Mallard numbers down in strongstry they all seem to be in ramsbottom eating fish and chips !! No kingfishers seen on the river since the january floods. I counted 11 robins at 0830 on one feeding station this morning,presumably the result of two very cold nights. Songthrush singing its heart out last evening Treecreeper numbers are slightly up,but i can not find any goldfinch at all ? Lots of homo sapiens[the rambling variety] on bull hill,but they had a use by flushing my only snipe. The three pairs of stonechat i saw were all displaying. The two ravens were a long way away but positive id.