4th Quarter 2008


Little Terns seen in August - photograph by David Campbell

OCTOBER 2008

Species recorded     87
   
Cumulative species   157
   Less White Wagtail    - 1
Total   156
  Plus [ ] species      2
Total   158
   
Days covered by Wardens     19
  Plus other days for which records received     11
Total days for which records received     30
  Days with no records       1
Total days in month     31
   
Warden/days     24


ANNUAL COMPARISON

Year Days covered Warden/days Species recorded Cumulative species
1994        30     61    92    158
1995        23     34    80    144
1996        29      48     96    158 
1997         22       28     91     149 
1998         19     27     87     142 
1999         19      19     84     134 
2000          16     17     79     145 
2001         11       11     93     135 
2002         19       19     95     146 
2003         19       25     95     145 
2004         27       37     89     150 
2005         19     24     91     143 
2006         24       36     82     146 
2007         27       32     94     158 
2008         19       24     87     155 

NEW BIRD FOR THE YEAR

Rock Pipit

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH

Red-necked Grebe One seen on the 12th.
Goosander Another winter visitor arriving - a female seen on the 27th
Rock Pipit One seen on the 7th



Sparrowhawk netted by Ringing Group. Photograph by Bob Francis



NOVEMBER 2008

Species recorded   90
   
Cumulative species 160
    Less White Wagtail   - 1
Total 159
  Plus [ ] species      2
Total 161
   
Days covered by Wardens   21
   plus other days for which records received     5
Total days for which records received   26
   days with no records     4
Total days in month  30
   
Warden/days   25

ANNUAL COMPARISON

Year Days covered Warden/days Species recorded Cumulative
1994        23      26          77        159
1995        26      36         86        147
1996        23      34         85        160
1997        22      35         79        157
1998        17      20         77        144
1999        21      27        78        137
2000        22      24        75        145
2001        20      22        84        142
2002        23      23        84        148
2003        19      23        80        145
2004        17      19        77        151
2005        17      27        79        147
2006        13      14        71        148
2007        18      20        73        160
2008        21      25        90        159

NEW BIRDS FOR THE YEAR

Great Northern Diver Slavonian Grebe Water Rail
Black Redstart Bearded Tit  

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH

Great Northern Diver A juvenile bird was first seen on the 20th and stayed until the end of themonth.
Slavonian Grebe One seen on the 1st and 2nd.
Red-breasted Marganser Three seen on the 26th
Water Rail One seen on the 22nd.
Ruddy Duck Four seen on the 13th.
Black Redstart One seen on the Dam on the 3rd.
Bearded Tit A female seen from the 3rd for the remainder of the month. Mostly around the Oast Stream reedbed orRoy Coles Scrape.

 

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DECEMBER 2008

Species recorded     86
   
Cumulative Species   162
    Less White Wagtail    - 1
Total   161
   Plus [ ] species      3
Total   164
   
Days covered by Wardens     28
  plus other days for which records received       2
Total days for which records received     30
    Days with no records       1
Total days in month

    31   

   
Warden/days      30

ANNUAL COMPARISON

Year Days covered Warden/days Species recorded Cumulative
1994        25       26             76      159
1995        24       32             87      152
1996        23       31             84      161
1997        18       27             79      157
1998        25       27             78      146
1999        20       26             74      141
2000        11       12             69      148
2001        20       23             80      146
2002        21       23             77      149
2003        18       21             73       146
2004        15       16             71       151
2005        18       25             81       149
2006        18       22             79       151
2007        15       18             73       161
2008        28       30             84       162

NEW BIRDS FOR THE YEAR

Barn Owl                      Water Pipit                     [Bar-headed Goose]

Great Northern Diver The juvenile bird first seen on the 20th November stayed all month
White-fronted Geese 2 birds seen on the 30th
Mandarin Reported intermittently and peaked at 48 on the 13th.
Goldeneye A male was reported on the 15th and a female on the 23rd
Goosander Seen all month with a peak number of 11 on both the 17th  and 19th
Ruddy Duck A male was seen from the 26th to the 31st.
Hen Harrier A male was seen at 13.00 on the 30th.
Peregrine One was seen on both the 7th and the 30th
Snipe Seen all month with a peak number of 8 on the 21st and 22nd
Green Sandpiper One was reported on the 9th
Mediterranean Gull An adult was seen on the 19th and a first-winter bird on the 20th.
Herring Gull 750 birds were reported on the 13th
Great Black-backed Gull 48 birds were reported on the 22nd.
Barn Owl 1 was heard near the Oast on the 8th and 2 at the Oast on the 10th.
Water Pipit 1 was seenon the 10th
Bearded Tit The female first reported on the 3rd of November stayed all month
[Bar-headed Goose 1 was reported on the 9th.