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[mr.sim]

Had a good day out yesterday with Connor in the Dersingham Bog/Wolferton area. Highlights included; 1 Rough-legged Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Grey Shrike (which impaled a newt on a tree!), 5 Common Buzzards, a male Stonechat, 8 Crossbills and 20+ Siskin. I think my yearlist is now exactly 100!!!

 

[joshjenkinsshaw]

Nice one Sim! Well done on reaching 100 mark, i reached 100 on 2nd Jan!!!
Nice one

 

[devilbirder]

Displaying Goshawk (lifer), Woodlark and several Common Buzzards at Thursley Common made my day today.

 

[mr.sim]

A walk around the local area produced 4 Marsh Tits, 3 Shelduck, 5 Shovelor, and a Common Buzzard.
Well done with the Goshawk David - they're cracking birds - I really want to see one displaying though!

 

[MCspudd]

Hi everyone, went to Martin mere and saw 2 marsh harriers, 1 merlin, 6 ringed plover, 6 buzzards, 1 heron, 27 avocet, 2 wren, 11 cormerant, a lot of tree sparrows, a lot of whooper swans, a lot of pink footed, a lot of greylag, 1 curlew,100 lapwing, 3 ruff, 2 black tailed godwit and a couple of kestrelso.

 

[mr.sim]

Nice going MCspudd. There should soon be some migrants around - at last!!! 6 Wheatears on Portland today apparently. Also a Willow Warbler in Norfolk along with a Firecrest and 5 Chiffchaffs at a coastal site in Suffolk yesterday...

 

[ColonelBlimp]

Spring is on its way folks! Just had some lapwings on my local moor doing the old whizzing around and calling routine, and best of all I get my scope eyepiece back soon so I'll hopefully be able to follow their parenting travails at 60x mag!

 

[tjbirdofprey]

im really looking forward to the migrant birds now,cant wait to see the swifts and swallows gliding effortessly over the house and the lovely martins displaying thier awesome agility(quick someone wright this down:-O)

 

[MCspudd]

Hi everyone i can't wait aswell, when i am taking the dogs out in the morning and se other dogs chasing swallows and swifts, anyway on the way back from school just at the back of my hous i saw a grey wagtail:t:.

 

[mr.sim]

15 Woodcock, 8 Marsh Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Great-Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Lesser-Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Buzzards and 50+ Siskins on a walk round a local wood this morning.

 

[MCspudd]

Hi everyone went to cuerden vally park this morning and saw 1 greater spotted, 1 treecreaper, 1 M bullfinch, heard a nutach, 2 greenfinch, great crested grebe, a lot of long tailed, a lot of blue tits, wren, ga lot of great tits and the usual stuff:t:.

 

[jimmyg]

15 Woodcock, 8 Marsh Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Great-Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Lesser-Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Buzzards and 50+ Siskins on a walk round a local wood this morning.

Yes! Was this our suspected breeding area Sim? Actually... woodcock... maybe not... can u pm me?

 

[tjbirdofprey]

glad you had a good time mcspudd:t: anyway i dont wanna set up a thread on it in case i sound a bit of a wallybut my uncle said while in spain he was driving up a very big mountain when they saw.......condors? and six of them gliding around on the thermals i have never heard of them being in spain so i reckon he meant either turkey vultures,black vultures or (cant spell it)lammergiers(six i doubt) what you guys make of it?

 

[joshjenkinsshaw]

15 Woodcocks, great count, you sure you weren't counting the same birds over and over again!?!?!?!
I had a dire day out, went all over Kent, nearly, and saw sod all!

 

[devilbirder]

glad you had a good time mcspudd:t: anyway i dont wanna set up a thread on it in case i sound a bit of a wallybut my uncle said while in spain he was driving up a very big mountain when they saw.......condors? and six of them gliding around on the thermals i have never heard of them being in spain so i reckon he meant either turkey vultures,black vultures or (cant spell it)lammergiers(six i doubt) what you guys make of it?

Definitely not Condors or Turkey Vultures. They could have been Griffon Vultures, Black Vultures, Lammergiers or another of several species of large birds of prey, though I would suggest the former species if there were 6.

I had a brilliant day out around Hampshire today. I dipped a Great Grey Shrike in the New Forest but got a male Hen Harrier and a Dartford Warbler there. I then saw my first Purple Sandpipers along the coast of Portsmouth which showed fantastically. Next I gave the Red-breasted Goose another visit and got a video and better pics. Finally, I saw my first Ring-necked Duck, a drake at Frith End SPs.

Looking for Tawny Owls in Hyde Park tomorrow.

 

[tjbirdofprey]

sorry i didnt meen turkey i meant griffon vulture i get the two mixed up (both birds i want to see)anyway i know condors dont breed in spain or europe but my uncle said they had just been released griff reintro programe maybe?

 

[mr.sim]

15 Woodcocks, great count, you sure you weren't counting the same birds over and over again!?!?!?!

Yes. Its been the best year for Woodcock for a very long time. On a local estate the gamekeeper normally has a few hundred every winter...this year he had over a thousand! 15 isn't that surprising to be honest...I reckon I could have got a hundred if I'd trampled through every bush...no joke!

 

[MCspudd]

Hi everyone had an allright day at marton mere and i saw 14 cormarants, 3 great crested grebs, 3 mute swans, a few greylag gees, a lot of goldeneye, 2 herons, a couple of shoveler, a lot of pochard, i tried and se the bittern [never seen one] but did not:-C.

 

[joshjenkinsshaw]

Nice one MCSpudd, unlucky about the Bittern, you'll get one eventually!!

 

[joshjenkinsshaw]

I had a good day, down at Sevenoaks WR for the morning produced female Goosander and a Mealy Redpoll, showing very well.