Needing one bird to level our annual record & two to beat it, our regular watching produced the goods by finding two year ticks.
Chris Lane found a female Goldeneye on the main pit on Wednesday & Mike Inskip flushed a Woodcock on Saturday taking us to 142 species of the year.
Jon's Sunday count included :- 7 Little Grebe, 12 Cormorant, 1 Liitle Egret (Pophills), 4 Gey Heron, 20 Mute Swan, 680 Greylag Geese (County record), 260 Canada Geese, 10 Gadwall, 77 Teal, 245 Mallard, 9 Shoveler, 37 Tufted Duck, 133 Coot, 63 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 7 Common Gull, 140 LBBG, 45 Herring Gull, 40 Stock Dove, 1 Little Owl, 35 Skylark, 20 Meadow Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 110 Fielfare flying south, 1 Raven, 3 Brambling, 3 Redpoll & a late Common Darter.
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