Pittswood Birds

There's A Fieldfare In There Somewhere - Honest!

Blue Tit At One Of My Feeders

A fresh westerly wind blew this morning, but it was quite mild. During the 3 hr walk around the area 43 species were recorded. A group 0f 4 GREY HERON fed in a seedling field, and as I watched, 4 LBB GULL flew over, the first this month. A few FIELDFARE fed on the haws of a hedgerow that runs along the golf course boundary, they were accompanied by REDWING, SONGTHRUSH, and BLACKBIRD. At the lake it was quiet - as expected- but their were 15 MALLARD and another Grey Heron there. Nothing stirred in the now dry woods, so it was on to the farmland area, MEADOW PIPITS ''Tseeped'' and SKYLARKS danced across migrant alley, and a YELLOWHAMMER called as it flew over. Moving on to the college, and following the river, I scanned the Alder trees. feeding in them were approx 80 SISKIN, and a sprinkling of GOLDFINCH, but although I scanned through them I couldn't find the first Redpoll for the year. A male SPARROWHAWK flew beneath the feeding Siskin - carrying what looked like a Blue Tit- and all the birds took of as one, before settling down a bit further on.

Clearance Of a Ditch - And Anything Else That Got In the Way!

A Poor Attempt At Hedge Laying Along The River- By Hadlow College