Leader and Bird List: David Gibbons
Reporter : David Laurie It was a cool, overcast start with light rain but twenty members were tempted to what was a new venue for a WVBS trip and a new site for several participants. Meeting at the car park at 9:00 there were Swallows and House Martins flying around, a passing Pied Wagtail and Skylarks over the field.
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Leader: Sue Gale
Reporter and bird list: David Laurie Part 1 It was a 9:00 start at Lynford Arboretum on a dry day with light cloud and a brisk, cool NW wind. I was early and walked to the lakes for the first of the day's Chiffchaffs and a Woodlark (1). There were a few ducks and geese including Mallard, Tufted Duck, Teal and Greylag and Canada Geese plus a pair of Great Crested Grebes. Leader: Steve Chapman
Reporter and Photographs: Stuart Malone Species List: David Laurie The Highlights!!!! Calling and over-flying Cranes; a hunting Barn Owl successfully catching a vole; a hunting Short-eared Owl; a Great White Egret; fields full of vocal Wigeon and a sky full of Lapwings almost in murmuration numbers! Coordinator & Reporter: Cath Robinson
In the end, 15 teams turned out for the bird count on Sunday January 7th with team numbers ranging from 1-4 and 35 of us met up at the village hall for a round-up and tea and cakes at the end of the day. Leader: Alan Hughes
Reporter: Mandy Etherington Species List: Seamus O’Dowd About a dozen of us met in the small car park of St Benet's Abbey on a cold grey day in November. Almost immediately a Short-eared Owl was spotted over the field in front of the car park. We had really good views of it quartering over the rough grass before it finally went down in some reeds. It was one of three we saw from the car park, along with a number of Fieldfare and a distant view of a large flock of Lapwing. |
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