Monday 28 March 2016

holiday weekend roundup

After the glorious weather on Friday a typical easter weekend with snow this morning. However managed to get over each day.
The paddocks have had the bulk of the chiffchaff records with 3 each day altho not all singing.  Additional singing bird today at meccano and calling bird yesterday at water bridge.
4 greylags overflew the paddocks reminding me that 7 did so last weekend.  they are clearly heading to west park and come from the direction of perton.
The water bridge also produced a female grey wagtail the only bird I have seen since the rooftop birds in meadow view which may with hindsight have been passage birds.
Compton lock area has produced 3 goldcrest and coal tit with a calling pheasant.
The wetland had 3 moorhen yesterday and an overflying grey heron today. If I hadn't been there would it have landed? Not if it had any sense given the opacity of the water. also the regular male pied wag.
2 siskin were by the tennis courts on Friday.
Finally a female blackbird at the buddleia bush showed a yellow bill, not that unusual but noteworthy.

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