The day couldn`t have got off to a better start, when the "teu teu" call of a Redshank was heard over the garden at 06:40. It `s surprising what you can pick up, when you stand at the back door during the pre-daylight hours. That was it then till it got light, and the other notable stuff from the garden (prior to setting off for Cortonwood), were ;
Cormorant 19 W (flocks of 8 & 11), Stock Dove 1 (feeding), Mistle Thrush 1 (singing).
Cormorants
Despite the excellent calm conditions, Cortonwood was pretty quiet, with the lake producing the only highlights ;
Grey Heron 1, Shoveler 9, Pochard 3, Tufted Duck 30, Coot (colour-ringed bird).
Carrion Crow
Back at home and the only species to make it into the notebook, was a pre-roost gathering of 30 Goldfinch.
Birds : January / Year - 70
Redshank...yet another good addition to your patch year list Dean.
ReplyDelete30 goldfinch must be a treat. We have a flock of about 10 American goldfinch that visit our feeders almost every day, but they are not nearly as colorful as yours are.
ReplyDeleteRedshank have,nt arrived back over this end yet.
ReplyDeleteGood to get so many Cormorants together
A good variety there Dean, will you be reporting to the Garden Birdwatch? I shan't bother, all I saw today was BHGs and Magpies.
ReplyDeleteJason : It`s an annual species and one that i get more records from the garden than anywhere else on the patch.
ReplyDeleteWilma : They are a treat to see, but i`d still swap a flock of em for one of your American one`s.
Brian : The Redshank will have have no doubt come off the Old Moor.
I do well for Cormorants. Yet another species that pass over from the Old Moor on their way to feed elsewhere.
Toffeeapple : Thank you. I`ve never done the RSPB Garden Birdwatch. Don`t know why though. It`s not as though it`s time consuming.