Since the last update on my goings on, I have the following to report:
1. Added Kittiwake to my PBC list with a bird found at Maxey pits (29.3.08). The same day, I also added Lesser Spodepecker & Med Gull to my 2008 PBC list. (My PBC list is now 223 species)
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Grey Plover (distant digiscope!)
2. Next day I took a stroll down the Nene Washes, and saw my first Garganey of the year, a couple of Grey Plovers (see above) and the Merlin with a Snipe (below).
3. The same day, a group of three Mallards turned up in our garden. By the way, the pond isn't really purple!
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4. The Weedon team photographed the ducks, and used the lovely sunny weather to take a few tadpole shots.
3. On 2.4.08 I went twitching a Knot on the Nene Washes with Will Bowell, and we added Avocet as well to the old year list.
4. Today (3.4.08) I heard my first Willow Warblers of the year at Ferry Meadows. So, current PBC year list stands at 136 species (inc 21 'elites').