John and Mark were out today adding some good birds to the year list and one oddity that, although interesting, does not count towards the patch or year list.
This morning John did what he does best and found a really good bird for the patch. At least one Brambling heard calling to the east of the river and flying off with a group of four finches and he also had four Wigeon flyover north. Brambling is a surprisingly rare patch bird and there hasn't been one for several years. I think the last one was a flyover I recorded in January 2011.
This afternoon Mark added Stonechat to the year list, with one along the fence on the western side of the reservoir. We are not sure if this is the same bird that has been around for several weeks, and is very elusive, or if we have been visited by several different birds. Late evening Mark found a Black Swan on the reservoir, which is likely to be the same bird recorded at Port Meadow recently. I am not sure, but I expect this is a new species recorded here, but as it is obviously an escaped bird it doesn't go on the list!
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