Good to get out after a few days of decorating. A rather dull day weather wise but loads of birds around.
Lollingdon, Cholsey Meadows, River and Bunk areas.
A number of fields have recently been tilled along the Bunk area and Cholsey Hill and it seems to have attracted large numbers of birds.
1000+ Gulls, mainly Lesser Blackback, plus Black-headed and Herring that could be positively ID’d.
1000+ Wood Pigeon, 1000+ Corvids, mainly Rook and Jackdaw with Carrion Crow, Magpie and 2 Raven and a 1000+ Starling.
A few scarcities noted, with a Brambling feeding with c20 Chaffinch and a very late Tree Pipit heard overhead flying with 3 Meadow Pipit in the Bunk area and a Sanderling on the Floods at Lollingdon. Todays Sanderling is a first record for Cholsey that takes us to 204 bird species for the parish.
c50 Pied Wagtail, 100+ Meadow Pipit, 25+ Skylark, 50+ Linnet, 7 Grey Heron, 6 Yellowhammer, a Reed Bunting, Water Rail, Common Snipe, 2 Shoveler, Teal (2 sites), Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk, good numbers of both Fieldfare and Redwing and a Grey Wagtail.
AD & PC.
Sanderling courtesy Alan
Pair of Shoveler courtesy Alan
Black-headed Gull
One of the Gull flocks
Pied Wagtail
Some of the Starling
High flying Sparrowhawk
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