Autumn strikes the Barleyfield

1st October 15             morning                  mid section

low cloud,chilly easterly,  11°c,  1033mb,  ENE 6-E 7 mph

The leaves are starting to change colour and fall, the mornings are foggy and the wildlife characters are beginning to changeover. Not surprisingly given the cloudy and cold conditions it was generally quiet today, 

Only one warbler all morning, a single male blackcap in the elder bushes near the Barleyfield crossing exit. Siskins have been entering our islands from Scandinavia in huge numbers  recently and so have coal tits. Not sure why but it's probably a lack of food on the continent or perhaps they have had an exceptional breeding season but they have found our patch at last. I had a flock of 20+ siskin over the trees near Meccano br this morning. Also a single coal tit in the paddocks ( this was probably a local bird ). Regular sightings of jay again probably four birds involved.

Little Grebe	2	Canal just south Meadow View bridge
Robin	16 singing	mid section
Blackcap	1♂	Hanging Grds
Long Tailed Tit	1	The Paddock
Coal Tit	1	The Paddock
Jay	c4	Barleyfield
Siskin	20+	flock 20+ over MG landed briefly,