flanked Bluetail, Firecrest, Ringed-necked Parakeet 30/11 Lesser Redpoll (+1 Heard: Gropper)

128 on January 1st Birdrace, but still finished 2nd!! Latest - Swift, Common Sandpiper (11/04), Sand & House Martin, Swallow, Yellow Wag, Willow Warbler (10/04), Black Kite, Osprey (08/04).

Highlights: Black-necked Grebe X2, Great White Egret X2, Red-necked Grebe, Great Grey Shrike, Red Kite, Glaucous Gull, Common Crane, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, Spoonbill, Temminck's Stint, Red-footed Falcon, Mandarin, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Whiskered Tern, Wood Sandpiper, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, Glossy Ibis, Waxwing, Red-breasted Merganser, Water Pipit, Rough-legged Buzzard.
Latest: 12/12 Coveney - Rough-legged buzzard.

Recent Bucks Additions: TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE at Hillesden; HEN HARRIER at Berryfields Herts: ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD and HEN HARRIER in Reed 15/11

Franklin's Gull, Lesser Scaup, White winged Black Tern, Spoonbill, Bee eater, Red Kite, Red throated Diver

Updated 17/10 GN Diver +County Highlights Marsh Sand/Fulmar/Redstart(Male)/Lesser Scaup

Shore lark, Grey phalarope, Garganey, Little and Med gulls, Curlew sand, firecrest, glaucous, yellow-legged and caspian gull, little egret. Turtle dove.

Red-necked Grebe, Yellow-legged Gull - Abberton Res.- 4 Jan., 3 Bitterns - Abberton Res. - 9 Jan., Coal Tit - home - 2 Feb., various shore birds-Mersea Island-5 Feb., Red-crested Pochard, Mandarin Duck, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch - Connaught Water, Long-tailed Duck - Hanningfield Reservoir - 8th Feb., male Blackcap - in garden - 13th Feb., White-fronted Geese - Abberton Reservoir - 15th Feb. Grey Wagtail - Copford S.F. - 29th Feb., Scaup, Sand Martin - Abberton Res. 22 Mar, Brambling, Mealy Redpoll-Home - 23/3, Common Scoter, Barn Swallow-Abberton Res. -28/3, Goldcrest - Lynford, Stone Curlew - Weeting, Golden Pheasant - Wolferton, Bearded Tit, Cetti's Warbler, Snipe, Cuckoo (H), Sedge Warbler - Titchwell, Iberian Chiffchaff - Thornham, Grey Partridge - Snettisham between 14 - 16 April , Slavonian Grebe, Garganey, Red Kite, Hobby, Whimbrel, Greenshank, Common Tern, Arctic Tern, Black Tern, Turtle Dove, Nightingale, Grasshopper Warbler, Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail - Abberton Res. - 25th April, Swift at home - 6th May

all on local patch; 94 on foot; 3rdMerlin & SnowBunts. 27thPer. 26thOik, TSpar 16th-Jack Snipe, Mandarin, Goosander. Hen Harrier & PFGoose. 8thYLGull. 7thWigeon, 5 owls by 2nd. Corn Bunting & Ruddy Duck- both good to get before they die out. 500Siskin. Green Sand & Dipper feeding together. 5Y-fronts over on 1st. 12SEO-2 trying to catch a Stoat.

Highlights include 5 sp of Heron incl Cattle Egret + GWE and Bittern. Also 2 Raven, Scaup and 2 Water Pipits.

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