after doing nothing since early nov having man flu being snowed in and another dose of manflu had to get out for my first tetrad visit. heavy drizzle still lots of ice around but did better than expected especially around the 2 pig farms on TA30 Q. 26 species in total and certainly better than i expected.
dabchick 1
widgeon 2
pink feet 8 flyovers
comm gull 14
black-headed gull 24
lessr black back 2
grey partridge 4
red-leg partridge 10
pheasant 11
kestrel 2
merlin 1
wood pigeon 259
stock dove 5
carrion crow 14
rook 6
jackdaw 2
magpie 3
song thrush 6 real surprise all feeding in pig farm
blackbird 37 as above
redwing 5
mistle thrush 5
pied wagtail 4
robin 5
starling 3
chaffinch 2
wren 1 the surprise off the day, all from song thrush were at the pig farms first song thrush i have seen for weeks. majority of the birds were feeding between the buildings where leafs were pied up or on the sty roofs on the moss,
terry whalin
