New Year day 1

Busy garden and surrounds today. In the morning before my walk -
23 Goldfinch
13 Chaffinch
3 Lesser Redpoll
Mistle Thrush
Fieldfare
Great Spotted Woodpecker

Walk to Stoodley Pike, Warland res, Gaddings Dam and Lee Dam yielded....a Goldcrest at Lee Dam. Not even a Canada Goose or Mallard. Most of the water is still covered in ice.

Back home 2 Ravens flew over at 13:00, quite high, going NW. One was calling which is how I got onto them.
Later, a large flock of Redwings (74 at least) and Fieldfares (5) were in the fields behind the house accompanied by around 20 Starlings. Still there as I type this.

Good kick off for the year.