Hi John, Some cold weather sightings from Cwm Wyre - 26th, huge
undulating
flock of ?thrushes? several thousand strong heading South at dusk.
Through
the week Redwing numbers built up in the Cwm as they exploited the
thawed
out areas on the South facing side. 2nd - mixed flock of Redwings and
Song
Thrushes, around 12, feeding through the worst of the wind in the
garden
and around the house. Also one very pale greyish Song Thrush, very
wary
compared to the rest - continental race T.p.philomelos? A first for
the
Cwm, a female Merlin made two swift passes through the garden, a
female
Sparrowhawk was much less adept in the wind. Both sexes of GS
Woodpecker
at the feeder, 3 Long tailed Tits too unusually and a dozen
Blackbirds
below. Through the cold no sign of any Jays, Gold or Bullfinches.
A single
Woodcock on the 1st.
Keith Burdett