Friday 23 October 2015

October 23rd
On a dull but windless morning we walked around the Shuart area and recorded 2 Common Buzzards, 1 Little Owl, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 4 Goldcrests, 6 Long-tailed Tits, 11 Siskins, 4 Kestrels, 1 Chiffchaff, 12 Fieldfares, 29 Chaffinches, 1 unringed Great Grey Shrike, 8 Mute Swans, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Stonechats, 55 Linnets, 3 House Martins, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Dartford Warbler, 25 Goldfinches, 81 Redwings, 17 Blackbirds, 51 Lesser Redpoll feeding on Greater Willowherb, 3 Brambling, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Swallows, 1 male Peregrine unsuccessfully chasing a Redwing, 3 Ring-necked Parakeets and 1 Jay.

Great Grey Shrike

In addition Marc Heath who arrived a little later heard the Yellow-browed Warbler and 2 Coal Tits as well as finding a second Dartford Warbler by the railway crossing.

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