January 1st - Jubilee River (32 species)
I managed to get out for a couple of hours this afternoon along the Jubilee River & Dorney Wetlands, where I managed a respectable 32 species. Unfortunately, the recent ringed necked duck was not to be found (at Bray GP perhaps), but there was a decent selection of commoner species including cetti's warbler, little grebe, kestrel and a few fieldfare.
January 2nd - Hambleden Valley (28 species, 48 for year)
It was a beautiful sunny day today, so we went for an eight mile walk from Hambleden up the valley towards Turville & Skirmett adding another sixteen species to the year list.
The highlights were a raven near Hambleden village and a female stonechat just outside Skirmett. There were lots of raptors to be seen with dozens of red kite, good numbers of buzzard and singles of kestrel & sparrowhawk. We also had a few flyover redwings in the car at Mill End, and a mistle thrush was merely a sideshow to the impressive herd of fallow deer with a number of majestic stags.
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