1 January - Cotswold Water Park, Forest of Dean, and the Cotswolds near Hawling. An excellent start in the CWP, with a Hawfinch at Swillbrook briefly, 3 redhead Smew at pit 29, and a scattering of Goldeneye and Goosander. The Slavonian Grebe (lower, copyright Richard Tyler) was still at Dudgrove pit 114.
The Forest of Dean was covered in hoar frost, but another Hawfinch (photo copyright Allan Chard) was at New Fancy View, and a male Brambling (top, copyright Allan Chard) was at the Speech House feeder.
Hawling produced excellent views of 2 Short-eared Owls (middle, copyright Martin Dyer) and a brief Barn Owl, also a flyover Peregrine. A total of 73 species for the day.
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