Birds to look out for in – Jan/Feb
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.