6 January 2008

Great White Egret reported on BirdGuides at CWP 83 this morning but no sign of Green Winged Teal.

Great White Egret flew over CWP 74, heading south-west, at 0800hrs.  Pete Adams / Phil Williams

Later possible Great White Egret seen at CWP95  Felicity Cobb.  Reported back on CWP 83 at 12.40  Will Hayward

CWP 74:  pair of pintail, 20 curlew, c500 lapwing. Nick Adams.   p.m.  400 herring gull, 1,000 lesser black-backed gull, 11 great black-backed gull, 5 yellow-legged gull and poss adult caspian gull (too dark to be 100% sure when it arrived). Mark Coller
 
CWP 46/48:  Swillbrook Lakes  2 redhead smew, 2 pair of goosander, 10 gadwall, 2 shoveler, 2 wigeon, 2 goldeneye, 2 cetti’s warbler, lesser redpoll, 8 water rail, chiffchaff, kingfisher and a black swanNick Adams; Will Hayward

CWP 16:  3,000 lesser black-backed gull, 100 herring gull, 1 yellow-legged gull, 7 great black-backed gull, 750 common gull, 4,500 black-headed gull, kingfisher, grey wagtail and a siskin.  Nick Adams

CWP 68C: Gadwall (1m, 1f) ; Teal 50+ lots part hidden in the reeds; Heron with wing tags (possibly 02 or 0Z); Shoveler (1m, 1f); Mallard (1m, 1f); Cormorant 2 Flying over; Buzzard; Little Grebe; Little Egret; Moorhen 3;  Kestrel; Coot; 2 Cetti’s Warbler and water rail heard; 2 Reed Buntings; Bewick Swan flew over Angela Pomfret; Felicity Cobb; Will Hayward
 
CWP 59: Lapwing 220; Great Crested Grebe 20; Tufted Duck 6;  Pochard 3; Canada Geese 30;  2 Mute swans fighting; Kestrel Angela Pomfret; Felicity Cobb

CWP 95:  2 Buzzards over; 1 Little egret flyover; 1 Water rail heard. Felicity Cobb
CWP 44:  2 male, 1 female Goosander, 27 Red Crested Pochards  Will Hayward

Kent end quarry:   7 Snipe;  11 Teal;  2  Reed bunting; Kestrel;  Bullfinch; 2 Heron; 3 Mistle thrush  Keith Perkins
A walk around CWP 1, 4, 5a, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 and the Thames and Severn Canal yielded 46 Species:  Great Crested Grebe; Cormorant;Grey Heron; Mute Swan; Canada Goose; Mallard; Gadwall; Wigeon; Tufted Duck; Pochard; Goldeneye (CWP10/12); Buzzard; Kestrel; Moorhen; Coot; Black Headed Gull; Lesser Black-backed Gull; Common Gull; Woodpigeon; Collard Dove; Green Woodpecker; Great Spotted Woodpecker; Pied Wagtail; Grey Wagtail; Starling; Jay; Magpie; Carrion Crow; Jackdaw; Wren; Dunnock; Goldcrest; Robin; Blackbird; Fieldfare; Redwing; Song Thrush; Mistle Thrush; Great Tit; Blue Tit; Long-tailed Tit; Chaffinch; Goldfinch; Siskin; Greenfinch; Yellowhammer.   Martin Adlam and Dawn Young

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