Earlswood autumn all-day birdwatch 2016

This autumn's patch all-dayer produced a cumulative total of 57 bird species. Many thanks to John Sirrett for compiling the following list for the day:

1. Mute Swan
2. Greylag Goose
3. Canada Goose
4. Mallard
5. Tufted Duck
6. Little Grebe
7. Great Crested Grebe
8. Cormorant
9. Grey Heron
10. Sparrowhawk
11. Buzzard
12. Kestrel
13. Pheasant
14. Moorhen
15. Coot
16. Common Sandpiper
17. Black-headed Gull
18. Lesser Black-backed Gull
19. Herring Gull
20. Stock Dove
21. Wood Pigeon
22. Collared Dove
23. Swift
24. Kingfisher
25. Green Woodpecker
26. Great Spotted Woodpecker
27. Sand Martin
28. Swallow
29. House Martin
30. Meadow Pipit
31. Grey Wagtail
32. Pied Wagtail
33. Wren
34. Dunnock
35. Robin
36. Blackbird
37. Song Thrush
38. Mistle Thrush
39. Blackcap
40. Chiffchaff
41. Goldcrest
42. Long-tailed Tit
43. Blue Tit
44. Great Tit
45. Nuthatch
46. Treecreeper
47. Magpie
48. Jay
49. Jackdaw
50. Carrion Crow
51. Raven
52. Starling
53. House Sparrow
54. Chaffinch
55. Greenfinch
56. Goldfinch
57. Bullfinch

I could only manage to find 40 species (re-counted) in the 4 hours I could spare due to uni coursework, so many thanks to John Oates, John Sirrett and Jim Winsper for also participating. It rained for part of the day, and many of the passerines were elusive, often just heard-only observations in vegetation still in full-leaf, so conditions were especially challenging. Seeing as we got 56 species on the all-dayer last autumn, 57 this autumn was a very good score!

By the way, I realise that I never got round to writing up the results of the Earlswood all-dayer back in the spring. The 77 species recorded in one day was a fantastic result and must surely be a patch record - one which we may never beat again! I got 67 species which was a personal best. Many thanks to the participants on that day, who were Jon Chidwick, Paul Fitzgerald, Yvonne Heward, Mike Jeeves, John Oates, Barbara Philp, Tony Philp, John Sirrett and Jim Winsper.

I'm so proud of Team Earlswood! :-)