A cracking day of sightings just in my normal Parks Trust rounds.
Firstly, at about 9.30 this morning, I clocked a group of about 20 WAXWINGS as I truned left out of Burners Lane, Kiln Farm. Interesting that all the waxwings now seem to be feeding on cotoneaster - perhaps they've exhauseted the supply of rowan berries.
Working in the woodland area of Campbell Park this afternoon, we had a party of 16 SISKIN accompanied by 2 LESSER REDPOLL in the silver birch trees there. Anyone else noticed how many siskins there are about lately, or is it just me? In the past week I have seen them at Linford, Willen, Walton Lake and now Campbell Park.
Finally, a routine visit to Walton BL was rewarded with a sighting of a single male BEARDED TIT, so there is at least one still there. Showing on the right hand side of the boardwalk at 16:10. We have installed a bird table in front of the screen now and will intermittently supply grit to see if the beardies will take it (Martin Kincaid)