A lovely, largely sunny day with the lightish but still cold wind back in
the east but the nets and the garden were pretty much empty of birds as we
managed just 9 new birds all morning; there was the merest trickle of Finches
overhead through the first part of the morning including small numbers of
Chaffinches, Bramblings, Linnets, Goldfinches, Redpolls, Siskins, Greenfinches
and Twite with a single Crossbill to complete things.
A Great Grey Shrike also flew over while at least 5 Northern Bullfinches were still in
the garden (but they all already had rings!) and two Little Gulls fed
offshore. A walk to town in the
afternoon was also quiet with 4 Waxwings
in the centre and a Hen Harrier over the fields.
I caught this spangly Golden Plover last night
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