So after a wet night, the really mild weather remains, the west wind in stark contrast from last week.
A glance upwards picked out a Cormarant flying south. A large formation of Canada Geese flying upriver followed by 2 Greylag got my attention, the latter being part of a feral population that lives on the river meadows and not "wild " as would be hoped for.
The Starling passage carried on from yesterday with 117 plus passing south west, also over were a flock of 29 Redwing that passed over to the west flying fast and in silence .
After a while a flock of 41 Fieldfare appeared from over Tirley hill followed by a small flock of 6 which landed on pasture.
Overhead the small passage of Pied Wagtails (9 ), and Meadow Pipits ( 8) carried on from the last few days . Skylarks were less numerous than of late with just 7 seen today.
The one bright spot in an otherwise poor day was a flock of 60 plus Linnet on a stubble field and a distant soaring Sparrowhawk .On a recently harvested field a large flock of feral pigeons were feeding ,so with the plastic geese and the plastic pigeons not a day for the purist.
Lets hope for better next week as I am on holiday !
