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Sun, 31 December 2017
No reported sightings
Sat, 30 December 2017
10:45hrs-14:45hrs: WC, Moors and M.Lake: 4 MUTE SWAN, c105 CANADA GOOSE, c4 GREYLAG GOOSE, 6 CORMORANT, 3 GREY HERON, 1 LITTLE GREBE, 4 GREAT CRESTED GREBE, 3 WIGEON, 16+ GADWALL, c27 TEAL, 6 SHOVELER, c65 TUFTED DUCK, 1 COMMON BUZZARD, 1 KESTREL, 4 LAPWING, 2 SNIPE, 350+ BLACK-HEADED GULL, c6 COMMON GULL, c6 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 300+ HERRING GULL, c40 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 1 GOLDCREST, 1 TREECREEPER, c120 STARLING, 3 FIELDFARE, c14 REDWING. Richard Perry
Fri, 29 December 2017
8 WIGEON, 110 GADWALL, c80 TEAL, 80 MALLARD, 12 SHOVELER, 20 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 800 HERRING GULL, 70 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. Gordon Hay
Wed, 27 December 2017-Thurs, 28 December 2017
No reported sightings
Tues, 26 December 2017
c100 CHAFFINCH, 8 BRAMBLING, 60 LINNET, 20 YELLOWHAMMER (all between Nutfield Church and Glebe Lake). Gordon Hay
Mon, 25 December 2017
3 CANADA GOOSE (white headed - poss. parcial leucism), 1 LITTLE EGRET, 1 PEREGRINE, c1,000 WOODPIGEON (flying in groups NW). Gordon Hay
Sun, 24 December 2017
(All M.Lake roosting): c2,000 BLACK HEADED GULL, 12 COMMON GULL, 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 284 HERRING GULL, 20 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (incl. 4 imm.) Gordon Hay
Wed, 20 December 2017-Sat, 23 December 2017
No reported sightings
Tues, 19 December 2017
am: 45 CANADA GOOSE, 10 EGYPTIAN GOOSE, 15 WIGEON, 110 GADWALL, 90 TEAL, 120 MALLARD, 30 SHOVELER, 6 POCHARD, 160 TUFTED DUCK, 4 LITTLE EGRET (M.West), 105 COOT, 50 LAPWING, 12 SNIPE, 1 LITTLE OWL. Gordon Hay
Mon, 18 December 2017
No reported sightings
Sun, 17 December 2017
Sat, 16 December 2017
11:30hrs-14:30hrs: WC, Moors and M.Lake: 3 MUTE SWAN, c80 CANADA GOOSE, c40 GADWALL, c25 TEAL, c9 SHOVELER, c50 TUFTED DUCK, 1 POCHARD, 6 CORMORANT, 2 GREY HERON, 1 LITTLE EGRET (WC1), 4 LITTLE GREBE, 5 GREAT CRESTED GREBE, 3 COMMON BUZZARD, 2 LAPWING, 3 SNIPE, 300+ BLACK-HEADED GULL, c7 COMMON GULL, c4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 100+ HERRING GULL, c5 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, 1 SKYLARK, 1 STONECHAT (Moors Pools), 1 GREY WAGTAIL, 1 NUTHATCH, 1 SONG THRUSH, c7 REDWING, 1 LESSER REDPOLL, 1 REED BUNTING. Richard Perry
Thurs, 14 December 2017-Fri, 15 December 2017
No reported sightings
Wed, 13 December 2017
6 WIGEON (WC), 72 GADWALL (WC),27 TEAL (15 WC, 12 Moors), 2 GOLDCREST, 1 FIRECREST (next to path, Moors. 133rd species in 2017), 8 BLUE TIT, 20 LONG-TAILED TIT, 3 CHIFFCHAFF (Moors), 45 GOLDFINCH (Railway line, Moors), 5 YELLOWHAMMER (Nutfield Church fields). Gordon HayWed, 27 December 2017-Thurs, 28 December 2017
No reported sightings
Tues, 26 December 2017
c100 CHAFFINCH, 8 BRAMBLING, 60 LINNET, 20 YELLOWHAMMER (all between Nutfield Church and Glebe Lake). Gordon Hay
Mon, 25 December 2017
3 CANADA GOOSE (white headed - poss. parcial leucism), 1 LITTLE EGRET, 1 PEREGRINE, c1,000 WOODPIGEON (flying in groups NW). Gordon Hay
Sun, 24 December 2017
7.30hrs- 11.05hrs: 5 EGYPTIAN GEESE (M Farm field near M23), c32 WIGEON (c10
Spynes, 17 over M.Farm, c5 WC1), c129 GADWALL (incl. c92 WC1),
c48 TEAL (incl c15 Mid-Pit & c20 Moors
Pools), c39 SHOVELER (incl. c28 Mid-Pit/M.West), c3 POCHARD (3 males, 1 Spynes,
1 Moors pools, 1 WC1), 1
LITTLE EGRET (Spynes), c10 GREAT CRESTED GREBE (incl. pair 'neck
dancing' M.West), 1 COMMON BUZZARD (Moors), c1 KESTREL, 2 PEREGRINE (female on ground M.Farm near M23,
then pair together
over Nutfield Ridge), 1
GOLDEN PLOVER (high over M.Farm calling, flying NW. 134th species in 2017), c7
SNIPE (c2 Spynes, c5 Moors Pools), c1 GREEN SANDPIPER (1 Spynes, plus poss. another M.West), c3 COMMON
GULL (WC1), c6 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Spynes), c29 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (11 M.Lake first thing, c9 over M.Farm, 9 Spynes), c2 STOCK DOVE (M.Farm), c1 FIELDFARE, c50 REDWING, c10 SISKIN (feeding in birch trees Chilmead Pits),
c25 YELLOWHAMMER (M.Farm). Ian Kehl and Gordon Hay
(All M.Lake roosting): c2,000 BLACK HEADED GULL, 12 COMMON GULL, 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 284 HERRING GULL, 20 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (incl. 4 imm.) Gordon Hay
Wed, 20 December 2017-Sat, 23 December 2017
No reported sightings
Tues, 19 December 2017
am: 45 CANADA GOOSE, 10 EGYPTIAN GOOSE, 15 WIGEON, 110 GADWALL, 90 TEAL, 120 MALLARD, 30 SHOVELER, 6 POCHARD, 160 TUFTED DUCK, 4 LITTLE EGRET (M.West), 105 COOT, 50 LAPWING, 12 SNIPE, 1 LITTLE OWL. Gordon Hay
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| LITTLE OWL (Gordon Hay) |
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| GEESE in flight at first light (Gordon Hay) |
No reported sightings
Sun, 17 December 2017
7.55hrs-11.25hrs:
2 EGYPTIAN GEESE (flooded
area SE corner WC1/Moors), c11 WIGEON (incl 1 M.West & 10
flooded area SE corner WC1/Moors), c120 GADWALL (incl c50 Moors Pools
& c60 flooded area SE corner WC1/Moors), c52 TEAL (incl c40
Moors Pools & c10 flooded area SE corner WC1/Moors), c19 SHOVELER (incl c10 M.West), 2 POCHARD (pair M.West), 1 LITTLE EGRET (flew from flooded area SE corner
WC1/Moors), 1 SPARROWHAWK (Chilmead Lane), 1 COMMON BUZZARD (mobbed by crows, Moors), 1 KESTREL
(Female eating prey in conifer, Chilmead Farm), 1 PEREGRINE (low
over Moors Pools, flying W towards Redhill), c2 SNIPE (Moors Pools), c6 COMMON
GULL (incl c5 WC1), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (on ice, Spynes), c7 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (M.Lake), c6 STOCK DOVE (Chilmead Farm), c2 COAL TIT (c2 Chilmead Pits), c1 CHIFFCHAFF (Moors Pools),
1
TREECREEPER (M.Park), c8 FIELDFARE, c50
REDWING, 2 STONECHAT (pair, Moors Pools), c38 MEADOW PIPIT (M.Farm), c120 GOLDFINCH. c5 LESSER
REDPOLL (feeding in birch S side M.Lake), c8 YELLOWHAMMER (M.Farm). 60
Species seen. Ian Kehl and Gordon Hay
Sat, 16 December 2017
11:30hrs-14:30hrs: WC, Moors and M.Lake: 3 MUTE SWAN, c80 CANADA GOOSE, c40 GADWALL, c25 TEAL, c9 SHOVELER, c50 TUFTED DUCK, 1 POCHARD, 6 CORMORANT, 2 GREY HERON, 1 LITTLE EGRET (WC1), 4 LITTLE GREBE, 5 GREAT CRESTED GREBE, 3 COMMON BUZZARD, 2 LAPWING, 3 SNIPE, 300+ BLACK-HEADED GULL, c7 COMMON GULL, c4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 100+ HERRING GULL, c5 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, 1 SKYLARK, 1 STONECHAT (Moors Pools), 1 GREY WAGTAIL, 1 NUTHATCH, 1 SONG THRUSH, c7 REDWING, 1 LESSER REDPOLL, 1 REED BUNTING. Richard Perry
Thurs, 14 December 2017-Fri, 15 December 2017
No reported sightings
Wed, 13 December 2017
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| FIRECREST on the Moors (Gordon Hay) |
Tues, 12 December 2017
46 CANADA GOOSE (Moors), 8 WIGEON (Moors), 25 GADWALL (Moors), 5 SHOVELER (Moors), 60 MALLARD (Moors), 8 POCHARD (over WC), 27 LAPWING (Moors), 2 SNIPE (Moors), 22 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (WC), 150 FERAL PIGEON (Nutfield Church fields), 60 STOCK DOVE (Nutfield Church fields), 3 CHIFFCHAFF (Moors), 5 FIELDFARE, 25 CHAFFINCH (Nutfield Church fields), 5 YELLOWHAMMER (Nutfield Church fields). Gordon Hay10:45hrs-15:00hrs: WC, Moors, M.Lake and Nutfield Church fields: 3 MUTE SWAN, c4 WIGEON, c12 GADWALL, c46 TEAL, c12 SHOVELER, c55 TUFTED DUCK, 1 POCHARD, c19 CORMORANT, 1 GREY HERON, 7 LITTLE GREBE, 8 GREAT CRESTED GREBE, 1 COMMON BUZZARD, 1 KESTREL, 8 LAPWING, c12 SNIPE, c550 BLACK-HEADED GULL, 4 COMMON GULL, 8 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, c100 HERRING GULL, 7 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 1 GOLDCREST, 1 SKYLARK, 1 CHIFFCHAFF, 17 MEADOW PIPIT (Moors), 1 GREY WAGTAIL, 2 FIELDFARE, 3 SONG THRUSH, c7 REDWING, 2 BRAMBLING (nr Nutfield Church with large Chaffinch flock), 3 YELLOWHAMMER, 2 REED BUNTING. Richard Perry
Mon, 11 December 2017
No reported sightings
Sun, 10 December 2017
Sat, 9 December 2017
5 EGYPTIAN GOOSE, 23
WIGEON, 90 GADWALL, 75 TEAL, 15 SHOVELER, 2 POCHARD, 90 TUFTED DUCK, 1 LITTLE EGRET, 2 WATER RAIL, 34 LAPWING, 1 JACK SNIPE (Moors pools), 15 SNIPE, 18 GREAT
BLACK-BACKED GULL, 2 NUTHATCH, 1
TREECREEPER 3 GREY WAGTAIL, 20 CHAFFINCH, 3 SISKIN, 20 YELLOWHAMMER (hedgerows, M.Farm). Gordon HayNo reported sightings
Sun, 10 December 2017
07.45hrs-11.35hrs: 14 MUTE SWAN (incl. 9 Spynes, 5 M.West), 1 PHEASANT (male Chilmead Farm), c29 WIGEON (incl. c23 Spynes & 6
flooded area SE corner WC1), c81 GADWALL (incl c38 M.West, c29 Spynes & c14 flooded area SE corner WC1),
c66 TEAL (incl c27 M.West & c25 flooded
area SE corner WC1), c33 MALLARD
(incl c15 WC1), c24 SHOVELER (incl c11 Spynes & c8 Mid-Pit), c142 TUFTED DUCK (incl c103 M.Lake), c6 POCHARD (2 Spynes, 2 Mid-Pit & 2 WC1), 1 LITTLE EGRET (M.West), c22 LITTLE GREBE (Incl c8 M.West), c9 GREAT CRESTED GREBE
(incl. c4 WC), 1 KESTREL (prob 2nd winter male M.Farm),c27 MOORHEN (incl c8
Moors & c7 WC), c218 COOT (incl
c85 Spynes, & c47 feeding on grass, Moors), c5
SNIPE (c2 Spynes, c3 Moors Pools), 1 COMMON GULL (WC1), c16 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (c9 M.Lake & c7
Spynes), c10 STOCK DOVE (c7 M.Farm & c3 Chilmead
Farm), 2 KINGFISHER (WC), c320 JACKDAW (incl c300 over WC at first light), c63 SKYLARK (M Farm), c200 STARLING (M.Farm), c3 FIELDFARE,
c10 REDWING, 1 MISTLE THRUSH (WC Mound), c10 YELLOWHAMMER (hedgerows, M.Farm), Ian Kehl and Gordon Hay
Sat, 9 December 2017
Thurs, 7 December 2017- Fri, 8 December 2017
No reported sightings
Wed, 6 December 2017
10:30hrs-14:30hrs: WC, Moors, M.Lake and Nutfield Church: 4 MUTE SWAN, 3 WIGEON, 7 GADWALL, c30 TEAL,12 SHOVELER, c42 TUFTED DUCK, 3 POCHARD, c9 CORMORANT, 2 GREY HERON, 1 LITTLE EGRET (1 WC1), 2 LITTLE GREBE, 8 GREAT CRESTED GREBE, 1 COMMON BUZZARD, 4 LAPWING, 5 SNIPE, c675 BLACK-HEADED GULL, c7 COMMON GULL, c3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, c300 HERRING GULL, c11 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, 1 KINGFISHER, 1 GREEN WOODPECKER, 1 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 1 GOLDCREST, 1 CHIFFCHAFF, c8 REDWING, 1 MISTLE THRUSH, 3 BRAMBLING (3 near Nutfield Church with large Chaffinch flock), 2 BULLFINCH, c10 YELLOWHAMMER. Richard Perry
No reported sightings
Mon, 4 December 2017
Sun, 3 December 2017
Sat, 2 December 2017
07.25hrs-11.25hrs: 3 EGYPTIAN GOOSE (Spynes), c27 WIGEON (Spynes), c98 GADWALL (incl. c65 M.West), c42 TEAL (incl. c25 Moors pools, 3 Moors pools), c30 SHOVELER (incl.c10 Spynes, c12 M.West, c8 Moors pools), c10 POCHARD (1 M.West, 2 Mid-Pit, 2 Spynes, 5 WC1), 1 LITTLE EGRET (flying over Moors), c2 COMMON BUZZARD (pair Chilmead Farm), 1 KESTREL (on wires Nutfield Road), c5 SNIPE (1 Spynes, c4 Moors pools), c2,000 BLACK-HEADED GULL (most leaving roost M.Lake), c6 COMMON GULL, c10 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (c8 M.Lake, 2 Spynes), c500 HERRING GULL (most leaving roost M.Lake), 13 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (M.Lake), c4 STOCK DOVE, 1 KINGFISHER (M.Lake), 1,000 JACKDAW (over WC), c3 CHIFFCHAFF (Moors, incl. 2 wooden bridge), 1 TREECREEPER (cherry tree, M.Lake nr Aquasports), c35 BLACKBIRD, c55 FIELDFARE (incl. flock of c50 fling NW over M.West), c25 REDWING, 2 MISTLE THRUSH (Nutfield Marsh), c2 STONECHAT (pair, nr wooden bridge, Moors), c6 SISKIN (over), c12 YELLOWHAMMER (hedgerows, M.Farm). Ian Kehl and Gordon Hay
Fri, 1 December 2017
am: 95 GREYLAG GOOSE, 22 WIGEON, c40 SHOVELER, 5 POCHARD, 1 JACK SNIPE (Moors pools), 8 SNIPE, 90 STOCK DOVE, 1 CHIFFCHAFF, 30 BLACKBIRD, 1 FIELDFARE, 4 REDWING,1 SISKIN, 45 GOLDFINCH, 30 YELLOWHAMMER. Gordon Hay