My 2007 List

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Pannel Valley Nature Reserve East Sussex - 01/01

001 Great Tit (Parus major)
002 Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
003 Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
004 Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
005 Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
006 Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
007 Eurasian Teal (Anas crecca crecca)
008 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
009 Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
010 Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
011 Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
012 Common Coot (Fulica atra)
013 European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
014 Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
015 Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
016 Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
017 Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
018 European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
019 Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
020 Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)

A couple of hours in the afternoon got me up and running. Great Tit was the first tick of the year the rest are in systematic order. Most were seen from the hides on the reserve. The remainder in flight and in surrounding fields.

This site I visited over the Christmas period whilst staying with my girlfriend. This will become my secondary patch in 2007 (Site list stands at 33 species) I have found the RXWildlife website which covers this area.Any information about this site (including site boundaries!) and Pett Level will be gratefully received.

Beddington Farm Surrey will remain my regular patch I wonder which site will be the most productive.

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West Sutton Surrey - 04/01

021 Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Beddington Farm Surrey - 05/01

022 Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
023 Gadwall (Anas strepera)
024 Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
025 Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
026 Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
027 Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
028 Common Gull (Larus canus canus)
029 Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
030 Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
031 Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
032 Feral Pigeon (Columba livia 'feral')
033 Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
034 Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba yarrellii)
035 Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
036 Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
037 Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

The Yellow Legged Gull, Med Gull and a dipped Caspian Gull visited the main lake to wash up. Tree Sparrows were on the feeder near the hide. Main Lake and feeder can be viewed from the Public footpath viewpoint North of Hackbridge railway station.

Beddington Farm 30 Pannel Valley 20 after one visit to each site.

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Beddington Farm Surrey 06/01

038 Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
039 Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
040 Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
041 Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
042 Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
043 Stock Dove (Columba oenas)

I did not walk the site today therefore year ticks were few and far between.

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Beddington Farm Surrey 09/01

044 Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

Beddington Farm Surrey 11/01

045 Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
046 Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
047 Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
048 Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago gallinago)
049 Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
050 Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
051 Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
052 Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)

Two Kittiwakes (Beddington / Surrey tick) visited the Main Lake to wash up mid afternoon. Jack Snipe was also showing well on the Main Lake.
Gary and I attempted to check the tip for gulls but nearly got blown away for our failed efforts! Iceland (Lifer for me) and Glaucous not seen.

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Ibsley Meadows Hampshire 12/01

053 Bewick's Swan (Cygnus columbianus bewickii)
054 Rook (Corvus frugilegus)

Blashford Lakes Hampshire 12/01

055 Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
056 Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
057 Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
058 European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)

Portland Harbour Dorset 13/01

059 Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
060 Dark Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla bernicla)
061 Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
062 Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
063 Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
064 Razorbill (Alca torda)
065 Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)

Portland Bill Dorset 13/01

066 Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)
067 Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)

Lodmoor RSPB Dorset 13/01

068 Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)

Portland Harbour Dorset 14/01

(-) Pale Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla hrota)
069 Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
070 Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
071 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Tolpuddle Dorset 14/01

072 Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
073 Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
074 European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
075 Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
076 Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)

M3 Motorway Junction 12 Hampshire 14/01

077 Eurasian Buzzard (Buteo buteo)

A weekend away provided limited time to bird therefore plenty of dips along the way!! (Velvet Scoter, Slavonian Grebe, Red Necked Grebe, Yellow Browed Warbler, Firecrest- Portland, Great White Egret- Blashford). Red Necked Grebe is a lifer for me but I could not find it on the harbour even with the assistance of Birdguides text service.

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Beddington Farm Surrey 18/01

078 Eurasian Linnet (Carduelis cannabina)

A stormy day which promised a great deal but failed to produce at my local patch. A Jack Snipe was the best sighting.. see Beddington thread in lists section.

Rye Harbour East Sussex 19/01

079 Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
080 Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
081 European Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
082 Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
083 Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
084 Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
085 Northern Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
086 Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)


Pannel Valley East Sussex 19/01

087 Western Marsh-harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

Another trip away from my local patch produced a mixture of year ticks. Two Long Eared Owls at Rye, the picture is poor but the best I could get in the conditions.I could not find the Smew on Castle Water.

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Beddington Farm Surrey 26/01

088 Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) :t:
089 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)

My first lifer of the year Iceland Gull. It spent most of the morning on the small scrape viewed from Mile Road railway bridge (near Hackbridge BR).

Rainham Marshes RSPB Essex 28/01

090 Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
091 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
092 European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

Failure to get up early cost me a life tick Penduline Tit. Once again this bird has escaped my list. Its true what they say about the early bird!!

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Dungeness RSPB Kent 28/01

093 Smew (Mergellus albellus)
094 Goosander (Mergus merganser merganser)
095 Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)

Bough Beech Reservoir Kent 28/01

096 Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)

More dips at Bough Beech, Red Throated Diver, Ring Necked Duck and Mandarin!! (Now I thought that would make the list). Once again time was limited which is the cause of most of my dips!

So January closed with a total of 96 which is my best yet!

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Capel Fleet Isle of Sheppey Kent 02/02/2007

097 Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
098 Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus cyaneus)
099 Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)

The Rough Legged was seen near the prison viewed from the first bend along the road before the raptor viewpoint.

Bough Beech Reservoir Kent 02/02/2007

100 Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)
101 Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata)

The diver was on the North basin no sign of the Ring Necked Duck in the time I was there.

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Beddington Farm Surrey 08/02

102 Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
103 Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
104 Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)

The 1st winter Iceland Gull was still present on the scrape. A long staying record for Beddington. The bird seems to favour this scrape which can be viewed from Mile Road Bridge (Near Hackbridge BR). This bird has also washed up on the Main Lake seen Mon to Sat when refuse tip is in operation.

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Bushey Park Middlesex 11/02

105 Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)

Pett Level East Sussex 16/02

106 Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
107 Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)

Icklesham East Sussex 17/02

108 Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

Pett Level Cliffs East Sussex 17/02

109 Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)

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Beddington Farm Surrey 06/03

110 Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
111 Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans):t:
112 Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)

Caspian Gull found on lake by Gary a first for me. This has now been split so becomes an armchair tick for me.

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Hawley Meadow Hampshire / Surrey 07/03

113 Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
114 Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
115 Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)

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Weir Wood Reservoir East Sussex 09/03

116 Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)

Seen near hide with pochard 7.30am.

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Hayle Estuary Cornwall 10/03

117 Yellow-billed Diver (Gavia adamsii) :t:
118 Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia) :t:

Stithians Lake Cornwall 10/03

119 Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) :t:

Steppers Point Padstow 10/03

120 European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)

Dipped the Gyr Falcon but this did not spoil a good outing.

Beddington Farm Surrey 11/03

121 Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)

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Walton Heath Surrey 14/03

122 Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)

Banstead Heath Surrey 14/03

123 Eurasian Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
124 Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)

The Tree Pipit was a suprising find but is it a sign of an early spring this year!

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Staines Reservoir Middlesex 17/03

125 Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)

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Cropredy Oxfordshire 21/03

126 Common Crane (Grus grus)

Portland Bill Dorset 24/03

127 Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)

Radipole RSPB Dorset 24/03

128 Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)

Matford Pools Exeter Devon 25/03

129 Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)

Exminster Marshes RSPB Devon 25/03

130 Merlin (Falco columbarius)

Dipped the Green Winged Teal. It was seen that afternoon but with so many nooks and channels the bird could easily be missed.

Aylesbeare Common RSPB Devon 25/03

131 Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata)

Otter Estuary Devon 25/03

132 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)

Cheddar Reservoir Somerset 26/03

133 Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) :t:
134 Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)

Lesser Scaup was seen on a very chilly sunny morning along with 4 Scaup, Great Northern Diver and over a dozen Sand Martins. I missed the Iceland and Glaucous gulls that roosted at the site.

Knighton Farm Somerset 26/03

135 Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Lodmoor RSPB Dorset 26/03

136 Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)

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Amwell Quarry Nature Reserve 28/03

137 Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla) :t:

The bird showed well for approx 30 minutes late morning. Seen from the Viewing area on the reserve.

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Beddington Farm Surrey 29/03

138 Eurasian Swallow (Hirundo rustica rustica)

Beddington Farm Surrey 31/03

(-) White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
139 Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

Oare Marsh Kent 08/04

140 Little Stint (Calidris minuta)

Dipped the Gargany and no sign of the Dowitcher but did not arrive until late afternoon having spent the day looking for the Grey Phalarope on the Thames.

Beddington Farm Surrey 09/04

141 Little Plover (Charadrius dubius)
142 Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

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Cross Ness LNR 14/04

143 Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius):t:

Beddington Farm Surrey 16/04

144 Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
145 Little Owl (Athene noctua)
146 House Martin (Delichon urbica)
147 Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)

Beddington Farm Surrey 17/04

148 Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)

Beddington Farm Surrey 19/04

149 Common Swift (Apus apus)
150 Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)

Beddington Farm Surrey 21/04

151 Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia):t:
152 Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
153 Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)

Beddington Farm Surrey 23/04

154 Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)

Beddington Farm Surrey 24/04

155 Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
156 Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
157 Eurasian Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)

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M40 near Stokenchurch 04/05

158 Red Kite (Milvus milvus)

Farmoor Reservoir Oxfordshire 04/05

159 Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia):t:
160 Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
161 Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

Frampton on Severn Gloucestershire 04/05

162 Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
163 Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
164 Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)

Gratham Water Cambridgeshire 05/05

165 Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
166 Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor):t:
167 European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
168 Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima)

Wilsons Phalarope my eleventh lifer of the year and what a fantastic bird which was very obliging following a Shelduck and then Gadwall as they disturbed morsels to feed on.

Rainham Marshes RSPB Greater London 05/05

169 Garganey (Anas querquedula)

Four males on pools with a Spoonbill.

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Beddington Farm Surrey 07/05

170 Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
171 Sanderling (Calidris alba)

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Thursley Common Surrey 12/05

172 Wood Lark (Lullula arborea)
173 Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

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Farlington Marshes Hampshire 21/05

174 American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica):t:
175 Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
176 Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
177 Red Knot (Calidris canutus)

My twelth lifer of the year seen in wet and windy conditions but worth the wait. The bird was seen on the Main Lake for most of the afternoon.

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Cross Ness LNR Erith Marshes Greater London 14/04

178 Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)

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Minsmere RSPB Suffolk 01/06

179 Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
180 Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
181 Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
182 Little Tern (Sterna albifrons)

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Devils Punch Bowl Surrey 02/06

183 Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
184 Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)

Thursley Common Surrey 02/06

185 Eurasian Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

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Abberton Reservoir Essex 09/06

186 Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)

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Ashtead Common Surrey 11/06

187 Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)

10.05pm Seen in flight over fields into a nearby tree.

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Digby Fen Lincolnshire 12/07

188 Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus):t:

Great Ryburgh Norfolk 12/07

189 European Honey-buzzard (Pernis apivorus):t:

Montagu's Male and Female seen. Honey Buzzard dark Male seen.

Rakenheath Farm Suffolk 13/07

190 Stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)

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Breydon Water RSPB Norfolk / Suffolk 18/08

191 White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis):t:

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Beddington Farm Surrey 22/08

192 Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

Weir Wood Reservoir East Sussex 22/08

193 Little Gull (Larus minutus)
194 Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
195 Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)

Chased the White Winged Black tern and once again missed it at above and Bough Beech.

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Rainham Marshes RSPB Essex / Greater London 06/09

196 Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)

Northwood Hill RSPB Kent 06/09

197 Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)

Oare Marshes Kent 07/09

198 Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
199 Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)

Elmley RSPB Isle of Sheppey Kent 07/09

200 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Dungeness Kent 08/09

201 White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus):t:
202 Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)

B (: The first time I have broken 200 UK ticks in a single year. Fifteen lifers for the year B (:

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Oare Marsh Kent 17/09

203 Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)

East Bridgford Nottinghamshire 22/09

204 Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus):t:

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Beddington Farm Surrey 29/09

205 Eurasian Siskin (Carduelis spinus)

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Isles of Scilly St Mary's 08/10/2007

206 Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria):t:

Isles of Scilly St Mary's 09/10/2007

207 Firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus)
208 Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
209 European Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
210 Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva):t:
211 Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata):t:

Isles of Scilly St Agnes 10/10/2007

212 Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus):t:

Isles of Scilly St Mary's 11/10/2007

213 Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

Isles of Scilly Pelargic 11/10/2007

214 Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus):t:
215 Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
216 Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
217 Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
218 Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)

Isles of Scilly St Agnes 11/10/2007

219 Radde's Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi):t:

Isles of Scilly Bryher 12/10/2007

220 Blyth's Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum):t:

Isles of Scilly St Mary's 12/10/2007

221 Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla):t:

Isles of Scilly St Mary's 13/10/2007

222 Grey-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus):t:
223 Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)
224 Common Raven (Corvus corax)

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Isles of Scilly St Agnes 14/10/2007

225 Rosy Starling (Pastor roseus):t:

Isles of Scilly St Mary's 14/10/2007

226 Rustic Bunting (Emberiza rustica):t:

Isles of Scilly St Mary's 15/10/2007

227 Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus):t:

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Samphire Hoe Dover Kent 12/11

228 Little Auk (Alle alle):t:

Seen at the East end of the sea wall. Twenty Ninth lifer of the year.

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Beddington Farm Surrey 15/12

229 Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)

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Quarley Hampshire 28/12

230 White-tailed Sea-eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla):t:

Thirtieth lifer of the year.

Beddington Farm Surrey 29/12

231 Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

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Hove Lagoon East Sussex 30/12

232 Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)

Rye Harbour East Sussex 30/12

233 Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris):t:

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Beachy Head East Sussex 31/12

234 Humes Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus humei):t:

Calling and showing at the Horseshoe plantation from dawn.

Thirty two lifers this year.