Monday 30 March 2015

weekend catch up

Still some wintering birds, a little grebe just north of meccano this morning, a single redwing on the barleyfield on Friday and possibly the same bird this morning ~(reminding me of the single bird thru last October)  and a chuntering blackcap (which was audible from canal and paddock on Friday and we presume to be a winterer)
By contrast the chiffchaffs are clearly not.  Up to 6 birds were singing from the same places on fri/sat/today-too wet to go over on Sunday. However on Friday several more birds were passing thru mainly feeding low on the canal giving a total of around 14.
Otherwise it was all about residents with goldcrest at Compton lock, coal tit at meccano, 2 calling green woodpeckers, and treecreeper at the railwaycutting and station.
Star bird was a calling rose ringed parakeet in the trees between the canal and henwood rd, quite possibly2 birds were involved because it seemed to come from different directions and was contact calling and they are often seen together.

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