Set off with  Sarfraz up through wooded brook up to moorland

Birds seen

Goldcrest calling birds in mix of Blue/Great Tits

1 Greenfinch

2 Blackbird

1 Buzzard swooped in landing on wood post

Robin

Wren

7 Magpie

1 Chaffinch

In open fields

1 Wheatear (JUVENILE) Sarfraz watched it drop in from high up suggesting it was new in

20+ Goldfinch feeding on thistles

6 Meadow Pipit

5 Crow

3 Cormorant over

Gulls seen

Common

Herring

Black-headed

Great Black-Backed

Lesser Black-Backed

Mitchell's House Reservoirs

On Ress

8 Black-Headed Gull

1 Large Gull Sarfraz could not ID

Area around ress

40+ Lapwing

14 Woodpigeon

20+ Starling on pylon

26 Redwing

16 House Sparrow in one bush

2 Pied Wagtail

Back along King's Highway

5 Chaffinch

6 Lapwing

1 Linnet

1 Song Thrush

1 Mistle Thrush

6 Redwing over

1 Treecreeper

40+ Goldfinch feeding on thistles

one possible Ring Ouzel ?

1 Buzzard could be one seen earlier

1 Kestrel Sarfraz got some great photos of it

Cheers Craggy and Sarfraz