Date: Sun, 20th Jan 2019
Species: Birds
Location: Corney's Farm
440 birds of 25 species
On a lovely bright frosty morning the majority of the birds were in a starling flock of 325 but the highlights were three roosting short-eared owls, two fly-over little egret, four grey partridge, two snipe and a stonechat. Just three skylark were recorded but there was a flock of at least 130 seen just outside the recording area. Full bird list as follows:
1 Buzzard
14 Carrion Crow
2 Chaffinch
8 Cormorant
3 Dunnock
21 Fieldfare
12 Goldfinch
4 Grey Partridge
2 Greylag Goose
2 Kestrel
2 Little Egret
2 Magpie
2 Meadow Pipit
12 Pheasant
6 Reed Bunting
1 Robin
1 Rook
3 Short-eared Owl
3 Skylark
2 Snipe
1 Sparrowhawk
325 Starling
8 Stock Dove
1 Stonechat
2 Wren
Andy Frost (Great Fen Monitor)