I noticed late on Friday that my yearlist was looking meage and barely ran beyond the WALBOC Patchlist on the right hand side of the page, so I shot round Surrey hoping to do a bit of catching up. It was a big mistake. The weather was so brutal that it was a strugglestaying on my feet let alone spotting birds. Still, I managed to get a couple of 'Mealies' with c30 Lesser Redpoll at Thursley (I'd gone for the GGS); 40+ Waxwing at Ash and saw the Bewick's in daylight. The Bewick's have been at Cobham for yonks now, has a permanent Surrey flock been established? Time will tell.
I had forty minutes of daylight left so went up to the patch but saw nought. A distant, distant bird could have been a Black Redstart (I'll have a look tomorrow), and by the time I found any Lapwing (120+ of them) it was too dark to find a GoPlo.
Back up tomorrow for some better weather, and luck.
Sorry for the lack of photos, my camera is being fixed for impact damage (oops)
WALBOC Patchlist: 85
WALBOC Yearlist: 57
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