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1/1/06

1. Black Headed Gull - Larus ridibundus
2. House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
3. Blue Tit - Cyanistes caeruleus
4. Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs
5. Wood Pigeon - Columba palumbus
6. Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
7. Whooper Swans (2)- Cygnus cygnus
8. Robin - Erithacus rubecula
9. Greenfinch - Carduelis chloris
10. Blackbird - Turdus merula
11. Redwing - Turdus iliacus
12. Carrion Crow - Corvus corone
13. Ring Necked Parakeet - Psittacula krameri
14 Great Tit - Parus major
15. Great Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopos major
16 Magpie - Pica pica
17 Blackcap - Sylvia atricapilla
18 Jackdaw - Corvus monedula
19. Dunnock - Prunella modularis

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2/1/06

Staines Res
20 Meadow Pipit - Anthus pratensis
21 Coot - Fulica atra
22 Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula
23 Shoveler - Anas clypeata
24 Shelduck - Tadorna tadorna
25 Wigeon - Anas penelope
26 Black Necked Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis
27 Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis
28 Tufty - Aythya fuligula
29 Pintail - Anas acuta
30 Pied Wagtail - Motacilla alba
31 Teal - Anus crecca
32 Pochard - Aythya ferina
33 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
34 Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon
35 Water Pipit - Anthus spinoletta

I then went for a quick visit into Osterley Park and added
36 Canada Geese -Branta canadensis
37 Lesser BBGull - Larus fuscus
38 Greater BBGull - Larus marinus
39 Mute Swan - Cygnus olor
40 Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus

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3/1/06
Thorpe Park in quest of Smew (male adult quite my fav duck!!), Papercourt and Tannery Lane.

41 Cormorant- Phalacrocorax carbo
42 Gadwall - Anas strepera
43 Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus
44 Smew - Mergellus albellus
45 Goosander - Mergus merganser
46 Black Throated Diver- Gavia arctica
47 Long Tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus
48 Coal Tit - Periparus ater
49 Jay - Garrulus glandarius
50 Redpoll - Carduelis flammea
51 Skylark - Alauda arvensis
52 Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis
53 Siskin - Carduelis spinus
54 Brambling - Fringilla montifringilla
55 Mistle Thrush - Turdus viscivorus

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Friends Garden...finally 3/1/06

56 Winter Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes

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Trip to Sunny Sussex

4/1/2006 Wednesday

56. Kestrel- Falco tinnunculus
57. Rook - Corvus frugilegus
58. Herring Gull -Larus argentatus
59. Cattle Egret (would have looked better as 60!!)-Bubulcus ibis
instead
60 Little Egret- Egretta garzetta

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Thursday 5th Benington

61 Hawfinch

Friday 6th
then it was into Cambridgeshire to visit Grafham Water for

62 Great Northern Diver
63 Common Gull

on to Ouse Washes
64 Tree Sparrow
65 Song Thrush
on route to Welney
66 Stock Dove
67 Collared Dove
68 Bewick Swans
69 Greylag Geese
70 White Fronted geese
71 Sparrowhawk
(I dont have the list of the Friday - Pete was going to post that, so some birds will be in the list for Saturday!!)
On route to N.Norfolk
72 Brent Geese
At Titchwell where we sped to see Bean Geese...which no one there saw!!
73 Woodcock

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7/8/9 jan
After w/e in Norfolk and on route home
(Black Brant - not BOU list found by Dave in among the Brent Geese!!)

74 Green Woodpecker (Pete ---where????)
Saturday..Titchwell and Holkham
Sunday Hunt for the Bittern- dipped!! Bearded Tits Dipped!! Little Owl -Dipped!! Fulmar Yes!!
Monday- Willow Tit, GG Shrike and Little Owl Dipped!!

75 Red throated Diver
Little Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Slavonian Grebe
Gannet
Grey Heron
Pink-footed Goose
Barnacle Goose
Eygptian Goose

Eider
Common Scoter
Velvet Scoter
Red-breasted Merganser
Marsh Harrier
Red-legged Partfridge
Pheasant
Oystercatcher
Avocet
Ringed Plover
Golden Plover
Grey Plover -
Lapwing
Knot
Sanderling
Purple Sandpiper
100 Dunlin
Snipe
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Curlew
Spotted Redshank
Redshank
Turnstone
Guillemot
Barn Owl
110 Rock Pipit
Goldcrest
Linnet
Twite
Snow Bunting
Yellowhammer
Reed bunting
Corn Bunting
Stonechat
Fieldfare
120 Fulmer
Monday
Grey Partridge
Marsh Tit
Crossbill

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Thursday 19th January
I managed a trip to Suffolk to see friends who live at Bury St Edmunds and a trip to see friends at Caister!!So birding and great company.
A mate took me to find the Iceland Gull in Sussex...and nearby Gosport!!A whizz out to Epsom for Waxwings!! Just love 'em!!
(no particular order)
124 Med Gull
Glaucous Gull
Ross's Gull (I love those pink legs!!) Stunner.
Common Crane
Taiga Bean Geese
Lesser Scaup
Scaup
Hen Harrier
Merlin
Little Bunting (this time sitting up and showing well)
Dartford Warbler
SE Owl (wooow)
Humes leaf Warbler (in a blokes scope!! sheer luck!!)
Lapland Bunting (thought I'd seen one last January now I've
seen it I really cant remember seeing it then!!)
Golden Pheasant (Thought they were shy, one walked past my
car!!)
Great Grey Shrike
Ring Billed Gull
Hoopoe
Iceland Gull
Laughing Gull (at roost !!)
Waxwing
145 Bittern

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Dipped on RL Buzzard (going to Sheppey on Sunday- talons crossed)
Little Gull ( I didn't see it!!)
Shorelarks again!! They were seen but not there when I looked- dont think they really exist!! My blocker so far ...last year and this!!
Went to see Arctic Redpoll....may have seen it - found the flock of Redpolls....but they were really flitting about and so I may have missed it!! Couldn't be in a tree at Titchwell like last year...all three species in the scope at one time....oh no!!)

I also have never seen so many Scoters....hundreds!!!

This should be on the other post..!!

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Originally Posted by Eagle

Dipped on RL Buzzard (going to Sheppey on Sunday- talons crossed)
Little Gull ( I didn't see it!!)
Shorelarks again!! They were seen but not there when I looked- dont think they really exist!! My blocker so far ...last year and this!!
Went to see Arctic Redpoll....may have seen it - found the flock of Redpolls....but they were really flitting about and so I may have missed it!! Couldn't be in a tree at Titchwell like last year...all three species in the scope at one time....oh no!!)

I also have never seen so many Scoters....hundreds!!!

This should be on the other post..!!

After Friday up to 181 will put species up next week...off to Sheppey
talons crossed for the Arctic Redpoll...having missed them twice so far this year!!'
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