JANUARY 2020

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We kicked off on January 1st with our usual "Ice-Breaker" walk with 42 guests but only 37 species by lunchtime. Meanwhile Neal Parkin and the regular bird counters were in the quarry (with permission).

I noted 72 species seen today (not all seen by me) all at the north end apart from raven. Missing species you would expect to see include little grebe, sparrowhawk, red kite, red-legged partridge, feral pigeon, treecreeper.

Species	Code	From	Until	Location	No	Comments
Great Crested Grebe	gg	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Cormorant	ca	01/01/20		North end	50	+
Little Egret	et	01/01/20		North end	2
Great Egret	hw	01/01/20		PHP	1
Grey Heron	h	01/01/20		North end	3
Mute Swan	ms	01/01/20		North end	100	+
Greylag Goose	gj	01/01/20		North end	50	+
Canada Goose	cg	01/01/20		North end	30	+
Barnacle Goose	by	01/01/20		Field north of Diddington	10
Mallard	ma	01/01/20		North end	20	+
Gadwall	ga	01/01/20		North end	100	+
Wigeon	wn	01/01/20		North end	100	+
Teal	t	01/01/20		North end	100	+
Pintail	pt	01/01/20		PHP	9
Shoveler	sv	01/01/20		PHP	66
Tufted Duck	tu	01/01/20		North end	100	+
Pochard	po	01/01/20		WPHP	200	~
Goldeneye	gn	01/01/20		North end	60	20+ PHP, 40+ IP
Smew	sy	01/01/20		PHP	3	male + 2 redheads
Buzzard	bz	01/01/20		North end	2
Kestrel	k	01/01/20		North end	4
Pheasant	ph	01/01/20		North end	3
Moorhen	mh	01/01/20		North end	4
Coot	co	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Lapwing	l	01/01/20		North end	50	+
Black-headed Gull	bh	01/01/20		North end	100	+
Herring Gull	hg	01/01/20		North end	2
Lesser Black-backed Gull	lb	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Common Gull	cm	01/01/20		North end	50	+
Great Black-backed Gull	gb	01/01/20		North end	3
Stock Dove	sd	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Woodpigeon	wp	01/01/20		North end	50	+
Collared Dove	cd	01/01/20		Diddington	2
Barn Owl	bo	01/01/20		Broughton Lodge	1
Kingfisher	kf	01/01/20		PHP	1
Green Woodpecker	g	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Great Spotted Woodpecker	gs	01/01/20		North end	5	+
Skylark	s	01/01/20		North end	1
Meadow Pipit	mp	01/01/20		North end	3
Grey Wagtail	gl	01/01/20		Stirtloe sewage works	1
Pied Wagtail	pw	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Dunnock	d	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Robin	r	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Stonechat	sc	01/01/20		NW of DP	2	a pair
Wren	wr	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Blackbird	b	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Fieldfare	ff	01/01/20		North end	5	+
Song Thrush	st	01/01/20		North end	5	+
Redwing	re	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Mistle Thrush	m	01/01/20		Thornton Estate	1
Chiffchaff	cc	01/01/20		Stirtloe sewage works	1
Goldcrest	gc	01/01/20		North end	1
Long-tailed Tit	lt	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Coal Tit	ct	01/01/20		Thornton Estate	1
Blue Tit	bt	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Great Tit	gt	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Jay	j	01/01/20		North end	1
Magpie	mg	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Rook	ro	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Carrion Crow	c	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Jackdaw	jd	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Raven	rn	01/01/20		South end	1
Song Thrush	st	01/01/20		North end	10	+
House Sparrow	hs	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Chaffinch	ch	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Greenfinch	gr	01/01/20		North end	2
Goldfinch	go	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Linnet	li	01/01/20		North end	2
Bullfinch	bf	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Reed Bunting	rb	01/01/20		North end	10	+
Yellowhammer	y	01/01/20		North end	50	+
Scaup	sp	01/01/20		PHP	1	female

Meadow pipit

January 2nd: (VC) Squirrel, blackbird, blue tit, dunnock, great tit, sparrow. Rats. Flock of long-tailed tits.

Chiffchaff.

Gadwall x 95, mallard x 23, goldeneye x 31, pochard x 2, wigeon x 210, tufted duck x 315, shoveler x 4, teal x 5, mute swan x 6, great-crested grebe x 6, common gull x 42, rook, goldcrest, l-b-b gull, kestrel, buzzard x 2, red kite x 2, green sandpiper, moorhen, coot x 36, reed bunting x 6, wren, bullfinch x 4, redwing x 14, l-t tit, heron, green woodpecker, dunnock, woodpigeon, jackdaw, robin, blackbird, magpie, goldfinch, great tit, blue tit. (38 spp. Terry Brown.)

Elusive but noisy: Cetti's warbler.

January 6th: Mallard x 38, tufted duck x 440, wigeon x 317, shoveler x 3, gadwall x 126, teal x 4, great white egret, little egret, woodpigeon, mute swan x 90, blackbird, cormorant x 20, great tit, blue tit, crow, robin, jackdaw, moorhen greylag goose x 64, g-s woodpecker, green woodpecker, coot x 31, b-h gull x 248, redwing x 6, magpie, sparrowhawk, l-t tit, bullfinch, linnet, yellowhammer x 12, reed bunting, g-c grebe x10, fieldfare x 2, dunnock, goldeneye x 36, common gull x 15, heron, chaffinch. (38 spp, Terry Brown)

Long-tailed tit.

January 7th: (Stirtloe Sewage works, just north of Paxton Pits). Chiff chaff x 3 or 4, goldcrest x 2, wren x 2, Cetti's warbler. Red -head smew from pumphouse road. (JAS)

January 10th: (Stirtloe sewage works) Siberian chiffchaff, long tailed tits, meadow pipits, 30 + pied wagtails, starlings singing, wren, dunnock, robin, b-h gulls, chiffchaffs, reed buntings, goldcrests.

Siberian chiffchaff.

January 12th: Collared dove, robin, dunnock, great tit, lesser redpoll, wren, goldeneye, scaup?
Otter from the Kingfisher Hide near tern rafts.

January 16th: Third Thursday Walk: (D Wilson)
Blackbird, b-h gull, blue tit, buzzard, carrion crow, chaffinch, coot, cormorant, yellowhammer, dunnock, gadwall, g-s woodpecker, great tit, green woodpecker, grey heron, jackdaw, lapwing, red kite, l-t tit, magpie, mallard, mute swan, redwing, robin, sparrow hawk, stock dove, tufted duck, wood pigeon,  Canada goose, goldeneye. (30 spp.)

January 18th: The Wildlife Survey Group report for today.
Sailing Lake--- Moorhen, lapwing, mute swan, mallard, tufted duck, magpie, great tit, robin, g-s woodpecker, b-h gull, song thrush, blue tit, grey wagtail, gadwall, greylag, l-t tit, jackdaw, wood pigeon, cormorant, carrion crow, redwing, goldfinch, blackbird.

Haul Road arable fields--- Green woodpecker, stonechat, meadow pipit, yellowhammer, linnet, skylark, reed bunting, chaffinch, wren.

Stonechat.

Heronry North Lake---- Goosander, goldeneye, green sandpiper.

Washout Pit--- Water rail.

Island Pit--- G-c grebe, grey heron, Canada goose, wigeon, buzzard, common gull, coot, kestrel, teal, jay.

Linnets

January 20th: Mute swan x 39, cormorant x 37, shoveler x 8, mallard x 52, wigeon x 213, goldeneye x 33, teal x 10, pochard x 44, tufted duck x 258, gadwall x 144, moorhen x 17, g-c grebe x 14, common gull, magpie, blackbird, dunnock, woodpigeon, crow, heron x 7, great tit, blue tit, robin, green woodpecker, bullfinch, b-h gull x 115, coot x 37, chaffinch, snog thrush, buzzard x 2, collared dove, goldfinch, greenfinch, jackdaw, wren, skylark x 3, linnet x 17, reed bunting x 8, stonechat, sparrowhawk, yellowhammer x 2, lesser b-b gull, lapwing, pheasant, l-t tit. (44 spp. Terry Brown)

Lapwing.

Arable fields 1 and 2--- A mixture of linnets (60+), yellowhammers (20+), reed buntings (20+) and chaffinches on the stubbles. Muntjac x 4. Long-tailed tits in the hedgerows. (JAS)

January 22nd: Barn owl at 22:30 on a fencepost between the Hail Weston Road and the A1 on the slip road going north.


January 28th: Pair of Egyptian geese on the sailing lake plus goldeneye, cormorant, green woodpecker, song thrush, great tit, mute swans, wren, blackbird, l-t tit.

Goldcrest.

January 29th: Mute swan x 56, gadwall x 97, mallard x 29, g-c grebe x 11, wigeon x 385, pochard x 32, shoveler x 10, coot x 32, cormorant x 41, heron x 7, b-h gull x 240, common gull x 7, magpie, wood pigeon, goldfinch, wren, treecreeper, green woodpecker, great tit, robin, moorhen, dunnock, sparrowhawk, chaffinch, jackdaw, lapwing, stock dove, blackbird, Candad geese, kestrel, yellowhammer x 10, reed bunting x 6, linnet x 30, herring gull, skylark x 5, song thrush, goldfinch, g-s woodpecker, goldcrest, l-t tit, collared dove, blue tit, house sparrow. 45 spp. Terry Brown.

Wren.