January 1st was okay, my day list was 64, 5 behind 2018 but at least Marek found the bird of the day in the form of a Red Crested Pochard on Sandford. Although I'm still the only one to see Golden Plover, with about 10 moving distantly beyond the big Poplar mid am.
Woodock and Peregrine were added 2nd, plus 3 others, then Shelduck, Mistle Thrush, Fieldfare, Sparrowhawk, brought me up to 74. Bittern and Raven next day, Mandarin 6th, Siskin and Great Black-backed Gull, Meadow Pipit 13th, finally adding Great White Egret 20th.
So these 2 Great White Egret(s) have been passing over South at dawn, then back at dusk for at least 10 days and if it were not for Geoff photographing them, we'd never have known.
