A poor start to the day as it rained till 11ish but as soon as it cleared I was out.66 BH , 3 Common and 1 LBBGull on the cricket pitch. I was on the look out for the Goldfinch flock after Dishfish had found some Siskin (good local find ) at Soil Hill yesterday, bit of a bogey bird for me in Northowram , I have had a few but I should have had more.??
As I jumped over the fence a bird flushed into the large nettle patch..looked interesting but when I got to the patch 5 Goldfinch flushed from the same spot. Damm Golfinch( not Siskin) and only 5 of um.
I headed down the fields to the area which is good for migrants and a male Whinchat and juv female Whitethroat made me feel a lot better. At this point the bird in the nettle patch got the better of me so I headed back for another look , after a couple of minutes a cracking Sedge Warbler showed its self.(very pleased I went back)..
Did a whole circuit of all the fields looking for the Goldfinch flock but only managed 2 more Goldfinch .
At 6 .30 I headed out again the Sedge Warbler and Whitethroat were in the same spot , but little else of note. As I went to leave a flock of finches was picked up heading my way. At least 30 Siskin with 2 cracking males and about 10 Goldfinch mixed in with them...A good day and thanks to Dishfish
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4 comments:
An enjoyable blog Andy, and a good day for you by the sound of it.
John
Should hot up from now Andy, Siskin seem to be well on the move with several local reports and further afield on Trektellen.
Not a bad day Andy
Cheers ,,,,,
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