November has disappeared in a fug of work and wet weekends and family time. Very little has been achieved on the birding front other than some hope that 2019 will see me applying more time to the pursuit. This morning is a reflection of a few weekend mornings … Its very wet and windy. There are a few birds around locally just not very visible in the wet.
There are still decent numbers of Redwings around the area, each of the last coupe of walks I've been on locally over 100 have been seen in small flocks, but the berries are virtually gone on all but a few garden cotoneastors. A single male Brambling has been seen on the garden feeders and 4 Lesser Redpoll seen briefly together. A large flock c100 Siskin has been seen in the Alders. Marsh Tit are regular and Goldfinch in small numbers and a Firecrest is knocking around in the gulley but otherwise very quiet. At least 10 Crossbills were seen by Furnace Pond on a muddy walk... looking forward to an African Christmas.