This morning's walk around Beddington with Magnus A turned into a bit of an epic when we simultaneously clocked a colour-ringed
Twite among a flock of 30
Linnets by the landfill site!!! The first Surrey record since 2004 and with the only previous Beddington record being in 1991, this is a local blocker and several of Beddington's finest were with us and connecting with the bird in no time! From the combination, Jamie Dunning was able to tell us that the bird was ringed as a juvenile in Derbyshire in 2016 and spent the following winter at the more typical location of Titchwell RSPB in Norfolk.
Other highlights over the morning included our old friend
Caspian Gull X319, now in second-winter plumage, as well as a second-winter
Yellow-legged Gull,
Water Pipit, two
Tree Sparrows,
Water Rail,
Chiffchaff,
Little Egret, 40
Great Black-backed Gulls, five
Reed Buntings, 29
Lapwings, 146
Teal, 30
Gadwall, 74
Shovelers, a handful of
Snipe, three
Skylarks, two
redpolls, two
Redwings and nine
Meadow Pipits.
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| Surrey's first Twite since 2004 |
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| 2nd-winter Caspian Gull |
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| 2nd-winter Yellow-legged Gull |
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| Tree Sparrow by Mag |
