On way back from High Wycombe saw 7 Red Kite.
At the reservoir Lapwing, Golden Plover, Tufted duck, Teal, Widgeon, Coot, Grey Heron.
Day 4 trip to Minsmere to make up for yesterday!
Spectacular day starting with a guided walk round Minsmere.
In rough order: Mute Swan, Cormorant, Teal, Widgeon, Shelduck, Mallard, Shoveler, Heatlag Geese, Gadwall, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Lapwing, Dublin, Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Red Throated Diver, Stonechat, Magpie, Pintail, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Golden, Plover, Turnstone, Dunlin, Starling, Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Snipe, Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Pheasant, Green Finch, Long-tailed Tits, Wood Pigeon, Moorhen, Coutt, and last but nor least Kestrel.
Waldringham on the river Deben
Looked for Geocache saw Shelduck, Redshank, and Blackbird. On the way back two new ones Jackdaw and Pheasant.
Day one 2007
In Woodbridge a great place to start my 2007 list. A walk by the river Deben turned up 16. Redshank, Curlew, Black Headed Gulll, Rook, Little Egret, Lapwing, Shelduck, Oyster Catcher, Canada Goose, Mallard, Turnstone, Crow, Wood Pigeon, Starling, Pied Wagtail, and last but not least Blackbird!
Wilstone reservoir, before Indian buffet with the Ozzies
Pair of Goldeneye, Scaup, Shoveler, Lapwing, Mute Swans , Pied Wagtails, Courmorant, Teal, Greenshank, Canada Geese, Greylag Geese, Wigeon, Pochard, Great Crested Grebe, Blackheaded Gull, Grey Heron, Kingfisher, Dabchicks, Moorhen, Tufted Dick, and Mallard. That is quite a few birds for 1 hour!
Roland has filled up the bird feeder
Greater Spotted Woodpecker in the big tree in line with College road, then moved to the tee near the feeder, in fact seemed quite unalarmed by my presence. Great/Blue/Long-tailed tits all seen on the feeder at the SMR time briefly. Fleeting glimpse of a Wren as it flew into the hedgerow.
College Lake
A quick trip to College Lake during lunch. New divide between the two areas the large lake seems untouched and the water level seems the same. On the side nearest the hides there are lots of earthworks and it looks a mess. However you can are what they are trying to achieve.
400 Canada Geese, 250 Lapwing, assorted ducks and 3 Snipe.
London to Brighton
Herring gull, starling and Crabb
Wilstone reservoir via Drayton Beauchamp
Snipe, Pintail, and lots of others!
A walk in the rain around Langton Matravers
Crows, Rooks, Raven, so lots of black coloured birds, but then a Buzzard being mobbed by Rooks.
Just outside Worth Matravers a Robin, then a Pied Wagtail followed by a coffee in the pub where there was a crowing Cockrel, 2 Goldfinches, and a flock of sparrows in a garden bush.