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Waxwings
6 birds Adams road/ Northfield Grove per K Clements
Good Birding YAMYAM
 
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I had spent some time looking for Waxwings on the outskirts of the Valley today and popped in to the Crematorium at about 13:35 knowing there were still berries on various trees and bush’s. I hadn’t been scanning for long when at 13:45 I picked up a Egret flying fairly low over Brownies towards me I was expecting a Little Egret has there had been a bird about for a couple of days, has the bird got closer I could pick out the Large dagger shaped yellow bill. Bloody hell I thought or words to that affect a Great White Egret. Even with no other birds for size comparison you could see it was a large bird, has it flew over my head the large kink in the neck stood out, long legs and black feet where all noted. I watched the bird till it went out of view over Ray Hall. This is only the second record for the Valley the last being on the 24th October 2013 on Swan Pool.
Good Birding YAMYAM
 
League Update
Are all your lists up to date?

1.Dave Saunders, 211 latest Great White Egret
2.Pete Hackett, 210 latest- Red Kite
3.Tim Hextell, 201 latest- Raven
4.Matt Hadlington, 192 latest- Osprey
5.Mel Jones, 186 Great Northern Diver
6.Hughie King, 177 latest- Great Reed Warbler
7.Simon Edwards, 172 latest-Ruff
8.Terry Parker, 171 latest- Common Scoter
9.John Clarke, 166 latest- Common Scoter
10 Pete Carless, 159 latest- Black Redstart
11.Tracy Saunders, 154 latest- Yellow Legged Gull
12.Steve Lilly, 151 latest- Mediterranean Gull
13.Mike Ixer, 143 latest- Goshawk
14.Steve Roper, 141 latest- Peregrine
15.Richard Eyres, 126 latest- Great Reed Warbler
16.Bob Slater, 125 latest- Great Northern Diver
17.Andy Thomas, 114 latest- Common Scoter
18.Richard Davis, 112 latest- Spotted Flycatcher
19.Matt Gibbs, 111 latest- Whinchat
20.Jason Davis, 109 latest- Ruff
21.Craig Reed, 109 latest- Ring Ouzel
22.Carl Seebode, 107 latest- Cuckoo
Good Birding YAMYAM
 
Also seen today

Little Grebe x10 Swan Pool (Pete Hackett), Great Crested Grebe x8, Cormorant x2, Little Egret, GREAT WHITE EGRET, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Wigeon x36 Swan Pool this AM (Pete Hackett),Gadwall x24, Teal, Mallard, Pintail pair, Shoveler c10,Pochard c17,Tufted Duck, Goldeneye pair, Goosander c56,Buzzard x2, Kestrel female (Pete Hackett), Water Rail x3+,Moorhen, Coot 200+ Swan Pool ( Pete Hackett), Lapwing x7, Snipe 14+, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Rock Dove (feral pigeon), Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove x2 Warstone Drive, Ring-necked Parakeet x2 Feeders ( Pete Carless), Kingfisher ( per Hide Vol ), Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird,
Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Willow Tit, Nuthatch x2 Park Farm Wood, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow x30 Slipway Forge Mill, Raven x2 over Swan Pool, Starling, House Sparrow,
Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Siskin c6, Redpoll c3, Bullfinch, Reed Bunting,

Good Birding YAMYAM
 
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