Arrived back from Zimbabwe late on Monday, from temperatures up to 40c, so a severe drop to contend with, although it looks like calm and dry weather has prevailed here, the biggest adjustment is lack of daylight.
I went for a early morning walk from the house to the rhythm of a frosty start. Naturally the birds were a little thin on the ground. Still a few Redwing around but in small numbers, and yesterday a flock of 25+ Fieldfare alighted near the house. A Grey Wagtail was on the Furnace pond sluice and a couple of Mandarin lurked at the back of the pond. 4 Crossbill were in one of the pine belts. Despite not feeding the birds at home for 3 weeks it wasn't long before the feeders were full and there was plenty of activity with around 20 each of Goldfinch and Siskin, along with a few Chaffinch, Bullfinch a single Brambling and 4 Greenfinch (increasingly a difficult bird to locate). I also found a Firecrest at the back of the last field, so hopefully this will hang around in the Gully for Spring.
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| A Frosty start to the day. |
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| Roe Deer |
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