Highlights After a relatively quiet October, November actually turned out to be a busy month with a scattering of rarities throughout the month to keep county birders entertained during this…

A Barn Owl was at Lomond Road near Myroe early this morning (Bob Watts) A Barn Owl was seen recently near Cabra Bridge, Hillsborough (Garry Wilkinson) A Waxwing flock are…

Stanley Pool 2x Scaup still this morning, (ALa) Cheadle 150x Pink-footed Geese over SW at 10:15, (TDu) Knypersley Resv c150 Pink-footed Geese over SW at 10:35, 2x Willow Tit, 6x…

Great Northern Diver in Portrush Harbour (Stephen & Donna Riddell). 4 Slavonian Grebes Myroe but no sign of the large dark falcon in a brief mid afternoon visit (Derek Brennan).…

Stanley Pool Female Scaup still this am, (GBr) Dimmingsdale (Alton) 85x Pink-footed Geese over west at 10:20. (TEy) Stoke on Trent 78x Pink-footed Geese over west at 10:45, (PFo)  – …

Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park Siberian Chiffchaff: Ringed. Port Meadow Red-crested Pochard: m. Black-tailed Godwit 4 Shelduck1w Caspian Gull, again in the roost this evening Thomas Miller, Phil Barnett,…

Farmoor Reservoir: Filchampstead 74 Snow Goose: On same hill by reservoir as last year. 16:06. Yacky Morris

Wytham Wood 4 Brambling: feeding among chaffinch and tit flocks. SP462081. 10:21. Keith McMahon

Great white egret – 2 Little egret – 1 Brambling – 50 approx in what must be about 2 or 300 finches in the general area of the sunflower patch…

Yesterday a Ruddy Shelduck of unknown origin was feeding with Shelduck on the mudflats along the banks of the Newry River between Newry and Warrenpoint. (Stephen Foster, Abbie Kilgore, Niamh…