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Grey Heron 2 in the wet fields
Moorhen 1 on the river
Dipper 3 all up the streams
Goosander 3 female
Grey Wagtail 1 on the horse manure
Pied Wagtail  3 same place
Wood Pigeon 20+ in Buckden woods roost
Jackdaw 5,Crow 2,Rook 8 in horse fields
Jay 1 Lumb vale
G S Woodpecker 3 around the woods
Wren 3, one seemed to be catching spiders on the wall moss.

Usual Tits and Finches in the woods,easier to observe at feeding stations[see below]

Blue Tits 15 +
Great Tits 10 +
Coal Tits 6 +
L T Tits 20+ there are two resident flocks about the same size,but never seem to join up even at feeders
Bull Finch 3 pairs,never very far away from each other
Chaffinch 8+,numbers have increased
Green/Gold Finch only odd ones
Nuthatch 5+, they spend most of the day hiding nuts under tree bark
Robins 4/5,numbers were more than double that in last years cold spell
Dunnocks 3/4 numbers never vary
Goldcrest 1, becoming a regular visitor appears most afternoons and seems to take berryfat
Mistle Thrush 2,could be more ?
Blackbirds 20+, my wife has been counting and had 23 on the ground at the same time last monday,i counted 17 today,slighty more males than females.
Sparrowhawk 1 female has been around most of the week apparently
Pheasant 1 male comes for a feed most days
  
  


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