1 Goosander
5th December 2017
1 Goosander
1 Goosander
2 Mandarin
1 Great White Egret (same bird as on the 27th?)
1 Great White Egret
1 Little Stint, 1 (juvenile) Ruff
1 Spotted Crake – an elusive bird present by the base of the Sand Martin bank stayed until the end of the month
1 Cattle Egret, 1 Egyptian Goose, 7 Gadwall, 5 Tufted Duck (4 young), 5 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 2 Green Sandpiper, 12 Swift, 2 House Martin, 1 Jay, 1 Reed Bunting
1 Whimbrel, 1 Whinchat
1 Whimbrel, 9 Mute Swan (4 adult, 5 1st summer), 2 Greylag Goose, 4 Shelduck, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 (male) Pochard, 16 Tufted Duck, 1 Pheasant, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 (1st summer) Black-headed Gull, 5 Stock Dove, 1 Collared Dove, 7 Swift, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Linnet, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting
1 (adult) Ringed Plover, 1 (adult) Temminck’s Stint, 1 (adult) Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 1 Black-tailed Godwit (flew S), 1 (adult) Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 (adult) Arctic Tern (flew E), 1 Turtle Dove (flew S), 1 Nightingale, 4 Hobby, 4 Wheatear, 3 Whinchat, 1 Goldcrest
1 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Red Kite, 6 Buzzard, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 3 Sand Martin, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Cetti’s Warbler
1 Goshawk (overhead)
1 (adult male) Mandarin, 1 (adult) Redshank, 6 (adult) Greylag Goose, 2 (adult) Little Ringed Plover, 1 (adult) Green Sandpiper, 8 (adult) Sand Martin, 2 (adult) Swallow, 3 Water Pipit, 8 Redwing, 3 (Mistle Thrush, 1 (adult) Willow Warbler, 4 Chaffinch, 6 (adult) Greenfinch
2 Avocet
68 Barnacle Goose (flew NW – presumably feral birds)