Dawn till dusk session - 95 species recorded. List in order of birds seen.
Tawny Owl 1 Blue Tit 15 Great Tit 8 Redwing 32(5 'in off') Wren 5 Chaffinch 15 Blackbird 55 Dunnock 3 Wood Pigeon 200 Goldfinch 4 Jackdaw 40 Magpie 7 Greenfinch 34 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Robin 15 Barn Owl 1 Reed Bunting 5 Pheasant 6 Fieldfare 128(124 S) Black-headed Gull 2000 Great Black-backed Gull 60 Herring Gull 100 Golden Plover 4000 Pink-footed Goose 1000 Brent Goose 500 Rock Pipit 48 Common Gull 50 Redshank 130 Curlew 200 Skylark 350 Linnet 170 Little Egret 14 Lapwing 400 Snipe 5 Cormorant 40 SLAVONIAN GREBE 1 S offshore, close-in Snow Bunting 42 (flock showing very well on the beach path, from the main car park) Red-throated Diver 42 Dunlin 300 Shelduck 40 Woodcock 2 Grey Plover 15 Mallard 64 Meadow Pipit 3 Corn Bunting 54 (pre-roost gathering) Whooper Swan 4 S Oystercatcher 30 Knot 2 Lapland Bunting 1 Turnstone 3 Ringed Plover 1 Marsh Harrier 1 S over the East Dunes and out over The Wash Goosander 1 Red-breasted Merganser 4(2 pairs) Great Crested Grebe 4 Carrion Crow 2 Sanderling 3 Wigeon 13 Bar-tailed Godwit 209 Starling 4 Kestrel 1 Stock Dove 4 Guillemot 1 Merlin 2 Kittiwake 2 N Lesser Redpoll 1 WAXWING 1 S over the East Dunes at 1154hrs Green Woodpecker 1 Song Thrush 5 Chiffchaff 2 Common Buzzard 2 Gadwall 39 Tufted Duck 36 Teal 340 Pochard 4 Coot 9 Moorhen 3 Shoveler 56 Goldcrest 3 Canada Goose 71 Black-tailed Godwit 4 Greylag Goose 2 Sparrowhawk 1 Little Grebe 4 Water Rail 1 CETTI'S WARBLER 1 Long-tailed Tit 2 Mute Swan 6 Coal Tit 1 Yellowhammer 1 Pintail 1 Goldeneye 1 Hen Harrier 1 Grey Partridge 1 Eider 3
At least another 12 species to go at if there was more time. Short-eared Owl, Pied Wagtail, Bullfinch, Siskin, Brambling, Blackcap, Jack Snipe, Peregrine, Gannet, Common Scoter, Med Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull. Potentially could have achieved 107 species today!!
Cheers,
Richard
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