Garden birding

Hello

With the very cold weather continuing our small garden has been very busy with birds again today including an invasion of Fieldfares - on several occasions I counted over twenty individuals attacking apples and each other, or feeding on dried mealworms/suet pellets and the last of the guelder rose berries.

Double-glazed windows isn't great for photography but I spent a little while this morning trying to digitally capture the mini invasion.

At least two Bramblings were still at Harrington Airfield this morning, an adult Peregrine was north of Kelmarsh, a Barn Owl was again at Blueberry Farm and the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton continued to host two more Barn Owls and a pair of Stonechats.

Elsewhere and again the Nene Valley dominated proceedings with three Great White Egrets at Summer Leys and Stanwick Pits continued to attract the Bar-tailed Godwit, two Dunlin, two Oystercatchers, two Redshanks, nine Snipe and seven Pintails.

This morning the Ring-necked Duck showed on the Large Lake at Ditchford Pits (plus two Oystercatchers flying over) but couldn't be found on a search this afternoon.

Regards

Neil M

Feisty Fieldfares!

Mistle Thrush.

Pied Wagtail.

Redwing.