Whooper Swan – four flew over Sandy and Everton on 13th and maybe the same birds recorded at Gadsey Brook on 17th
Garganey – one at Broom East CWS from 5th to 25th
Pintail – three at MCP Wetlands NR on 6th, one at Broom East CWS on the same day then five on the 18th there with up to three seen up to the end of the month. Two noted at Willington GP on 13th while a long staying tame bird remains in Woburn Park
Green-winged Teal – a moulting male found at Broom East CWS on 27th was also seen there on 30th
Dunlin – one at Broom East CWS on 25th
Caspian Gull – a few seen around Broom included four different individuals noted in the Broom Quarry on 30th and 31st
Great White Egret – two in Priory CP / Meadow Lane GP area through the month, four at Radwell lakes on 9th and one at Broom East CWS on 18th and then from 29th into November
Osprey – one at Stewartby Lake on 27th and 28th
Merlin – birds seen on vismig watches at Sharpenhoe Clappers on 12th and past The Pinnacle Sandy on 30th. Males at Broom Quarry on 22nd and Thurleigh Airfield on 27th and an immature or female at Broom East CWS also on 27th
Ring-necked Parakeet – a large roost developed at Hillgrounds Playing Fields in Kempston with peak counts of 42 on 5th and 48 on 16th
Red-backed Shrike – the bird found at Houghton Brook Pools in September remained until 9th
Woodlark – one at Sutton Hill Everton on 6th
Yellow-browed Warbler – one at Willington from 13th to 16th, another at Biggleswade Common on 26th and 27th
Lesser Whitethroat – late birds at Houghton Brook Pools on 3rd and Warden Hill Everton on 5th may have been birds from further east as coincided with arrivals of other birds on the east coast
Firecrest – one at Deepdale Quarry on 20th, one at Ampthill Park on 29th
Ring Ouzel – two past The Pinnacle Sandy on vismig on 3rd, others past Blows Downs on both 5th and 12th, at Warden Hill Everton on 15th, and recorded on nocmig over Meppershall on 29th
Black Redstart – one at East Hyde on the 24th was recorded in Herts but within metres of the county boundary; another was in Biggleswade on 26th
Rock Pipit – one at Everton on 17th, one noted as Scandanavian race “littoralis” at Blunham on 23rd
Hawfinch – an influx noted from vismig watches with a minimum of 26 individuals noted through the month from suitable viewpoints. The first was at Everton on 3rd with the majority passing from 27th to 30th
Crossbill – one at The Lodge RSPB on 15th
