Well the title got your attention ! A quick midweek update as I think that the arrival of the first winter Thrushes is always worth a mention. the first Redwing passed over the house around 10am ,and then a small flock of Fieldfare (6) went north just after. So with that in mind Willow and I hot footed it onto the patch to see what else might of dropped in or was passing over.
Redwing eventually got to 35 plus but none stopped ,they seem to be heading in all directions really. No more Fieldfares were seen .Other thrushes were 12 plus Blackbird including a definite continental bird and 2 Song Thrushes dropped out of the sky.
In the hedgerows there were around 13 pus Robins this afternoon ,so some must of moved on (810 at Spurn Point yesterday !), .Our run of Bullfinches continues with a healthy 5 today and a really nice flock of 20 plus Long Tailed Tits was nice to see.
On the pastures a really good count of 41 plus Skylarks was had and Meadow Pipits were at 89 plus around the patch .100 plus Starling were feeding on stubble, as were 11 plus Pied wagtails.
The linnet passage continues on with 35 plus over along with 20 plus Goldfinch both moving south.
The best of the rest were a Jay, 2 Buzzard, 7 Stock Dove and a Cormorant over. Anyway just a quick update and I am off the latter part of next week but it looks as if I have chosen the wrong week with all the good birds arriving on the east coast this week, well you never know what might turn up next week .
I must mention the incredible 550 plus Ring Ouzels at Dungeness yesterday (YES THAT IS 550 !)
