A 2 hour walk across the patch this morning, all drains frozen:- 2 Mute swans flew over 6 Grey Herons, 1 flew over, 2 on drain bank & 3 on sunny side of hedge 1 female Kestrel c20 Moorhens 1 Woodcock feeding in open on sunny side of hedge Steady SW passage of gulls, mainly Herring with smaller numbers of Great Black-backed, Common & Black-headed Wood Pigeons, Stock & Collared Doves Dunnock Robins 1 Song Thrush Blackbirds 2 Wrens Great, Coal & Blue Tits 2 Magpies & 1 Jay Jackdaws, Rooks & Carrion Crows 1 Chaffinch c80 Lesser Redpolls feeding in silver birches, despite searching no sign of any Mealies 3 Goldfinches 2 Greenfinches 3 Bullfinches
_________________ Regards,
Andy.
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