Much of the boating lake is now iced over, with waterfowl concentrated around area 8. Other birds are now being forced to move due to this cold spell. I wonder if somewhere preferably in the park or at worst not to far away can produce a scarce winter thrush, something like an adult male Black-throated would be nice. Back to the park, my first walk about for a couple of weeks.
Red crested Pochard: 68 birds on the main lake.
Mandarin Duck: 46 hiding away on the main lake, they really can be hard to locate.
Fieldfare: 74 flew west.
Redwing: In the 2 hours I was in the park 380 flew over in no particular direction. There is no doubt a lot more passed through, as even from my kitchen window a couple of flocks headed west a few hours later.
Siskin: 4 birds were feeding in area 31.
Goldfinch: 36 birds feeding in small groups around the lakeside.
Redwing (above) drops in before continuing on it’s journey with
a passing flock (below).
This big yellow canary flew over my house yesterday not the most
melodic of birds.
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