LATEST: 07/12 Long-tailed Duck (x2). 06/12 Guillemot. 25/11 Red-necked Grebe. 19/11 Water Pipit. 18/11 Goosander. 17/11 Marsh Tit. 04/11 Dartford Warbler + Sanderling. 02/11 Shag! HIGHLIGHTS: Whooper Swan, Tundra Bean Goose, Pink-footed Goose, Red-crested Pochard, Ferruginous Duck (3rd Peninsular record and my 2nd), Velvet Scoter, Slavonian Grebe, Sooty Shearwater, Leach's Petrel, SQUACCO HERON (1st Peninsular record & only the 2nd in Suffolk since 1912!), GLOSSY IBIS(1st Peninsular record), Spoonbill, Red Kite (x2), Honey Buzzard, Montagu's Harrier, Sabines Gull, Glaucous Gull, Short-toed Lark, Shore Lark, Waxwing, Marsh Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Dartford Warbler (5th Pen record and my 2nd), Greenish Warbler (4th Pen record and my 3rd, the last being in 1997), ARCTIC WARBLER (4th for Suffolk & 2nd for the Peninsular, the 1st being in 1993 which I also saw), Yellow-browed Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, LESSER GREY SHRIKE (1st Peninsular record), Twite, Mealy Redpoll, Hawfinch and Ortolan Bunting. LOWLIGHTS Didn't see Smew, Manx Shearwater, Bittern, Osprey, Merlin, Little Stint, Little Auk, Yellow-legged Gull, Long-eared Owl, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker or Nuthatch, all of which are species that I used to note almost annually.

RECENT; 12/11 Red-necked Grebe 9/11 Blk Guillemot 31/10 W f Goose, Ring Ouzel HIGHLIGHTS: Whooper Swan, White-fronted Goose, Long-tailed Duck, Cory's Shearwater, Balearic Shearwater, GN Diver, Black-throated Diver, Red-necked Grebe, L Egret, Spoonbill, Egyptian Goose, Garganey, Honey Buzzard, Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Osprey, Quail, Little Stint, Black-tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, Pom Skua, Long-tailed Skua, Caspian Gull, Iceland & Glaucous Gulls, Roseate Tern, Black Tern, Black Guillemot, LEO, Water Pipit, Waxwing, Ring Ouzel, Black Redstart, Marsh Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Wood Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler, Firecrest, Great Grey Shrike, Hooded Crow, Mealy Redpoll, Twite, Snow Bunting, Lapland Bunting

Latest: Dusky Warbler 4/11, Dartford Warbler 2/11, Raddes Warbler 29/10, Pallas` Warbler 26/10, Yellow-browed Warbler, Crossbill, Meally Redpoll 23/10, Velvet Scoter 17/10, Lapland Bunting 13/10, Ortolan Bunting 20/9, Richard`s Pipt 19/9, Tree Pipit 18/9 Highlights: Great White Egret, Great-grey and Red-backed Shrikes, Crane, Sabines Gull, Balearic Shearwater, Hoopoe, Waxwing, LEO, Iceland Gull, Long-tailed Skua, Garganey, Roseate Tern, Wood Warbler, Red Kite...Not gonna get close to my Lowestoft year record of 218 due mainly to being out of action in first half of year. http://www.freewebs.com/cortonbirds/ http://home.clara.net/ammodytes/

Waxwing, Bittern ,Glauc Gull, Short Eared Owl Wood Warbler,Montys Harrier, Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Arctic Tern, Marsh Tit,Roseate Tern,Green Sand.Golden Plover,LRP Curlew Sand Pied fly,Tree Sparrow,Richards Pipit At last KINGFISHER Ring Ouzel Med & Sooty Shearwater,Redpoll,Woodlark,Lap Bunting G N Diver Glossy Ibis Y B Wabler Woodcock,Yellowhammer,Leach's Petrel,Jack Snipe,Slav Grebe,Snow Bunting,Bewicks Swan on the last day of the year.And a personal harbour year list record by Two.

All species recorded within 'greater patch boundary' of River Axe and Seaton area; my aim is to beat the current record of 197. Latest: Bewick's Swan (20th), Black-necked Grebe (14th), Leach's Petrel (four on 29th), Ring Ouzel (22nd), Snow Bunting (18th Nov), a stunning juv Long-tailed Skua - probably my 'bird of the year' (20th Oct), Eider (16th Oct), SIX Glossy Ibis! (19th Sept), Pec Sand (16th Sept), Black Tern (2nd Sept) Highlights: 4 Whooper Swans, Bewick's Swan, Egyptian Goose, 2 Red-crested Pochards, 2 Velvet Scoters, Surf Scoter, Goldeneye, Goosander, Black-throated and Great Northern Divers, Red-necked, Black-necked and 5 Slav Grebes, Storm Petrel, 4 Leach's Petrel, 6 Glossy Ibis, Cattle Egrets, Spoonbill, Osprey, Red Kite, Merlin, Avocet, Little Ringed Plover, Jack Snipe, Pec Sand, Wood Sandpiper, Long-tailed Skua, Little Gulls, several Iceland Gulls, Black Tern, 3 Little Terns, Alpine Swift, Wryneck, 17 Woodlarks, Ring Ouzel, Dipper, Black Redstart, Common Redstart, Groppers, Brambling, Lesser Redpoll, several Crossbills and a Snow Bunting. For full details of my birding antics see: www.stevesbirdingblog.blogspot.com

Bittern, January Pom Skua, Monty's and Hen Harrier, Stone Curlew, Icterine Warbler (Harbour lifer - think positive and forget I've dipped three Harbour lifers prior to this - Waxwing, Glaucous Gull and Corn Bunting!), Great White Egret, Richard's Pipit, Sooty Shearwater (at last - no satellite tracking required Gavin!!), Yellow-browed Warbler, Leach's Petrel.

Red-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Black-necked Grebe, Little Egret, Red-crested Pochard, Scaup, Common Scoter, Smew, Jack Snipe, Woodcock, Black-tailed Godwit, Yellow-legged Gull, Barn Owl, Cetti's Warbler, Raven, Brambling 1/1; Ringed Plover, Stonechat, Med Gull 2/1; Golden Plover 3/1; Peregrine, Willow Tit, Hawfinch, Kingfisher 4/1; Tawny Owl 6/1; Bewick's & Whooper Swans 8/1; Red Kite, Mistle Thrush 14/1; Brent Goose, Ruff, Buzzard 18/1; Kittiwake, Bittern 19/1; Iceland Gull 21/1; Mandarin 26/1; OTTER 4/2; 18 Smew, Little Gull 8/2; Skylark, Slavonian Grebe 15/2; Little Owl 16/2; Mealy Redpoll 17/2; Oystercatcher 20/2; Short-eared Owl 28/2; Sand Martin 15/3; Chiffchaff 18/3; Long-eared Owl 19/3; Garganey, Swallow 24/3; Wheatear 25/3; osprey 26/3; LRP 29/3; White Wagtail 1/4; Water Pipit 2/4; Yellow Wagtail 5/4; Avocet, Marsh Harrier, Common Sand, Blackcap 6/4; Common Tern, Sedge Warbler 9/4; Sandwich Tern, House Martin 10/4; Arctic Tern, Reed Warbler 11/4; Red-breasted Merganser, Cuckoo 12/4; Gropper, Nightingale 13/4; Hobby 14/4; Sanderling 17/4; Greenshank 19/4; Lesser Whitethroat 20/4; Garden Warbler, Grey Plover 23/4; Black Tern, Barwit 24/4; Whitethroat, Curlew Sand, Swift, Nuthatch, Turtle Dove, 109 species seen today 25/4; WHISKERED TERN, Whimbrel 27/4; CRANE 2/5; Cattle Egret 4/5; Little Tern, Turnstone 13/5; Spotted flycatcher 17/5; Knot 18/5; What drops in on the calmest, sunniest evening in ages? A Fulmar, obviously 21/5; Little Stint 4/6; Spoonbill 7/6; Montagu's Harrier 15/6; Wood Sandpiper 1/7; Spotted redshank 7/8; Purple Sandpiper(!) 10/8; Caspian Gull 24/8; Whinchat 29/8; Rock Pipit 27/9; Arctic Skua 1/10; Firecrest 18/10; Green-winged Teal 7/11; Pink-footed Goose 8/11; Grey Phalarope 29/11; Merlin 13/12.

A late entry, with 3 aims: (1) To give Steve Waite some company (2) To give added value to any grippers that come my way (3) To see whether 190 is possible while still holding down a life. Latest: 23/12 Caspian Gull, 21/12 Velvet Scoter, 20/12 Bewick's Swan, 22/11 Ring Ouzel, 18/11 Snow Bunting, 7/11 Whooper Swan, 2/11 Pintail, 27/10 Eider, 20/10 Long-tailed Skua, Red-breasted Merganser, 19/9 Glossy Ibis, Little Owl; 16/9 Pectoral Sandpiper; 7/9 Pied Flycatcher; 30/8 Knot; 29/8 Tree Pipit, Wryneck; 26/8 Cory's or Great Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater; 22/8 Whinchat, Ortolan Bunting; 16/8 Spotted Flycatcher; 6/8 Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat; 4/8 Little Tern; 27/7 Treecreeper(!); 15/7 Balearic Shearwater; 11/7 Yellow-legged Gull; 5/7 Goosander; 30/6 Wood Sandpiper; 22/6 Nightjar; 8/6 Little Stint; 6/6 Arctic Tern; 1/6 Greenshank; 30/5 Avocet; Redpoll; 24/5 Red-crested Pochard; 20/5 Red Kite
Highlights: Caspian Gull (2nd for patch and only 3rd for Devon), Bewick's Swan, Long-tailed Skua, Glossy Ibis (flock of 6), Pectoral Sandpiper, Wryneck, Cory's or Great Shearwater, Ortolan Bunting (2nd for patch), 3 Little Terns, Red-crested Pochard (1st for patch) Surf Scoter, Cattle Egret, Slav and Red-necked Grebes, Storm Petrel, Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, 4+ Pom Skuas, 5+ Iceland Gulls, Puffin
The ongoing saga: Not Quite Scilly

20/12 Tufted Duck 19/12 Goosander 29/11 Leach's Petrel 21/11 Water Pipit 14/11 Long-tailed Duck 11/11 Mistle Thrush 9/11 Black Redstart 31/10 Gadwall, Brambling 27/10 Merlin 17/10 Cetti's Warbler, Eider 13/10 Lesser Redpoll, Yellowhammer 26/9 Barnacle Goose - scrape that barrel ;-) 19/9 Golden Plover 12/9 Whinchat 6/9 Jay 1/9 Curlew Sand 31/8 Redstart, Lesser Whitethroat 30/8 Sooty Shearwater 22/8 Balearic Shearwater 21/8 Tawny Owl 16/8 Tree Pipit 9/8 Sedge Warbler(!) 8/8 Coal Tit 2/8 LRP 14/7 YL Gull 1/7 Green Sand 26/5 Little Stint 25/5 Black Guillemot, Red Kite, Hobby 16/5 Collared Dove, Pom & Arctic Skua, Storm Petrel 14/5 Garden Warbler 13/5 Kentish Plover, Black Tern, Spot Fly 3/5 Roseate Tern 26/4 Swift, Greylag 25/4 Common, Arctic & Little Tern 12/4 Gropper, Common Sand 11/4 Whitethroat, Puffin 10/4 Osprey, House Martin, Yellow Wag, Reed Warbler 9/4 Bonxie, 8/4 WESTERN SANDPIPER 7/4 Manx Shearwater, Blackcap 4/4 Red-legged Partridge, LEO, Willow Warbler 31/3 Black-throated Diver 29/3 Wheatear, Sand Martin, Swallow 21/3 Pheasant 15/3 MARSH HARRIER 14/3 Sandwich Tern 7/3 Spotted Redshank 1/3 Grey Wagtail 22/2 Jack Snipe 21/2 Black-necked Grebe [15/2 BLACK BRANT] 7/2 Cirl Bunting, Fieldfare 31/1 Little Gull 24/1 Peregrine, Green Woodpecker 17/1 GN Diver, 11/1 Spoonbill, Jackdaw, Med Gull 10/1 18 year ticks inc Velvet Scoter, Dartford Warbler & Firecrest 7/1 Avocet 2/1 Surf Scoter (2), Red-necked Grebe and Whimbrel. www.dawlishwarren.co.uk

Site got 187. Latest hightings: Leach's Petrel (29/11), Water Pipit (21/11), Tuftie (08/11), B Redstart (07/11), L-t Duck (01/11), R Ouzel (31/10). Duff Oct & Sep, v little of interst. 6 terns, 3 skuas & 3 shears (30/08). Spring highlights: Red Kite, Black Guillemot & Hobby (25/05), Stormie (17/05), Pom Skua & Cuckoo (10/05), WESTERN/ SEMIP (at last ! - 06/05), LRP (06/05), S Fly (05/05), Golden P (03/05), Rosy Tern (02/05), Puffin (11/04), Osprey (10/04), LEO (04/04), R-l Part (29/03), Coal Tit (21/03), Marsh Harrier (15/03). Winter highlights: Black Brant (22/02, not in total), pair Black-necked Grebe (21/02), Little Gull for 98 spp in Jan (31/01). Spoonbill & Yellow-l Gull (11/01), Whimbrel (!) & Firecrest (10/01), Velvet (07/01), 2 Surf Scoter (1 from 01/01) also Spot-shank & Dartford W (01/01). www.dawlishwarren.co.uk

Latest: Over-all, some quality birds, but a serious lack of waders left me with a below average total Highlights: Finds include: Mealy Redpoll, 3x Kittiwake, Leach's Petrel, Cetti's Warbler (just the 3rd site record), 2x Whooper Swans, Black-necked Grebe (and seen 3 more), 3x Great Northern Divers (and seen 3 others), Caspian Gull, Gannet, Spotted Crake (GW tick), Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Jack Snipe, 7+ Garganey, 4 Scaups, 2+ Ospreys, Goshawk (GW tick), 9x Sandwich Terns, 3+ Rock Pipits, 18x Common Scoters, 2x Iceland Gulls, 3x Glaucous Gulls, c70 Brent Geese, Bewick's Swan, Egyptian Goose and Avocet. Also seen Velvet Scoter, Red-b Merganser, Black-throated Diver, Grey Phalarope, Arctic Skua, 3x Slavonian Grebes & long-stayers from 2008 include Red-necked Grebe, Water Pipit, Smew and Red-crested Pochards

Latest: common Crane, Woodlark, Bewick's Swans, Barn Owl, Red-breasted Mergansers, Snow Bunting, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Spotted Redshank, Firecrest, Yellowhammer, Dartford Warbler, Little Owl, Blue-winged Teal, Brent Goose, Wryneck, Pintail, Corncrake, Greylag, Black-tailed Godwit, Kingfisher, Grey Phalarope, Shag, Greenshank, Bittern, Tawny Owl, American Wigeon, Mediterranean Gull, Bar-tailed Godwit. Highlights so far: Blue-winged Teal (patch tick), Grey Phalarope, Corncrake, American Wigeon (patch tick), Bittern (patch tick), spring Little Stint, spring drake Garganey, 3 adult Whooper Swans Weston Sewage Works (patch tick), Red Kite Weston Sewage Works and the first Corn Bunting for 28 years in Sand Bay (patch tick). www.ukbirds.net

19/8 Curlew Sand 8/8 Wood Warbler 7/8 Arctic Skua 1/8 Black Tern 25/7 Black-tailed Godwit 23/5 Purple Heron 16/5 Montagu's Harrier 13/5 Little Tern, Pied Fly, Spot Fly, Redstart 10/5 BLACK-WINGED PRATINCOLE, Cuckoo, Whinchat, Hobby 9/5 Garden Warbler 27/4 Swift 25/4 Common Sand. 24/4 Common Tern, Greenshank, Tree Pipit 22/4 Hen Harrier 21/4 Coal Tit, Whimbrel 20/4 Nightingale, Turtle Dove 19/4 Iceland Gull 18/4 Reed Warbler 10/4 Little Ringed Plover, Lesser Whitethroat 9/4 Grasshopper Warbler, Whitethroat 5/4 Sedge Warbler, Canada Goose 4/4 House Martin, Yellow Wagtail, Ring Ouzel, Willow Warbler, Sandwich Tern, Redpoll. 21/3 Red Kite. 18/3 Swallow. 17/3 Blackcap, Siskin. 16/3 Sand Martin. 14/3 Wheatear, Black Redstart. 13/3 Brambling. 8/2 Med Gull. 2/2 Great Northern Diver, Red-breasted Merganser, Little Gull. 26/1 Grey Partridge. 23/1 Gannet. 19/1 Long-eared Owl, Guillemot. 16/1 Bullfinch. 14/1 Merlin. 10/1 Black-necked Grebe. 9/1 Barnacle Goose. 8/1 Knot. 7/1 Corn Bunting, Fulmar. 6/1 Bearded Tit, Grey Wag, Firecrest, Woodcock, Little Owl. 5/1 Bar-wit, Kittiwake, RN Parakeet. 4/1 Tundra Bean Goose, Cetti's Warbler. 2/1 Barn Owl, Green Sandpiper, Rock Pipit. 1/1 Jack Snipe, Dartford Warbler, White-fronted Goose, Peregrine, Avocet, Pintail, Purple Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Snow Bunting and Chiffchaff

Barn Owl,Waxwings,Red Kite,Mealy Redpoll,Bewicks Swan,Little Egret,Yellow Legged Gull, AVOCET ( Patch Tick) , kittiwake, Osprey, Marsh Harrier, Black Redstart, SPOONBILL (Patch Tick ) GREAT WHITE EGRET (Patch Tick ) Ruddy Shelduck, Med Gull, Crossbill , WRYNECK (patch Tick) , Whooper Swan, Long eared owl, Merlin LATEST:-Corn Bunting, Short Eared Owl wow what a year the best i have had in sandwell 163 species is a personal best with 4 valley ticks and over 300 visits, i missed 8 species (spotted crake,iceland gull,bittern,sandwich tern, wood lark, knot, sanderling and firecrest) makeing the valley list a fantastic 171!! good birding too all in 2010

Highlights: Red-necked Grebe, Night Heron, Tundra Bean Goose, Goosander, Honey Buzzard, Black Kite, Osprey, Ruff, Red-necked Phalarope, Hoopoe, Wryneck, Waxwing, Icterine and Wood Warblers, Bearded Tit, Raven and Lap Bunt. Latest: Red-necked Phalarope - 29th August. For more details see www.freewebs.com/folkestonebirds/index.htm

Collared Pratincole, Whiskered Tern, Spoonbill, Black -necked Grebe, Garganey, Wood Sandpiper, Glaucous and Iceland Gull, 5 Owl species, Bittern, Little Egret, Red-brested Merganser, Common Scoter, Jack Snipe, Woodcock by 18 Jan.

Great Northern Diver, Scaup, Slavonian Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Manx Shearwater, Bittern, Whooper Swan, Brent Goose, Common Scoter, Red-Breasted Merganser, Marsh Harrier, Avocet, Grey Phalarope, Iceland Gull, Bonaparte's Gull, White-winged Black Tern, Water Pipit, Black Redstart, Snow Bunting, Crossbill.

Finally a BITTERN (patch tick) before Xmas, sadly found dead today. 5/11 SNOW BUNTING x3 (long overdue patch tick). 15/10Slav Grebe 17/9 Pintail(Redwing over) 6/9 SEO at Last!. 28/8Whinchat. 15/8 Egyptian Goose (1st local record). 10/8Greenshank & Little Gull. 9/8 Hobby. 15/7 Crossbill. 16/6 MARSH WARBLER (1st local record). 2/6 15+Quail . 15/5 Black Tern. 10/5 SpotFly. 9/5 TEMMINCKS (tick) Blackwit. 4/5 Dunlin 3/5MARSH HARRiER. 29/4 Swift, Cuckoo, Garden Warbler. 28/4Common Tern. 25/4 Reed Warbler. 23/4 Common Sand. 21/4 Redstart, Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler. 20/4 OSPREY - garden tick. 19/4Whitethroat. 17/4Whimbrel. 14/4 Gropper & Yella Wag. 13/4 Tree Pipit. 10/4Mandarin. 7/4 House Martin & Blackcap. 4/4Willow Warbler. 3/4 Swallowsx3, 2/4Ring Ousel, Wheatear, GCGrebe. 24/3 LRP, SandMartin. 21/3 flock of 82Whoopers!, Chiffchaff, Corn Bunting. 7/3RNParakeet. 6/3 Med Gull. 1/3Bean Goose x4.(missed RBGull!) 25/2Green Woodpecker. 24/2Barnacle Goose. 23/2Ringed Plover. 13/2 YLGull. 5/2 Bramblingx20. 26/1Shelduck 24/Gadwall & LBBGull 19/1Shoveller 9/1Peregrine 8/1PFGoose 7/1Barn Owl 6/1Green Sand, 4Buzzard, Nuthatch, Cormorant, Tree Sparrow. 5/1 Glaucous Gull + Ruddy Duck. 4/1Goosander 3/1Merlin, Stonechat. 2/1 Dipper. 70 on NYDay afternoon in local tetrad. Long-eared Owl, Mealy Redpoll, Jack Snipe, Woodcock, Water Rail, Little Owl, Kingfisher, Oystercatcher:

1/1 Great Northern Diver, Scaup, Curlew. 3/1 Water Pipit. 4/1 Smew, Redpoll. 13/1 Jack Snipe. 17/1 Water Rail. 18/1 Egyptian Goose. 21/1 Med Gull. 24/1 Barn Owl. 11/2 Bittern. Hi Badger best of luck with Radley. 14/2 Little Owl. Hi Gnome good luck with your patch. 25/2 Little Egret. 26/2 Oystercatcher. 13/3 Short-eared Owl. 14/3 Caspian Gull. 19/3 Little Ringed Plover. 20/3 Little Gull, Peregrine, Iceland Gull. 26/3 Swallow. 31/3 Common Scoter. 2/4 Rock Pipit. 8/4 Green Sandpiper. 11/4 Bonaparte's Gull. 16/4 Whimbrel, Avocet. 17/4 Sanderling. 19/4 Cuckoo. 1/5 Whinchat. 7/5 Turnstone. 8/5 Hobby. 13/5 Black Tern, Bar-tailed Godwit, Knot. 5/6 Grey Plover, Turtle Dove. 26/7 Redstart. 31/7 Crossbill. 8/8 Spotted Flycatcher. 9/8 Marsh Harrier. 15/8 Black-necked Grebe. 24/8 Greenshank. 28/8 White-winged Black Tern. 6/9 Manx Shearwater. 9/9 Raven. 12/9 Little stint. 9/10 Brent Goose.

Highlights: Jack Snipe, Bittern X2, Red-crested Pochard, Great White Egret X3, Sanderling, Black Tern, Arctic Tern, Curlew Sandpiper, Turnstone, Avocet, Temminck's Stint, White-winged Black Tern, Pectoral Sandpiper, Ferruginous Duck, Bearded Tit.
Latest: 18/12 Fen Drayton Lakes - Bewick's swan.

Barn Owl,Yellow Legged Gull,Red Kite,Waxwing,Osprey, Spoonbill Latest:- Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat

Highlights: Black-necked Grebe, Little Gull, Cuckoo, Ring Ouzel, Cory's, Great Shear, Sabine's Gull, Fea's Petrel, Osprey (patch tick), Turtle Dove, Coot, Icky, Black-headed Bunting (patch tick), Tree Pipit, Whooper Swan, Richard's Pipit, Pintail (patch tick), Bullfinch, Red Kite (patch tick). Latest: Red Kite - 30/12/09. Check out www.surfbirds.com/blog/colinb for more

After eight years of birding GW, I moved to Norwich on 1st May, so there ends my Grafham Water year list. Good luck everybody. April:Little Tern,Nightingale, LSW, Cuckoo, Little Gull, Slavonian Grebe, Sandwich Tern, Arctic Tern, Common Tern, Whitethroat, Avocet, Yellow Wag, Common Scoter, Green Sand, Sedge Warbler, Grey Partridge. March: Swallow, Wheatear, Scandinavian Rock Pipit, Glaucous Gull, Bewick's Swan, Woodcock, Iceland Gull, Smew, Scaup, Red-necked Grebe, Red-crested Pochard.

Bewick's Swan. 1st for 20 years!!!! in harbour.

Latest: spotted redshank 19/12 [black swan] 06/12 [bar-headed goose] [Barnacle Goose] 23/11 Egyptian Goose 14/11 Tawny Owl 17/10 Hobby 23/09 SPOONBILL 15/05 red-creasted pochard 08/05 whinchat, gdn wrblr 28/04 cuckoo, jay 26/04 little tern, swift 25/05 greenshank 23/04 whitethroat 22/04 reed wrblr 20/04 C. Tern 18/04 sedge wrblr, whimbrel 17/04 BAR-TAILED GODWIT 16/04, cett's warbler 15/04 red-legged partridge 14/04 wheatear, will. warbler, gropper 12/04 yellow wag., common sand 07/04 tufted duck 01/04 OSPREY, house martin 30/03 barn owl 29/03 ruddy shelduck 28/03 swallow 27/03 ring-necked parakeet 18/03 grey wagtail & little ringed plover 16/03 AVOCET, sand martin, curlew & med. gull 14/03 Ringed Plover 11/03 Highlights: SPOONBILL, red-crested pochard, whinchat, LITTLE TERN, Greenshank, Whimbrel, BAR-TAILED GODWIT, OSPREY, AVOCET, cetti's warbler, Med.Gull, Jack Snipe, Iceland gull, yellow-legged gull, short-eared owl, peregrine, raven Web-site: Port Meadow Birding Good Luck: Badger & Dai!

Updated 1/11 SE Owlsx2 + Nuthatch + BARN OWL + Highlights: RED-RUMPED SWALLOW/CURLEW SANDPIPER/RED CRESTED POCHARD/PECTORAL SANDPIPERS[2]/PINKFEET[2]/White Fronted Geese [17]/DB BRENT GOOSE/EGYPTIAN GEESE[2]/Juv WHOOPER SWAN/SANDERLING

Hello Dai..greetings Gnome!..Redpoll,GREY PHAL,Mandarin Duck,Goldeneye,Red-crested Pochard,Hobby,Little Stint,Wheatear,Snipe,MED GULL,Black-Wit,Little Egret,Garden Warbler,Ringed Plover,Raven,Peregrine,Greenshank,Garganey 2 drakes,ICELAND GULL,Yellow Wag,L.R.P Kingfisher,Shelduck,Y.L.Gull,Barn Owl,Water Rail,Pintail,Green Sand,Oystercatcher

Highlights so far:- Bean Goose, Water Rail, Waxwing, Egyptian Goose, Pintail, Peregrine, Stonechat, Whimbrel - Latest :- 25/4 - Swift - 26/4 - Little Ringed Plover over house - 26/4 - New Stubbin - 2 Yellow Wagtails, Wheatear and Common Whitethroat. 1/5 - Thrybergh Tip - RED KITE 1 East, Ruddy Duck, Swift, Reed Warbler & Sedge Warbler.

TWITE (patch tick), D-b Brent Goose (patch tick), Water Pipit, Garganey (2), Grasshopper Warbler (4) and Egyptian Goose

Highlights: Barn Owl, CROSSBILL (patch tick), Redstart, Ruddy Duck, Yellow Wagtail, Grasshopper Warbler, Tawny Owl (patch tick), Little Owl, Peregrine, Kingfisher Latest: Teal 15/12, Common Snipe 18/12, Golden Plover 23/12 (Just about scraped my target for the year. Merry Xmas everyone).

Latest: Buzzard, willow warbler, Blackcap, Linnet, Mallard. Dog walk circuit as of 2nd March. Hope to reach 70 with at least one bird of interest. Best so far: Siskin, Redwing.