It continues to be cold, grey, and very un-spring like. Dave and I went through the motions at Morton Bagot, meeting Tony who was ringing - mostly Blue Tits. Not that we were doing much better.
By the end of the morning we had recorded 47 species, none of them unusual for the site. On the journey in, my car flushed a Mistle Thrush below Bannams Wood. On reflection, that was probably the bird of the day.
The main feature was the large number of corvids, mostly Jackdaws, feeding in the fields from below Morton Springs fishery and over towards Studley Castle. I wrote 400 down in my notes, but made no serious effort to count them, and suspect the actually figure was much higher.
Very few birds were singing, and flocks of Starlings and Redwings added to the winter feel. The flash field contained the usual 30+ Teal, and 21 Lapwings, while the continued presence of a pair of Shelduck, and at least four Coot was a nod towards spring.
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In desperation we wandered slightly beyond the usual circuit, recording a few Siskins and Fieldfares whilst failing to relocate the 30 or so Black-headed Gulls we had seen heading away from the flash field.
Two pairs of Buzzards displayed in the usual places, but in all honesty this was one to forget.
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