Stretford

Female blackbird

An overnight light dusting of snow brought the spadgers and starlings in to pretty much monopolise the remnants on the feeders. An odd visitor was a single long-tailed tit amongst the spadgers. A long-tailed tit on its own doesn't feel natural somehow. The blackcap came in a couple of times when thing had quietened down for a while and showed quite well but wasn't for being photographed well.

Robin

Male blackcap

Song thrush

• Black-headed Gull 2 overhead
• Blackbird 2
• Blackcap 1
• Blue Tit 2
• Carrion Crow 1
• Collared Dove 2
• Dunnock 1
• Great Tit 2
• Herring Gull 1 overhead
• House Sparrow 23
• Jackdaw 2
• Long-tailed Tit 1
• Robin 2
• Rook 1
• Song Thrush 1
• Starling 16

It was another busy day on the school playing field, too.

• Black-headed Gull 69
• Common Gull 6  (adult 6)
• Herring Gull 9  (3 adult, 1 4th-winter, 2 3rd-winter, 1 2nd-winter, 2 1st-winter)
• Jackdaw 8
• Lesser Black-backed Gull 3  (2 adult, 1 1st-winter)
• Rook 14
• Starling 12

On the way into Stretford to buy what I hope will be two weeks' worth of bird food I walked through Victoria Park. A lot of mobile leaves under one of the trees turned out to be a dozen redwings.