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January 2009 (6 records, by date)	17	18	20	22	26	28		Days recorded
Mute Swan - Cygnus olor	2(7)	5(12)	6(17)	11(19)	4(17)	3(8)		6
Greater Canada Goose - Branta canadensis	(55)	(40)	(29)	(14)	(2)	(59)		6
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos	72	31	96	43	97	60		6
Common Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus	0	0	0	0	0	1		1
Great Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo	1	3	0	1	0	1		4
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta A	0	0	0	1	0	0		1
Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea	0	1	0	0	1	0		2
Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo	0	0	0	1	1	0		2
Common Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus	0	1	0	0	1	0		2
Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus	3	0	6	1	7	1		5
Herring Gull - Larus argentatus	15	10	12	10(17)	3	1(50)		6
Green Woodpecker - Picus viridis	1	1	1	1	1	1		6
Great Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopos major	2	0	1	1	0	0		3
Meadow Pipit - Anthus pratensis	0	0	(5)	0	0	0		1
Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea	1	0	0	0	0	0		1
White/Pied Wagtail - Motacilla alba	1	6	2(7)	(6)	1	(10)		6
Winter Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes	2	1	2	1	2	2		6
Hedge Accentor - Prunella modularis	7	2	4	1	10	7		6
European Robin - Erithacus rubecula	10	10	11	10	9	6		6
Common Blackbird - Turdus merula	25	25	37	18	37	31		6
Fieldfare - Turdus pilaris	0	0	3	0	2	0		2
Song Thrush - Turdus philomelos	1	(8)	(7)	1	3	3		6
Redwing - Turdus iliacus	(5)	(5)(9)	(3)(6)	(5)	0	0		4
Goldcrest - Regulus regulus	0	0	0	0	0	1		1
Blue Tit - Cyanistes caeruleus	10	6	10	4	8	3		6
Great Tit - Parus major	5	10	11	4	5	7		6
Coal Tit - Periparus ater	0	1	2	0	1	0		3
Nuthatch (Wood Nuthatch) - Sitta europaea	2	2	1	0	1	0		4
Eurasian Jackdaw - Corvus monedula	14	15	17	22(19)	3(50)	7		6
Rook - Corvus frugilegus	13	14(28)	6(11)	57(50)	11(50)	4(10)		6
Carrion Crow - Corvus corone	8(22)	9	11	16	6	10(17)		6
Common Starling - Sturnus vulgaris	11	(13)	4(30)	22	4(12)	0		5
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus	14	19	18	9	21	14(13)		6
Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs	13	7	19	19	32	19		6
European Greenfinch - Carduelis chloris	5	4	7	2	14	5		6
European Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis	5	3	5	0	1	1		5
36 species

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