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Sunday 8th Feb
Well today was very windy. I sat in the hide wondering if it was about to leave me sitting there resting my elbows on an imaginary shelf looking rather stupid!! There were some good flocks of fieldfares around today, at least 250 plus and small groups of Redwing in with these. The eastern fields, the wildflower meadow and the large field were full of Thrushes and Starlings. Near the hawthorn paddock on some very muddy ground eight Yellowhammers hopped around picking up seeds. A pair of Robins joined them and decided to scrap. There a few other small birds in the paddock and I heard a Treecreeper calling but couldn't find it. The flooded fields to the south east of the farm were full of flocks of woodpigeon and I counted 89 Stock Doves here. I had found a similar flock here last week. There is obviously something good to eat here! The pool water levels are the highest I have every seen them. There is a single Little Grebe about. This has been around for a while now. Amongst the Teal there was a single Wigeon and the Shoveler from yesterday.
Tuesday 10th February Pete Jordan 300+ Teal, 4 Wigeon, a pair Shoveler, 200 Fieldfare,
2 Buzzard, 20 Yellowhammer, 60 Goldfinch and 200+ Lapwing flying over.
Also a Sparrow Hawk, Grey Heron, Moorhen and Reed Bunting. Thursday 12th February Martin Grant I have been to Wall Farm, when I arrived at the
hide I filled the feeders, 15 minutes later I looked out and there were
10 Tree Sparrows on the feeders along with 2 Chaffinch, 2 Great Tits
and a Yellowhammer. On the marsh were 2 Greylag Geese, 3 Canada Geese,
2 Moorhen, a Little Grebe, 200 Teal, 20 Mallard and a male Wigeon. On
the telegraph wires 65 Starlings, 3 Male Reed Buntings, a Kestrel and
a Meadow Pipit. In the field at the back of the marsh were 4 Pheasants
and a Curlew was also heard. As I was about to leave a female Sparrow
Hawk flew low over the marsh startling the Teal onto the open water
revealing twice as many as I had counted earlier, there must have been
at least 400. Also recorded today 50 Fieldfare, a single Redwing, 5
Collard Doves and 16 Lesser Black-backed Gulls flying over.
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