In sunny, but cold, conditions Dave and I paid our usual Sunday morning respects to the patch. There are still a few low-hanging fruit available for the year-list, and that's just as well. We duly plucked three Jack Snipe, 14 Common Snipe, Grey Heron, and Red Kite before the pick of the day, a pair of Marsh Tits.
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| Marsh Tit |
There are still a good number of Fieldfares and Redwings to sift through, and we were pleased to see an increased number of Lapwings (35), in the flash field. The Greylag Goose flock was even harder to see than last week, but didn't seem to be accompanied by anything rare. About 21 Teal completed the picture at the flash field.
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| Fieldfare |
There was a good smattering of finches with all the expected species in small numbers, and we accumulated three pairs of Stonechats, assuming we weren't counting one pair three times.
Further afield, Waxwings are still absent from the Circle, but there have been a couple of good sightings of other species. Matt Griffiths heard Pink-footed Goose calls over Tidbury Green a couple of nights ago, with Josh Toogood also hearing some over Cofton Hackett. The belief is that these records were of the same bird(s). Meanwhile, Tony and Leigh Kelly caught an immature (maybe immature female) Common Redpoll at Alne Wood on Friday along with 59 Lesser Redpolls.
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