08:30hrs - lots of mist down to low levels
1 Dipper at Reedsholme dispatching what looked like a small bullhead or a loach.
Cribden Clough
Flock of c50 Fieldfare amongst bushes
c4 Blackbird
c6 Redwing
c15 Wood pigeon
3 Jay
2 Goldcrest feeding amongst hawthorns on lane up to Oakenhead in the company of a Chiffchaff.
5 B.H.Gull > N.E.
Twin Lodges
5 Meadow Pipit
3 Blue Tit
2+ Chaffinch
Greenfinch & Bullfinch heard
3 Starling
2 Mistle Thrush
Large skein of Pink-footed Geese heading W. over Leabrook at 09:45 approx. 109 counted from phtograph, not sure that I caught them all.
Noted absence of G.S.Ws and low numbers of Jays over the last month. Could this be down to the poor acorn crop this year?
Bob.
