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