The weather has turned colder now we are in to December and
the garden feeders are being attended far more frequently. Goldfinch are prominent with numbers growing and several Greenfinch have started to turn up regularly, up to six Blackbird feeding in the garden now it has got colder and an irregular Song Thrush. Will put a few apples and sultanas out tonight. The usual Wood Pigeon and Collared Dove along with one or two Stock Dove, other regulars include approx ten Chaffinch, a Robin (always
singing at dawn), Wren, two or three
Dunnock and a Great-spotted Woodpecker that feeds frequently on suet balls. Blue, Great, Coal and Long-tailed Tit also regular visitors.
Even though the level of the Thames has dropped, the floods
at South Moreton are still widespread and it is still attracting large numbers
of birds. At peak times there are approx several thousand Gulls, mainly Lesser Blackback Gull and Black-headed Gull. Still a large plover
flock with roughly five hundred of each Lapwing
and Golden Plover but may well be
more, also some Common Snipe and
what looked like several Dunlin and
a few Teal. The area I watched from
has a limited view and some areas are distant so there may be other species present
and numbers may be higher.
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