It has been a few weeks since I updated the blog , to be honest I have been still walking the patch but there have been no birds of any consequence to write about. So today I decided to make a big effort and try and find something worth writing about ,I failed ,this winter has been a huge disappointment so far , but then again it has been so mild far from the one predicted .
A good bird was a Chiffchaff in one of the hedgerows, the first for quite a while and a bird that is wintering with us.
Thrush"s were a Mistle Thrush, 17 plus Fieldfare, 47 plus Redwing and a dozen or so Blackbirds.
On the fields were 9 plus Skylark and a good 27 plus Meadow Pipits , 3 Pied Wagtails and just 3 Stock Doves. It was odd to see a flock of 8 Magpies in the hedges. A Greater Spotted Woodpecker flew over . Raptors were a Buzzard which was worming and a hunting male Kestrel.
The year is limping to the end can we add one more species to the patch list for 2013 ? lets hope so but it would appear as likely as England winning the Ashes , but lets see .
