Tuesday 5 February 2013

The weather has turned cold again, as a result the number of Lesser Redpolls has jumped to 8 yesterday and 7 today . It is the first time I have recorded them on the patch in 11 years and to have them in the garden is a bonus.
 Generally it is all a bit samey really, with Redwings and Fieldfares numbering 120 plus each and Starling at the 300 plus mark.
A small group of 4 Meadow Pipits were in the company of a Pied Wagtail . The female wintering Kestrel was in the usual place ,in a short while she will be off to her breeding territory.On the flooded meadows the odd Mallard was bobbing about and a group of 25 Black Headed Gulls with a couple of Common Gull fed on the waters edge.A year tick was added when a flock of 12 Shelduck flew north upriver .
The patch list is now at 55