Thought i'd put something on from Spurn although Steve Exley has had 254 (a new british record?) latest Grey Phalarope, Bewick's Swan, Dusky Warbler, Pied Wheatear, Isabelline Wheatear.

Managed to see 220 out of the 230 or so species reliably recorded in the square. A further seven species were claimed but cannot be verified at present.

November additions; Rough-legged Buzzard (patch tick 294) 20th, Twite 19th, Red-flanked Bluetail (patch tick) 14th, Little Auk and Snow Bunting 7th, Common Redpoll 1st. October additions; Pallid Swift 31st (patch tick), Booted Warbler 16th (patch tick), Wood Lark 12th, Grey Phalarope and Yellow-browed Warbler 9th, Dotterel 1st. Highlights; Red-throated Diver, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Bittern, Cory's Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Manx Shearwater, Little Egret, Spoonbill, Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan, Tundra Bean Goose, Pink-footed Goose, White-fronted Goose, (Black Brant and Pale-bellied Brent), Egyptian Goose, Garganey, Red-crested Pochard, Scaup, Long-tailed Duck, Velvet Scoter, Goosander, Smew, Osprey, Red Kite, Hen Harrier, Merlin, Grey Partridge, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, Pectoral Sandpiper, Purple Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Jack Snipe, Arctic Skua, Pomarine Skua, Long-tailed Skua, Great Skua, Mediterranean Gull, Little Gull, Sabine's Gull, Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Arctic Tern, Black Tern, Short-eared Owl, Guillemot, Razorbill, Waxwing, Shore Lark, Tree Pipit, Black Redstart, Ring Ouzel, Cetti's Warbler, Firecrest, Pied Flycatcher, Bearded Tit, Marsh Tit, Treecreeper, Short-toed Treecreeper (patch tick), Serin, Crossbill and Lapland Bunting... My web Google search Felixstowe Birding. A total of 229 species have been recorded on the patch so far this year up to 2/12.......

Well done Steve and Andy at Spurn, a brilliant year there! Most recent: Glaucous Gull 5/12, Jack Snipe 26/11, Tundra Bean Goose & Bewick's Swan 12/11, Long-tailed Duck 11/11, Hooded Crow 31/10, Firecrest 25/10. Best birds Buff-breasted Sand (self found), Bittern, Slav Grebe, Quail, Red-c Pochard, Balearic shear, Monty's, Dotterel, Grey Phal, L t Skua, Sab's Gull (3), Roseate, Black Tern, Little Auk, Yell b Warbler, Wood Warbler, GG Shrike, Black Red, Waxwing,Twite, Snow & Lap Bunts.

Hen harrier,Whooper swan,Brambling,Bearded tit.Lapland bunting.Cettis warbler,Water rail.Stonechat.Shore lark.Ruff.Green sandpiper.Black redstart.Woodcock.Gannet.Rednecked grebe,Longtailed duck.SHORT-TOED TREECREEPER.Common scoter.BLACK STORKGrasshoper Warbler.HONEY BUZZARD.Osprey.Crossbill.Spotted Flycatcher.Little Gull.Whinchat.Pectoral Sandpiper.Temmincks Stint.Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.Spoonbill.Guillemot.Velvet Scoter.Pied Flycatcher.Wood Sandpiper.Bonxie.Curlew Sandpiper.Shag.Pomarine Skua.Black Tern.Firecrest.Tree Sparrow.Dotterel.Caspian Gull.Cory's Shearwater.Yellow-browed Warbler.Wood Lark.Booted Warbler.Black-throated Diver.Sooty Shearwater.Long-tailed Skua.Pallid Swift.Snow Bunting.Puffin.RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL.Twite.Little Auk.

13/11 DUSKY WARBLER; 9/11 Tundra Bean Goose; 7/11 Waxwing; 6/11 Black-throated Diver; 28/10 Snow Bunting, Twite; 27/10 Firecrest; 22/10 Grey Phalarope, Red-breasted Merganser!; 16/10 Rough-legged Buzzard; 13/10 RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL; Long-eared Owl; 2/10 PALLID SWIFT, Hawfinch (both Flam ticks); 30/9 Yellow-browed Warbler (now that was a forgettable September!!); 10/9 Little Stint; 9/9 Barred Warbler; 4/9 Quail; 3/9 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER (Flam tick), Lesser Redpoll; 31/8 Long-tailed Skua, (presumed) FEA'S PETREL; 29/8 Sabine's Gull (at last!); 28/8 Balearic Shearwater; 26/8 Spotted Redshank (Flam tick), Curlew Sandpiper; 18/8 Yellow-legged Gull; 16/8 Black Tern; 15/8 Pochard; 12/8 Whinchat, Redstart, Ruff; 8/8 Roseate Tern; 7/8 CASPIAN GULL; 6/8 Icterine Warbler, Water Rail. Highlights: Avocet; STONE CURLEW; Woodlark (Flam tick); ALPINE SWIFT (Flam tick 250); Red Kite (Flam tick); Iceland Gull; Slavonian Grebe; White-fronted Goose; Glaucous Gull; Little Auk.

29/11 Crane 26/11 Corn Bunting 12/11 G N Diver, B T Diver 7/11 Bewick's Swan, Purple Sand 6/11 Dusky Warbler, Grey Phalarope, Little Auk, Scaup 25/10 Firecrest 9/10 Cory's Shearwater, Yellow-browed Warbler 5/10 Sandhill Crane 10/9 Balearic Shearwater 29/8 Wryneck 27/7 Curlew Sand, Wood Sand, Arctic Skua 26/7 LRP 25/7 Little Gull 11/5 Nightjar, Stone-curlew 1/5 Pom 28/4 Ring Ouzel, Y L Gull 23/4 Gropper 22/4 Rough-legged Buzzard 18/4 Shorelark, Spotted Redshank 10/4 Spoonbill, Nightingale 23/3 Black Redstart 22/3 Red Kite, Crossbill, (Northern Long-tailed Tit) 17/3 Mealy Redpoll 13/3 Bittern, Hen Harrier 18/2 Tawny Owl, P-f Goose 12/2 Woodlark 30/1 Ruff, Water Pipit, Dartford Warbler 22/1 Hooded Crow, Tundra Bean Goose, Great White Egret.

Finding Pallas's and Yellow Browed in the same tree 30 seconds apart

Highlights: Slavonian and Red-necked Grebes, Manx Shearwater, Spoonbill, Bean Goose, Quail, White-rumped Sandpiper (2), Pectoral Sandpiper, Black Tern, Roseate Tern (2), Nightjar, Hooded Crow (2), Crossbill, Corn and Lapland Buntings. All self found. Latest: Wood Sandpiper, Whinchat and Merlin - only year ticks throughout September and October! GNDiver and Velvet Scoter 13/11 2 Purple Sandpiper 20/11

Only here until Matthew has a count up and updates to fly the Rutland Water flag as it were. Anyway Glossy Ibis, White-rumped and Spotted Sandpipers, Cattle Egret and Azorean Y-L Gull the highlights so far. Latest Kittiwake, Snow Bunting and Jack Snipe.

Scaup, Glaucous Gull, Woodcock, Red-breasted Merganser, Brent Goose, Grey Plover, Bittern, Garganey, Slavonian Grebe, Pink-footed Goose, Common Scoter, Knot, Sandwich Tern, Bar-tailed Godwit, Little Tern, Black-throated Diver, Black-tailed Godwit, Sanderling, Avocet, Purple Sandpiper, Redstart, Kittiwake, Black-necked Grebe, Shag, Spotted Flycatcher, Curlew Sandpiper, White-winged Black Tern, Great Skua, Osprey, Citrine Wagtail, Little Stint, Lapland Bunting, Whinchat, Jack Snipe, Water Pipit, Brambling, Snow Bunting, Marsh Harrier, Twite, Great Grey Shrike, Short eared Owl, Great-Northern Diver,

Wood pigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Black Headed Gull, Song Thrush, Rook, Jackdaw, Stock Dove, Blue Tit, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Blackbird, Great Tit,Dunnock, Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Robin, Treecreeper, Long Tailed Tit, Moorhen, Pochard, Coot, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Mute Swan, Kestrel, Canada Geese, Herring Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Great Black Backed Gull, Redwing, Fieldfare, Feral pigeon, Lapwing, Common Gull, Grey Heron, Gadwall, Goosander, Goldfinch, Shoveler, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Bullfinch, Teal, Snipe, Willow Tit, Starling, Wren, Mistle Thrush, Collared Dove, Green Sandpiper, Goldeneye, Wigeon, Peregrine, Yellow Legged Gull, Little Owl, Jay, Green Woodpecker, Reed Bunting, Pied Wagtail, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Skylark, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Siskin, Redpoll, Mealy Redpoll, Goldcrest, Marsh Tit, Jack Snipe, Water Rail, Woodcock, Waxwing, Raven, Little Grebe, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Red Crested Pochard, Cormorant, Grey Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Ring Necked Parakeet, Brambling, Red Kite, Pintail, Linnet, Pheasant, Greylag Goose, Stonechat, Kingfisher, Tree Sparrow, Grey Partridge, Tawny Owl, Caspian Gull, Ruddy Duck, Barnacle Goose, Mediterranean Gull , Goshawk, Oystercatcher, Golden Plover, Shelduck,Curlew, Crossbill, Barn Owl, Pink Footed Goose, Red Legged Partridge,Dunlin, Chiffchaff, Rock Pipit, Sand Martin, Wheatear, Little Ringed Plover, Little Egret, Swallow, White Wagtail, Blackcap, Common Tern, Willow Warbler, Osprey, Whitethroat, Grasshopper Warbler, Reed Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, House Martin, Redstart, Ring Ouzel, Marsh Harrier, Cuckoo, Sedge Warbler, Tree Pipit, Pied Flycatcher. Garden Warbler,Lesser Whitethroat, Wood Warbler, Whinchat, Swift, Garganey, Arctic Tern, Hobby, Little Gull,Black Tern, Bar Tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, Mandarin, Ruff, Ringed Plover, Greenshank, Black Tailed Godwit Kittiwake, Turtle Dove , Redshank, Sanderling ,Quail, NIGHTJAR (patch tick) -spotted Flycatcher, common Scoter, knot, GLOSSY IBIS (patch tick) Long Eared Owl, Yellowhammer, Curlew Sandpiper, Short Eared Owl, Eider, White Fronted Geese,LATEST:- Firecrest,( 200) Visits )

10/10 Ruddy Duck. 5/10 GREY PLOVER (tick), 1/10 GANNET(tick), Whinchat, 17/9 Little Stint. 16/8 Redstartx2. 15/8 sum plum RNGREBE tick). 13/8 Spotshank. 22/6 Little Gull. 13/6 pr Black Necked Grebes. 7/6 Crossbill. 22/5 Quail 1+2h, 16/5 TEMMINCKS x3 (site first) & Ringed Plover, 10/5 Ruff x2 & Egyptian Goose, 9/5Greenshank, 8/5Wood Sand x2, 7/5 Blue Headed Wagtail(n/c), Dunlin, 6/5 Garganey & Avocet, 5/5Whimbrel, 3/5 drake Scaup, 1/5 CRANE x2, 24/4Hobby, Pintail, 15/4Reed Warbler (earliest by 10 days), 14/4 Yell Wag13/4 Ring Ousel, 2/4 House Martin_(my earliest by a week) & Willow Warbler, 31/3 Swallow, 30/3 Wheatear & LRP, 24/3 GOSHAWK, 23/3 Merganser(site first), Corn Bunt, Avocet, Blackwit, Dunlin 21_FEB_Oik, Chiffy, Seo, Yaffle, Med Gull. 17Jan RLP & YLG: 13Jan Barnie. 12Jan Green Sand, Scaup, Mandarin. 10Jan_HAWFINCH, 9Jan_LITTLE EGRET, Peregrine ,Bittern, Arctic Redpoll, Waxwing, Long-eared Owl, Little Owl, Tawny Owl, Water Rail, Jack Snipe

Highlights: Storm Petrel ~ Redstart ~ Sooty Shearwater ~ Little Gull ~ Long-eared Owl ~ Puffin ~ Marsh Harrier ~ Green Woodpecker ~ Reed Warbler ~ Crossbill ~ Cuckoo ~ Mandarin Duck ~ Hobby ~ Wood Sandpiper ~ Osprey ~ Water Rail ~ Dipper ~ Yellow-legged Gull ~ Black-necked Grebe ~ Short-eared Owl ~ Iceland Gull ~ Peregrine Falcon ~ Jay ~ Coues's Arctic Redpoll ~ Tree Sparrow ~ Willow Tit ~ Snow Bunting ~ Mealy Redpoll ~ Mediterranean Gull ~ Merlin.

16/8Redstart, Spotted Redshank , Little Gull, 10/6Crossbill, 28/5Egyptian Goose, 16/5 Temmincks Stint, 15/5 Great Snipe, 2Jack Snipe till 15/5, 11/5 Ruff & Common Tern, 9/5 Greenshank, 8/5 2Wood Sandpiper, 5/5 Green Woodpecker & Whimbrel, 2/5 Scaup, Hobby, Cuckoo, 21/4 Yellow Wagtail, 15/4 Tree Pipit, Goshawk, Merganser, 6/3 Green Sandpiper, RLPartridge, Tree Sparrow, 16/2 NUTHATCH at last !, Short-eared Owl, Med Gull, Iceland Gull, Caspian Gull, 17/1 Yellow legged Gull, 2/1 Arctic Redpoll, Waxwing, 1/1 Bittern, Mealy Redpoll

Cattle Egret.

May: Spoonbill, Greenshank, Swift. April: Tree Pipit, Wood Sand, Cuckoo, Gropper, Black Tern, Whimbrel, Reed Warbler, Common Sand, Ringed Plover, Whitethroat, Water Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Redstart, Osprey, Wheatear. March: Blackcap, LRP, Green-winged Teal, Grey Partridge, Crane, Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, Blackwit, Woodlark, Mealy Redpoll, Great Grey Shrike, Med Gull, Scaup, Iceland Gull (1w, 2w), Yellow-legged Gull, Egyptian Goose, Glaucous Gull, Waxwing, Pink-footed Geese, Goosander. See www.birdingdad.blogspot.com for details and a few pics

Highlights: White-fronted Goose, Pink-footed Goose, Bittern, Red Kite, Nightingale, Osprey, Rough-legged Buzzard, Hen Harrier, Snow Bunting.
Latest: 17/12 Ouse Fen - Bewick's Swan. 18/12 Ouse Fen - Snow Bunting.

Short-eared Owl, Bittern, Jack Snipe (Latest) other highlights Pectoral Sandpiper, Great White Egret, Spoonbill

Jack Snipe 11/12, Little Gull 29/10 (site first). 285 visits by 14/12, and all because of this!

Highlights: Brent Goose, Shoveler (Patch Tick), Wood Warbler (Patch Tick), Tree Pipit, Wryneck Latest: Bar-tailed Godwit - 21/8. check out www/surfbirds.com/blog/colinb

Updated 10/11 SE Owls [3]/Hobby [4] /Spotshank/Temminck's Stint/Black Tern/Cuckoo/Wood Sands/Garganey + Highlights:WAXWINGS/ MEALY REDPOLL+Bitterns [2] + Water Rails + Egyptian Goose + Pintail + Garganey x8

Latest:Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Dipper, Grey Wagtail, Nuthatch & Wheatear. Highlights: Dipper ~ Yellow-legged Gull ~ Black-necked Grebe ~ Short-eared Owl ~ Iceland Gull ~ Peregrine Falcon ~ Jay ~ Coues's Arctic Redpoll ~ Tree Sparrow ~ Willow Tit ~ Snow Bunting ~ Mealy Redpoll ~ Mediterranean Gull ~ Merlin.

Highlights 'Greenland/Iceland' Redpoll 8/10, Barred Warbler 2/10, Cory's Shearwater 23/7 (site 1st), Mediterranean Gull 23/7 & 7/10 (site 3rd/4th), Hobby (site 1st) 1/5, Black-throated Diver 26/4 (site 1st), Woodchat Shrike (site 2nd) found 16/4 (ringed next day). See www.waterfordbirds.com/recentreports.html

Also found a Red-necked Grebe, American Wigeon, 24 White-fronts, 6 Pink-feet, Long-tailed Duck, Scaups, Smews, Bittern, Little Egret, 10+ Mealy Redpoll, Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Slavs, Wren..

little owl,dunnock,tree sparrow, robin,b/bird,goldfinch,blue tit,coal tit,great tit,c/dove.