27th November 2004 Redcar, Cleveland. Cold but dry

Red-throated Diver 1
Pink-footed Goose c.300
Eider c.10
Scoter c.200 including only a single adult drake
Velvet Scoter 8 including a single adult drake that had been reported as a White-winged Scoter the previous day.
Long-tailed Duck 1
Smew 1 redhead Scaling Dam Reservoir

Red Grouse c.15 on moorland near Scaling Dam Reservoir. Very dark chestnut with neat short white moustachial stripes. Small white wing patch on primary coverts. Calling koch, koch, kockockockoc.

Grey Partridge c.30

Pheasant c.10
Coot c.25
Golden Plover c.500
Lapwing 2
Sanderling c.5
Brambling c.30

17th November 2004 Scotney GP, Sussex 3.35pm – 4.15pm. Overcast in fading light

Lesser Scaup 1 drake Sussex addition
Ruddy Duck 1

6th November 2004 Beachy Head NW2 Cold

Merlin 1
Peregrine 3
Lanner/hybrid 1 pale bluish upperwings, very pale from below lacking any dark on the underside of the primaries. Very large attacking a Peregrine.
Sparrowhawk 3
Woodpigeon 450
Stock Dove 15
Pied Wagtail 15
Ring Ouzel 1
Blackbird 10
Redwing 2
Song Thrush 1
Great Spoted Woodpecker 1
Blackcap 1
Goldcrest 4
Firecrest 1
Brambling h
Corn Bunting 1
Bullfinch 1 possibly ‘Northern’