Luddenden Dean

Great Spotted Woodpecker this afternoon near Jerusalem Farm.

Also in the dean:

120 + Redwing

15 + Fieldfare

15 + Starling

8 Pheasant

c30 Blue tits (at 3 garden feeding stations) along with c15 Great Tit, 2 Coal Tit, c20 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 15 Chaffinch and 12 + Greenfinch.

Also in the dean up from Jerusalem Farm were 2 Grey Herons, 1 m Sparowhawk, 1 m Kestrel, c15 L T Tits, 4 Jays, 38 Jackdaws, c25 Rooks and 10 Carrion Crows, c10 Mistle Thrush and c15 Blackbirds.

Castle Carr Road - 1 m Stonechat feeding on molehills and eating worms. 1 female Stonechat feeding on the ground around a sheep feeder. I think both these birds were trying hard to keep out of the very strong, cold wind.