14th December

Roils Head PM
Armed with 2 bags of seed, I went to put it down where the Reed Buntings had been feeding the day before, sadly no buntings today. I did however have a nice Mealy Redpoll with 2 lessers feeding in Alders just off the track. The Mealy showed a beautiful pink flush to the breast, 2 pale braces on the mantle and the undertail coverts were unstreaked except for one thin hairline streak in the centre.The lesser's undertail coverts showed 6 or 7 streaks.