Pittswood Birds

Fieldfare

Jackdaw

Redwing At Migrant alley

Mallard

A large Puddle, that was created overnight, was quickly adopted by 7 Mallard

At last the weather had improved, this mornings walk was sunny and bright, with little wind. I left at 7.40, maybe a little too early, as little was about, just the odd singing ROBIN, BLACKBIRD, and MISTLE THRUSH. By the time I had reached the lake area it was lighter, and such scarce birds (for my patch) such as, KINGFISHER, LITTLE GREBE, and CORMORANT were found, as well as the MARSH TIT. In the waterlogged woods at least 4 TEAL lurked under cover. All these species are irregular sightings, so to see them in one visit boded well for a long day list. At migrant alley, one of the paddocks held 162 FIELDFARE with a sprinkling of REDWING and a couple of Mistle Thrush. Only 1 SKYLARK was heard, and the same for MEADOW PIPIT and PIED WAGTAIL. 3 GREAT BLACK BACK GULLS few over, a real scarce species to get, but even with this the total list came to 45. A good target for any day list in any month is 50 species, I could have expected, Kestrel, Long tailed tit, Coal Tit, Canada and Grey Lag Goose as well as Treecreeper today!