Croston finney /moss.
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 12:11 pm
A wild windy day but still lots of birds about , arrived just after 9.00am and straight away skein after skein of pinkfoots were flying over (around 1000 in total) most of the birds were coming from a north /northwest direction but none of the birds settled , woodpigeons were everywhere (2000 Probably a low count) , 11 corn bunting were on the wires above a stubble field , only spotted chaffinch and goldfinch in the double hedegrow , 20 tree sparrow ,few chaffinch , 1 male brambling , blue and great tit , gs pecker at the feeding station , around 10 yellowhammer in total in the hedegrows , several hundred linnet , a single shellduck flew over into wind was a first for a while , 4 buzzard , 1 kestrel , decent flock of redwing on a stubble field , handfull of fieldfare , 2 song thrush , 1 mistle thrush , good to meet several fellow birders on my travels .