26th December

Walked the long walk down to Ironbridge, along the river to Cressage and back along the lanes through Sheinton; it was unfortunately pretty unremarkable with a calling Peregrine somewhere around the cooling towers at Ironbridge Power Station and the 2 wintering Common Sandpipers on the river (one at Buildwas and the other in front of Leighton Hall).    Other totals included my first Red Kite for the river, 21 Goosanders, 2 Kingfishers, 4 Mandarin, 2 Teal and c100 Skylarks – c30 at Buildwas and c70 at Cressage Bridge.

Red Kite

Buzzards

Common Sandpiper

Goosander