Ian Rose

I am 57 and live in SW Essex and, although I have always had an interest in birds, I actually only started keeping a list in September last year so to that extent, I guess I am a "newbie". A lot of common birds will be "lifers" for me this year :-)

My "local" patch is the Fishers Green area but I also visit Amwell, Rye Meads and Epping Forest. I also visit friends in Powys regularly which is good for Red Kites and the odd Raven!

My 2006 Patch List score .. Fishers Green/Hooks Marsh: 79. Little Grebe/ Great Crested Grebe/ Cormorant/ Bittern/ Mute Swan/ Canada Goose/ Greylag Goose/ Egyptian Goose/ Shelduck/ Wigeon/ Gadwall/ Mallard/ Shoveler/ Tufted Duck/ Ruddy Duck/ Kestrel/ Sparrowhawk/ Pheasant/ Water Rail/ Moorhen/ Coot/ Lapwing/ Common Snipe/ Common Sandpiper/ Redshank/ Black-headed Gull/ Lesser Black-Backed Gull/ Herring Gull/ Common Gull/ Common Tern/ Wood Pigeon/ Feral Pigeon/ Collared Dove/ Stock Dove/ Swift/ Kingfisher/ Green Woodpecker/ Great Spotted Woodpecker/ Swallow/ House Martin/ Treecreeper/ Pied Wagtail (yarrellii)/ Hedge Accentor/ Robin/ Nightingale/ Cuckoo/ Blackbird/ Song Thrush/ Fieldfare/ Redwing/ Mistle Thrush/ Wren/ Reed Warbler/ Blackcap/ Chiffchaff/ Willow Warbler/ Sedge Warbler/ Grasshopper Warbler/ Whitethroat/ Goldcrest/ Long Tailed Tit/ Blue Tit/ Great Tit/ Chaffinch/ Greenfinch/ Goldfinch/ Siskin/ Bullfinch/ Linnet/ House Sparrow/ Starling/ Reed Bunting/ Grey Heron/ Pochard/ Goldeneye/ Jay/ Magpie/ Jackdaw/ Carrion Crow/

Not included in count/ Barnacle Goose/ Black Swan

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