2019 Summary

Time to look back on the year. We have managed to see 83 species of birds this year, two more than 2018. I think we are getting better as a group at spotting and identifying them, even their calls. I have compiled the group's species list, combining last and this years- see below. A total of 97 species in all, just three short of 100. I look forward to next years outings, and bagging three more species. 

 A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all.

blackbird	great tit	oystercatcher
blackcap	green woodpecker	peregrine falcon
black-headed gull	greenfinch	pheasant
blue tit		pied flycatcher
bullfinch	grey heron	pied wagtail
Canada goose	grey wagtail	pochard
Cetti's warbler	greylag goose	redshank
chaffinch	herring gull	redwing
chiffchaff	house martin	reed bunting
coal tit	house sparrow	robin
collared dove	jackdaw	sand martin
common buzzard	jay	sedge warbler
common snipe	kestrel	shoveler
coot	lapwing	song thrush
cormorant	lesser black-backed gull	starling
crow	little egret	stock dove
dunnock	little grebe	swallow
Egyptian goose	long tailed tit	swift
feral pigeon	magpie	teal
fieldfare	mallard	tree sparrow
gadwall	mandarin duck	tufted duck
goldcrest	marsh tit	whinchat
goldeneye	meadow pipit	whitethroat
goldfinch	mistle thrush	wigeon
goosander	moorhen	willow warbler
great black-backed gull	muscovy duck	wood pigeon
great crested grebe	mute swan	wren
great spotted woodpecker	nuthatch	wood warbler
common tern	hobby	ruddy duck
greenshank	raven	ruddy shelduck
reed warbler	ruddy duck	shelduck
sparrow hawk	spotted flycatcher	willow tit
treecreeper	water rail