Midweek on the patch and the usual time restraints meant only brief visits, but still a few highlights. Firstly was a fine sighting of a Fox strolling across a flooded field ,great to see !
Winter Thrushes both Fieldfare and Redwing were present in good number with peak counts of 70 plus Redwing and 138 plus Fieldfare there were also a couple of Mistle Thrush thrown in for good measure.
The Skylark flock seems to be thinning out with a peak of 14 and Meadow Pipits are steady still at 14 birds .It is nice to report that we achieved a count of 4 Raven on Friday not just the usual 1 or 2.
A Peregrine Falcon stormed across the patch no doubt on its way to Ashleworth causing panic as it did so.
Black Headed Gulls were still evident over the floods with 120 plus on Friday, with them were small numbers of Lesser Black Backed, Common and Herring Gulls .
There were small numbers of Stock Dove present and we pushed the species count up by one with a Greater Spotted Woodpecker ,a bit overdue if you do not mind me saying so.
That now brings us up to 38
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