It’s been a shamefully long time since I last posted but it
has been a reflection of an incredibly quiet winter so far. Hence only a feeble
year total of 97 species for 2019, the lowest since I started keeping a record
of the birds seen in the parish. Amongst the ‘lowlights’, no Red-legged
Partridge, no Wheatear or Siskin, only a single Little Owl etc. etc. Here’s to
a more productive 2020!
Today was the first chance to properly get out. The main
target was a large flock of Greylags which have taken up temporary residence in
the fields below Sedgefield House. They aren’t easy to view but I tallied up
over 400 birds. As I scanned them I spotted a couple of different looking
birds, Taiga Bean Geese! A new species for the parish. A brilliant start to the
new year…
Elsewhere it was fairly quiet but I did see two Jays, around
50 Lapwing, a Great Black-backed Gull (a species I missed last year) and good
numbers of Fieldfare….
That's how to start the year, a very nice tick!
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