Dec - American Wigeon & Fudge Duck. Oct - Snow Goose, Pallas's Warbler, Grey Phalarope, Shore Lark, Pied Wheatear, B-T Diver, S-T Lark & Dick's pipit. Sept - Spot Crake, Y-B Warbler, 3 Glossy Ibis, R-B Fly, Pom Skua, G-N Diver, R-N Phalarope, Leach's Petrel, Barred Warbler, 3 Cory's, Balearic & Sooty Shearwaters, 16 Puffins, 5 Long Tailed Skuas & Ortolan. Aug - Osprey, R-F Falcon, Baird's & Pec Sand. July - White-R Sand, P-G Plover, G-S Cuckoo, WW Black Tern, Buff-B Sand, Quail & Caspian Tern. June - GW Egret, B-W Pratincole. May - Self found Hoopoe, KP & Temmicks, also H Buzzard, Woodchat, Collared Pratincole, Citrine Wag, 40+ Black Terns, 2 R-R Swallows, 3 Dotterel, Monties & Arctic Tern. April - Wryneck, Hoopoe, Ring Ouzel, Lap Bunting, RN Grebe & A-G Plover. March - Red Kite, Firecrest, Rough leg, Lesser pecker, Caspain Gull & Goshawk. Feb - Dartford Warbler, R-N Duck, G-W Teal, Slav & B-N Grebes, Cattle Egret, Penduline Tit, Golden Pheasant & LEO. Jan - GG Shrike, Willow Tit, Dipper, Mealy redpoll, Iceland & Glaucous Gulls and Waxwing

BOU List on my web site at Norfolk Birders

WELL THATS IT FOR THIS YEAR!!!! (dipped out on ring necked duck again today and STILL have not managed to see red necked grebe in Norfolk!!!) HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!! FULL DIARY ON http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=59348 — 6/12 American Wigeon 5/12 Ferruginous Duck 22/11 Black Throated Diver 15/11 Slavonian Grebe 8/11 Great White Egret 25/10 Pectoral Sandpiper 20/10 Snow Goose, Lapland Bunting 19/10 Green winged Teal 18/10 Grey Phalarope, Mealy Redpoll, Lesser Redpoll 17/10 Pom Skua, Little Auk, Great Northern Diver 16/10 Shorelark 10/10 Barred Warbler, Rock Pipit, Razorbill, Yellow browed Warbler 26/7 Spotted Crake 19/7 Wryneck, Glossy Ibis 17/9 Red breasted Flycatcher 16/9 Shag 12/9 Red necked Phalarope 9/9 Scaup 5/9 Sooty Shearwater, Great Skua, Long tailed Skua 4/9 ORTOLAN BUNTING 16/8 Osprey 10/8 Baird's Sandpiper 9/8 Red Backed Shrike (self found 7.40pm) 1/8 PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER, Barnacle Goose 31/White Rumped Sandpiper 30/7 Manx Shearwater 25/7 Long eared Owl 23/7 GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO 18/7 CORY'S SHEARWATER, Arctic Skua, Curlew Sandpiper 11/7 Buff breasted Sandpiper 5/7 CASPIAN TERN 13/6 Red Kite 3/6 BLACK WINGED PRATINCOLE 30/5 Short toed Lark, Quail 25/5 Honey Buzzard 23/5 Spotted Flycatcher 19/5 Woodchat Shrike 16/5 Hoopoe, Nightjar 15/5 COLLARED PRATINCOLE, Pied Flycatcher 14/5 Little Stint 13/5 Black Tern, Kentish Plover 12/5 Guillemot, Kittiwake, Arctic Tern, CITRINE WAGTAIL 9/5 Tree Pipit, Hobby 8/5 Dotterel, Garden Warbler 7/5 Temminck's Stint 6/5 Montague's Harrier, Dartford Warbler, Spoonbill, Wood Sandpiper 4/5 Nightingale, Whinchat 2/5 Common Swift, Little Tern 29/4 Stonecurlew 26/4 Turtle Dove, Gannet 25/4 Common Tern, Common Whitethroat, Greenshank, RED RUMPED SWALLOW 20/4 Whimbrel 18/4 Little Ringed Plover 13/4 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, Common Cranes 12/4 Little Gull, Sandwich Terns 11/4 Grasshopper Warbler, Ring Ouzels, Cuckoo, Common Redstart, Yellow Wagtail (inc. blue headed wag), Lesser Whitethroat 10/4 Blackcap, Reed Warbler, Garganey, White Fronted Goose 5/4 Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler 4/4 Swallow, Housemartin, Sandmartin, Red crested Pochard 1/4 Wheatear 29/3 Waxwing, Black Redstart 21/3 Common Sandpiper, Black Tailed Godwit 14/3 Twite, Chiffchaff, Ruddy Duck, Firecrest 13/3 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Manderin Duck 7/3 Rough Legged Buzzard 28/2 Crossbill 22/2 Bittern, PENDULINE TIT 21/2 Woodlark, Goshawk, Cetti's Warbler 15/2 Cattle Egret, Glaucous Gull 14/2 Red Throated Diver, Skylark, Black Necked Grebe 1/2 Velvet Scooter, Common Scooter, Peregrine 31/1 Corn Bunting, Bewick Swan 25/01 Black Bellied Dipper at last! Tree Sparrow 24/01 Caspian Gull, Yellowleg Gull, Med Gull, Grey Grey Shrike, Kingfisher, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Whooper Swan, Merlin, Meadow Pipit, White Fronted Geese, Tundra Bean Geese, Stock Dove 19/01/ Treecreeper, Siskin 18/01/09 Marsh Tit, Willow Tit, Sparrowhawk , Bullfinch 17/01/09 Black Tailed Godwit, Jack Snipe, Water Pipit, Short Eared Owl, Spotted Redshank 13/1/09 Feral Pigeon 12/1/09 Golden Pheasant 11/1/09 Smew, goosander, green sandpiper 10/1/09 Nuthatch, hawfinch, pied wagtail, little owl, knot, purple sandpiper, snowbuntings 9/1/09 Mute Swan 3/1/09 - Gadwall, green woodpecker, yellowhammer, common buzzard, egyptian goose, brambling, hen harrier 1/1/09 - 2 long tailed ducks, grey wagtail, fulmar, water rail, red breasted merganser, woodcock

Full List On BUBO All BOU: Red-necked Grebe, Dusky Warbler, Radde's Warbler, Pied Wheatear, Red-flanked Bluetail, Shore Lark, Manx Shearwater, Razorbill, Leach's Petrel, Lt. Auk, Red Kite, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Yellow-browed.Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Cory's Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater L.T.Skua, Glossy Ibis, Artcic Warbler, Osprey (Garden Tick!)Pom Skua, Great Skua, Roseate Tern, Montagu's Harrier, Nightjar, Marsh Warbler, Golden Oriole, Melodious Warbler, White-winged Black Tern, Red-backed Shrike, Icterine Warbler, Wood Sand, Purple Heron (at last!!) Turtle Dove, Redstart, Grasshopper Warbler, Hobby, Spoonbill, Arctic Skua, Hoopoe, Wryneck, Rouzel, 3 Cranes, Stone Curlew, Penduline Tit, Black-necked Grebe, Fudge Duck, Cattle Egret, Firecrest, Glaucous Gull, Lesser Pecker, Goshawk,G.W.Egret(on local patch!)Firecrest ,Mealy Redpoll, B.t. Diver, Lesser Yellowlegs, Long-tailed Duck, Velvet Scoter, Hawfinch, Lapland Bunting, G.N.Diver, Smews, Merlin Willow TitG.W. Teal G.G.Shrike Slav. Grebe, Corn Bunting

Long-tailed Duck, American Wigeon, Ferruginous Duck, Ring-necked Duck, Shorelark, Short-toed Lark, Lapland Bunting, Spotted Crake, Glossy Ibis, Ortolan Bunting, Manx Shear, Balearic Shear, Arctic Skua, Great Skua, Puffin (County tick), Baird's Sandpiper, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Pacific Golden Plover, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 06/06 Black-winged Pratincole, 24/05 Black Kite, 11/04 Raven,09/04 American Golden Plover; Also Bean Goose, Smew, Green-winged Teal, Black-necked Grebe, Cattle Egret, Spoonbill, Goshawk, Montagu's Harrier, Rough-legged Buzzard, Honey Buzzard, Red Kite, Golden Pheasant, Hawfinch. British Year List & trip reports on http://jamesbirdsandbeer.blogspot.com

Highlights:Jan- Smew,Hawfinch. Feb- Bean Goose,White Fronted Goose, Iceland Gull. Mar- Rough-legged Buzzard,Great Grey Shrike. April-Whiskered Tern. May-Great White Egret, Hen Harrier. June-Terek Sandpiper, Common Rosefinch, Marsh Warbler, Quail.Aug- Citrine Wagtail. Sept- Buff-breasted Sandpiper,Red-backed Shrike,Blue-winged Teal. Oct- Richards Pipit,Crane, Firecrest,Black Redstart,Black Stork, Bluethroat, Eastern Crowned Warbler. Nov- Bewicks Swan.

New County Record.

13th December Lapland Bunting. Black Guillemot. Pectoral Sandpiper 30th October. Firecrest, Black Redstart, Raddes Warbler, Buff breasted Sandpiper, Sabines Gull, Sooty Shearwater, Glossy Ibis, Little Stint >30th October. Black Tern,Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper,Pacific Golden Plover, Roseate Tern , 29th August. Snow Goose Spotted Redshank Nightingale Great Northern Diver Long eared Owl Willow Tit Golden Oriole Black necked Grebe Osprey Pomarine Skua Manx Shearwater Little Tern> 4July .Quail,Little Gull,Spoonbill,Arctic Tern,Icterine Warbler,Spotted Flycatcher,Wood Sandpiper,Bluethroat,Reed Warbler,Tree Pipit,Cuckoo,Whinchat,>28May, Garden Warbler.Whimbrel.Wood Warbler. Pied Flycatcher.9 May.Buzzard, Water Rail, Woodcock, Scaup, Barn Owl, Twite, Goshawk,-3rd Jan.Fulmar, Skylark, Linnet, Razorbill.-4th Jan.Long t. Duck, Velvet Scoter, Slav. Grebe, Kittiwake, Bar t. Godwit, Brent Goose, Pintail, Red n. Grebe, Rock Pipit, Black t. Godwit, Short eared Owl, Merlin.-5th Jan.Treecreeper-6th Jan. Ruff, Peregrine.-10th Jan.Red Grouse - Jan.Bittern, Iceland Gull, Little Owl, Green w. Teal, Smew, Raven, Black Grouse, Red Kite, White fr. Goose-Feb.Crossbill, Hen Harrier, Siskin-19th Feb.Red l. Partridge-21st Feb.Marsh Tit-23rd Feb. Kingfisher-26th Feb. Great crested Grebe, Glaucous Gull-27th Feb. Great Grey Shrike-2nd March. Lesser Redpoll, Gannet-7th-March. Brambling, Lesser Bl. b. Gull-9th March. Greenshank-12 March. Jack Snipe, Snow Bunting-15th March. Chiffchaff-19th March. Wheatear, Barnacle Goose, Sand Martin, Green Sandpiper, Ring Ouzel, Green Woodpecker->March.Puffin, Little Egret, Water Pipit, Egyptian Goose, Little r. Plover, Corn Bunting, Swallow, Mandarin, Garganey, Marsh Harrier, Sandwich Tern, Blackcap, Ruddy Duck, Yellow Wagtail, Avocet, Great Skua, Arctic Skua. House Martin, Tawny Owl, Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Common Tern, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Redstart, Swift, Common Sandpiper> April.

Latest: Silly omissions include Dotterel (dipped 4x!), Curlew (!), White-fronted Goose, Hawfinch, Green-winged Teal - but a new personal best total - and I wasn't even trying to set a new record. Highlights: finding Leach's Petrel, Ferruginous Duck, Spotted Crake, 2x Gannets, 2x Goshawks, 3x Great Northern Divers, and re-finding Velvet Scoter. Also Barred Warbler, Red-rumped Swallow, Buff-b Sandpiper, Grey Phalarope, Pallid Harrier, Collared Pratincole, Glossy Ibis (8), Pec Sand, Great White Egret (2), Cattle Egret (3), Squacco Heron, Black-winged Stilt, Whiskered Tern, Pied Fly, Black-throated Diver

Highlights: Serin, Firecrest, Waxwing, All 5 Owls, Glaucous Gull, Iceland Gull, Caspian Gull, Grey Phalarope,Ferg Duck, G.g.Shrike, Red Kite, Smew, Garganey, Bittern, Black Necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, Black Redstart, Goshawk, Little Gull, Sandwich Tern, Arctic Tern, Common Scoter, Velvet Scoter, Raven, Turtle Dove, Grasshopper Warbler, Purple Heron, Savi's Warbler, Spoonbill, Marsh Harrier, White Winged Black Tern, Little Tern, Black Tern, Sanderling, Turnstone, Osprey, Crossbill, Red Legged Partridge, Dartford Warbler, Wood Warbler, Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Redstart, Ring billed Gull, Alpine Swift, Honey Buzzard, Yellow Browed Warbler, Wood Lark, Arctic Skua, Red Necked Grebe, Gannet, Kittiwake, Merlin, BROWN SHRIKE, Whooper Swan, Ring Ouzel, Great Skua, Hen Harrier, Corn Bunting, Slavonian Grebe, Snow Bunting, Twite, Spotted Redshank, Lapland Bunting, Leach's Petrel

My best-ever L+R total. 3 RTDivers, 2 GNDivers, 11 BNGrebes, 2 Slav Grebes, RNGrebe, 13 Smew, Hawfinch, 3 Jack Snipe, 19 White-fronted Geese, Brent Goose, 54 Waxwings, 2 Bitterns, 6 Caspian Gulls, Common Redpoll, 3 Iceland Gulls, Glaucous Gull, 3 Kittiwakes, 4 Sandwich Terns, 3 RBMergs, Red-rumped Swallow, 3 Avocets, 2 Pec. Sands, 11 Bar-wits, 4 Marsh Harriers, 2 Whiskered Terns, Ring Ouzel, 4 Curlew Sands, CATTLE EGRET, Temminck's Stint, 3 Little Terns, 5 Wood Sands, 117 Crossbills, Montagu's Harrier, Shag, COMMON ROSEFINCH, 3 Rock Pipits, Hen Harrier, LITTLE BITTERN, SHORELARK, Lapland Bunting, GWEgret, Merlin. County split 173/175. County total of 216 species reported properly so far, plus three more as yet unsupported.

Latest: merlin 22/12 Bewick's swan 20/12 spotted redshank 19/12 woodcock 06/12 shag, BT diver 01/12 willow tit 12/11 snow bunting, slav. grebe, RB merganser 10/11 black redstart 08/11 ROSE-COLOURED STARLING 07/11 Caspian Gull 23/10 bearded tit 17/10 (Azorean YL Gull) 15/10 (Baltic Gull) 11/10 brent goose 09/10 WF Goose 06/10 rock pipit 05/10 SABINE'S GULL, GW EGRET 15/09 AM. WIGEON 14/09 GREY PHAL 03/09 AMERICAN BLACK TERN & WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN Highlights: black-throated diver, shag, snow bunting, slav. grebe, RB merganser, black redstart, ROSE-COLOURED STARLING, Caspian Gull, bearded tit, SABINE'S GULL, GW EGRET, AM. WIGEON, GREY PHAL,WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN, Osprey, MARSH WARBLER, SPOONBILL, nightingale, whinchat, greenshank, Little Tern, BN grebe, bar-tailed godwit, BONAPARTE'S GULL, ring ouzel, water pipit, common scoter, LS woodpecker, jack snipe, avocet, Bittern, Ring-Necked Parakeet, Whooper Swan, Waxwings, Iceland Gull, G.N. Diver, Scaup, Smew, Hawfinch, Pink-footed Goose. Exclusions: Ruddy Shelduck, Azorean Gull, Baltic Gull

07/11 Snow Bunt, Bearded Tit, Spotted Red, Rock Pipit, Gt W Egret, Hoopoe, Ferrug Duck, Pec Sand, Whinchat, Quail, Curlew Sand, Ruff, Little Tern, Turtle Dove, Little Stint, Turnstone, Whimbrel, Red-rump Swallow, Wood Sandpiper, Hobby, Osprey, Common Crane, Wood Warbler, Black Tern, Greenshank, Marsh Harrier, Stone Curlew, Grey Plover, Sanderling, GG Shrike, Avocet, Sandwich T, Ring Ouz, L Spot Wood, Redstart, Black Red, Little Gull, Garganey, Bittern, Knot, Bk -t Godwit, G-w Teal, R-b Merg, Scaup, B-n+ Slav Grebe, Glaucous, Iceland, Caspian, Med, Kittiwake,Tundra Bean, P-f, W-f, Egyptian G, Bittern, Shag, Waxwing, Crossbill, Raven, Whooper, Bewick's out of 208 reported

Highlights - COMMON ROSEFINCH, MONTAGU'S HARRIER, Whiskered Tern, Cattle Egret, R-R Swallow, G W Egret, Ferruginous Duck, G-W Teal, Bittern, Hawfinch, R-T Diver, G N Diver, B-N Grebe, Iceland Gull, Waxwing, Brent Goose, W-F Goose, Whooper Swan, Pink-footed Goose, S-E Owl, Cetti's, Slavonian Grebe, Caspian Gull, Bewicks, Avocet, R-B Merg, 2 Pecs, Ring Ouzel, 2 Curlew Sands, Wood Warbler, Little Tern, Temminck's Stint, R-N Phal, Crossbill, Shag, LEO. Latest - Grey Phalarope (29/11), Black Redstart (30/11)

No car, so mostly on foot. Highlights Rose Coloured Starling, (American Black Tern), WWB tern, (Azorean gull), Spoonbill, Marsh warbler, Black Throated Diver,Great White Egret, Ring Necked Duck, Iceland Gull, Grey Phalrope, Waxwings, Ring Ouzel, 18 Hawfinches, 35 Crossbills, 15 Turnstones, - Ring Necked Parakeet! (Ok I know that is a little sad, but after 3 years of trying saw 2 just inside Oxfordshire (50m from berkshire) ) Lowlights - none - how can there be any lowlights birding in oxfordshire!? Approx distance walked birding in oxon this year 2350km (Oxford to Saint Peterburg, Russia)

Great White Egret, Red throated Diver, Bittern, Red Kite, Green winged Teal, Osprey, Wood warbler, Cattle Egret, Aquatic warbler, Lesser Scaup, Purple Sandpiper

Highlights: Rough-legged Buzzard, Waxwing, Red-crested Pochard, Red-necked Grebe, Scaup, Red Kite, Glaucous Gull, Caspian Gull, Crossbill, Jack Snipe, Bittern, Woodcock, Great White Egret X2, Bean Goose, Firecrest, Dotterel, Sanderling, Curlew Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint, White-winged Black Tern, Pallid Harrier, Pied Flycatcher, Glossy Ibis, Pectoral Sandpiper, Black-throated Diver.
Latest: 7/11 Grafham Water - 2X Great Northern Diver & Black-throated Diver. 22/11 Fen Drayton Lakes - Ferruginous Duck.

Highlights: Waxwing, Scaup, Yellow-legged Gull, Iceland Gull, Glaucous Gull, Jack Snipe, Barnacle Goose, Hawfinch Great Grey Shrike, White-fronted Goose, Bittern, Hen Harrier. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Short-eared Owl, Ring Ouzel, Ring-necked Parakeet. Black Redstart, Osprey, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ring-necked Duck, Garganey, Little Gull. Knot ~ Sanderling ~ Ringed Plover ~ Little Egret ~ Turtle Dove ~ Curlew Sandpiper ~ Wood Sandpiper ~ Quail ~ Nightjar!! ~ Long-eared Owl ~ Crossbill ~ Mediterranean Gull ~ Common Cranes ~ Ruff :~ PURPLE HERON ~ Latest: 10/12 - Black-necked Grebe!! 30/12 - Pink-footed Goose & Caspian Gull!!
Birds in bold refer to county ticks!!) Salop Antics!!!

23/4 Common Sand. 21/4 Redstart, Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler. 20/4 OSPREY - garden tick. 19/4Whitethroat. 17/4Whimbrel. 13/4Gropper 10/4Mandarin. 8/4Yellow Wags. 7/4 HoMartin & Blkcap. 4/4Willow Warbler. 3/4 Swallowsx3, 2/4Ring Ousel. 24/3 GWTeal, Iceland Gull, Velvet Scoter, Avocetx4, 21/3Whooper Swan, Corn Bunting. 19/3 Sand Martinx8, Wheatear. 17/3 LRP, Chiffchaff. 12/3 Rough Leg & Grt G.Shrike. 15/2Brent Goose. 12/2YLG. 11/2 Crossbill. 4/2BeanGoose. 29/1 Hawfinch x 5. 27/1 SEO catching a Twite! RTD Razor Guille GreyPlov BarWit Dunlin 24/1 LBBG 23/1Marsh Tit 21/1 Black Grouse waddling through the snowdrifts, Raven, Red Grouse, Red Kite, Brambling. 20/1 Spotshank Water Pipit Little Egret LTDuck, (Green Wpkr) (3 trips away from local patch)

Updated 23/11 LE Owl + Slavonian Grebe + Highlights ROSEFINCH + MONTAGU'S HARRIER + CATTLE EGRET + KUMLIEN'S GULL [Iceland Gull] + DB BRENT/Red-rumped Swallow/RB Mergansers/Ring Ouzel

Upto 29th December - Caspian Gull, BN Grebe, Purple Heron, Hobby, Whinchats, Little Egrets, Long-eared Owls, Wood Sands, Nightjars, Honey Buzzard, Blackwit, RN Parakeets, Spotfly, Ruddy Duck, Cuckoos, Common Tern, Knot, Groppers, Wood Warbler, Arctic Tern, Ring-necked Duck, Little Gull, Garganey, Red Kite, Barwit, Merlin, Short-eared Owl, Great Grey Shrike, Goshawk, Little Owl, Glaucous Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Bitterns & 3x Hawfinch (2m & 1f)

Bikingbirder is all set for next year! Watch this space 'cos CAMPERVANMAN is getting fit.What's it all about ....? Well next year in 2010, I'm going to CYCLE to every RSPB and WWT reserve open to the public. OK some of them will require that I catch a boat but I'm sure you get the idea. Start January the 1st at sandwell valley RSPB reserve. If you can help in any way with accomodation or equipment, food etc then please email me strobble186@live.co.uk. Look at my website to see the route and further details.

Purple Heron (my second in county), White fronted goose (county life tick)

Unusual for garden: Goldcrest, Song Thrush, Mandarin-Epping Forest, Essex, Med. Gull-Southend, Essex, Waxwing-Maldon, Essex, Bittern, Smew-Abberton Reservoir, Essex-21 Jan. Two Red Kites-Stebbing-28 Jan. Black-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Red-crested Pochard, Barn Swallow - Abberton Res. - 24 MAR. 26 MAR - Chiffchaff - Cudmore Grove C.P., 8 APR - Garganey, Kingfisher, Yellow Wagtail - Abbertton Reservoir, 9 APR - Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler - Fingringhoe EWT.,Common Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Nightingale, House Martin, Grey Partridge - Fingringhoe Wick EWT., - 23 APR. Cetti's, Reed, and Sedge Warbler, Cuckoo - Abberton Res. - 1st May, Gannet, Spoonbll, White-rumped Sandpiper - 25 SEP , Eleonora's Falcon - Abberton Reservoir - 16 Oct. Serin - Rainham RSPB, Spotted Sandpiper - Abberton Res. 4 DEC.

Waxwings, Crossbill, Slav Grebe, Smew. Iceland Gull, Pink-footed Goose.

Managed 105 out of 115 recorded up to and including 11 February 2009 with latest additions Eurasian White-front & Pink-footed Goose; Hertfordshire Year List up to 104 and Bedfordshire 102