early morning dog walk managed to beat the bad weather that came in later
pair stonechat, 16 very noisy canada geese over,2 meadow pipit, 4 reed bunting, 3 chaffinch in with a small goldfinch flock, great tit, blackbird, blue tit, dunnock, at least 8 robin, magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon,
diggle flash- @06-35 a 1st winter iceland gull spent 5mins circling low over the water before flying off in a north easterly direction ( possibly came from the pennington gull roost), 7 black headed gull. 2 lesser black backed gull, 5 gadwall, 2 mallard, c30 tufted duck, c20 coot, 1 mute swan, 5 little grebe seen on main flash with 1 more heard on stock pond, 1 cormorant over, 2 moorhen,

morning dog walk
pair stonechat nr top of new road, 2 collared dove, 2 chaffinch, 1 house sparrow, 14 goldfinch, 6 blackbird, 5 robin, 3 dunnock, 2 wren, 2 reed bunting, great tit, blue tit, 1 kestrel, magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon,
diggle flash- 1 m goldeneye, 3 gadwall, 5 mallard, 1 cormorant, 1 great crested grebe, 2 little grebe, 1 canada goose, c50 tufted duck, c30 coot, 2 moorhen, 8 black headed gull,

late news for yesterday 25/02/2017
mid afternoon

2 Whooper Swan flew north
1 Curlew (heard only)
1 Water Rail
1 Buzzard

morning dog walk
pair stonechat, 3 skylark, 4 reed bunting, 12 canada geese over, 5 mallard over, great tit, blue tit, goldfinch, blackbird, wren, robin, dunnock, 4 mistle thrush, magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon,
diggle flash- c25 each of tufted duck and coot, 16 black headed gull, 4 moorhen, 1 little grebe, 1 cormorant, 1 grey heron, 2 gadwall, 2 mallard,

Birds alongside the top of the access road off Smiths Lane this morning included 2 Stonechat, Snipe, Willow Tit and a Reed Bunting in partial song 

Mooch this afternoon,

28 Tufted Duck
2 Pochard
1 Little Grebe
2 Great Crested Grebe
1 Mistle Thrush
4 Redwing
2 Linnet
3 Reed Bunting
5 Meadow Pipit
1 Stonechat
1 Jay
Brilliant views of a Goldcrest, literally down to 3 foot it didn't seem bothered at all, flitting about tirelessly.
12 Long Tailed Tits
Had a nice mixed flock of Finches in around C11, Redpoll, Siskin, Goldfinch and Chaffinch.

Plus all usuals.

morning dog walk
pair stonechat, 2 long tailed tit, 2 blue tit, decent numbers great tit, 2 mistle thrush, 5 chaffinch, blackbird,dunnock,wren, robin,magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon,
diggle flash- 3 gadewall, 1m shoveler, 1m pochard, 2 mute swan, black headed gull, coot, tufted duck, 3 moorhen, 1 cormorant,1 great crested grebe.

early morning walk in darkness but still plenty of singing birds 2 mistle thrush singing loudly from 06-10, plenty of robin and blackbird singing but these tended to be close to the road with street lights. canada geese heard but not seen. at least 4 little grebe calling,

early morning walk still dark and raining so not much seen

12 jackdaw over,7 canada geese over, 1 mistle thrush singing in the dark and rain, several blackbird and robin heard singing,

pair of stonechat nr top of new road, pair goldeneye on diggle flash.

morning dog walk
2 goldeneye 1m 1f, 4 gadwall, 6 mallard, 11 canada geese, 2 mute swan, 4 moorhen, tufted duck, coot, black headed gulls, 2 lesser black backed gulls,
robin, great tit, blue tit, long tailed tit, blackbird, reed bunting, wren, magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon,

morning dog walk very windy
mixed flock of long tailed tit and goldfinch with approx 10 of each very flighty, 2 flocks of great tit 6 and 9, 5 blackbird, 2 robin and 2 dunnock foraging in undergrowth, 2 blue tit, 1 reed bunting, magpie,carrion crow, wood pigeon.
diggle flash- 2 pochard 1m 1f, 6 gadwall, 3 mallard, 3 moorhen, 1 grey heron, 2 mute swan, 19 black headed gull, 1 little grebe, tufted duck, coot,

morning dog walk
4 long tailed tit, 2 small mixed great tit and blue tit flocks, robin,wren, blackbird, 4 chaffinch, magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon, 2 collared dove,1 grey heron over, 1 kestrel,
diggle flash- 3 pochard 2m 1f, 5 gadwall, 3 mallard, 2 mute swan, 4 moorhen, 7 black headed gull, 2 great crested grebe, 1 little grebe, 1 cormorant, tufted duck, coot,

morning dog walk
14 redwing, 1 mistle thrush and 3 blackbird feeding opn hawthorns, robin, wren, great tit, blue tit, reed bunting, 1 cock pheasant, magpie,carrion crow, wood pigeon, 8 goldfinch,
diggle flash- 3 mute swan, 7 gadwall, 5 mallard, 1 cormorant, 14 black headed gull, 1 little grebe, tufted duck, coot, 2 moorhen,

morning dog walk
8 goldfinch, 4 blackbird, 2 robin, 2 wren, small mixed flock of great and blue tit with 1 chaffinch, magpie,carrion crow, wood pigeon,
diggle flash- c 80 black headed gull, 3 common gull, 3 lesser black backed gull and 1 herring gull i presume an overnight roost as it was just coming light as i walked round and even before i had walked all round the flash most of the gulls had moved on, 3 gadwall, 1m pochard, 4 mallard, 1 great crested grebe, 2 little grebe, 3 mute swan the 2 residents on the main flash with another adult on the stock pond all 3 present yesterday as well, c60 coot, c40 tufted duck,2 moorhen,

a nice mixed flock yesterday with 2 greenfinch, 5 redpoll and 6 siskin feeding on alders with goldfinch and great tits,

45 minute quick spell, while visiting my dads.

1 Water Rail, Fir Tree Flash.
1 Willow Tit, C6
3 Snipe, C4
6 Linnet over C8
1 Little Grebe, Fir Tree Flash
4 Greenfinch, C6. Don't see many Greenfinch on this site.
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker C6

45 mins mid morning C3 only - 1 Herring Gull, 2 Common Gull, 18 Redwing, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel

skein of c60 pink footed geese SE @ 09-45, 8 goldfinch, great tit, blue tit, long tailed tit, 2 chaffinch, 1 meadow pipit, 2 reed bunting, blackbird,robin,wren, magpie,carrion crow, wood pigeon,
diggle flash- 1m pochard, 1 cormorant, 1 grey heron, 1 great crested grebe, 2 mute swan, 2 gadwall, 11 mallard, 8 black headed gulls, coot, tufted duck, 3 moorhen,

morning dog walk
20+ flock of mixed great tit and long tailed tit, 16 goldfinch, 2 chaffinch, 2 wren getting frisky the male actually trying to mount, several blackbird, 4 robin, 1 reed bunting, 1 blue tit, magpie,carrion crow, wood pigeon,
diggle flash- 1m pochard, 11 mallard, 8 gadwall, 2 mute swan, c30 tufted duck, c60 coot, 4 moorhen, 1 great crested grebe, 2 little grebe, 8 black headed gull,

morning dog walk pretty quiet birdwise
8 long tailed tit, 2 goldfinch, 2 chaffinch, 6 great tit, 2 blue tit, 3 blackbird, 2 robin, 1 dunnock, 2 wren, magpie, carrion crow, wood piugeon, 3 reed bunting, 2 lesser black backed gull
diggle flash- c40 each of tufted duck and coot, 21 gadwall, 5 mallard, 9 black headed gull, 2 mute swan, 2 little grebe, 1 great crested grebe, 4 moorhen,

13.50 - dusk
1 Drake Mandarin -FTF first I have seen here
1 Kingfisher - FTF
2 Common Gull on football field
3 Teal - C10
single Common Snipe - FTF
Water Rail calling at dusk from Nevisons
2 Kestrel
45 Redwing
my estimation might be a bit high but I reckon on 5 to 7000 Starling in tonights roost, which is by far the largest roost I have seen here. they flew in from all directions, 3/4 roosted in central ditch and the rest in Nevisons.

no sign of drake Scaup seen early morning

morning dog walk
diggle flash- 64 tufted duck, 52 coot, 9 gadwall, 6 mallard, 8 black headed gull, 3 moorhen, 1 great crested grebe, 1 little grebe, 2 adult mute swan no sign of the cygnet thats been on the stock pond the past couple of days,
several goldfinch flocks of 17, 7, 5 and 2 x 3s, 8 long tailed tit, 1 chaffinch, blackbird, robin,wren, dunnock, 1 reed bunting, magpie,carrion crow, wood pigeon,
5 meadow pipit in C7 where the promised cattle have finally been moved in although not the longhorns they originally said we would be getting i think these are a highland cattle breed black wooly cattle i saw 12 closely grouped together.

late morning/early afternoon
c60 long tailed tit in various flocks around walk biggest flock 20+ smallest 8, 16 goldfinch, 3 reed bunting, 3 meadow pipit, 1 common gull on new water, blackbird,great tit,blue tit, dunnock,wren,robin, 2 chaffinch, 1m bullfinch, 3 jay, 1 grey heron over, 32 jackdaw over NW @ 11-30 ish 1 jackdaw SE about 10 mins later, magpie,carrion crow, wood pigeon, 5 black headed and 3 lesser black backed gulls over,
diggle flash- c80 tufted duck C10 floods were frozen so some probably moved from there as i saw nothing at all on floods, c50 coot, 14 gadwall, 2m pochard, 2 great crested grebe, 2 little grebe seen 2 more heard only, 6 mallard, 2 moorhen, 17 black headed gull, 3 mute swan 2 residents on main flash 1 cygnet on stock pond talking to one gentleman who seems to think it may be the cygnet from the resident pair we had both heard stories the cygnet had died but this gentleman also heard it had been taken by the rspa unwell and thinks it may have been nursed back to health and returned ?

morning dog walk- rain very heavy at times also turning to hailstone at times

1 reed bunting, blackbird,robin,wren,5 goldfinch, small numbers blue, great and long tailed tit, magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon, 3 lesser black backed gulls,
diggle flasah- 3 m pochard, 2 gadwall, 2 great crested grebe, 2 mallard, 2 mute swan, c50 tufted duck, c40 coot, 8 black headed gull,