The level of the Thames has dropped but it is still flowing
relatively fast and still a lot of flooding in adjacent fields, also quite icy
in most places and many of the flooded areas still frozen over.
Thirty-two Pied
Wagtail on an icy flooded area near Bow Bridge there were more in an
adjacent field but no visual on them, could only hear them calling, also ten Cormorant in their usual rest tree.
Thrushes prominent here with Plenty of Fieldfare and Redwing,
around twenty Blackbird and three Song Thrush.
Cholsey Marsh busy and at least two Water Rail heard and five Common
Snipe seen, the marsh is still quite waterlogged and the path is mainly
navigable with wellies on.
Again, many thrushes here as well with over thirty Blackbird and five Song Thrush and a single Mistle
Thrush noted along with approximately a hundred of each Fieldfare and Redwing. At one point, the thrushes went in to panic mode and in a
short while I noted a Sparrowhawk
sat in some bushes, it then flew off across the river. A Tufted Duck on the river and thirty plus Mallard present.
Rather chilly on Lollingdon hill and again thrushes in
evidence, over twenty Blackbird and
six Song Thrush noted here along
with a few Fieldfare and Redwing. Many gulls feeding in local
fields (Black-headed and Lesser
Blackback) and six Common Gull
seen, three adults and a first winter and then two more adults.
The garden has been busy today with an increase in Greenfinch and Blackbird (probably word has
gotten around about the apples and sultanas for the Blackbirds) along with
ten plus Goldfinch, two Jay briefly and a Great-spotted Woodpecker and Stock
Dove again. The pair of Carrion Crow
have been more frequent in the garden since the onset of the colder weather.
Woke up just before daylight this morning and hearing Tawny Owl calling, Robin singing
and a Grey Heron passing overhead.
A Red Fox also
seen on my travels today.
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