2002 SD = Southdown farm. NMR = Not my record
Jan Large flocks of tits, finches and up to 15 Cirl bunting in Hotel field
16-2 Humming bird Hawk moth in garden (has this over wintered /
migrated)?
7-3 18 Stock dove in stubble field
14-3 8 Wheatear (2f) at Soar Mill Cove, 1m Merlin being chased by Peregrine
15-3 6 Chiffchaff in Soar willows
1-4 c50 Chiffchaff/Willow warbler in Soar willows with mRedstart
3-4 Swallow
7-4 7 Sandwich tern and 20+ Gannet of shore in easterly gales
7-4 Tree sparrow feeding off Winter stubble extra from a south devon customer
7-4 Turtle dove on the farm
9-4 First record of a Red-legged partridge, calling in grass field.
20-5 Pair Canada geese started laying, Sedge warbler returned to farm pond.
25-4 First Whitethroat arriving and Swifts seen in village
4-5 2 Whinchat, Cuckoo and up to 20 more Wheatear arrived.
19-5 Spotted flycatcher.
20-5 6 Sedge warbler singing on the farm
28-5 Turtle dove, Spotted flycatcher on farm. 100's Manx shearwater
and 1 Storm petrel moving offshore in SW gales.
29-6 c30 Goldfinch feeding on thistle.
10-7 Black-headed gulls returning to the pig field.
24-7 c250 Swallows feeding over stubble field.
1-8 Linnet flock of around 100 birds now feeding on the farm.
3-8 First departing Wheatear appearing on the farm, 4 juv.
22-8 Juv Yellow wagtail appearing in one's and two's.
23-8 Flushed a Quail from a freshly harvested field.
27-8 Several Sandwich tern heard overhead during the night.
29-8 juv Dottrel flew over Decca field, calling.
12-9 Report of an Icterine warbler in Soar willows.
15-9 40 Wheatear, 6 White wagtail, 2 Spotted flycatcher and many Swallow and Martins passing through.
22-9 200 Linnet, 30 goldfinch in sunflower field 1st winter Redstart, Yellow wagtail, Sedge & Reed warbler, 5 Spotted flycatcher, 2 Garden warbler and 30 Chiffchaff
22-9 c1500 Swallow + Martin congregating in Soar Valley before leaving across sea, 2 Merlin with them (Vic Tucker)
30-9 Woodlark on Decca (Vic Tucker)
1-10 20 Wheatear with one 'Northern'.
19-10 8 Ring ouzel in valley,c1000 Starlings in pig field,40 Greenfinch,1f Reed bunting,f Merlin,f Wheatear, flocks of Siskin and Redpoll flying over and a flock of Golden plover in Perratons field.
19-10 Flushed a Quail from Hotel field stubble.
NOV 7 Reed bunting in experimental Niger seed plot, c300 Skylark on farm.
15-11 6 Siskin flew over farm buildings, Lapwing seen in pig field.
30-11 Barn owl roosting in the 'Torrs' above the grass fields, 1 Woodcock
9-12 70 Lapwings + 1 Dunlin on the pig field
Dec c70 Lapwing all month, 200 Black-headed gulls, 150 Herring gulls, 300 Jackdaw and Rooks +5-700 Starilings all in pig field.
Dec c12-15 Song thrush in Waypark (winter stubble field).