Blackcap

Sunny intervals, 12°, light NNW.

A visit by a male Blackcap to the garden this morning. I am assuming it is one of the overwintering birds that is still around rather than a newly arrived migrant.

Several species singing in the garden today: Coal Tit, Treecreeper, Goldcrest, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff, Robin and Great Tit.

Busy Garden

Cloudy then rain, 8°, fresh SSE.

A windy and wet day and not particularly fond of birding in those conditions, so a watch kept on the garden and a busy garden it was!

A lot more Finches today, the usual Tit flocks with associated species including Coal Tit, Treecreeper, Great-spotted Woodpecker (2), Green Woodpecker and a few House Sparrow.

Song Thrush & Little Egret

A wet day with almost continuous light to moderate rain, 13°, light SSW.

A day for not going out, however the Song Thrush visited the garden again and found a few worms amongst the leaf litter and then spent a few minutes having a bath. 

Later in the afternoon I was talking to Tony W on the phone who said he had seen 2 Little Egret out at Lollingdon this morning. And as if on cue a runner flushed a Little Egret from Cholsey Brook in Whitehead (brook) Meadow and it settled briefly in a tree before flying off south. Presumably towards Lollingdon again.

So there are at least 2 Little Egret around the village and maybe 3.

Garden stuff

Sunny and milder, max of 9º.

Not been out for the last few days so just a few odds and sods in the garden still, a single ♂ Blackcap still visiting along with a couple of Song Thrush and a ♀ Great-spotted Woodpecker and the two Stock Dove, also an increase in Greenfinch numbers with up to eight present and around a dozen Goldfinch.

A Green Woodpecker and a Mistle Thrush in the meadow, with the milder and brighter weather a few species are singing regularly, Robin, Song Thrush and Chaffinch all frequently now and also a few snippets of Blackcap song.

A few Snowdrops out in the garden and Daffodils coming in to bud.