Above - this colour ringed male Twite (pink rump not visible on this shot) has been at this site since at least 28th December. I am waiting for further details from the 'ringers' about this birds history with the colour combination on the left and a single BTO ring on the right. Today it was very obliging with the Linnet flock of around 48 birds in the fenced field opposite the quarry.
Above - Herring Gulls moving through >NW this morningAlso present
2 Reed Buntings
Pair of Kestrels
usual corvids
63 large gulls moving through including 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 38 Herring Gulls and 23 Great Black-backed Gulls - they make a great site!
Oh and 1 Jeff Cox - good to see you Jeff - hope you got the Linnets !
Lower down, at Boothtown playing fields at Grantham Road the patch of tall Alders just above the changing rooms had 1 Redwing, c25 Goldfinch and 20+ Siskins feeding in the tops but I couldn't find any Redpolls!
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Good to see you Dave. Tes, the Linnets were there but very flighty. Didn't manage to see the Twite but the Reed Bunts were about. Met Jane on the way back down and scanned a small flock of about a dozen LTTits for a Northern! Of course there wasn't one but you just never know.
Great Twite photo Dave!
Great photos Dave and good to get so many Herrings and GBBs, I bet you thought all your birthdays had come at once!
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