Yesterday's Curlew got me thinking and looking in to old records. Plus I missed off Nick's Firecrest from the totals and Jo Taylor managed to squeeze a Yellow-legged Gull in on BSL without telling any of us 3 days ago.
So the park is on 141, just one away from the record - 142 set in 2012 and repeated just last year. But believe it or not, 141 was the old record set in 1983, the next biggest year list was 139 in 1984. This is the sixth year since 2011 we've hit 140 or more.
Can we get one more for the park to equal and one more to pass it?
The evidence suggests anything is possible, the species list seen before in November and December is quite impressive. I'll colour code it, black being occurred, blue being most likely of the list due to frequency beyond 4-5 records;
Red-necked Grebe
Slavonian Grebe
Shag
Bewick's Swan
Whooper Swan
Bean Goose
White-fronted Goose
Scaup
Kittiwake
Caspian Gull
Short-eared Owl
Little Owl
Bearded Tit
Yellowhammer
Obviously birds are unpredictable, so I'd like to think we have a chance at least of a first for the park like;
Great Northern Diver
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Dartford Warbler
And again long awaited one off's from the 80's like;
Red-throated Diver
Long-tailed Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
He's hoping for an exciting end to the year and being available to see whatever it is.
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