From -4 to +10, with snow, hail, rain wind, some sunshine over the last seven days the feeding stations have produced some good numbers.....
Blue Tit....14+
Great Tit....16+
Coal Tit....14+
Long-tailed Tit.....30+ best numbers we have had in several years.
Chaffinch....25+
Goldfinch...14+ Numbers seems lower this year and they are not as consistent.
Bullfinch.....16+ that is probably a conservative estimate, over the last couple of years breeding pair have increased greatly.
Brambling....5 there are five around at the moment feeding with the Chaffinch, but not been a great year yet.
Nuthatch.....10+.....always here.
Robin.....10+
Dunnock.....one or two pair regular.
Wren..... always two or three seen
Treecreeper.....one taking mealworm most days.
Blackbird......20+
Song Thrush.....4/5 regular.
Great Spotted Woodpecker.....at least two pair regular.
Green Woodpecker.....two seen/heard most days, one was taking fat during the snow, only the second time actually seen on a feeder.
Jackdaw....15+ most days
Jay....6+ regular
Magpie....4+
Woodpigeon.....20+
Collared Dove.....couple of pairs.
Stock Dove....occasionally one pair.
Sparrowhawk....both Male and female seen regular, on one occasion the female was seen with a kill, after it had left with a full crop, kill was identified as a Woodcock. We have some wintering in adjacent woodland but never seen one here.
No records of Redpoll or Goldcrest, Siskin and Greenfinch few and far between.
