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Sounds like a great place. I used to go ringing at a place on the Severn...I think just into Powys, and it was a mazing the amount of passage that went down the valley.

By the way your 44 has one species, Buzzard, that I haven't ever seen here, and once..Corn Bunting, that I have only one record of! Yellowhammers are thin on the ground too

Buzzards are hugely common here , I've seen 11 circling in one group ! But pretty much every day you will see at least a couple of Buzzards . There have also been recently reports of Honey and Rough-legged Buzzards seen about , although I havn't seen them . Not 100% sure I'd definately be able to possitively ID them anyway ?
Honeys have the whiter under-wing right ? and Rough-legged have the white upper tail I think ? I remember something about one of them having a longer necked appearence when flying ... I'm very hazy in many areas of birding . But , I'm working hard on bettering my ID skills every day .

Jane
Living right near to the middle of England I've got no chance of getting anywhere near to your list total but I notice there's not a Hobby on your above list.

I've seen Hobbies sveral times from the garden, including one incident a few years ago.

I was working up the top of the garden and was aware of a Carrion Crow on the chimney of a nearby house.

Suddenly it's call changed from the familiar "caw" to a sound which I can best describe as sounding like Tim Brook-Taylor doing his 'Lady Constance' voice (if you've ever heard the radio programme 'I'm sorry I'll read that again' you'll know what I mean)!

Looking up I saw a Hobby come dashing thro' the gardens just a few feet away like an exocet missile! It was going that fast I had a job to turn my head quickly enough to keep up with it!

That right. No Hobby this year...or ever! Has to be likely. I've had 4 ospreys, though not this year

Jane, that is a fantastic Garden List, you must live in a wonderful place. In Australia we don't have the interesting ducks that you have over there. No real sea ducks which I find exciting to see when I am over there, but I suppose they are commonplace to you. It would be wonderful to wake up to see an airbourne flock of Bar-tailed Godwit from your bed!
I can't complain though.

I realise that I am ever so lucky!