| December 8th |
| Two Common Buzzards were
over Lound Wood this afternoon. Now 72 Teal on the small
pool at Penny Pasture Common, Eakring Meadows. |
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| December 12th |
| A Common Buzzard flew
over Eakring Flash mid-afternoon, with one Water
Rail still at the southern-end. |
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| December 19th |
| One Common Buzzard in the
Lound Wood/Eakring Flash area this afternoon, with nine
Teal there. |
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| December 25th |
| A Common Buzzard was in
the Lound Wood/Red Hill area this morning. |
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| December 26th |
| A drake Goosander
flew north over Eakring Flash early morning. At Eakring
Meadows, an adult Peregrine was over
Penny Pasture Common hunting the 40+ Teal present there -
one of which it was seen to catch successfully. One/two
Common Buzzards in the Hare Hill Wood area today. |
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| December 30th |
| An excellent record for
the area, was of a Barn Owl along the
Eakring-Wellow minor road this evening. The bird was
hunting the roadside verges near to Wellow village and
just within the recording area boundaries. This is also
the first Barn Owl sighting of the current year (per
D Burrows) |
