This morning I wanted to go birding, but avoid any numbers of people, and the reason being was that I didn't want to hear anyone discussing the results of the Japanese F1 GP or the Malaysian Moto GP, both of which were run in the early hours UK time. I am a big fan of these two motorsports, but birding comes first, and I had recorded both and it was my plan to watch them later. I wanted to get out and see what was about, so I planned to just bird a couple of migrant sites and then go home to watch the GPs before there were too many people about.
Rossi; the G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time)
I first went to Mount Park and straight away 6 Redwings came out of the site. Other thrushes included single Mistle and Song, and 3 Blackbirds. Vis included Chaffinch and Meadow Pipit going east in ones and twos and 30 Goldfinch east as well.
Redwing
Coal Tit
I then went on to Fleetwood Cemetery and it was more of the same. I had 2 Redwings, 11 Meadow Pipits, 31 Chaffinch, 15 Siskins, 2 Skylarks, Reed Bunting, Goldfinch, 2 Swallows and a Rock Pipit go over on vis. A juvenile male Sparrowhawk caused a commotion as it shot along the west side of the cemetery.
Reed Bunting
House Sparrow and Great Tit.
The odd background are the blinds in my ringing room, err conservatory!
Your Coal Tit looks like our Black-capped Chickadees. I love your bird close ups. Very sharp
ReplyDeleteThanks Robin. Yes, you're right they do look like a Black-capped Chickadee. I remember banding quite a few Black-capped Chickadees when I spent a year at Long Boint BO in Canada.
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