Sunday 9 September 2018

Earlswood all-dayer - Autumn 2018

A total of 69 bird species were recorded during the Earlswood all-day birdwatch yesterday, our best autumn total to-date (cf. 63 in 2017, 57 in 2016, 56 in 2015). Engine Pool currently having probably the best waterbird habitat on patch in living memory helped - a combination of muddy shores, algae blooms and almost no big fish in the water meaning lots of food available.

Many thanks to John Bishop, Jon Chidwick, Janet James, Mike Jeeves, John Oates, Joe Owen, John Sirrett and Jim Winsper for taking part, especially as it rained for a large portion of the day and there is little shelter. Also many thanks to John Sirrett for collating most of the species recorded during the day, the full list in alphabetical order is as follows:

  1. Black-headed Gull
  2. Blackbird
  3. Blackcap
  4. Blue Tit
  5. Bullfinch
  6. Buzzard
  7. Canada Goose
  8. Carrion Crow
  9. Chaffinch 
  10. Chiffchaff 
  11. Coal Tit
  12. Collared Dove
  13. Common Sandpiper
  14. Coot
  15. Cormorant
  16. Dunlin
  17. Dunnock
  18. Feral Pigeon
  19. Gadwall
  20. Goldcrest
  21. Goldfinch
  22. Great Crested Grebe
  23. Great Spotted Woodpecker
  24. Great Tit
  25. Green Woodpecker
  26. Greenfinch
  27. Grey Heron
  28. Grey Wagtail
  29. Greylag Goose
  30. Herring Gull
  31. Hobby
  32. House Martin
  33. House Sparrow
  34. Jackdaw
  35. Jay
  36. Lesser Black-backed Gull
  37. Linnet
  38. Little Grebe
  39. Little Egret
  40. Long-tailed Tit
  41. Magpie
  42. Mallard
  43. Meadow Pipit
  44. Mistle Thrush
  45. Moorhen
  46. Mute Swan
  47. Nuthatch
  48. Pied Wagtail
  49. Raven
  50. Reed Warbler
  51. Ringed Plover
  52. Robin
  53. Sand Martin
  54. Shoveler
  55. Skylark
  56. Song Thrush
  57. Snipe
  58. Sparrowhawk
  59. Starling
  60. Stock Dove
  61. Swallow
  62. Teal
  63. Treecreeper
  64. Tufted Duck
  65. Willow Warbler
  66. Woodpigeon
  67. Wren
  68. Yellow-legged Gull
  69. Yellow Wagtail