Reporter: Cath Robinson
Thirty of us met up in the village hall on Jan 5th after rather a wet day out birding. There was much less standing water than last year when much of the valley was flooded and wildfowl were hard to find but it was definitely wet. And a bit cold. But not windy. We weren’t the only team to have coffee in the Pensthorpe café towards the end of the day. Overall, 11 teams with varying numbers were out and about and I think most people enjoyed the day and the chat and cakes. Hopefully I can update at the next newsletter when David has crunched the numbers but the team who recorded the most and the winner of the annual trophy was Wensum Losesum: Sacha and Mike with a frankly impressive 77 species. Total overall different number of species seen I think was 86. No one saw Grey Partridge or Redpoll and no Firecrest this year. Brambling, Yellowhammer and Song Thrush were hard to find. For waders, always tricky on our patch, we managed Lapwing, Golden Plover, Snipe and Woodcock. Great White Egret and Cattle Egret seem to be joining Little Egret as expected birds to find. And some of us did see a huge flock of Linnets (150+) with a big flock of Chaffinch (40+) alongside. And good numbers of winter thrushes. Thanks to everyone who took part and especially those who helped setting up and clearing away in the hall.
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