A pretty easy WeBS count this morning as once again Birstall Meadows was 99% frozen. Still it was, shockingly, the first time I’d been on the patch this year.
Birstall Meadows
A little later, Leigh and I went for a walk around Watermead Country Park South. A fair bit about but too many walkers for a great number of species. Most significant things were birds we didn’t see… no Chaffinch but worryingly I have yet to see a Reed Bunting this year.
Robin
Tufted Duck
Yesterday Dave and I had the pleasure of trying to inspire some of tomorrow’s birders as we had agreed to lead a walk for the LRWT Wildlife Watch group. Before we met the group we tried to follow up reports of a ‘funny’ Redpoll with lots of white in the wing. At the usual spot we failed to locate any Redpoll let alone any funny ones.
There had been a very good Hoar Frost though.
Watermead Country Park
Teasel
Bramble
Common Reed
The kids were a pretty good and enthusiastic lot who loved looking at birds through the telescope. I doubt their parents would be so enthusiastic about shelling out on a Kowa 883 though.
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