Mersehead 1st January 2021 Bird Race

A 6-hour walk around the reserve today to list all the species we could find on the first day of 2021. The list below is in the order recorded.

1. Carrion Crow
2. Yellowhammer
3. Dunnock
4. Blue Tit
5. Coal Tit
6. Barnacle Goose
7. Tree Sparrow
8. Robin
9. Rook
10. Chaffinch
11. Greenfinch
12. House Sparrow
13. Blackbird
14. Kestrel
15. Starling
16. Wood Pigeon
17. Feral Pigeon
18. Little Egret

 Little Egret in Flight. Photo credit: G.Chambers

19. Mute Swan
20. Wren
21. Jackdaw
22. Grey Heron
23. Lapwing
24. Shoveler
25. Pintail
26. Mallard
27. Wigeon
28. Teal
29. Gadwall
30. Curlew
31. Mistle Thrush
32. Goldfinch
33. Song Thrush
34. Great Tit
35. Pheasant
36. Nuthatch
37. Treecreeper
38. Little Grebe
39. Tufted Duck
40. Buzzard
41. Shelduck
42. Great Black-backed Gull
43. Redshank
44. Snipe
45. Meadow Pipit
46. Reed Bunting
47. Skylark
48. Merlin
49. Jack Snipe
50. Peregrine
51. Stonechat
52. Ringed Plover

 Dunlin Feeding at the high tide roost.Photo credit: G.Chambers

53. Dunlin
54. Grey Plover
55. Sanderling
56. Knot
57. Black Headed Gull
58. Herring Gull
59. Oystercatcher
60. Linnet
61. Pink-footed Goose
62. Common Gull
63. Cormorant
64. Common Scoter
65. Red Kite
66. Red-throated Diver
67. Golden Plover
68. Water Rail
69. Hen Harrier

 Male Hen Harrier & Peregrine. Photo credit: G.Chambers

70. Goldcrest
71. Greenshank
72. Magpie
73. Raven
74. Sparrowhawk
75. Great Spotted Woodpecker
76. Woodcock