Birds seen in the Middle Stour Valley 2006
171 to 31/12/06
Each date represents the first record
this year of each species below
1st January
LITTTLE GREBE
GREAT-CRESTED GREBE
CORMORANT
BITTERN
LITTLE EGRET
GREY HERON
MUTE SWAN
BEWICK'S SWAN
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
GREYLAG GOOSE
SHELDUCK
WIGEON
GADWALL
TEAL
MALLARD
PINTAIL
SHOVELER
POCHARD
TUFTED DUCK
GOLDENEYE
MARSH HARRIER
HEN HARRIER
SPARROWHAWK
KESTREL
PHEASANT
WATER RAIL
MOORHEN
COOT
GOLDEN PLOVER
LAPWING
RUFF
SNIPE
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT
REDSHANK
GREEN SANDPIPER
BLACK-HEADED GULL
COMMON GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
HERRING GULL
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL
STOCK DOVE
WOODPIGEON
COLLARED DOVE
TAWNY OWL
KINGFISHER
GREEN WOODPECKER
GREAT-SPOTTED WOODPECKER
SKYLARK
MEADOW PIPIT
WATER PIPIT
PIED WAGTAIL
WREN
DUNNOCK
ROBIN
STONECHAT
BLACKBIRD
FIELDFARE
SONGTHRUSH
REDWING
MISTLE THRUSH
CETTI'S WARBLER
CHIFFCHAFF
GOLDCREST
BEARDED TIT
LONG-TAILED TIT
BLUE TIT
GREAT TIT
TREECREEPER
JAY
MAGPIE
JACKDAW
ROOK
CARRION CROW
STARLING
HOUSE SPARROW
CHAFFINCH
GREENFINCH
GOLDFINCH
SISKIN
LINNET
LESSER REDPOLL
BULLFINCH
REED BUNTING
2nd January
WHOOPER SWAN
PEREGRINE
RING-NECKED PARAKEEET
7th January
LITTLE OWL
11th January
PENDULINE TIT
14th January
RED-NECKED GREBE
SLAVONIAN GREBE
BLACK-NECKED GREBE
GOOSANDER
FIRECREST
BRAMBLING
CROSSBILL
15th January
BARN OWL
GREY WAGTAIL
MEALY REDPOLL
21st January
CANADA GOOSE
LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER
22nd January
YELLOWHAMMER
28th January
MERLIN
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
DUNLIN
CORN BUNTING
29th January
SMEW
BUZZARD
CURLEW
4th February
TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE
6th February
WOODCOCK
18th February
RUDDY DUCK
2nd March
GREY PARTRIDGE
5th March
JACK SNIPE
9th March
SPOONBILL
12th March
AVOCET
14th March
GARGANEY
MEDITERRANEAN GULL
BLACKCAP
16th March
SANDWICH TERN
(Unconfimed)
18th March
COMMON SANDPIPER
KITTIWAKE
19th March
GREY PLOVER
25th March
SAND MARTIN
26th March
LITTLE-RINGED PLOVER
COAL TIT
28th March
SWALLOW
30th March
RED KITE
1st April
RINGED PLOVER
YELLOW WAGTAIL
WHEATEAR
WILLOW WARBLER
3rd April
SEDGE WARBLER
4th April
HOUSE MARTIN
7th April
LITTLE GULL
8th April
NIGHTINGALE
REED WARBLER
WHITETHROAT
15th April
SPOTTED REDSHANK
COMMON TERN
TURTLE DOVE
RING OUZEL
16th April
HOBBY
CUCKOO
17th April
GREENSHANK
18th April
REDSTART
LESSER WHITETHROAT
21st April
WOOD SANDPIPER
SWIFT
22nd April
SAVI'S WARBLER
23rd April
WHIMBREL
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER
24th April
GARDEN WARBLER
28th April
MONTAGU'S HARRIER
29th April
BAR-TAILED GODWIT
30th April
COMMON CRANE
1st May
TEMMINCK'S STINT
2nd May
OSPREY
OYSTERCATCHER
3rd May
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER
9th May
GOSHAWK
LITTLE STINT
20th May
BLACK KITE
21st May
WHINCHAT
9th July
GREAT-WHITE EGRET
23rd July
CATTLE EGRET
12th August
SPOTTED CRAKE
16th September
HONEY BUZZARD
19th September
CURLEW SANDPIPER
20th October
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
9th November
MANDARIN
18th November
LONG EARED OWL
