tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889208302328017702024-03-05T21:07:29.290+00:00'patchwork'Pat Workhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17069060347512415955noreply@blogger.comBlogger880125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388920830232801770.post-9288833118920457832022-09-12T17:40:00.003+01:002022-09-12T17:40:51.971+01:00Patchwork Challenge 2023<p> Hello? We've been away for a bit but now we are back. Might be back. Do you want us back? #PWC2023</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9z23HUCp7rI-3Iyted39b6cj1DN-41Zuv4s56arLy2vVP2a0sO2CpHR_bx-TgCS566g3NkTlNOpQ3a_vCcVQ9xq6hOvoJ28EV-mleJ_lP92lGkkr2szJoa9IUwmcDV9egyli1SyLPMl7fkiyhGaH7qC7WJA977WIr4GcVy84krbHMGg-gsJEKLKe/s1600/Picture%20930.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1600" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9z23HUCp7rI-3Iyted39b6cj1DN-41Zuv4s56arLy2vVP2a0sO2CpHR_bx-TgCS566g3NkTlNOpQ3a_vCcVQ9xq6hOvoJ28EV-mleJ_lP92lGkkr2szJoa9IUwmcDV9egyli1SyLPMl7fkiyhGaH7qC7WJA977WIr4GcVy84krbHMGg-gsJEKLKe/w640-h422/Picture%20930.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Pat Workhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17069060347512415955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388920830232801770.post-29341808497491775662018-07-30T20:06:00.000+01:002017-02-11T20:07:10.434+00:00The complete dummies guide to the new websiteWe unveiled the new website just under a month ago and since then there has been a few additions to the website so here is a complete guide to what to do so far:<br />
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You can find the website here: <a href="http://patchworkchallenge.com/index.php">http://patchworkchallenge.com/index.php</a><br />
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Above is the homepage where you can find the mini leagues, latest sightings etc.<br />
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To register go to 'Account' on the tool bar and click on Register on the drop down menu. This will take you to the page below.<br />
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Enter your details and tick the I'm not a robot box (even if you are a robot :-)). You will then be taken back to the homepage. Go back to 'Account' on the toolbar and click on Login on the drop down. It will take you to this page below<br />
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Enter your user name and password and you will arrive at your very own homepage where you can add your patch then your sightings.<br />
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Click on User settings to register your patch</div>
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You will come to this page below:<br />
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Then Click on Add New Patch to get to this page below:<br />
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Add your patch name, select your mini league from the drop down, enter your scores from previous years (leave it blank for any year you didn't enter PWC). Then zoom in to your patch on the map and draw your boundaries, it will calculate your patch size as well. Click submit once finished.<br />
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You are now ready to add sightings, for all 1 and 2 point birds you can bulk select from the list by ticking the box. You can enter a species more than once, its score will only be added once so duplication isn't a problem. Please select the date by click on it until there is a green circle round the number.<br />
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For bonus point species click on Log rarer species. You will arrive at this page below:<br />
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Choose species form drop down, click on date as before, tick Found if you found it and that will log the sighting. You can also add a photo by clicking on chose file, it will be added to your gallery and in the future the PWC gallery on the main homepage. Finally, you can map the exact location of the bird by clicking on the map, the blue crane marking the spot.<br />
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Once you have entered your sightings you can go back to the main Homepage and find your position on the Main National league and your mini league.<br />
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You can add photos of common species by going to your sightings history page.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Congratulations Tim Farr! Sutton Bingham's finest has had an excellent year (you can read about it on a <a href="http://patchworkchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/2016-review-sutton-bingham-reservoir-by.html" target="_blank">special blog post here</a>). He had a great final month adding Firecrest and a Black-necked Grebe on the 31st December, an excellent finish to an excellent year which included finders point for a stunning Spotted Sandpiper amongst the most memorable moments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nigel Milbourne ends the year at Blagdon Lake on 198 points, an excellent total for an inland site and 25 points clear of his nearest competitor. Nigel has been birding Blagdon Lake for 24 years now, but December 2016 will go down in the memory as he added Jack Snipe, Bearded Tit and of course Blyth's Pipit to his patch list in the space of 48 hours. Congratulations to Nigel, the pipit really was a superb bird and finders points added too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well done to everyone who competed in the Inland South league in 2016. Hopefully we will see many of those in the points league this year move into the comparative league also in 2017. It really was an excellent year, with amongst the highlights Herts' first Bonaparte's Gull, Black Stork, Red-Footed Falcon, Ortolan Bunting, White-tailed Eagle, Wryneck, Spotted Sandpiper and Blyth's Pipit. An amazing year and a credit to those covering a network of patches right across the south.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Long time leader of the Coastal North comparative league (Ash Baines) does it for the west coast and canters to victory. An excellent 132% is a great score topped up with a Snow Bunting in December. Ash's highlight for the year was undoubtedly Desert Wheatear with Yellow-browed Warbler and Pomarine Skua representing a fine supporting cast. Well done Ash, your score will definitely make it harder in 2017! Damian Money had an excellent year at Saltburn to seal second place, scoring maximum points for arguably the <i>#PWC2016</i> bird of the year in the form of a Siberian Accentor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The coastal north points league it where the big east coast hitters come out to play. The Spurn and Easington areas in particular always generate some monster scores that top the overall points league and this year is no exception. Tim Jones is a familiar name at the top and does it again, matched species for species by Mick Turton but with a better points per bird total, both totalling more than 400 points!! Paul French will be a force to be reckoned with as well in 2017 and falls just shy of the leading pair this time on 392 points. Tim won't be competing in 2017 so Mick and Paul will be battling it out for top spot but will the east coast get another year like 2016?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Paul Freestone's Hayle patch sweeps to victory in the Estuarine comparative league. A fine year marked by Franklin's Gull and that Pelican was capped off by finally getting Caspian Gull onto the list and securing the title. Ian Ballam had a superb year at Lytchett and pushed the race to the wire, but adding Green-winged Teal (including finder points) and patch lifer Brambling was not enough to grab top spot. Christmas Cattle Egrets galore for Gordon Hodgson helped him to take third.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Howard Vaughan managed to keep the other Frampton birders out of the top three by a single point! His comment on the submission form for December: "<i>oh so nearly the first blank month... dire but salvaged with a one point Goosander on 27th - a rare bird here</i>". An important addition in the end, every point counts! The best of the year for Howard Vaughan was a fine male Golden Oriole, there are not many better birds.</span></div>
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Pat Workhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17069060347512415955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388920830232801770.post-10731308214828418252017-01-23T19:11:00.001+00:002017-01-23T19:11:20.980+00:00Inland East Anglia Minileague - December 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Congratulations to Adam Nicholls for winning the comparative with a mighty 145%. A very impressive effort Adam. James Emerson beats Nick Moran to second place with a good December thanks to a Velvet Scoter (patch tick) and Scaup. Nick drops to 3rd despite a Lapland Bunting on patch and a Hawfinch in his garden, a great duo so late in the year and increases our suspicion that Thetford has moved to the coast! Ben Moyes extends his lead in fourth place over Tim Phillips and Jim Bradley as he had a great month with Cattle Egret, White-fronted Geese and Goosander added. It was a good month for White-fronted Geese as Ben Rackstraw, Mike McCarthy and Nige Lound also added them during December. Rob Lucking finished the year at Colkirk with a Kingfisher, a colourful patch tick. </div>
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Reading the list of year highlights makes me wonder if some patches are inland!! It truly has been a great year for the Inland East Anglia Minileague. Ben Lewis had a memorable year and struggled to pick a bird of the year from Little Tern, Penduline Tit, Bee-eater or Savi's Warbler. All great finds inland. Other national rarities included the Great Reed Warbler Jamie Wells saw at Paxton Pits, Nick Morans Little Bunting at Thetford (Lapland Bunting completing an amazing bunting bonanza there), Nige Lounds Caspian Tern at Middlemarsh Farm and the Black-bellied Dipper on Ben Moyes patch at the Gipping Valley. Its not all about rarities though and many of the patches benefited from the invasion year for several species, Yellow-browed Warbler a highlight for Joe Harkness, Rob Pople and Alison Allen while Waxwings and Curlew Sandpipers were mentioned on a few patches too. Lets not forget the moments of patch gold that have been etched into the memory of patchers this year, Irene Bostons Coot at Dersingham Bog was a patch tick and a Knot for Martin Oakley-Martin was a first for the county in 3 years, pure patch gold.</div>
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pretty good year in 2015 and honestly thought I would be heard pressed in
beating last year’s total, but I guess hard work pays off and 2016 turned out
to be a real cracker of a year with four patch lifers and some quality rarities
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not a bad
start to the year with a January 1<sup>st</sup> visit producing a drake <b>Shoveler</b> amongst the regular wintering <b>Wigeon</b>. A <b>Stonechat</b> kindly stayed in to the New Year and got added to the
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later I added <b>Marsh Tit</b>, a species
which took eight months to get on to the year list in 2015! Some annoying news
was received on 14<sup>th</sup> January as a fellow birder had flushed a <b>Jack Snipe</b>, despite trying a couple of
times I failed...my first patch dip of the year, and unfortunately not my last!
A spontaneous lunchtime visit on 21<sup>st</sup>, always a bit of a rush,
turned out to be an inspired decision with a group of eight <b>Pintail</b> and three <b>Shelduck</b> present off the dam. An adult <b>Mediterranean Gull</b> was a mid-month highlight, as was a female <b>Gadwall</b>. A pretty respectable 64
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started late with my first visit being on 7<sup>th</sup> but that did produce a
<b>Peregrine</b>. Despite some nice birds
being seen, nothing was added to the year list for a week when a flock of <b>Golden Plover</b> flew through heading
north, a real unexpected bonus with it being several years since the last time
I’d seen this species on patch. On the morning of 19<sup>th</sup> I spent a bit
of time working an area that I thought may get me <b>Jack Snipe</b> back, and the birding Gods were with me as I flushed a
single bird, that made up for missing this species in January and was only my
second ever patch <b>Jack Snipe</b>! A couple
more common species were added before the end of the month. Eight species added
to the year list, which was now at 72 species.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Shelduck
early in the month was a surprise, not an annual visitor to Sutton Bingham, so
two records (of four birds) in a year is pretty good. Then is all happened on
19<sup>th</sup> March when a quick pre-work visit produced my first patch tick
of the year with an <b>Avocet</b> seen on a
pontoon off the Sailing Club. Unfortunately it was flushed by sailors shortly
after I left and only one other local birder got on it. The end of the month
produced the expected <b>Swallows</b> and <b>Sand Martins</b> as well as my first <b>Chiffchaff</b>. The year list had risen to 77
species.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first of
the month produced the first <b>Willow Warbler</b>
of the Spring, a handful of “late” <b>Fieldfares</b>
and a fly-over <b>Yellow Wagtail</b>. A
week later and the first Blackcap was back on territory and a day later a
couple of adult <b>Great Black-backed Gulls</b>
were present. Six <b>Common Cranes</b> on 9<sup>th</sup>
provided a little excitement, though being from the Somerset Levels
reintroduction scheme I didn’t add them to the list! A couple of days later and
widespread news of <b>Little Gulls</b>
moving throughout the UK meant I had to stop off on my way home from work, and
sure enough two adult <b>Little Gulls</b>
were present, my first at Sutton Bingham since 2001. Another <b>Shelduck</b> passed through and two drake <b>Mandarin</b> were noted and the first
passage <b>Common Sandpipers</b> arrived on
exactly the same date as they did in 2015 and peaked at 25 birds on 17<sup>th</sup>.
Four <b>Whimbrel</b> were seen mid-month
followed by another individual a few days later, the latter on the same pontoon
as March’s <b>Avocet</b>. Finally, a <b>Northern Willow Warbler</b> was a new
sub-species for me at Sutton Bingham. A busy and productive month with the
total of species having risen to 89.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br />May</b></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With trips to
the Isles of Scilly and visits to friends in Essex and West Sussex meant little
time on patch, just two species were added during the month with a <b>Hobby</b> a nice addition to the patch
list. I did however dip an adult <b>Black
Tern</b> that lingered for less than an hour and had gone by the time I could
nip out during my lunch break. All in all May turned out to be a rather quiet
month with the total rising to 91 species.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rather
embarrassingly a <b>Feral Pigeon</b>
produced my 100<sup>th</sup> Patchwork Challenge point of the year, and I
missed a <b>Pochard</b> early in the month.
I managed to finally add <b>Little Egret</b>
to the patch list and a couple of waders added a bit of class, <b>Redshank</b> is expected annually but a
couple of fly-through <b>Curlew</b> were an
unexpected bonus. Steadily approaching the century, the year list was at 95 at
the end of the month.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">July<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Things really
took off during July. Two more <b>Redshanks</b>
turned up and yet another <b>Shelduck</b>,
both good birds but not year ticks. Up to three adult <b>Great Black-backed Gulls</b> and a <b>Yellow-legged
Gull</b> were present during the course of the month and then a touch of class
with a summer-plumaged <b>Dunlin</b> near
the dam. A patch lifer in the form of a <b>Fulvous
Whistling Duck</b> failed to make the list, despite it being a rather smart
bird! My first patch <b>Sandwich Tern</b>
for fifteen years was found on 13<sup>th</sup> July, but it was gone the next
day. Another wader in the form of a <b>Greenshank</b>
was added to the list with a second bird a few days later. These were soon
followed by a <b>Green Sandpiper</b> and a
couple of fly-through <b>Common Terns</b>. Hearing
an <b>Oystercatcher</b> whilst collecting
my son in East Coker spurred me in to zooming down the road “just in case” and
sure enough it had landed at the reservoir, right time and right place, and
another quality patch year tick in the form of a <b>Black-tailed Godwit</b> (I’d missed two earlier in the year) rounded
off the month. Patch lifer number two of the year came in the form of a
female-type <b>Black Redstart</b> present
on the dam one morning. No idea what that was doing there or where it came
from. This was a long-awaited addition to my patch list, though I was always
thinking one would turn up in the winter! A really productive month brought up the
total to 103 species for the year, matching my entire 2014 total.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The month
continued as July had ended with a few quality birds on patch, starting on 4<sup>th</sup>
when I found a very smart summer-plumaged <b>Spotted
Sandpiper</b>! Stupidly I had left my phone in the car so the best record shot
I got was a few days later. Arguably the bird of the year, though as it spent
most of the time in an inaccessible area of the reservoir arranging access was
a headache with many visiting birders ignoring instructions and a few
trespassing…it makes one think twice about sharing bird news! The month
continued with a fine supporting cast as another <b>Shelduck</b> appeared, this one staying for nearly two months. Two more
<b>Oystercatchers</b> dropped in and my
first patch <b>Lapwing</b> of the year was
a one-day bird on 15<sup>th</sup>. An early <b>Teal</b> popped in mid-month and fly-through birds included a <b>Tree Pipit</b> and a female-type <b>Garganey</b>. A couple of <b>Green Sandpipers</b> and a hand full of <b>Greenshank</b> were also noted during the month, which ended on another
high with an <b>Osprey</b> being present.
Another great summer month had pushed the year list to 108 species which
equaled my previous year list record, set in 2015…and still four months to go!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The summer
continued in to autumn with another half a dozen species added during September.
The <b>Osprey</b> popped up on 1<sup>st</sup>
but that was it whilst a day later my highest single count of <b>Black-tailed Godwit</b> as a flock of
fifteen flew south. On 3<sup>rd</sup> September in heavy rain I found a <b>Pectoral Sandpiper</b>, present just until
the rain cleared at lunchtime, when it did a bunk, this was my second for
Sutton Bingham, the previous one was also found by yours truly back in 2001.
The first of a hand full of <b>Whinchats</b>
turned up on 4<sup>th</sup> and my first patch <b>Wheatear</b> for several years was seen on 10<sup>th</sup>. A little
bit of excitement a few days later with three <b>Lapwing</b> on the West Pool and a female <b>Blue-headed Wagtail</b> was in a private area of the reservoir (where a
<b>Yellow Wagtail</b> had been earlier in
the month). The first <b>Wigeon</b> of the
winter arrived on 15<sup>th</sup> and a few <b>White Wagtails</b> were noted. Another couple of year ticks were added
nearer the end of the month with three <b>Spotted
Flycatchers</b> and my first patch <b>Garden
Warbler</b> for an age both logged. The end of the month yielded a <b>Stonechat</b> and the patch year list had
grown to 114 species.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Spotted Flycatcher</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">– 18th Sept 2016</span></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Blue-headed Wagtail</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>– 14th Sept 2016</i></span></td></tr>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">October<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A <b>Pintail</b> was seen at the start of the
month, and spent a few days on and off at the reservoir during the month,
though it was more often absent than present. A couple of <b>Green Sandpipers</b> were loitering at the start of the month and a <b>Redshank</b> passed through on 7<sup>th</sup>.
Another patch dip on the 12<sup>th</sup>, this time I missed a <b>Red Kite</b>, still a very scarce bird at
Sutton Bingham but a <b>Siberian Chiffchaff</b>,
a nice vocal and showy example to boot, a couple of days later was some
consolation. <b>Wigeon</b> and <b>Teal</b> numbers steadily grew as the month
progressed and the first <b>Mediterranean
Gulls</b> of the winter were noted. A birthday day present came in the form of
a calling <b>Red-legged Partridge</b>, just
my third patch record for this species. October ended with a mini Goose-fest. A
first winter <b>Eurasian White-fronted Goose</b>
dropped in on the evening of 26<sup>th</sup> with a flock of <b>Canada Geese</b>, and amazingly a <b>Barnacle Goose</b> also dropped in. A <b>Common Sandpiper</b> was still lingering to
the end of the month also and a drake <b>Goosander</b>
flew through on 28<sup>th</sup>. The patch year list was now standing at 118
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The month
started well with a female <b>Goldeneye</b>
seen on 5<sup>th</sup>, but that proved to be my only addition for the month,
but a small grey and white wader seen in flight could have been good if only it
had been close enough to identify. That being said there was a little bit of
quality with the <b>Barnacle Goose</b>
being seen on a couple of occasions and another <b>Goosander</b>, this time a redhead, being seen (followed by another
drake at the end of the month) A pair of <b>Shoveler</b>
were noted as were a couple of <b>Mandarin</b>,
a drake <b>Gadwall</b> and a pair of <b>Pintail</b> but I missed four <b>Egyptian Geese</b> that didn’t linger long
enough for me to try during my lunch break. That single addition rose the total
to 119 species.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was a slow
start to December, and to be perfectly honest I was not holding out much hope
of adding anything to the year list, but with patch birding you just keep
going. Rather unseasonal, a <b>Great
Black-backed Gull</b> and <b>Little Egret</b>
were one-day wonders and a sub-adult <b>Peregrine</b>
kept an eye on things from a regular perch atop a pylon. A few nice winter
plumaged <b>Mediterranean Gulls</b> were as
ever a delight. Then as if from nowhere on the morning of 19<sup>th</sup> a
quick stop before work produced patch lifer number three of the year and great
little gem to break the December duck…a <b>Firecrest</b>!
Only the third record of <b>Firecrest</b>
at Sutton Bingham and the first for thirty years. Things crept along quietly
for the rest of the month but I did manage one final visit on 31<sup>st</sup> to
end the year. This proved to be an inspired decision as I found another patch
lifer, this time a winter-plumaged <b>Black-necked
Grebe</b>. What a way to end the year, and to add a little dusting of New Year
joy a female <b>Pochard</b> completed the
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There was no let up for Noel Keogh at South Dublin Bay who added Fieldfare, Jack Snipe and Eider to his year list in December, bringing him up to 124.09% at the top of the Coastal Ireland Comparative Minileague. The rest of the top five here managed to equal or better their 100% target but second place was 19% or so behind Noel.<br /><br />Woodcock and Pheasant added in December at the Bann Estuary (<a href="http://causewaycoastrg.blogspot.ie/" target="_blank">patch blog here</a>) allowed Richard Donaghey to keep hold of second place while a fine end to the year for Cathal Forkan at North Galway Bay helped him to claim a podium position, moving up from fifth to third thanks to a <i>#fullfatpatchtick</i> Fieldfare plus Black Redstart and bonus points for not only being the first person to find the returning Forster's Tern this winter but also for locating it well away from it's usual haunts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Derek Polley kept patch birding at Bangor West right up to the bitter end of the year and was rewarded for his efforts with a <i>#patchgold </i>Mute Swan seen at 3:15pm on New Year's Eve, his first there in two years of PWC! This stroke of luck took Derek to exactly 100%!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was a relatively quiet year for Dave Suddaby at Blacksod. It seems the Mullet Peninsula missed out on the madness of Autumn 2016, with not a single <i>Phylloscopus</i> warbler seen for three weeks during the month of October! Despite this, Dave still managed to dig out some good birds like Surf Scoter and his final score for the year broke past 200 points and allowed him to take up second place on the points minileague table. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With the mega birding site of Tacumshin featuring in PWC for the first time in 2016, a strong score was always to be expected on the points table. Noel Keogh took on the challenge here and finished up in first place with no less than 163 species which gained him 250 points. With 2016 being an exceptional year for wader diversity at Tacumshin (40 species seen in total through the year), has Noel set the bar too high for his first year of comparative listing here in 2017?<br /><br />Cathal Forkan's good fortunes in December allowed him to take third place on the points table from North Galway Bay while we see Christopher O'Sullivan's first year of PWC effort at Clonakilty/Inchydoney bringing him to fifth place with Cattle Egret added there during the final month of the year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Glaucous Gull was the last addition for Graham Johnston at Rinville while Joe Proudfoot launched into a year ticking bonanza at Sandymount to Dun Laoghaire with Velvet Scoter, Fieldfare, Dipper, Water Rail and 9 Waxwing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Neal Warnock topped of his year list at Larne Lough with Skylark, Stonechat and Slavonian Grebe. An account of his year of patch birding at Larne Lough and Rathlin Island can be read (with lots of fantastic pics included) on the <a href="http://patchbirdingireland.blogspot.ie/2017/01/highlights-from-larne-and-rathlin-2016.html" target="_blank">Patch Birding Ireland blog</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">December brought no new additions for Steve Minton at Scatness but his second Kumlien's Gull of the year was a welcome sight among good numbers of large gulls present there along with a few white-wingers. While Steve's score remained unchanged, his first place position on the Islands Comparative Minileague table was safe due to a hefty lead of 18%! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bonus points from a Lesser Scaup find </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at Palace </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">allowed Alastair Forsyth to make a jump from seventh to second place on the comp table, where he finished up with 122%, knocking Steve Stansfield down to third. It ain't over until the fat </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aythya</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> sings!</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kumlien's Gull (c) Steve Minton (<a href="http://shetlandmisfit.blogspot.ie/" target="_blank">patch blog</a>)</span></i></div>
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Pat Workhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17069060347512415955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388920830232801770.post-30740824446308720812017-01-19T18:40:00.000+00:002017-01-20T11:28:26.210+00:00Coastal Scotland Minileague - December 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A busy year with many highlights for the Coastal Scotland Minileague, exemplified by the fact that no less than nine of the eleven Comparative Minileague contestants reached or surpassed their 100% target!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Chris Rodger had a fantastic time of it at Musselburgh where Scaup and Tawny Owl added to his tally in December left him safely in first place with an enviable comp score of 128.42%, a good 13% or so ahead of second place Mike Hodgkin at Aberlady Bay (who had the highest number of species seen on any patch in the minileague).</span></div>
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Stephen Welch and Andrew Whitehouse remain in third and fourth place at Gosford Bay and Girdle Ness & Torry respectively while Jim Dickson, Mark Lewis and Chris Hill all move up a place or two during December to finish on fifth, sixth and seventh from their respective patches.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Geoff Morgan rounded off a very successful year of finding scarce and rare birds at Barns Ness with a cracking Eastern Black Redstart at Torness at the start of December. What a bird and a major 15 point boost to his score bringing him up to 268 points from 167 species, securing his lead on the points table and ensuring a very fine PPB of 1.605! Talk about going out in style!<br /><br />Waxwings were new in December for Colin Davison at Scoughall and Mark Lewis at Girdle Ness (who also got in on the <i>#patchgold</i> action with Little Grebe) while Chris Hill added three waders (Ruff, Greenshank and Woodcock) at Burntisland.<br /><br />A Great Grey Shrike was an excellent addition to Jim Dickson's Crinan Canal Corridor patch along with three Black Grouse, a species which doesn't often get mentioned in PWC Minileague blog posts!</span></div>
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<br />Pat Workhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17069060347512415955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388920830232801770.post-20710656061022202562017-01-19T18:14:00.001+00:002017-01-19T18:14:28.249+00:00Inland Scotland Minileague - December 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chris Pendlebury had a busy December, adding new species to all four of his patches in the Inland Scotland Comparative Minileague. Blairdrummond remained the only patch to break past the 100% target and as such wins the minileague title for <i>#PWC2016 </i>with 103.53% thanks to a Long-tailed Duck.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Other additions for Chris included a Peregrine at Dunblane, a Lesser Redpoll at Stirling and a double act of Stonechat and Kingfisher at Kinneil. Chris's Dunblane patch steals second place from Cambus where Graeme Garner takes up third place for the year, ensuring the top of the table wasn't completely dominated by one person!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rankings were close in the Inland Scotland Minileague throughout the year, with just a percent or two separating most contestants on the table in the end. Roll on <i>#PWC2017</i>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No new additions from David Douglas in December but his patch at Loch Leven remains in first place on the points minileague table at the end of the year with 130 species and 155 points.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The highest Points Per Bird score and BirdTrack stats come from Old Nisthouse where Alastair Forsyth had a productive year, his best <i>#patchgold</i> being a Mistle Thrush! Alastair holds on to second in the points minileague with a comfortable gap between him and third place Graeme Garner at Cambus. </span></div>
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Pat Workhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17069060347512415955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388920830232801770.post-87062295414099134542017-01-18T19:29:00.003+00:002017-01-19T17:24:05.849+00:00Coastal East Anglia - December 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Long time leader of the Coastal East Anglia Comparative Minileague Rob Hall holds on to the top spot as he added a further 5% in December with a Short-eared Owl the highlight of his December. Well done Rob, it will take some matching in 2017! <br /><br />Ryan Irvine stayed in second place, holding off the towering presence of James Brown's patch with a few excellent birds such as Iceland Gull, Purple Sandpiper, Bewick's Swan and Slavonian Grebe, all less than annual at Hemsby. James's astonishing year ended slowly as he failed to add any species in December. With 209 species and 327 points I'm sure he isn't complaining too much. Craig Fulcher was the only mover in the league as moved into the top 5, just failing to reach the magical 100% mark.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Congratulations to James Brown as he holds on to the top spot he's occupied for most (all?) of the year in the points minileague. A truly mammoth score of 327 points will take some beating next year. Ryan Irvine and Nige Lound make up the rest of the podium positions while Justin Zantboer managed to pick up a few winter birds, Hen Harrier and Tundra Bean Goose the highlights, to sneak past Paul Eele into 4th place. Other movers were Craig Fulcher and Luke Nash, the latter having a great month by adding Black Brant and Iceland Gull to pass Tommy Corcoran near the end of <i>#PWC2016</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coastal East Anglia had a great year. While sites further to the north may have grabbed the headlines with the Siberian Accentor invasion may having passed by the region by but when you read the list of year highlights its very impressive. Great Knot , Black-browed Albatross, Blue-winged Teal, Little Bittern, Alpine Accentor, Black-winged Stilt in addition to a whole host of excellent scarcites. Here's hoping 2017 is equally impressive. Well done to everyone involved in <i>#PWC2016</i>.</span></div>
Pat Workhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17069060347512415955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388920830232801770.post-61545285151978703872017-01-17T14:05:00.000+00:002017-01-17T14:05:31.273+00:00Inland Ireland Minileague - December 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The addition of two species of gull to Michael John O'Mahony's patch year list at Upper Rathduff in the final two months of the year allowed him to increase his lead in the Inland Ireland Comparative Minileague by almost 10%, finishing up on a fine comparative score of 120.31%.<br /><br />It was a Herring Gull in November and an excellent inland record of a flyover Yellow-legged Gull in December which added points and percentages, while a couple of male Hen Harriers locking talons for winter hunting rights certainly stole the show!<br /><br />Michael's patch birding year is summed up beautifully by a suite of stunning pics in his <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/griangraf/albums/72157662514625399" target="_blank">Flickr album</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A comfortable first place lead for Mike Cram through much of the second half of the year kept him there all the way up to New Year's Eve by which stage his position at the top of the Wales Comparative Minileague was due to an impressive 144.94%! (the second highest in the whole of the UK and Ireland)<br /><br />Mike rounded off his year at Broughton and Llangennith with the following comments... <i>"Just one visit [in December] yielding a Red-breasted Merganser to close of a fantastic year. If it is not enough to clinch the British Comparative League then well done to whoever pips me! I never imagined doing this well and shows what you can do if you really focus on an under-watched patch and learn how to get the best out of it. Although a Great White Egret was the best scoring bird for me with 6 points, the best bird personally for me was clearly the superb pair of Black Redstart that dropped in to the caravan park for a few days.</i>"<br /><br />That pretty much sums up the essence of PWC!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The battle for RSPB Conwy finished up with Henry Cook boasting the higher species and points tally but Julian Hughes with the higher comp score. Julian claims second place in the Wales Comparative Minileague for the year after adding some <i>#patchgold</i> Treecreeper (only his second for the reserve) in December.<br /><br />Henry stays in third and Trevor Fletcher remains in fourth at Rudry Common while Peter Howlett moves up to fifth by the end of the year after adding Gadwall at Cardiff Bay. No less than 13 of the 20 contestants in the Wales Comparative Minileague finished the year by reaching or surpassing their 100% target.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A duo of Slavonian Grebe and Black-throated Diver made for a fine finish to the year for Richard Dobbins at Teifi, where he remained in first place on the Points Minileague table with 211 points. Richard has set the bar high for his first year of comparative patching in 2017 but no doubt the challenge will be met head on!<br /><br />The rest of the top five were busy in the final month of the year and ended up well into the 190 points bracket. Paul Roberts holds on to second place with 199 points while David Carrington moved up from fifth to third with Bittern, Black Redstart and Jack Snipe at Sker and Kenfig during the final month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And finally, the BirdTrack stats from this most active and hardworking of minileagues comes to a staggering 80,839 records from 3,754 complete lists! While both Alastair Flannagan and Ceri Jones contributed a huge amount of the lists and records to this tally, there was plenty of solid effort from other patches too so a round of applause must go out to all who got involved! </span></div>
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Pat Workhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17069060347512415955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388920830232801770.post-27706420115889359492017-01-17T09:39:00.000+00:002017-01-17T12:08:26.642+00:00Midlands Minileague - December 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first Yellowhammer in seven years for Tom Shields at Holme Pierrepoint helps seal his victory in the Midlands Comparative Minileague with 120.49%. <br /><br />Nick Crouch didn't manage to add any new species during December and as such must settle for a very close second place. Matthew Dick added Common Gull, Merlin and Shoveler at Darley Dale, boosting his fifth place comp score by an additional 4%. However he would surely have traded these and more for the Dusky Thrush that was just a mile from his patch! <br /><br />A total of 18 patchers made it into the 100% club with John Hopper the last to join after adding four points with Great Northern Diver and White-fronted Goose at Hoveringham.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Only a single 3 point species was added during the month, a Green-winged Teal at Rutland. Intriguingly a Surf Scoter there in late December failed to make it on to either patchers lists.<br /><br />With close to 60 patch birders taking part in the Midlands Points Minileague in 2016, the Comparative Minileague should be even busier in 2017!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">David Franklin ends the year in top spot on the Inland North Comparative Minileague with 124.05% at Campsall CP and S Instoneville... one of his three (yes three!) patches in the region. <br /><br />John Law takes second despite not adding any new species - a feature of the top 4 in this league. A total of 17 patches passed the 100% target with new entries from Andy Bunting, Rob Worlsford and Mike Pilsworth - the latter two saving up their totals for the December submission. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Potentially bird of the month was a putative Brown Shrike found at Geltsdale by Adam Moan, some commentators considered it to be a juvenile Red-backed Shrike and at the time of writing the jury is still out. Other highlights included Black-throated Diver for Chris Bradshaw, Tundra Bean Goose for Mike Pilsworth and Green-winged Teal at George Dunbar's Woolston Eyes patch.</span></div>
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This is now replacing the blog as the scoring system and for registering your patch. If you have registered for PWC2017 on here can you now please go to the website and re register. Sorry for the duplication but the website took a wee bit longer to launch than anticipated. The previous post will help you set up.<br />
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The reason for the new website is to present the mini leagues and scores real time, so any time you add sightings everything could change instead of waiting a month to find out.<br />
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There will probably be a few glitches, please report them to us and bear with us while the website beds in but hopefully within a week or so it should be in full flow and the ever shifting positions, rarity finds will be available to see 24/7.<br />
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The blog will still be live, but we will be using this for more news related items etc and not scores<br />
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Above is the homepage where you can find the mini leagues, latest sightings etc.<br />
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To register go to 'Account' on the tool bar and click on Register on the drop down menu. This will take you to the page below.<br />
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Enter your details and tick the I'm not a robot box (even if you are a robot :-)). You will then be taken back to the homepage. Go back to 'Account' on the toolbar and click on Login on the drop down. It will take you to this page below<br />
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Enter your user name and password and you will arrive at your very own homepage where you can add your patch then your sightings.<br />
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Then Click on Add New Patch to get to this page below:<br />
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Add your patch name, select your mini league from the drop down, enter your scores from previous years (leave it blank for any year you didn't enter PWC). Then zoom in to your patch on the map and draw your boundaries, it will calculate your patch size as well. Click submit once finished.<br />
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You are now ready to add sightings, for all 1 and 2 point birds you can bulk select from the list by ticking the box. You can enter a species more than once, its score will only be added once so duplication isn't a problem. Please select the date by click on it until there is a green circle round the number.<br />
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For bonus point species click on Log rarer species. You will arrive at this page below:<br />
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Choose species form drop down, click on date as before, tick Found if you found it and that will log the sighting. You can also add a photo by clicking on chose file, it will be added to your gallery and in the future the PWC gallery on the main homepage. Finally, you can map the exact location of the bird by clicking on the map, the blue crane marking the spot.<br />
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Once you have entered your sightings you can go back to the main Homepage and find your position on the Main National league and your mini league.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Stephanie Brown is having an excellent year on her Twyford patch and is topping the listings at 120%. Thrushes were her highlight of the month, but no additions of note means that Tim Farr and Richard Scantlebury are putting on the pressure to take the comparative league title. Tim Farr added Goldeneye this month, just his second patch record whilst Richard Scantlebury added Merlin. A good December could mean all change in the top three.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is not just the comparative league which is tight at the top! Inland South is providing a real race to the line this year, and leader at the end of November is Nigel Milbourne at Blagdon Lake. He has assumed top spot by bagging bonus points for a Ring-Necked Duck as well as adding points for a brace of Long-Tailed Duck, both excellent patch birds. The lead is very slender, just a single point to Tom Raven in second but a certain Pipit in December should put this race beyond doubt! Tom's update this month includes October and his participation in the Yellow-Browed invasion with two birds found on patch. Top three is made up by Brendan Sheils, although he will have to turn up something special to close the gap to top spot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some fine efforts this year in the comparative league, Amy Robjohns continues at the top adding Black Redstart in the month. At 142% she looks unbeatable, that's going to make a mighty challenging target next year! In any other year, Ash Baines on 131% would be looking at top spot, it is a really impressive effort this year. A Desert Wheatear was a superb addition to his patch list plus Scaup and Twite amongst his other highlights. Three other patchers have joined then in the 100 club. Just a few more point would see Tim Jones beat his comparative which would be a superb effort given the challenging total he has to hit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Patch birding is all about what is exciting on your patch, so a Marsh Harrier at Winsford Flash was a patch first for Findlay Wilde whilst for Joe Proudfoot two Tree Sparrow's were a complete shock at Booterstown plus a Jack Snipe was one of his birds of the year. Final notable records for November were a Raven at Old Bolingbroke and a very late Sand Martin at Hedgecourt NR.</span></div>
Pat Workhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17069060347512415955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388920830232801770.post-29955925952281560062016-12-30T22:08:00.004+00:002017-01-01T17:22:18.589+00:00Coastal South Minileague - November 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Joe Stockwell extends his lead in his long running battle with Amy 'Record shot' Robjohns at the top despite Amy adding Black Redstart in November. Paul Bowerman continues to hold on to 3rd thanks to a Bewick's Swan and Woodcok in November but its getting close behind him with Andy Johnson and Ilya Maclean are only 3 points behind. Joe Cockram had a good month finding a Red-throated Pipit, probably the last one to be a 3 pointer in PWC as it moves up to 4 in PWC2017. Chris Townend had a good October (late with the scores ;-)) finding Serin and YBW. On the other side of things Paul Freestone had a bad month, no new birds and missing both Spoonbill and Whooper Swan!</div>
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<br />Pat Workhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17069060347512415955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388920830232801770.post-86330199820909159692016-12-29T16:23:00.000+00:002016-12-29T16:23:06.722+00:00Estuarine Minileague - November 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Estuarine Minileague is a powerhouse of patch birding enthusiasm and effort with no less than ten contestants on the comparative table having reached and well surpassed their 100% target by the end of November. Lots of tough acts to follow!<br /><br />Paul Freestone had a productive month at Hayle Estuary with Green-winged Teal and Cattle Egret (although he missed Pintail!) and this brings his comp score up to an impressive 125.6%, enough to overtake Ian Ballam at Lytchett Bay and claim first place! A good find or a few additions during December could see Ian get back in the lead so it's by no means over here!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the points league, the Spurn/Easington trio are now dominating the top spots. Only Paul French added in November though, putting pressure on those top spots. Highlights and low light for Paul was a Pallid Harrier - superb bird but appalling views made all the more galling by the fact that it flew over his house when away with work. Still a good month in all with eight species added including Cattle Egret and bonus points for Long-tailed Skua. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Away from Spurn, Nick Addey further north at Long Nab had second Short-toed Lark of the year, but this time with the added sweetener of bonus points. He also added Black Guillemot which is not an easy bird on the east coast. This year looks like it will be a Waxwing year, so a garden tick for Andy Hood at Flamborough was a welcome addition to his patch list. Shorelarks are harder to come by these days it seems, so sightings at Whitburn South and Crook Bank of this beautiful bird were certainly amongst the months highlights for John Chapman and Nige Lound. Less spectacular but a bonus pointer none-the-less, a Richard's Pipit a dose of extra points for Jonathan Farooqi at Hadston Cars. A Black-necked Grebe at Whitburn was an unexpected patch tick for Mark Harper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But as you might expect in November, seawatching was the name of the game and in addition to those mentioned above - others noted Glaucous Gulls, Little Auk, late skuas and divers and perhaps best of all a redhead Smew at Newbiggin-By-The-Sea for Gary Storey. A Sabine's Gull for Will Scott at Hunmanby Gap game him extra points in the month - who will win in the Hunmanby/Barmston battle!</span></div>
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