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Message: <blockquote data-quote="halftwo" data-source="post: 1731326" data-attributes="member: 45720">Hi Larry,With the recent addition of Woodcock the total is now 101. That includes all stuff seen & heard from the garden - not just in the garden. (I don't count Feral pigeon on any list.)Highlights have been fly-through Kingfishers, Merlin; flyover Short-eared owl, Red kite, White-fronted & Pink-footed goose, and Goosander. Most unlikely (as I'm c.20 miles inland) was a Kittiwake, post-storm! Lesser 'pecker and Tree pipit are two that stand out. A spring visit for about a minute by two Tree pipits was almost surreal. A Redshank that flew around the local school's playground (presumably mistaking concrete for water) was a real goody - I don't have Redshank on my patch list otherwise!Fly-past Med gull and flyover Osprey stick in the mind!And of course Christmas 08's forty or so Waxwings were incredible.Corn buntings used to be regular in or around the garden, as did Spot fly & Cuckoo - but all difficult lately.And, considering their extreme rarity in Cheshire - a Marsh tit passing through one day blew me away.Lesser whitethroat on just two occasions,  and a Brambling once.And mustn't forget the regular Hobbies. Those Tree sparrows were prospecting both the old and the new nestbox this morning - while the Great spot head-banged on the next tree, and the Magpie continues her nest building. ATB,HEdit: garden year list now 46 - Jay.</blockquote>