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2024
March
2024
Mar 11th-15th
Cycle
to work highlights (Purfleet > London)
Chiffchaff
(6 singing mm), Meadow Pipit (displaying), Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel,
Lapwing (displaying), Redshank (displaying), Skylark
(displaying), Cetti's Warbler, Avocet.
Mar 9th
Rainham
Marshes, Essex
Chiffchaff
singing, Kingfisher (pr on Mardyke).
Mar 8th
Dean
Castle Country Park,
Ayrshire
Nuthatch
(5 singing mm), Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming male),
Bullfinch (3 prs), Raven, Dipper, Grey Wagtail, Stock
Dove (pr). Also singing Treecreeper, Goldcrest, Coal
Tit and Chaffinch.
Mar 7th
Kilwinning,
Ayrshire
Myrtle
(Yellow-rumped) Warbler - first Nearctic passerine for
Ayrshire.
Myrtle
Warbler (Setophaga coronata), Kilwinning,
Ayrshire, Scotland. 7 March 2024
Myrtle
Warbler (Setophaga coronata), Kilwinning,
Ayrshire, Scotland. 7 March 2024
Myrtle
Warbler (Setophaga coronata), Kilwinning,
Ayrshire, Scotland. 7 March 2024
Mar 6th
Train
journey Essex to Cumbria 44 species
recorded: Collared
Dove, Wren, Great Tit, Robin, Blue Tit, Dunnock, Wood
Pigeon, Magpie, Fieldfare, Lesser Black-backed Gull,
Tufted Duck, Greylag Goose, Carrion Crow, Marsh Harrier,
Shoveler, Coot, Feral Pigeon, Herring Gull, Black-headed
Gull, Red Kite, Jackdaw, Rook, Lapwing, Stock
Dove, Grey Heron, Pheasant, Little Egret, Mute
Swan, Canada Goose, Mallard, Teal, Great Egret,
Moorhen, Buzzard, Blackbird, Common Gull, House Sparrow,
Goldfinch, Cattle Egret, Mistle Thrush, Kestrel,
Pied Wagtail, Raven, Oystercatcher.
Feb
26th - Mar 1st
Cycle
to work highlights (Purfleet > London)
Barn Owl, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel,
Lapwing (displaying), Redshank (displaying), Skylark
(displaying), Cetti's Warbler, Avocet, Oystercatcher,
Grey Wagtail, Stonechat, Pintail, Gadwall, Shoveler,
Teal, Wigeon, Shelduck, Tufted Duck.
•
River Thames, Purfleet, Essex (observations from my
window)
Mar
17th
Shelduck
(4 prs), Wigeon (59), Mallard (9), Teal
(30), Avocet (28), Lapwing (pr displaying),
Oystercatcher (pr), Curlew (3), Redshank
(5), Black-headed Gull (762 downriver/60mins),
Common Gull (179 downriver/60mins).
Mar
10th
Shelduck
(3 prs), Wigeon (63), Teal (29), Avocet
(4 prs), Oystercatcher (pr), Grey Plover
(1), Common Sandpiper (1), Redshank (17),
Dunlin (4), Little Gull (1), Caspian
Gull (3rd-w).
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February
2024
Feb
20
Moth
Trap, Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex
Narrow-winged
Grey (Eudonia angustea).
Feb
16th-17th
Moth
Trap, Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex
Common
Quaker, Beautiful Plume, Brown-spot
Flat-body (Agonopterix alstromeriana).
Feb
5th-9th
Cycle
to work highlights (Purfleet > London)
Short-eared
Owl, Barn Owl, Marsh Harrier,
Water Pipit, Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, Stonechat, Pintail, Shoveler, Gadwall,
Teal, Wigeon, Shelduck,
Avocet, Black-tailed
Godwit, Grey Plover, Dunlin, Redshank, Lapwing.
•
River Thames, Purfleet, Essex (observations from my
window)
Feb
25th
Shelduck
(14), Gadwall (11), Wigeon (54), Teal (11),
Avocet (17), Oystercatcher (2), Curlew (7),
Common Sandpiper (2), Redshank (27), Dunlin
(86), Yellow-legged Gull (2nd-w), Long-tailed
Tit (7), Redwing (9).
Feb
24th
Egyptian
Goose (pr), Shelduck (12), Gadwall (2),
Wigeon (48), Teal (9), Stock Dove (18),
Avocet (6), Lapwing (4), Curlew (8), Oystercatcher
(3), Common Sandpiper (1), Redshank (36),
Dunlin (78), Black-headed Gull (800+), Common
Gull (110), Caspian Gull (3rd-w),
Yellow-legged Gull (ad), Stonechat (3).
Feb
18th
Shelduck
(8), Gadwall (7), Wigeon (17), Teal (11),
Avocet (3), Oystercatcher (1), Grey Plover
(1), Curlew (15), Redshank (26), Dunlin
(323), Caspian Gull (2nd-w),
Yellow-legged Gull (3rd-w), Rock Pipit
(1), Short-eared Owl (1).
Feb
17th
Shelduck
(3), Wigeon (24), Teal (10), Avocet (1),
Oystercatcher (2), Grey Plover (2), Curlew
(8), Redshank (24), Dunlin (327), Little
Egret (1), Skylark (2 singing mm).
Feb
11th
Gadwall
(6), Wigeon (77), Teal (41), Great Crested
Grebe (1), Stock Dove (39), Avocet (16),
Oystercatcher (1), Grey Plover (1), Curlew
(4), Snipe (3), Common Sandpiper (1), Redshank
(48), Dunlin (12), Kittiwake (ad),
Marsh Harrier (ad m), Sparrowhawk (f), Skylark
(singing m).
Feb
10th
Egyptian
Goose (2), Shelduck (1), Shoveler (pr),
Gadwall (20), Wigeon (200), Teal (44), Avocet
(10), Oystercatcher (1), Grey Plover (1),
Curlew (3), Redshank (42), Dunlin (171),
Short-eared Owl (1).
Feb
4th
Egyptian
Goose (4), Teal (15), Avocet (10), Grey
Plover (1), Lapwing (98), Curlew (5), Caspian
Gull (2nd-w), Yellow-legged Gull
(1), Little Egret (2), Marsh Harrier (imm
m).
Feb
3rd
Gadwall
(7), Wigeon (18), Teal (14), Stock Dove
(56), Avocet (9), Grey Plover (1), Lapwing
(27), Curlew (13), Redshank (21), Dunlin
(154), Little Egret (2), Marsh Harrier (imm
m), Peregrine (1), Jackdaw (5).
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January
2024
Jan
10th-17th
Rovaniemi,
Lapland, Finland: Great
Spotted Woodpecker, Crested Tit, Willow Tit, Siberian
Jay, Hooded Crow, Common Redpoll, Common Crossbill,
Common Bullfinch.
•
River Thames, Purfleet, Essex,
England (observations from my
window)
Jan
28th
Egyptian
Goose (3), Gadwall (17), Wigeon (46), Teal
(21), Avocet (27), Oystercatcher (1), Curlew
(10), Grey Plover (1), Common Sandpiper
(2), Redshank (46), Dunlin (112), Black-headed
Gull (900+), Stonechat (ad m), Fieldfare
(58), Pied Wagtail (14 downriver to roost).
Jan
27th
Gadwall
(9), Wigeon (33), Teal (17), Avocet
(53), Oystercatcher (1 - first returning),
Grey Plover (1), Lapwing (15), Redshank
(27).
Jan
21st
Gadwall
(4), Teal (4), Great Crested Grebe (1),
Grey Plover (3), Curlew (8), Black-tailed
Godwit (10), Dunlin (524), Yellow-legged
Gull (1), Redwing (20).
Jan
7th
Shelduck
(2), Gadwall (4), Wigeon (44), Teal (14),
Stock Dove (37), Grey Plover (3), Curlew
(11), Dunlin (300), Little Gull (ad
+ 1st-w), Caspian Gull (2nd-w), Yellow-legged
Gull (2), Little Egret (1), Marsh Harrier
(ad m + imm m), Fieldfare (29), Water
Pipit (1).
Jan
1st - NYD Count of 58 species 07:45-16:00
Greylag
Goose (17), Canada Goose (5), Shelduck (1),
Gadwall (10), Wigeon (33), Mallard (13),
Teal (34), Pheasant (m), Feral Pigeon (2),
Stock Dove (40), Wood Pigeon (18), Collared
Dove (4), Avocet (27), Grey Plover
(2), Lapwing (6), Curlew (3), Black-tailed
Godwit (1), Redshank (27), Dunlin
(800), Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Herring
Gull, Yellow-legged Gull (3), Great
Black-backed Gull (33), Lesser Black-backed
Gull, Cormorant (12), Little Egret
(2), Grey Heron (2), Marsh Harrier
(ad m), Sparrowhawk (m), Red Kite
(1), Short-eared Owl (1), Kestel
(2), Ring-necked Parakeet (2), Jay (1),
Magpie (12), Jackdaw (1), Carrion Crow (7),
Raven (1), Blue Tit (2), Great Tit (2),
Skylark (2), Long-tailed Tit (10), Goldcrest
(1), Wren (1), Starling (31), Song Thrush
(1), Redwing (55), Blackbird (singing from
03:08), Fieldfare (26), Robin (singing from
02:19), Stonechat (1), Dunnock (1), House
Sparrow (20), Pied Wagtail (1), Meadow Pipit
(1), Chaffinch (2), Goldfinch (2).
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