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Recorder:  Rob Chadwick

Historical Bird Notes:

2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004

Current Bird Notes for 2024/25
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
December [2024]

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February 2025 BIRD NOTES

HIGHLIGHTS: Red-Throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Black-necked Grebe, Ring-necked Duck, Scaup, Lesser Scaup.

Water bird maxima were from the WeBS count on 16^th unless dated otherwise. 1 Red-throated Diver reported all month, 1 Great Northern Diver also reported all month, 25 Little Grebe, 85 Great Crested Grebe, Black-necked Grebe 24^th, 36 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret 15^th, 16^th, 24^th and 25^th, 1 Great White Egret 1^st, 6^th, 19^th and 27^th, 3 Grey Heron 25^th, 4 Mute Swan on 11 occasions this month, 5 Whooper Swan 6^th, 700 Pink-footed Goose 6^th, 88 Greylag Goose, 207 Canada Goose, 33 Barnacle Goose 5^th, 11^th, 13^th, 20^th, and 21^st, 1 Shelduck 4^th and 6^th, 20 Wigeon 6^th, 23 Gadwall 22^nd, 14 Teal 6^th, 116 Mallard 16^th, 4 Pintail 1^st, 6 Shoveler 11^th, 615 Pochard 10^th, 1 Ring-necked Duck reported all month, 158 Tufted Duck, 2 Scaup reported on 19 occasions this month, 1 Lesser Scaup reported up to the 25^th, 32 Goldeneye 4^th, 5 Goosander 5^th, 1 Water Rail reported on 6 occasions, 10 Moorhen, 570 Coot, 1 Kingfisher 21^st, 25^th, 26^th and 28^th.

Raptor sightings included 8 Red Kite 6^th, 2 Sparrowhawk 2^nd, 19^th, 25^th and 26^th, 20 Buzzards 25^th, 3 Kestrel 2^nd, 1 Peregrine 2^nd, 5^th, 14^th, 16^th and 25^th.

Six species of waders through this month with 14 Oystercatcher 19^th, 21 Lapwing 18^th, 25 Snipe 21^st, 5 Woodcock 24^th, 16 Curlew 27^th, 1 Redshank on six occasions.

Maximum Gull numbers were 2 Mediterranean 14^th, 16^th and 17^th, 6000 Black-headed Gull 16^th, 4000 Common Gull 16^th, 800 Lesser Black-backed Gull 6^th, 50 Herring Gull 16^th, 1 Yellow-legged Gull 14^th and 28^th, 1 Caspian Gull 7^th and 14^th, 1 Great Black-backed Gull reported on 9 occasions this month.

Other species noted were 1 Barn Owl 1^st, 3^rd and 5^th, 1 Tawny Owl 9^th, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker 27^th, 8 Skylark 25^th, 5 Meadow Pipit 23^rd, 2 Grey Wagtail 24^th and 27^th, 49 Wren 27^th, 40 Dunnock 27^th, 122 Robin 27^th, 54 Blackbird 27^th, 34 Song Thrush 27^th, 40 Redwing 22^nd, 9 Mistle Thrush 22^nd and 27^th, 2 Chiffchaff 28^th, 10 Goldcrest 27^th, 43 Long-tailed Tit 27^th, 5 Willow Tit 19^th and 22^nd, 149 Blue Tit 27^th, 27 Rook 19^th, 37 Raven 18^th, 250 Starling 14^th, 8 Greenfinch 27^th, 30 Siskin 12^th, 1 Linnet 19^th and 25^th, 2 Lesser Redpoll 12^th and 22^nd, 8 Bullfinch 27^th, 38 Reed Bunting 19^th and 27^th.

The total 96 species noted compares to 98 in 2024, 93 in 2023, 92 in 2022, 90 in 2021, 93 in 2020.

January 2025 BIRD NOTES

HIGHLIGHTS: Red-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Ring-necked Duck, Scaup, Woodcock, Barn Owl, Willow Tit.

Water bird maxima were from the WeBS count on 13^th unless dated otherwise. 1 Red-throated Diver reported all month, 1 Great Northern Diver also reported all month, 28 Little Grebe, 74 Great Crested Grebe 22^nd, 33 Cormorant, 1 Great White Egret 3^rd, 22^nd and 30^th, 2 Grey Heron 11^th and 16^th, 4 Mute Swan 10^th and 13^th, 49 Whooper Swan 11^th, 130 Pink-footed Goose, 350 Greylag Goose 14^th, 310 Canada Goose 10^th, 34 Barnacle Goose 5^th, 2 Shelduck 14^th, 68 Wigeon 17^th, 77 Gadwall, 56 Teal 11^th, 107 Mallard 22^nd, 7 Shoveler 11^th, 967 Pochard 22^nd, 1 Ring-necked Duck 28^th, 29^th, 30^th and 31^st, 364 Tufted Duck 22^nd, 2 Scaup reported on 22 occasions this month, 23 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander 31^st, 1 Water Rail 2^nd, 3^rd, 16^th and 27^th, 11 Moorhen 14th and 19th, 1394 Coot, 1 Kingfisher 3^rd, 9^th, 11^th and 27^th.

Raptor sightings included 3 Red Kite recorded on 6 occasions, 3 Sparrowhawk 25^th, 7 Buzzards 25^th, 2 Kestrel 6^th and 22^nd, 1 Peregrine on 7 occasions.

Five species of waders through this month with 2 Oystercatcher 18^th and 19^th, 104 Lapwing 14^th, 11 Snipe 7^th, 2 Woodcock 13^th, 2 Curlew 22^nd, 1 Redshank 5^th.

Maximum Gull numbers were 3200 Black-headed Gull 19^th, 1800 Common Gull 25^th, 330 Lesser Black-backed Gull 29^th, 9 Herring Gull 13^th, 2 Yellow-legged Gull 19^th, 1 Caspian Gull 19^th, 1 Great Black-backed Gull reported on 10 occasions this month.

Other species noted were 1 Barn Owl 17^th, 1 Tawny Owl 3^rd, 14^th, 15^th, 20^th and 26^th, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker 15^th, 6 Skylark 15^th, 18 Meadow Pipit 15^th, 1 Grey Wagtail 2^nd, 7^th and 22^nd, 39 Wren 15^th, 34 Dunnock 15^th, 85 Robin 15^th, 98 Blackbird 15^th, 97 Fieldfare 16^th, 55 Redwing 30^th, 3 Mistle Thrush 7^th, 1 Chiffchaff 15^th, 8 Goldcrest 15^th, 18 Long-tailed Tit 15^th, 4 Willow Tit 5^th and 15^th, 19 Coal Tit 15^th, 68 Great Tit 15^th, 7 Nuthatch 15^th, 7 Treecreeper 15^th, 300 Jackdaw 29^th, 60 Rook 29^th, 4 Raven 2^nd, 16^th and 29^th, 500 Starling 22^nd, 8 Greenfinch 15^th, 40 Siskin 1^st, 5 Lesser Redpoll 1^st, 4 Bullfinch 7^th, 8^th, 13^th, 15^th and 29^th, 10 Reed Bunting 20^th.

The total 93 species noted compares to 98 in 2024, 98 in 2023, 97 in 2022, 86 in 2021, 94 in 2020.

December 2024 BIRD NOTES

HIGHLIGHTS: Red-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Brent Goose, Scaup,   Ring-necked Duck, Kittiwake.

Water bird maxima were from the WeBS count on 15^th unless dated otherwise. 1 Red-throated Diver on 8 occasions this month, 1 Great Northern Diver reported on 13 occasions this month (first reported on the 15^th), 29 Little Grebe, 50 Great Crested Grebe, 40 Cormorant 24^th, 1 Little Egret 24^th and 30^th, 1 Great White Egret 6^th, 7^th, 19^th, 23^rd and 30^th, 1 Grey Heron 3^rd, 21^st, 24^th and 29^th, 5 Mute Swan 5^th, 4 Whooper Swan 20^th, 112 Pink-footed Goose 14^th, 76 Greylag Goose 17^th, 300 Canada Goose 18^th, 33 Barnacle Goose 31^st, 1 Brent Goose 12^th, 1 Egyptian Goose 1^st, 2 Mandarin 5^th, 32 Wigeon, 48 Gadwall, 60 Teal 7^th, 139 Mallard, 5 Pintail 27^th, 9 Shoveler 27^th, 1032 Pochard 24^th (believed to be a county record), 1 Ring-necked Duck 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd, 377 Tufted Duck, 2 Scaup 29^th, 30^th and 31^st, 17 Goldeneye, 8 Goosander 16^th, 1 Water Rail 2^nd, 12^th, 18^th, 23^rd and 25^th, 14 Moorhen, 1377 Coot, 2 Kingfisher 23^rd.

Raptor sightings included 6 Red Kite 25^th, 4 Sparrowhawk 14^th, 5 Buzzards 10^th, 2 Kestrel 10^th, 16^th, 23^rd and 31^st, 2 Peregrine 18^th and 20^th.

Four species of waders through this month with 1 Golden Plover 25^th and 27^th, 91 Lapwing 11^th, 25 Snipe 25^th, 6 Woodcock 4^th, 1 Redshank 14^th, 15^th and 31^st.

Maximum Gull numbers were Black-headed Gull present all month, 4000+ Common Gull 25^th, 191 Lesser Black-backed Gull 24^th, 6 Herring Gull 18^th, 1 Yellow-legged Gull 24^th, 1 Caspian Gull 1^st, 13^th, 14^th and 18^th, 1 Great Black-backed Gull reported on 17 occasions this month, 1 Kittiwake 4^th.

Other species noted were 2 Tawny Owl 4^th, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1^st, 10 Skylark 6^th, 5 Meadow Pipit 25^th, 1 Grey Wagtail 1^st, 3^rd and 19^th, 3 Fieldfare 31^st, 225 Redwing 1^st, 3 Mistle Thrush 24^th, 1 Chiffchaff reported on 7 dates this month, 2 Willow Tit reported on 7 occasions this month, 500 Jackdaw 25^th, 30 Rook 16^th, 10 Raven 14^th, 85 Starling 11^th, 6 Greenfinch 6^th, 60 Siskin ^2nd, 4 Linnet 16^th, 10 Lesser Redpoll 20^th and 28^th, 5 Bullfinch 10^th, 3 Reed Bunting 2^nd and 15^th

The total 98 species noted compares to 93 in 2023, 99 in 2022, 97 in 2021, 94 in 2020, 93 in 2019.