Pittswood Birds

There was a cool, moderate southerly wind this morning, making it difficult to hear any bird calls. It was also meant to be a wet day - it didn't rain until dusk - another crap weather forecast! The total species seen was 40, a reasonable tally for November. Plenty of winter thrush's were in the hedgerows again, and a fortunate encounter with a LT TIT flock gave me several species in one go, BLUE, GREAT and COAL TIT as well as NUTHATCH and GOLDCREST. Overhead BH GULL, Mixed with HERRING GULL continually drifted over in two's and threes. At least 2 KESTRELS hunted over the area, and the now usual SPARROWHAWK did the same. I went out again, for an hour, mid afternoon. The gulls had formed a flock on a seedling grass field - some 75+, mixed Black Headed an Herring. A couple of species not seen in the morning, both flyovers, YELLOWHAMMER and CORMORANT brought the total to 42 for the day.