29th Dec

Car Park Feeders:
Bullfinch (2) calling in the trees, Reed Bunting (1f)

Feeding Station:
Willow Tit (3), GS Woodpecker (1m), Pheasant (1m 2f), Goldfinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin (4), Blackbird, Dunnock (2), Chaffinch, Reed Bunting (1m)

Main Pool:
Little Grebe (1), Bullfinch (1m 1f), Grey Heron

The Scrape:
Grey Heron

Woods
Treecreeper (2)

The Flashes:
Meadow Pipit (2), Canada Goose (12), Corvids

It's Christmas day ....

... And so I snuck off to Whitty for a couple of hours in the morning. It was quiet in the car park and the paths were very wet & muddy - we really need some hardcore for the paths. So I just went to the Feeder Hide and there were the usual suspects.


Robin
Great, Blue and Willow tits
Goldfinch
Chaffinch
Reed bunting
Treecreeper
Pheasant
Dunnock
Great spotted woodpecker


and best of all a Nuthatch so it looks as though they are back after the loss of one of the pair last year. Unfortunately the light was really poor and even with the camera set to ISO800 I couldn't get a really sharp photo but I'll be back.

One good thing about the cool damp weather, there's some nice fungi around at the moment

21st Dec

Nuthatch at feeding station (per D.Hutton)

19th Dec

siskin and lesser redpoll at feeding station (per Midlandbirder)

Saturday 6th December

Feeding Station: Willow Tit (3), Coal tit (1), GS Woodpecker (1m 1f), Siskin (1m 1f), Goldfinch (8)

Woods: Bullfinch (2), Redwind/Fieldfare (c.15 over), Sparrowhawk (1 over)

Main Pool: frozen

The scrape: Shoveler (2m 1f), Mallard (2)

Nyger feeder (on route to river pool): Willow Tit (1), Goldfinch (3), Bullfinch (2)