Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Twite

c25 or so Twite this afternoon feeding on seed heads, probably a post breeding flock by now as I heve checked this area throughout the summer without a sign of any Twite there.

They were in the last field on the left before the top lodge at the far end of Castle Carr Road, also c6 Linnet in among the flock. Lets hope the farmer does not cut the field down just yet as the birds are feeding on the standing seed heads of Sorrell and Plantain etc!

1 comment:

BSUMNER said...

When we used to get good flocks of Twite at Thornton Moor the main flower head they used to feed on was Catsear but the Water board used to cut the banking regular.