Another murky day so went for a walk to the west of the
village via Lollingdon, most fields still partially flooded and frozen. Many
winter thrushes now feeding in the fields as virtually all the berry crop has
gone, over five hundred of each Fieldfare
and Redwing seen in total along with
over one hundred Blackbird.
Twenty plus Song
Thrush noted but most of these feeding in the leaf litter along the
hedgerows and two Mistle Thrush
noted.
One field held five Common
Snipe, a Grey Heron and a stream
that ran along the edge had two Teal and
seven Mallard present.
The fields on and around Cholsey hill held several hundred Golden Plover and Lapwing all spread out and foraging the partially frozen fields
with again many winter thrushes present, also several small flocks of Starling.
A couple of species counts today on my walk, twenty-three Robin and eighteen Wren noted, not sure whether those figures will be meaningful in
any way but may be useful to check back?
A few Kestrel,
ten plus Buzzard and Red Kite were the only raptors noted
today.
The garden had a rarity today (for the garden that is) in the shape of a Starling that seemed to enjoy the suet balls and sultanas, also the
Great-spotted Woodpecker again and a
flock of fourteen Long-tailed Tit
arrived mid-afternoon and stayed for around five minutes before moving on and
the same flock returned several times late afternoon. All the other usual
garden visitors present.
Tawny Owls vocal in garden last night.
A couple of Waxwing
in Wallingford last weekend and a flock of twelve in nearby Pangbourne (Berkshire)
today.Tawny Owls vocal in garden last night.
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