LDBWS feeding station at Fairfield

[Dan Haywood]

#6714

LDBWS Feeding Station at Fairfield viewed from what3words hourglass.pylons.shuttle

0915, 2 degrees below zero.

Chaffinch 35 (increasing daily in this cold snap).
Stock Dove 5
Blackbird 4
Greenfinch 2 (a micro-site rarity!)
Reed Bunting 2 (poor numbers so far this season but they usually rise late winter)

Stonechat 2 (m&f) in the wildflower strip nearby

Nuthatch 1 in Pony Wood

We feed the birds here daily– but a few of us are away over xmas– anybody staying local able to cover a morning or two? We’d provide the food. Thanks to various LDBWS members and RSPB Leighton Moss for donating seed mixes.

[joncarter]

#6715

I can add a whopping 5 reed buntings from this afternoon…

[Dan Haywood]

#6717

Good good!

[Dan Haywood]

#6732

LDBWS Feeding Station at Fairfield viewed from what3words hourglass.pylons.shuttle

1000, 2 degrees below zero.

Chaffinch 42
Reed Bunting 4
Stock Dove 4
Blackbird 4

Stonechat 1 (m) in the wildflower strip nearby

Song Thrush 8 in Pony Wood also a Sparrowhawk.

Woodcock seen flying over Fairfield Nature Reserve into an Aldcliffe Rd garden.

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[Dan Haywood]

#6747

Similar counts there at 1030 today(when 3 degrees below zero) but

Stock Dove 9

[Dan Haywood]

#6763

1000, 1 degrees Celsius

Selected sightings:

Chaffinch increased to 52 (preponderance of males in contrast to recent visits)
Linnet 15

Lapwing 8 Flora Field (A20)

Fairfield paths are more slippery than the Cresta Run today so I wouldn’t advise visiting the feeding station area without crampons / PPE.

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