Autumn patch all-dayer

Yesterday several midlands patches did an all-day bird race. The results are as follows:

1. Belvide - 91 spp.
2. Upton Warren - 89 spp.
3. Grimley - 88 spp.
4. Clayhanger/Stubber's Green - 81 spp.
5. Middleton Lakes - 77 spp.
6. Earlswood - 56 spp.

We had only a fool's hope against those other patches, but we fought bravely! ;-) Thanks to Jon Chidwick, Mike Jeeves, John Oates, Tony Philp and John Sirrett for also taking part at Earlswood. I managed to connect with all 56 of the species recorded at Earlswood, namely:

1. Mute Swan
2. Greylag Goose
3. Canada Goose
4. Mallard
5. Shoveler
6. Tufted Duck
7. Great Crested Grebe
8. Cormorant
9. Grey Heron
10. Sparrowhawk
11. Buzzard
12. Moorhen
13. Coot
14. Black-headed Gull
15. Lesser Black-backed Gull
16. Herring Gull
17. Stock Dove
18. Wood Pigeon
19. Collared Dove
20. Kingfisher
21. Green Woodpecker
22. Great Spotted Woodpecker
23. Sand Martin
24. Swallow
25. House Martin
26. Grey Wagtail
27. Pied Wagtail
28. Wren
29. Dunnock
30. Robin
31. Blackbird
32. Song Thrush
33. Blackcap
34. Garden Warbler
35. Common Whitethroat
36. Chiffchaff
37. Goldcrest
38. Long-tailed Tit
39. Blue Tit
40. Great Tit
41. Coal Tit
42. Nuthatch
43. Treecreeper
44. Jay
45. Magpie
46. Jackdaw
47. Carrion Crow
48. Raven
49. Starling
50. House Sparrow
51. Chaffinch
52. Greenfinch
53. Goldfinch
54. Siskin
55. Linnet
56. Bullfinch

We'll do another all-dayer next spring, hopefully against the above five patches plus the Warwickshire patches that participated in the spring this year.