Very Quite

I have been up to ringstone every week day last week and this. Never known it so quite. Very few birds coming to feeders. Stonechats still about in West Fields no sign of Golden Plover numbers getting above 30, no sign at all this week. Also no Ducks, last year we had Teal on the east pool nearly all winter. A few Goosander have been seen coming in at dusk but not in any numbers. 8 Snipe flew into west pools on Tuesday and no sign of lapwing either.

Gull numbers are about the same with Black Headed around about 140 and Common between 8- 19 on some days. The Brambling at Krumlin are still showing well with up to 15 yesterday.

Got excited about 3 bullfinch on bushes on southshore on Tuesday, things can only get better.

Song Thrush

08:30>11:30 8 Degrees strong west wind

Sparrow Hawk sat in feeder bushes when I turned up today.

C 250 Gulls

43 Lapwing

8 Snipe flew into East Pool

Also 300+ Fieldfare over and in East Field

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Song Thrush in Feeder Bushes for about 30 seconds before going West

Up at Clockface quarry wood

4 Brambling

3 Siskin

Coal Tit

Blue Tit

Gt Tit

2 Goldcrest

Species count up to 97

Curlew

10:30>10:45, 10 Degrees, Sunny, Calm.

1 Curlew on West Shore (nice surprise)

70 Lapwing

200+ Gulls

15 Brambling in Beech Trees at back of Reservoir

Greenwoodpecker

08:10>10:30 , 10 Degrees, Sunny Spells.

1 Green Woodpecker over Green lane

and settled on post near Quarry

19 Goldfinch on Nyger

8 Greenfinch

Blue Tit

Gt Tit

Blackbird

3 Dunnocks

12 Starlings

14 Brambling in Beech Trees back of East Field

60+ Gulls

Brambling in Ringstone area

09:00>0930 13:00>16:30, Fog, Sun, Rain, Wind. 8 Degrees.

8 Brambling in Beech Trees on side of East fields

c300 Fieldfare moving West and settling on wires down

Cockpit Lane

36 Canada Geese in West field

with

38 Golden Plover

34 Lapwing

6 Meadow Pipits

150 Gulls

8 Snipe out of North Field

• On Feeders

12 Goldfinch

4 Reed Bunting

4Dunnock

2Blue tits

8 Greenfinch

1 Robin

1 Blackbird

3 Chaffinch

2 Wren

1 Pied Wagtail

2 Little Owls

2 Shelduck

10:00>10:30 6 Degrees, SUNNY, CALM.

Reports of 2 Shelduck at 8 this morning.

10 Grey Partridge on North Shore

100+ Gulls

02 November

10:30>12:30, 8 Degrees, Sunny.

42 Lapwing

26 Golden Plover

2 Little Owls on East Walls

Pair of Stonechat in East Fields

• On Feeders

16 Goldfinch

8 Greenfinch

2 Reed Bunting { Must be getting colder}

Sparrow Hawk

3 Dunnock

2 Blue Tits

3 Fieldfare next to feeding station

25+ Snipe in North Field

1 Kestrel

4 Grey Partridge North Field

4 Meadow Pipits

6 Common Gulls

34 Bh Gulls

Starling and Goldeneye 01 November 2006

Goldeneye

09:00>10:00, 3 degrees, Bright sunny.

2 Goldeneye on Reservoir

36 Golden Plover yesterday in North Field

1 Today

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