Waterworks/Highfield Lanes today:

1 Buzzard
12 Yellowhammer
1 Bullfinch
2 Corn Bunting
11 Grey Partridge
2 Pheasant
35+Fieldfare
1 Pied Wagtail
2 Common Gulls
1 Sparrowhawk

Mike

2 Buzzards yesterday, 2 Yellowhammer and 14 Grey Partridge this morning (Waterworks Lane). Have been unwell so most of my birding the last few days has been in the garden:

Sat:

Blackbird 9
Robin 2
Chaffinch 22+
Blue Tit 2
Dunnock 1
Collared Dove 40+
Greenfinch 12
Goldfinch 7
Tree Sparrow 1
G S Woodpecker 1
Bullfinch 1 (male) - only second garden record - eating sunflower hearts from feeder right outside house
House Sparrow 15
Sparrowhawk 1 - male visited several times, zooming around the garden
Rook 11
Jackdaw 1
Great Tit 1
Wood Pigeon 1
Grey Partridge 4

Sun:

Blackbird 8
Robin 2
Chaffinch 13
Blue Tit 3
Dunnock 2
Collared Dove 39
Greenfinch 24+
Goldfinch 5
Jay 1
G S Woodpecker 1
Black-headed Gull 1 (first garden record)
House Sparrow 13
Pheasant 1
Rook 22+ (corvids present for long periods today)
Jackdaw 5
Great Tit 1
Wood Pigeon 1
Grey Partridge 5
Crow 1
Magpie 2
Fieldfare 1
Starling 4

Waterworks Lane

Saturday:

28 Yellowhammer
13 Grey Partridge
24 Chaffinch
3 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
32 Fieldfare
4 Common Gull
2 Reed Bunting

Sunday

18 Golden Plover (50 yards from being a garden tick!)
70+ Lapwing
3 Redshank
6+ Fieldfare (most of flock out of sight in back field behind hedge)
1 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
14 Yellowhammer





-- Edited by Mike Baron at 16:51, 2007-12-23

-- Edited by Mike Baron at 16:52, 2007-12-23

Waterworks Lane today: 1 Merlin - male perched on fencepost eating a small bird - fantastic views 1 Buzzard - perched on farm machinery at side of road - didn't move when I parked the car alongside 3 Yellowhammer 3 Song Thrush 34 Fieldfare 5 Grey Partridge