2011 year list

1 Mute Swan 01 January 2011 Amwell
2 Canada Goose 01 January 2011 Amwell
3 Wigeon 01 January 2011 Amwell
4 Gadwall 01 January 2011 Amwell
5 Teal 01 January 2011 Amwell
6 Mallard 01 January 2011 Amwell
7 Shoveler 01 January 2011 Amwell
8 Tufted Duck 01 January 2011 Amwell
9 Goldeneye 01 January 2011 Amwell
10 Smew 01 January 2011 Amwell
11 Pheasant 01 January 2011 Amwell
12 Cormorant 01 January 2011 Amwell
13 Bittern 01 January 2011 Amwell
14 Grey Heron 01 January 2011 Amwell
15 Little Grebe 01 January 2011 Amwell
16 Great Crested Grebe 01 January 2011 Amwell
17 Kestrel 01 January 2011 Amwell
18 Water Rail 01 January 2011 Amwell
19 Moorhen 01 January 2011 Amwell
20 Coot 01 January 2011 Amwell
21 Black-headed Gull 01 January 2011 Amwell
22 Common Gull 01 January 2011 Amwell
23 Lesser Black-backed Gull 01 January 2011 Amwell
24 Woodpigeon 01 January 2011 Amwell
25 Collared Dove 01 January 2011 Amwell
26 Magpie 01 January 2011 Amwell
27 Jay 01 January 2011 Amwell
28 Jackdaw 01 January 2011 Amwell
29 Carrion Crow 01 January 2011 Amwell
30 Blue Tit 01 January 2011 Amwell
31 Great Tit 01 January 2011 Amwell
32 Bearded Tit 01 January 2011 Southern Country Park, Bishops Stortford
33 Skylark 01 January 2011 Amwell
34 Long Tailed Tit 01 January 2011 Amwell
35 Waxwing 01 January 2011 Bruce Grove, Watford
36 Starling 01 January 2011 Amwell
37 Blackbird 01 January 2011 Amwell
38 Mistle Thrush 01 January 2011 Amwell
39 Robin 01 January 2011 Amwell
40 Dunnock 01 January 2011 Amwell
41 Grey Wagtail 01 January 2011 Amwell
42 Chaffinch 01 January 2011 Amwell
43 Reed Bunting 01 January 2011 Amwell
44 Pied Wagtail 01 January 2011 Amwell
45 Goldfinch 01 January 2011 Amwell
46 Greylag Goose 02 January 2011 Wilstone Reservoir
47 Pintail 02 January 2011 Wilstone Reservoir
48 Pochard 02 January 2011 Wilstone Reservoir
49 Buzzard 02 January 2011 Wilstone Reservoir
50 Great Spotted Woodpecker 02 January 2011 Wilstone Reservoir
51 Fieldfare 02 January 2011 Wilstone Reservoir
52 Red-crested Pochard 03 January 2010 Bury Lake
53 Goosander 03 January 2010 Springwell Lake
54 Little Egret 03 January 2010 Stockers Lake
55 Lapwing 03 January 2010 Stockers Lake
56 Ring-necked Parakeet 03 January 2010 Stockers Lake
57 Little Owl 03 January 2010 Woodoaks Farm
58 Goldcrest 03 January 2010 Woodoaks Farm
59 Song Thrush 03 January 2010 Woodoaks Farm
60 Redwing 03 January 2010 Woodoaks Farm
61 House Sparrow 03 January 2010 Woodoaks Farm
62 Meadow Pipit 03 January 2010 Woodoaks Farm
63 Greenfinch 03 January 2010 Woodoaks Farm
64 Siskin 03 January 2010 Woodoaks Farm
65 Linnet 03 January 2010 Woodoaks Farm
66 Yellowhammer 03 January 2010 Woodoaks Farm
67 Wren 04 January 2010 Scotsbridge Mill
68 Jack Snipe 05 January 2011 East Hyde
69 Red Kite 07 January 2011 Pimlico
70 White-fronted Goose 07 January 2011 East Hyde
71 Egyptian Goose 07 January 2011 East Hyde
72 Green Sandpiper 07 January 2011 East Hyde
73 Pink-footed Goose 08 January 2011 Burnham Overy
74 Brent Goose 08 January 2011 Burnham Overy
75 Rough-legged Buzzard 08 January 2011 Burnham Overy
76 Ringed Plover 08 January 2011 Burnham Overy
77 Bullfinch 08 January 2011 Lynford
78 Woodcock 08 January 2011 Swafham
79 Shelduck 08 January 2011 Thornham
80 Northern Harrier 08 January 2011 Thornham
81 Common Scoter 08 January 2011 Thornham
82 Red-breasted Merganser 08 January 2011 Thornham
83 Hen Harrier 08 January 2011 Thornham
84 Curlew 08 January 2011 Thornham
85 Redshank 08 January 2011 Thornham
86 Barn Owl 08 January 2011 Thornham
87 Eider 08 January 2011 Titchwell
88 Velvet Scoter 08 January 2011 Titchwell
89 Slavonian Grebe 08 January 2011 Titchwell
90 Marsh Harrier 08 January 2011 Titchwell
91 Merlin 08 January 2011 Titchwell
92 Oystercatcher 08 January 2011 Titchwell
93 Avocet 08 January 2011 Titchwell
94 Grey Plover 08 January 2011 Titchwell
95 Knot 08 January 2011 Titchwell
96 Sanderling 08 January 2011 Titchwell
97 Dunlin 08 January 2011 Titchwell
98 Ruff 08 January 2011 Titchwell
99 Bar-tailed Godwit 08 January 2011 Titchwell
100 Black-tailed Godwit 08 January 2011 Titchwell
101 Spotted Redshank 08 January 2011 Titchwell
102 Turnstone 08 January 2011 Titchwell
103 Twite 08 January 2011 Titchwell
104 Rook 09 January 2011 Leavesden
105 Herring Gull 10 January 2011 Woodoaks Farm
106 Stock Dove 11 January 2011 Lynsters Farm
107 Peregrine 12 January 2011 Ex BT Building, Hemel Hempstead
108 Sparrowhawk 13 January 2011 Cassiobury Park
109 Nuthatch 15 January 2011 Back Garden, Abbots Langley
110 Green Woodpecker 31 January 2011 Withey Beds
111 Golden Plover 02 February 2011 Old Hall Marshes
112 Treecreeper 06 February 2011 Ivinghoe Beacon
113 Marsh Tit 06 February 2011 Ivinghoe Beacon
114 Coal Tit 06 February 2011 Ivinghoe Beacon
115 Short-eared Owl 12 February 2011 Wixams nr Wilstead
116 Snipe 12 February 2011 Wixams nr Wilstead
117 Hawfinch 13 February 2011 Bramfield
118 Tree Sparrow 18 February 2011 Woodoaks Farm
119 Stonechat 19 February 2011 Lee Valley Country Park nr Ice Rink
120 Scaup 27 February 2011 Staines Reservoirs
121 Great Northern Diver 27 February 2011 Staines Reservoirs
122 Water Pipit 05 March 2011 Wilstone Reservoir
123 Great Black-backed Gull 05 March 2011 Tyttenhangar
124 Red-legged Partridge 13 March 2011 Suffolk
125 Stone-curlew 13 March 2011 Foxhole Heath
126 Kingfisher 19 March 2011 Marlow Gravel Pits
127 Mediterranean Gull 19 March 2011 Marlow Gravel Pits
128 Goshawk 19 March 2011 New Fancy View
129 Mandarin Duck 19 March 2011 RSPB Nagshead
130 Raven 19 March 2011 Symonds Yat
131 Chiffchaff 20 March 2011 Woodoaks Farm
132 Wheatear 27 March 2011 Blows Down
133 Cetti's Warbler 01 April 2011 Rainham Marshes
134 Little Ringed Plover 01 April 2011 Rainham Marshes
135 Sandwich Tern 02 April 2011 Wilstone Reservoir
136 Common Tern 02 April 2011 Wilstone Reservoir
137 Sand Martin 02 April 2011 Wilstone Reservoir
138 Ring Ouzel 02 April 2011 Ivinghoe Beacon
139 Blackcap 02 April 2011 Ivinghoe Beacon
140 Willow Warbler 02 April 2011 Ivinghoe Beacon
141 Pied Flycatcher 02 April 2011 Blows Down
142 Swallow 08 April 2011 Croxley Common Moor
143 Garganey 10 April 2011 ARC Pit Dungeness
144 Reed Warbler 10 April 2011 ARC Pit Dungeness
145 Whitethroat 10 April 2011 ARC Pit Dungeness
146 Sedge Warbler 10 April 2011 RSPB Dungeness
147 Little Tern 10 April 2011 The Patch Dungeness
148 Yellow Wagtail 10 April 2011 The Patch Dungeness
149 Arctic Tern 10 April 2011 The Patch Dungeness
150 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 12 April 2011 Withey Beds
151 Grasshopper Warbler 16 April 2011 Two Tree Island
152 Nightingale 16 April 2011 Two Tree Island
153 Cuckoo 16 April 2011 Two Tree Island
154 Little Gull 17 April 2011 Staines Reservoirs
155 Black-necked Grebe 21 April 2011 Herts
156 Black Tern 22 April 2011 Staines Reservoirs
157 Spoonbill 23 April 2011 Elmley Marshes
158 Hobby 23 April 2011 Elmley Marshes
159 Whimbrel 23 April 2011 Elmley Marshes
160 Greenshank 23 April 2011 Elmley Marshes
161 Wood Warbler 24 April 2011 Ashridge nr Monument
162 House Martin 25 April 2011 Wilstone Reservoir
163 Swift 27 April 2011 Maple Lodge
164 Dotterel 29 April 2011 Choseley  Farm
165 Common Sandpiper 29 April 2011 Titchwell
166 White Wagtail 29 April 2011 Titchwell
167 Garden Warbler 04 May 2011 Maple Lodge
168 Glossy Ibis 08 May 2011 Dorney Lake
169 Roseate Tern 10 May 2011 The Patch Dungeness
170 Collared Pratincole 10 May 2011 RSPB Dungeness
171 Wood Sandpiper 14 May 2011 Cley Marshes
172 Temminck’s Stint 14 May 2011 Cley Marshes
173 Lesser Yellowlegs 14 May 2011 Cley Marshes
174 Black Stork 15 May 2011 Flore, Northants
175 Ring-necked Duck 18 May 2011 Wilstone Reservoir
176 Lesser Whitethroat 22 May 2011 Croxley Common Moor
177 Gannet 27 May 2011 Keyhaven Marshes
178 Rock Pipit 27 May 2011 Hurst Spit
179 Redstart 27 May 2011 Beaulieu Road Station
180 Red-necked Phalarope 30 May 2011 Stewartby, Rookery Pit south
181 Woodlark 14 June 2011 Upper Hollesley Common
182 Black Redstart 14 June 2011 Upper Hollesley Common
183 Common Crossbill 14 June 2011 Upper Hollesley Common
184 Squacco Heron 19 June 2011 RSPB Dungeness
185 Great White Egret 19 June 2011 RSPB Dungeness
186 Night Heron 19 June 2011 Stockers Lake
187 Spotted Flycatcher 23 June 2011 Gorhambury nr St Albans
188 Tree Pipit 25 June 2011 Acres Down
189 Honey-buzzard 25 June 2011 Acres Down
190 Nightjar 26 June 2011 Chobham Common
191 Turtle Dove 09 July 2011 Lydd Golf Course
192 Glaucous Gull 09 July 2011 Dungeness Fishing Boats
193 Common Rosefinch 13 July 2011 Fowlmere Road, Melbourn
194 Corn Bunting 13 July 2011 Deadmans Hill, nr Sandon
195 Yellow-legged Gull 18 July 2011 Little Marlow Gravel Pits
196 Shag 23 July 2011 Wilstone Reservoir
197 Grey Partridge 25 July 2011 Deadmans Hill, nr Sandon
198 Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon 07 August 2011 Bempton Cliffs
199 Kittiwake 07 August 2011 Bempton Cliffs
200 Fulmar 07 August 2011 Bempton Cliffs
201 Guillemot 07 August 2011 Bempton Cliffs
202 White-winged Black Tern 14 August 2011 Grafham Water
203 Osprey 14 August 2011 Rutland Water
204 Whinchat 19 August 2011 Ivinghoe Beacon
205 Curlew Sandpiper 20 August 2011 Titchwell
206 Little Stint 20 August 2011 Titchwell
207 Long-tailed Duck 20 August 2011 Titchwell
208 Red-backed Shrike 27 August 2011 Walsey Hill nr Cley
209 Western Bonelli’s Warbler 27 August 2011 Warren Wood nr Cromer
210 Arctic Skua 27 August 2011 West Runton
211 Citrine Wagtail 08 September 2011 Cley Marshes
212 Cattle Egret 08 September 2011 Cley Marshes
213 Pectoral Sandpiper 09 September 2011 Wilstone Reservoir
214 Grey Phalarope 14 September 2011 Grafham Water
215 Sabine’s Gull 15 September 2011 Grafham Water
216 Pallid Harrier 17 September 2011 Colne Point nr St Osyth
217 Red-throated Diver 25 September 2011 Winterton
218 Sooty Shearwater 25 September 2011 Winterton
219 Manx Shearwater 26 September 2011 Winterton
220 Common Crane 25 September 2011 Stubbs Mill
221 Pomarine Skua 25 September 2011 Winterton
222 Great Skua 25 September 2011 Winterton
223 Tawny Owl 27 September 2011 Norfolk
224 Hooded Crow 25 September 2011 Horsey Strait
225 Sandhill Crane 03 October 2011 Boyton RSPB
226 Semipalmated Sandpiper 08 October 2011 Coalhouse Fort
227 Woodchat Shrike 10 October 2011 Lowestoft Links Road car park
228 Brambling 15 October 2011 Stiffkey Fen
229 Yellow-browed Warbler 15 October 2011 Stiffkey Fen
230 Bluethroat 15 October 2011 Stiffkey Fen
231 Red-flanked Bluetail 15 October 2011 Holme Dunes
232 Purple Sandpiper 29 October 2011 Lowestoft Ness
233 Whooper Swan 29 October 2011 Horsey Gap
234 Great Grey Shrike 30 October 2011 Coombe Road Sandon
235 Desert Wheatear 12 November 2011 Holme Dunes
236 Bewick’s Swan 13 November 2011 Wilstone Reservoir
237 Eastern Black Redstart 17 November 2011 Walpole Bay nr Margate
238 Snow Bunting 17 November 2011 Sandwich Bay
239 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 26 November 2011 Chew Valley Lake
240 Spotted Sandpiper 26 November 2011 Chew Valley Lake
241 Long Billed Dowitcher 26 November 2011 Chew Valley Lake
242 Tundra Bean Goose 27 November 2011 Tyttenhangar
243 Western Sandpiper 03 December 2011 Cley Marshes
244 Green-winged Teal 03 December 2011 Cley Marshes
245 Firecrest 10 December 2011 Hogback Wood nr Beaconsfield
246 Razorbill 27 December 2011 Titchwell
Total 246 with Eastern Black Redstart 245 without.

Heard Only
Golden Oriole Lakenheath 14 May 2011
Savi's Warbler Lodmoor 22 May 2011
Quail Norfolk and Deadman's Hill 28 May 2011

First light on Croxley Common Moor

Fieldfare, Redwing, Song Thrush, Jay, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Great-spotted Woodpecker, Kingfisher, Water Rail, Little Egret.

Titchwell and Cley

Titchwell. On the reserve; Marsh Harrier, Hen Harrier, Avocet, Golden Plover, Spotted Redshank, Snipe, Wigeon, Teal, Pintail, Little Grebe, Little Egret, Brent Goose, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Redpoll, Mealy Redpoll and possible Coue's Arctic Redpoll. On the beach/sea; Grey Plover, Red-breasted Merganser, Goldeneye, Long-tailed Duck, Razorbill, Bar-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Sanderling. Also Weasel and Grey Seal.
Cley. On the reserve; Western Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ruff, Golden Plover, Avocet, Pintail, Barn Owl (2). On the sea; Common Scoter, Guillemot, Red-throated Diver.
Paul's pics below; Mealy Redpoll (thanks Tony!), Spotted Redshank, Little Egret, all at Titchwell.

Croxley Common Moor and Stockers Lake

Mid morning on the Moor; Green Woodpecker, Fieldfare, Redwing, Song Thrush, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Reed Bunting, Sparrowhawk.
Brief visit to Stockers; 2 Little Owl at Stockers Farm. Stockers Lake; Ring-necked Parakeet, Goldeneye, Shoveler, Lapwing.
Below average pics below; Fieldfare, Redwing, Little Egret and Robin (well it is Chistmas!) all on Croxley Common Moor.
House Sparrows at Stockers Farm, Lapwing and Shoveler in flight at Stockers Lake.

Dead loss at Deadman's

Half an hour at Woodoaks Farm this morning produced 50+ Golden Plover and c20 Lapwing. Poor quality pics below.
Then met up with Brendan and spent 3 hours in the Deadman's Hill, Sandon, Therfield area in bitterly cold conditions. A slightly disapointing; 6 Kestrel, similar amount of Common Buzzard, a single Red Kite, decent numbers of Red-legged Partridge, Linnet, Yellowhammer, Fieldfare and Rook.

Paul's pics from Startop's and Wilstone.

Snow Bunting, Coot note flat head, white patches and pink bill, Bewick's Swan, Chinese Water Deer, Brent Goose, Water Pipit. Click on pics to enlarge.

Startop's, Wilstone then Dorney Wetlands.

Startop's and Wilstone reservoirs then Dorney Wetlands with Geoff and Paul.
Startop's; Snow Bunting, Red Crested Pochard. Wilstone; Bewick's Swan, Brent Goose, shelduck, Water Pipit, Wigeon, Teal, Buzzard. Dorney Wetlands; Fieldfare, Wigeon, Teal, Red Kite, Buzzard, Kestrel. No sign of Great Grey Shrike.

Snow Ho Ho

A flying visit to Startops Reservoir, Tring this morning produced a cracking male Snow Bunting.

Paul's pics from Stockers Lake and Hogback Wood

Goldeneye and Kingfisher at Stockers Lake, Firecrest at Hogback Wood.

Norf East 'arts

Therfield Heath and Deadman's Hill near Baldock then Hatfield Aerodrome (disused). With Paul and Brendan.
Therfield Heath; Hen Harrier (juv), Red Kite (3), Lapwing, Golden Plover, Skylark, Yellowhammer.
Deadman's Hill; Buzzard (5), Merlin (possible), Grey Partridge, Red Legged Partridge.
Hatfield Aerodrome (disused); Short Eared Owl (briefly), Buzzard.

Back to Hogback

Some local(ish) birding today with Paul F and his Royal Highness Geofrey First Name Lapworth.
Stockers Lake, Rickmansworth; Kingfisher, Ring-necked Parakeet, Goldeneye, Smew(f), Lapwing.
Springwell Lake; Red Crested Pochard (m), Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Hogback Wood nr Beaconsfield; Firecrest (2-3), Goldcrest (6+), Coal Tit (3),Redwing, Red Kite.

Early Morning on the Common Moor

An early morning visit to Croxley Common Moor; Water Rail, Little Egret, Little Grebe, Fieldfare, Redwing, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker. Pics below; 1st two Water Rail, next two Little Grebe, then Carrion Crows and finally Goldfinch.

Croxley Common Moor

Lunchtime on the Moor; Water Rail, Bullfinch (3), Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Fieldfare, Redwing, Song Thrush, Skylark, Green Woodpecker, Goldcrest.

Best Western

A trip to NWT's Cley Marshes with Brendan G. Species of note on the reserve; Western Sandpiper, Green-winged Teal, Ruff, Avocet, Golden Plover, Black Tailed Godwit, Pintail. Shelduck, Wigeon, Teal, Brent Goose, Dunlin, Marsh Harrier, Linnet, Bearded Tit, Cetti's Warbler.
A seawatch produced; Guillemot, Red-throated Diver, Common Scoter, Gannet, Little Gull, Goldeneye, Sandwich Tern, Kittiwake, Great Skua, Brent Goose, White-fronted Goose, possible Bean Goose. On the beach; Snow Bunting (25).
On the way back we stopped at the Hawfinch hotspot that is know as Lynford Arboretum; c100 Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Redwing, Great-spotted Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk. No luck with the Hawfinch! My fourth visit to this site without success.

Joshua chillin

Joshu-ah

My grandson Joshua was one week old yesterday. He's in Great Ormond Street and coping well with all his wires and tubes. As an addition to being tube fed now being bottle fed 20ml every 2 hours.

Tundra and Whitening

A midday visit to Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits today produced the following; Tundra Bean Goose, Eurasian White Fronted Goose (2), Tree Sparrow (6+), Pochard, Meadow Pipit, Kestrel.
Tundra Bean Goose pics below (click on pics to enlarge).