sat 24/11/12   early morning. 

cold,frosty and foggy

                                                            Very quiet today.
                       Chris sky watched from the edge of Barleyfield whilst I walked the
                                                                    canal.


Buzzard                      1 left roost in Eddies Alders to the west, and an imm heard calling from Tettenhall Ridge,
Herring Gull              2 ad on St Peters field,
LBB Gull                   25 flew south,
Little Grebe              2 on canal north of Meccano Br,
Sparrowhawk            1♀ flew low west over Compton Field,
Green Woodpecker  1 calling Meccano Br,
Grey Wagtail            1 flew east over top of Barleyfield,  another flew from new lake to Graisley Culvert,
Redwing                    c10 with fieldfare flew in from south to feed on hawthorn berrys at Shrike Bushes,
Fieldfare                   c25 with redwing flew in from south to feed on hawthorn berrys at Shrike Bushes,
Long tail Tit             c10 feeding in Paddock,
Jackdaw                    26 flew north,
Starling                     18 flew south over Barleyfield,
Chaffinch                  7 flew to Eddies Alders,  8 flew over east,
Goldfinch                  9 at Eddies Alders, ( this time last year we had 30+ and winters before 100+ were common.
Siskin                       1 flew calling over Lower Alders,