Wensum Valley Birdwatching Society

1. Winter Thrushes

- Redwing} Note flock sizes

- Fieldfare}

2. Finches + Larks

- Brambling

- Siskin

- Redpoll – Particularly look for Mealy/Common Redpoll ssp flammea

- Linnet – note flock size

- Skylark – note flock size

3. Ducks and Geese

- Shelduck

- Goosander

- Wigeon

- Teal

- Shoveler

- Pochard

- Tufted Duck

- Goldeneye

- Pintail

- Pink-footed Geese

4. Waders

- Oystercatcher

- Golden Plover

- Lapwing

- Green Sandpiper

- Redshank

- Snipe

5. Rails

- Water Rail

- Coot – note flock size

6. Gulls

- Record flock sizes and species

7. Mainly on coast

- Waxwings – there are a scattering of reports in Norfolk / Suffolk

- Brent Geese

- Common and Velvet Scoter

- Eider

- Scaup

- Bar-tailed Godwit

- Knot

- Grey Plover

- Turnstone

- Dunlin

- Ruff

- Curlew

- Divers

- Grebes

- Raptors

- Peregrine

- Merlin

- Rough-legged Buzzard

- Hen Harrier

NB Note species, numbers, location (with map ref if possible), and date – for our records to be shown in the next newsletter.

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