One exciting exception was a short-eared owl, which flew over with a group of carrion crows in hot pursuit on the 17th. The last record for this migrant was in 2018, curiously on exactly the same date!

A yellow-legged gull (above) which had been seen at the end of October as seen a couple of times at the start of November, visiting to have a wash and a bit of a loaf around as most gulls here do. An adult great black-backed gull was also seen on the 22^nd.

The most interesting duck of the month was a male wigeon (below) seen on the 19^th, with the highest count of shoveler being fifteen and teal being four.

Winter thrushes are generally a feature of November and we had redwings (below) either passing over or seen along the woodland trail most days. Fieldfare are less common, with the first of winter being seen on the 4^th and only a low number of flyovers after that. Two jackdaws also passed over on the 24^th.

Two reliable visitors were kestrel and kingfisher, seen most days through the month. Much less reliable were snipe and water rail, seen only occasionally in November, probably due to the high water levels.

The total number of bird species seen here in November 2022 was 60, around the average for previous Novembers.