December '05

31st december

Mandarin(25)  Fieldfare  Buzzard  Goosander(5 - 2 males and 3 redheads)  Green Sandpiper

29th December

Green Sandpiper  Brambling(15)  Golden Plover

28th December

Red Kite

27th December

Peregrine(a pair)

26th December

Mandarin  Fieldfare  Redshank  Green Sandpiper(2)  Brambling(10+)

25th December

Green Sandpiper(2)  Snipe(2) Mandarin(21)  Brambling(10+)  Fieldfare  Peregrine(a pair)  White-fronted Geese(7)

24th December

Mandarin(24)  Green Sandpiper  Fieldfare  Brambling(many in the Orchard)  Reed Bunting(6) Chaffinch(100+ going to roost)  Grey Wagtail

22nd December

Mandarin(22) Green Sandpiper  Fieldfare  Reed Bunting  Recent roost counts of Gulls show up to 10,000 birds present - predominately Black-headed Gulls but also sizeable numbers of Common Gulls.  Brambling(10+)

21st December

Mandarin(32)  Brambling  Green Sandpiper(2)

18th December

Mandarin(41)  Little Grebe Snipe(3) Grey Wagtail

17th December

Peregrine(female)  Buzzard  Green Sandpiper  Snipe  Mandarin(5) Grey Wagtail(4)

16th December

Peregrine  Buzzard Green Sandpiper(2)  Grey Wagtail

15th December

Peregrine(male & female) Green Sandpiper  Brambling(2)

11th December

Snipe  Brambling Fieldfare  Grey Wagtail  Marsh Tit

10th December

Sparrowhawk  Brambling  Snipe  Green Sandpiper  Fieldfare Buzzard Mandarin(6)

9th December

Brambling  Fieldfare

8th December

Brambling  Scaup X Tufted Duck Hybrid

7th December

Green Sandpiper  Brambling(c50) Sparrowhawk  Snipe(2) 

4th December

Mandarin(6) Brambling(at least  20 in large mixed feeding flock in leaf litter) Redpoll(2 or 3)  Chiffchaff  Green Sandpiper  Water Rai(seen at 12.30)l

3rd December

Peregrine Chiffchaff Brambling Mandarin(15)