January round-up 2026
Hello from the Patchwork Challenge team! We sincerely hope you have enjoyed taking part in the first month of #PWC2026! If you have yet to sign up and are interested in joining this year's competition, then please do by following this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iZORva8WZXRiaCZcQUE9CNmog3k0EhnhW-GflGqNYoA/edit?usp=sharing There has been a brilliant arrival of winter wildfowl with stacks of Eurasian White-fronted Geese arriving into Britain and onto many patches! There has also been a good spread of other winter species recorded on patches with Barnacle and Tundra Bean Geese, Smews and Scaups, Glaucous and Iceland Gulls, plus many other goodies, maybe best of all being a Great-tailed Grackle found in the Estuarine mini-league! February can produce some exciting birding with the first inklings of spring coming, the first north-bound groups of Pink-footed Geese, Meadow Pipits and Skylarks can be seen going through northern Britain patches, re-orientating Tundr...