All heading SE unless otherwise noted:
Skylark c250
Redwing c200 + 32 WSW
Meadow Pipit c200
Jackdaw c160
Linnet 55
alba wagtail 45
Chaffinch 33
Swallow 21
Greenfinch 12
Goldfinch 10
Reed Bunting 8
Siskin 7 S
Tree Sparrow 4
Grey Wagtail 2 SSW
Marsh Harrier 2, or perhaps the same one twice!
Rock Pipit 1 N
There were several irruptive flocks of tits and Long-tailed Tits flying and hedge-hopping S, most of which ended up at the tip of the point where biggest flocks were 17 Blue Tit, Great Tit and Coal Tit 5 apiece and Long-tailed Tit 37. There was then the usual ‘towering’ of up to c30 metres, hydrophobia, re-orientation and restless confusion.
What was probably the same Merlin gave three sightings. Two Sparrowhawks were noted.
Birds in the bushes and on in the fields included;
Linnet 70
Robin c45
Tree Sparrow 12
Greenfinch 10
Song Thrush 4
Goldcrest 1
Chiffchaff 1
Kestrel 1
Ten Migrant Hawkers and a male Common Darter were seen.
