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Tuesday 31 January 2012

Started the day at Glynde
was the Great grey shrike 11.00am
moved on the Newhaven with good veiws
of the iceland Gull with GBB gull,LBB gull,
BH gull,Herring gull,then Brighton Marine
on the way home Razorbill's,red-throated Diver,
common scoter,cormorant,turnstone,
mistle thrush
 great grey shrike
 iceland gull

 great black-backed gull

 starling

Monday 30 January 2012

Headed to Blackdown today.
got to see the Parrot Crossbill,
common crossbill,siskin,fieldfare,
woodlark,meadow pipit,redpoll,sparrowhawk,
kestrel,
 Parrot Crossbill
 Parrot Crossbill
 Parrot Crossbill
 Common Crossbill
  Common Crossbill
 Meadow Pipit

Sunday 29 January 2012

Saturday
Stodmarsh was looking dark ready to rain
but got to see the 2 Glossy Ibis's with Jake
missed the Dotterel at Lydd airport by 5 min's
but saw tree sparrow,and Whooper swan,on the
way.

 Whooper Swan at northiam

 Glossy Ibis ring 04RX

 Glossy Ibis

Friday 27 January 2012

Went to bedgebury kent,
today and was Hawfinch
distant but got a record shot
saw crossbill's lesser redpoll,siskin,
Tufted Duck
 Coot
 male Kestrel

 Lesser Redpoll

 Hawfinch

Tuesday 24 January 2012

Dungeness
To get to see the Smew at burrowes pit
watched two fly in from makepeace hide
and saw a great white egret at ARC hide.
lots of birds pairing up now Goldeneye,
Gadwall,shoveler,saw chiffchaff, tree sparrow,
Goldeneye

 Great white egret
 Goldeneye
 Great white egret
 Chiffchaff

 Gadwall
 Smew one of two their.
 Shoveler

Caspian Gull is the size of Herring
pushed adult herring gulls away.
 is this a Caspian
Thanks John Cooper
for ID


Monday 23 January 2012

Gosport Hampshire
a quick visit to see the ring-billed gull
then to west dean but no joy with the Hawfinches
left at 2.10 and Russ saw then at 2.20 will try again.
lots more around crossbills,chaffinch,goldfinch,siskin,
robin,wren,redwing,fieldfare,buzzard,red kite,kestrel,
red-legged partridge,.

 ring-billed gull

 common & ring-billed gull

 ring-billed gull


 common gull
 black-headed gull
 chaffinch
 wren

Sunday 22 January 2012

had a afternoon trip to the old lodge
meet  garry bagnell at gill's gap and
we then headed to the old lodge
and  saw 2 woodlark, 7 crossbill,
coal tit,lesser redpoll, skylark, on
the way home popped in to the west end
of weirwood and saw a Barn Owl in front of the hide
then home.

 woodlark