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Shorncote: No sign of the Shrike 15.15 onwards. Peregrine falcon hunting tufted duck in front of 2nd hide. Kingfisher flying about all morning and a shelduck. Kestrel, 50 Lapwing, many Fieldfare and few Redwing, Grey Wagtail, several small flocks of Linnet, Little Egret, starling roost at South end of Keynes Country Park (in excess of 5000 birds). 2 or 3 Water Rail calling at dusk. Dave Soons. Malcolm Royal; Steve Davies
Shorncote: Great Grey Shrike back between the 2 hides at midday. Peregrine flew over to a post on the hills,2 buzzards,2 kestrels,sparrow hawk,and a kingfisher plus water rails heard. Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Goosander over, c100Lapwing, large flock of Starlings displaying before going to roost towards the southern end of Keynes Country Park. Kim Milsom. Dave Soons. Malcolm Royal
N.B: Yesterday and early today anyone accessing any blog or item linked to Surfbirds has received an anti virus warning. This is the second time this has occurred recently. As I write this it has stopped but if Surfbirds cannot sort this I may have to migrate this site to Blogger. I will keep you updated as necessary.
Shorncote: Great grey Shrike about 50 yards past the hides. Green Sandpiper, 2 little egrets. 2 Cetti’s Warblers and 2 Water Rails calling, 20 + Reed Buntings, 150+ Redwings and 70+ Fieldfares, 4 Bullfinches, Little Egret over, 35 Golden Plover flew over south, 20 Teal, 4 Wigeon.
Janet Grey. Jon Mercer
Waterhay: 2 kestrel Felicity Cobb
CWP 72: Coot 150, Gadwall 35, Great Crested Grebe 3, Kestrel 1, Kingfisher 1, Mallard 19, Moorhen 12, Mute Swan 23, Pochard 5 , Ruddy Duck 4, Shoveler 3, Tufted Duck 16, Wigeon 18 Steve Wallace
CWP 59: Black-headed Gull 8, Coot 23, Cormorant 2, Curlew 9, Great Crested Grebe 1, Grey Heron 2,, Kingfisher 1, Little Egret 12, Moorhen 11, Mute Swan 3, Pochard 38, Teal 6, Tufted Duck 20, Steve Wallace
CWP 82: Coot 4, Goldeneye 1, Great Crested Grebe 3, Little Grebe 1, Mallard 6, Mute Swan 2, Pochard 42, Red-crested Pochard 20, Tufted Duck 13 Steve Wallace
CWP 83: Black-headed Gull 18, Coot 46, Goldeneye 3 (1M, 2F), Great Crested Grebe 5, Grey Heron 1, Greylag Goose 2, Mallard 48, Mute Swan 6, Pochard 23, Red-crested Pochard 8, Tufted Duck 15 Steve Wallace
CWP 44: 2 male goosander John Durell
Cleveland Lakes WeBS: 1,052 Coot, 328 Wigeon, 97 Gadwall, 57 Pochard, 7 Goldeneye, 1 Little Grebe, Water rail, 250 Lapwing, 100 Golden Plover, Ruff, 4 Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpiper, 83 Teal, 22 Shoveler Plus roving tit flock of 12 Goldcrest, 22 Long-tailed tit, 7 Bullfinch, 15 Blue tit and 2 Treecreeper, plus 8 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Chiffchaff, 30 + Linnet, 25+ Goldfinch, 21+ Siskin and 100 Fieldfare/Redwing. Gareth Harris
Shorncote: a Great Grey Shrike, by the sharp bend in the path 50yds west of the hide, seen at 1540 and again at 1610. Also - Water Rail and Cetti’s Warbler calling, 150+ Lapwings and 70+ Golden Plover over SW, 20+ Teal, pair Wigeon, fem Shoveler, Green Woodpecker, 2 Grey Wagtails, 70+ Fieldfares, 3 Reed Buntings, 30+ Linnets and Goldfinches Jon Mercer
WeBs Counts today:
WeBS Count, Lower Mill Estate and surrounding lakes: Gadwall (217 on Lake 41), Red-crested Pochard (a total of 195, including 85 on Lake 44 and 86 on Lake 58), Wigeon (421 on lake 41 and 71 on Lake 57), Coot (988 in total). Roger Ward
CWP 74: Gull Roost. Yellow Legged Gull 2 adults, Lesser Black Back Gulls 3017, Herring Gull 784, Common Gull 120 , Black Headed Gull 2500 Nigel Pleass
A419: About 6 buzzards in trees alongside the main road. Felicity Cobb