I went for a walk around the nature trail to see what was about. A little quiet at first, but once I got my eye in to the hedgerows, I noticed that there was quite a lot of stuff sitting quietly in there. The most active part was the dismantled railway line section of the nature trail. I also scanned the fields across the road to look for lapwing and golden plover, but did not see any today. The roe deer were in their usual place in the arable field next to the carpark. I got nice views of a sparrowhawk which whizzed by about 2 foot away from the truck while I was sitting in it, and enjoyed watching the kestrel hunting over the wildflower meadow.For those of you who are interested, here is a list of what I saw:
Old railway line:
A group of 7 blackbirds, 4 female, 3 male, feeding together in the middle of the path
30+ Chaffinches - I did look for brambling amongst them but did not spot any. 2 Robins
Song thrush
Great tit
Blue tit
Jay
Pair Bullfinch
Family of 13 long tailed tits
20 linnets
5 goldfinches
3 Roe deer in arable field next to carpark
Midgies!
Wild flower meadow
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel hunting
Beaumont's wood
Greater spotted woodpecker
Wren
Robin
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Pair of chaffinch Brambling
If you check flocks of winter chaffinch, you may be lucky and spot a lovely brambling or two amoungst them
Keeley