Neil's Stuff

Bonus bird today from the office window. Snipe (1 YTD 47)

Went out early this morning (10am!), to Ivinghoe. it was really cold -3 C. Spotted a Stonechat. Soon got fed up with temperature and went to Hillside for coffee and biscuits, where we got Greenfinch and Greater Spotted Woodpecker. (3 YTD 46)

Walk with Helens folks, along canal then up into the woods:

Song Thrush, Coal Tit, Wren, Moorhen, Mallard, Little Grebe, Goldcrest, Red-legged Partridge, Pheasant, Robin (10 YTD 21)

Weather gorgeous not many birds about other than Herring Gull, and Lesser Black Backed!

Starling, Black Headed Gull, Wood Pigeon, Magpie, Pheasant, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Swallow, Greater Black-backed Gull, Robin, Wren, Blue Tit, Goldcrest, Long Tailed Tit, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, Bearded Tit, Collared Dove, Jackdaw, Canada Goose, Lapwing, Avocet, Ruff, Bar-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Golden Plover, Egyptian Goose, Coot, Mute Swan, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, Linnet, Spotted Redshank, Brent Goose, Sanderling, Knot, Eider, Golden Plover, Oyster catcher, Ringed Plover, Turnstone, Meadow PipitGuillemot, Gannet, Shag, Red Throated Diver, Wigeon., Siskin, Redwing, Pintail, Shoveler, Yellow Browed Warbler, Pink Footed Goose, Coal Tit, Tufted Duck, Whooper Swan, Reed Bunting, Stonechat, Field Fare, Green Finch, Jay, Red Necked Pharalope, Barred Warbler, Canada Goose, Bean Goose.

Got up early (06:00) for the Migration watch walk at Minsmere. Saw lots of birds flying in from the sea until the sun came up then they stopped. Down beyond the sluice we saw a Yellow Browwed Warbler, again, (as Forrest would say!)

Magpie, Crow, Rook, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Starling, Black Headed Gull, Kestrel, Wheatear, Red Legged Partridge, Stonechat, Snow Bunting, Ringed Plover, Sanderling, Lapwing, Greylag Goose, Black Tailed Godwit, Bittern, Meadow Pipit, Moorhen, Canada Goose, Cormorant, Wigeon, Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Pied Wagtail, Coot, Teal, Little Egret, Shoveller, Mallard, Gadwell, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Robin, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Marsh Harrier, Little Grebe, Dartford Warbler, Treecreeper, Grey Heron, Coal Tit, Green Woodpecker, Bittern, Little Ringed Plover, Snipe, Bar Tailed Godwit, Shelduck, Spotted Redshank, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Greater Black-backed Gull, Curlew, Mute Swan, Jackdaw, Greenshank, Blackbird, Long Tailed Tit, Wren, Reed Bunting, Goldcrest, Yellow Browed Warbler, Siskin, Golden Plover, Song Thrush, Linnet, Brambling, Red Wing, Avocet, Dunnock, House Martin, Sand Martin, Sparrow Hawk, Redstart, Grey Wagtail, Ruff, Common Buzzard, Swallow, Chiffchaff, Grey Plover, Oyster Catcher, Hort Eared Owl, Jay.

Little Gull, Black tailed Godwit, Turnstone, Dunllin, Brent Geese, Meadow Pipit, Sanderling, Grey Plover, Bar tailed Godwit, Knot, Common Gulls, 2 Cuckoos, Kittiwake, Whimbrel, Ruddy Duck.
In all 64 birds.

Lots of birds on bird table. Pheasant, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Great Tits, Blue Tits, Sparrows. In the distance Jackdaws, Rooks, Redwing/Fieldfare, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove. Dunnock in Helen’s new flower bed, Blackbird and Robin in the garden.
Nick conjured up a great cooked breakfast in a roll.
Eventually found Fowlmere, had to get TomTom out. Canada Geese, Little Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, 2 circling Buzzards. On to the next hide, Gadwall, Greylag Geese.
Went on to Welney but the road was closed, but then we realised that we had gone the wrong way, it was closing.

Weather sunny with high and thin clouds (sirrus?). On the M25 saw a Kestrel perched in a tree by the hard shoulder. Got to the fair just in time for one of the walks. Started with the farm walk : Dunnock, Falcon on pylon, Atonechat, Skylark, Reed Bunting, Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch, Sparrow, Collared Dove, Blackbird, Long tailed Tit, Rook, Crow. Then a look round the exhibition. The queue for Cornish pasties was long, still it gave me a chance to look for a few more ticks : Robin, and Chaffinch.
13:00 off on the wetland walk. Some people were ringing birds something I have never seen before, looks a but cruel! Now for the birds Tufted Dick, Canada Geese, Little Grebe, Mute Swan, Coutt, Gray Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Water Vole, Cormorant, Gadwall, Mallard, Greylag Geese, Shoveler, Starling, Grey Heron, Blue Tit, Great Tit.