8th February

Fieldfare
Fieldfare and Redwing

Redwings and Fieldfares

No matter how cold, birds really need water to bath and drink in.


I wasn't in the park yesterday, but another birder reported seeing a small mixed flock of winter thrushes, today this flock had increased.

Water Rail:
There are possibly three birds in the rail ditch. The undertail coverts seem to indicate this.
Fieldfare: Forty-eight birds feeding on the ground in area 20.
Redwing: Sevent-two birds feeding in area 20.
Siskin: Four birds in area 24.
Goldfinch: Twenty-six feeding in area 24, there were also a few feeding on the ground in area 20.

Comments

castlehaven said…
9 Redwing Areas 23 + 24; a single Redwing in Area 20.
3-4 Siskin feeding with Goldfinches in willows Area 25.
No Fieldfares, they may have been moved on by the ever increasing number of people turning up in the park. I saw them last at 12.20 when footballers were gathering in the vicinity.
castlehaven said…
Forgot to say, 1 x Coal Tit Area 1 on feeder, 2 x Coal Tit Area 24 on feeder