South Sawbridgeworth 22 Sept

Patch walk with Mike Harris and David Sampson.

The list was:

Whinchat 1 in the chat field

Coal Tit 1 - common enough in the town but unusual on the patch

Long-tailed tit - 25, unless we saw the same group of 10 twice.

Blue Tit 9

Great Tit 8

Dunnock 12

Robin 20+

Wren 2

Blackbird 2

Chaffinch 6

Goldfinch 7

Bullfinch 3

Greenfinch 2

Magpie 3

Jay 7. The majority moving SE or E - migrants?

Starling 1

Rook NC

Carrion Crow NC

Jackdaw NC

LBBG 1

Willow Chiff 11 seen. Nearly all ChiffChaffs

Willow Warbler 1 on Brook Road

Collared Dove 1 on Brook road.

Blackcap 2

Green Woodpecker 3

Great Spotted Woodpecker 2

Nuthatch 1

Meadow Pipit c20

Skylark 4 minimum

Reed Bunting 1

Goldcrest 1

House sparrow 1

Sparrowhawk 1

Kestrel 3

Buzzard 3

Mallard 4

Moorhen 1

Swallow 1

House Martin 55

Stock Dove 1

Wood Pigeon NC 

Pheasant 1

A couple of photo's taken by David Sampson - the Whinchat against the light and a juvenile Green woodpecker.

And the following day 2 Grey Wagtails on Southbrook - the first here in the second half of the year

Tharbies Bird Observatory - two visits.

Two recent visits to Tharbies. I park in the loop road by the cemetery just north of Sawbridgeworth, walk south a couple of hundred yards, cross the road and up the public footpath one field north of Leventhorpe School, then carry straight on past the end of the wood up to the ridge and stand by the NE corner of the field by Tharbies. I had Swallows almost flying into me from here today.

17th. Some Pied Wagtails in the fields on the way up with Meadow Pipits, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Grey Partridge, 1 Cormorant

21st.

Yellow Wagtail 2
Swallow c40 and House Martin 17 south
c100 Gulls of 4 species, mainly Black Headed
Common Buzzard 3
Sparrowhawk 1f in the large field
Red Kite 1
Linnet c30
Skylark 30+
Meadow Pipit c20
Yellowhammer 3
Starling c20