right place right time

I was about half an hour in front of Geoff this morning and had quite a decent mornings birding.
best spot was top of barleyfield at 8.30 but it quietened down after we joined forces.
To be fair my walk through the paddock was quiet but things got better at the wetland where I flushed a reed bunting and a flock of 25 goldfinch.  Up to the top of the field and reasonable numbers of thrushes. small groups of redwing 2 mistle thrush, plenty of blackbirds (numbers supplemented ny Scandinavian birds) and a flock of 15 which may have been fieldfare.
On to the path from top of field to railway and a male blackcap feeding on the last of the elderberries, a possible chiffchaff flew but could not ne relocated to confirm and a single siskin showed well at top of a hawthorn bush, (later saw a small flock I suspect were this species of 5 birds).
otherwise usual 2 little grebe but by spill weir, a well marked grey wagtail on the smestow, calling green woodpecker and feeding male great spotted and 5 bullfinches seen with several more calling.