A single Siskin present this morning, around 10:20-ish.
Not much else of note... good number of Blackbirds, Robins & various Tits. Nuthatch sounding off briefly. Couple of Carrion Crows and several Magpies. A dozen Woodpigeon.
1 Sparrowhawk (leaving as I arrived, in the direction of Stretford Mall) 5 Blackbird 1 Song Thrush 2 Mistle Thrush 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 15+ Goldfinch Several Blue/ Great Tit 30+ Wood Pigeon 2 Carrion Crow 9 Magpie 2 Pied Wagtail (plus 1 dodging traffic in the road outside) 4 Robin 1 Dunnock 8 House Sparrow
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drummed twice, briefly & quietly but was more interested in touring thin outer branches of trees) 7 Blackbird 5 Magpie 9 Wood Pigeon 2 Carrion Crow 3 Robin 3 Pied Wagtail Several Blue/ Great Tits Small party of Starling with 4 Redwing along for the craic 2 Mistle Thrush 2 Chaffinch Several Goldfinch
1 Redwing (expect there were more coz I saw a flock of around 25 from my house headed in the direction of the park...) 12 Blackbird 2 Greenfinch 6 Chaffinch 1 Wren 2 Dunnock 2 Great Tit 3 Blue Tit 7 Magpie 5 Wood Pigeon 5 Carrion Crow 1 Nuthatch 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (actually heard another on Derbyshire Lane - unless it was the same one stalking me home!) 2 Mistle Thrush 2 Robin
Overhead - 67 Pink-footed Geese going east.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 2nd of November 2014 10:18:33 PM
8 Crow 12 Magpie 11 Wood Pigeon 1 Dunnock 2 Robin 4 Blackbird 1 Wren 11 Long Tailed Tit 6 Blue Tit 3 Coal Tit 4 Great Tit 1 Nuthatch (having a noisy skirmish with a Great Tit) 2 Chaffinch 1 Jay
No sign of an Ouzey today - I tried a couple of visits in the morning, one in the afternoon.
Plenty on Blackbirds, Magpies & House Sparrows. Blackcap & Willow Warbler singing. Also Chaffinch, Goldcrest, Mistle Thrush and 2 Pied Wagtail on one of the bowling greens. Cormorants kept flying over as well, counted 4 - two singles and a duo. Nice to see Blue & Great Tits taking an interest in the nest boxes.
Ring Ouzel - in trees by the 5-aside court, approx 2:45pm. I was alerted by an alarm call I didn't recognise, then the bird flew to a stand of trees fringing a row of houses and I lost sight of it. I got the impression it had dropped down into a garden.
I went home, got my camera and went back but couldn't reacquire the bird.
