My Local Patch! A Robin Missing His Tail Feathers & Friends!!!!!

Over the last few days the weather has been better enabling me to be out and about.

Not the best weather for photgraphing wildlife and birds, but dry enough to get out and see what is happening.

The bird song and calls have changed, Great Tits & Blue Tits starting to annouce that Spring is on it's way.

Snow Drops starting to appear under my trees and shrubs, Crocus and Daffodils starting to show signs of life.

On monday I visited Saltholme, good numbers of Lapwing, Canada Geese, Pinkfoots, Teal, Wigeon, Curlew, Coots, Moorhen, Water Rails, Reed Buntings, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Linnets, Feildfare, Redwing, Dunlin, Redshank, Pintails, Mute Swans, Grey Herons, Mallards, Gadwall, Goldeneye, Golden Plovers, Bar-tailed Godwits, Black-headed Gulls, Herring Gulls, Lesser-backed Gulls, Woodpigeons, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Skylarks, Pied Wagtails, Wrens, Starlings, Robins, Great Tits, Blue Tits, Long-tailed Tits, Kestrels and a Merlin.

Possibly another dozen species that I will have forgotten.

Robin missing hi tail feathers

Male Blackbird

Long-tailed Tit

1st yr Male Reed Bunting

Feildfare, dozens of them. I Tried to get a close up but couldn't get near enough.

Male Goldfinch

Teal, at least 30 in the flock.

Another Male Reed Bunting

The best shot I could get of a Linnet, they don't stay still LOL.

 Skeens of Pinkfoots, flying at very high altitudes.

Water Rails

 A mixture of Gull Species.

Enjoyed the day. Albeit it was freezing cold.

Regards Buzzard