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
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
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