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Andrewself Andrewself 30 January 2010
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Brent Res Jan 30th

A freezing cold day with an overnight dusting of snow - not what I was expecting! At least it was bright & sunny. As I was scanning through the ducks from the hide, Andrew Verrall arrived to say he'd just seen a Tawny Owl roosting in East Marsh. We went out together and he showed me the bird, it was sitting right out in the open in the sunshine, a lovely bird and a nice addition to my patchlist. There were up to 2 birds sitting in the same area last year so it was good to know they're still around.


Very little else seen though, a flyover Jackdaw and a handful of Fieldfares & Redwings.

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Andrewself Andrewself 26 January 2010
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Norfolk Jan 22-25

A weekend away from Brent Res, my first this year. I don't normally fret about what might turn up when I'm away if I'm going somewhere else where the birding is better. And you can't get much better than Norfolk. On a wet Friday we started at Santon Warren on the promise of 200 Bramblings. We could only manage 5-6 but it'll do and we carried on to Lynford Arboretum. Almost the first birds we saw there were a small flock of Crossbills feeding in the Larches and then a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - excellent, first one I've seen there. We went down to the Paddock but it was devoid of Hawfinches but a flock of Siskin flew over and we heard Marsh Tit. It was on to Welney next, stopping enroute to see a flock of Bewick's Swans. After lunch and se…

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Andrewself Andrewself 21 January 2010
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Westminster Jan 21st

A nice sunny day for a change as I walked around St James's Park. And it was clearly enough to get quite a few birds singing and it wasn't long before I heard my target bird - Coal Tit, the last resident passerine that I needed for the year. I was half hoping for a raptor to fly over as well but that didn't happen so it'll have to be another day...

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Andrewself Andrewself 19 January 2010
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Brent Res Jan 19th

Another quick visit before work so wasn't expecting much. From the hide I was counting/scanning the Snipe and the next thing I knew a drake Mandarin was in view! Excellent, they're barely annual here although I've seen them maybe 8-10 times. Which is more than can be said for Leo who still hasn't seen one after more than 50 years birding at Brent! I wonder if he'll trade me both partridges for this morning's sighting?

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Andrewself Andrewself 18 January 2010
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Westminster Jan 17th

A lunchtime walk around St James's Park. I was surprised to see so much ice on the lake stil after the mild weekend. The gulls seem to like at ias they were plenty standing around on it including a colour-ringed Herring Gull. I've got the number so I'll try and trace it. There was also a LBB Gull which was new for the year along Shoveler and Great Spotted Woodpecker so 3 additions for the patchlist comp was very productive. Still no raptors though!

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