The weather forecast delivered as promised so I stayed at home and caught up with last night's cricket.
The cold snap brought in both families of house sparrows, plus a few strangers (the hen sparrow with the cream cap is new to me). I refilled all the feeders, quarter of an hour later the spadgers were joined by a flock of starlings. Down on the ground under the blackcurrant bushes both the pair of robins made an appearance (they've been a bit standoffish lately). The great tits and blue tits tagged along with the spadgers, as did a couple of long-tailed tits. No sign of the coal tits, though, they tend to dislike crowds and slip in and out unobtrusively when they get the chance so I probably missed them. It's a different story when they have the garden to themselves for a while and they're not remotely shy of me. No idea where the collared doves were today.
- Blackbird 2
- Blue Tit 3
- Dunnock 1
- Great Tit 2
- House Sparrow 35
- Jackdaw 1
- Long-tailed Tit 2
- Magpie 2
- Robin 2
- Rook 1
- Starling 34
- Woodpigeon 2
The gulls were back on the school playing field once the morning frost had thawed. The woodpigeons were notable by their absence.
- Black-headed Gull 35
- Common Gull 2
- Herring Gull 7, including: two adults, a 3rd-winter, a 2nd-winter, and three 1st-winter birds
- Jackdaw 3
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 adult
- Magpie 9
- Rook 7
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