Back to square one

21st March 16               morning                   mid section

cloudy,  6-8°c,   1024 mb,   WNW 7-10 mph

 No sign of yesterday's chiffchaff or any other migrants in cold cloudy unfavourable conditions with a north-westerly air-flow ( so no surprise there then). I heard a knocking from the trees between the canal and Smestow behind the prefabs on Henwood Rd ( which I've just christened Prefab Border) ( original err ). It could be a woodpecker or a nuthatch searching for insects, but it could also be someone in the prefabs doing some odd jobs. After a short wait, a female great spotted woodpecker revealed itself. A treecreeper was also in this small area.

Little Grebe	1 pale	S&W Canal
Mallard	1♂	Wetlands
Buzzard	1 >> low W over	Barleyfield
Moorhen	1	Wetlands
Lesser Black Backed Gull	odds over	mid section
Great Spotted Woodpecker	1♀	Prefab Border
Pied Wagtail	1♂	Wetland Field
Wren	11 singing	mid section
Dunnock	1 singing	The Paddock
Robin	10 singing	mid section
Song Thrush	1 singing	Lower Alders
Long Tailed Tit	3 pair + nest	mid section
Great Tit	5 singing	mid section
Treecreeper	1	Prefab Border
House Sparrow	calls	Meadow View
Goldfinch	1 singing	Hanging Grds X
Bullfinch	2 pair + calls	mid section