Back out today on the patch , but first a little bit of news from Saturday afternoon which was the return of the 3 Lesser Redpolls and the Coal Tit to the garedn feeders.
Anyway back to today, it was another grey very mild day ,but rain set in later.The birds were today very much reduced in numbers but we still managed to see a few nice bits and bobs. A large Raven flew over calling , we seem to have a pair around for most of the year nowadays .
The floodwaters are receding but very slowly,  so a large flock of Black Headed Gulls ,Lesser Black Backed Gulls, with a few Common Gulls are still feeding on the wet pasture. A good sighting was of a flock of 180 plus Wigeon which flew upriver.
There were 5 Buzzards and the local Kestrel was hunting over the fields.Winter Thrush"s amounted to just 20 Redwing and a single Fieldfare, although a stonking male Bullfinch was nice.A Greater Spotted Woodpecker was calling but I did not see it.
The weather is due to turn colder so maybe things may pick up a little bit, ,it can be hard patch birding but it seems to be a slightly addictive thing. Perhaps  I am just a bit sad I suppose.
Species count for the patch is 47.