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Tuesday 30 December 2014

West Hyde

A late morning visit in cold, sunny conditions produced the following species:-
Great Cormorant (over), Grey Heron (over), Red Kite (2), Common Kestrel (1), Common Pheasant (2), Golden Plover (c90 feeding among oilseed crop), Black-headed Gull (over), Lesser Black-backed Gull (over), Herring Gull (over), Woodpigeon, Common Skylark (c60), Meadow Pipit (6), Wren, European Robin, Fieldfare (1), Song Thrush, Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Common Magpie, Western Jackdaw (4), Carrion Crow, Common Chaffinch, European Goldfinch (1), Yellowhammer (c100 feeding on fallow field).
 
A brief visit to Troy Mill G.P produced Common Kingfisher (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker (1), Mistle Thrush (1).