Off to a good start

So three days into January and we are off to  fine start for the patch list for 2014.The weather has been very wet ,windy and generally crap. Friday was the first proper walk on the patch and resulted in 24 species being seen .Major highlights were a superb female Peregrine Falcon that put the frighteners on the winter Thrushes ,a flock of 70 plus Lapwing and 425 plus Black Headed Gulls on floodwater .
Redwing numbered 150 plus and Fieldfare a healthy 60 plus .Just 5 Meadow Pipits and a single Skylark today .
So the birds seen today were 1.Blue Tit
                                                2. Robin
                                                3.Dunnock
                                                4.Starling
                                                5. Crow
                                                6. Chaffinch
                                                7.Black Bird
                                                 8.Skylark
                                                 9.Jackdaw
                                                 10.Pied Wagtail
                                                  11.Redwing
                                                 12.Wood Pigeon
                                                  13. Fieldfare
                                                  14. Meadow Pipit
                                                   15. Goldfinch
                                                   16.Great Tit
                                                   17. Kestrel
                                                   18. Rook
                                                   19. Lesser Black Backed Gull
                                                   20. Common Gull
                                                   21. Mallard
                                                   22. Peregrine Falcon
                                                   23. Wren.
                                                   24. Pheasant  
Many of these birds are almost always seen but as we build up the number of species for the year I will not mention them. I plan to be out early tomorrow to add to the 2014 list.