Robin 1 - defensive robin taken up residence recently.... not so good at sharing :-)
Fieldfare 1 west
A singing Robin, today, on SPF
Friday, 14th November 08:
Wow, that's heaps o' greenfinch!
Trims Green:
Black-headed Gull 50+ over North
Common Gull 7 North
Chaffinch 15+
Kestrel 1
Yellowhammer 30+
Meadow Pipit 2
Pheasant 2
Skylark 6
Linnet 3
Hayter, Spellbrook (west):
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 - Male and Female
Jay 2
Bullfinch 12 (8, 4) - Twelve birds in around five minutes!
Redwing c.30
Fieldfare 10+
Green Woodpecker 2
Pre-roost activity at 1500 hrs
Greenfinch 120+ Canteen roost
Goldfinch c.50 bikeshed roost
Chaffinch c.10 Canteen roost
Starling 15+ Canteen roost
Thursday, 13th November 08:
A distant tree at Hayter showing 11 Fieldfare and 3 Redwing,
tho number present turned out to be FAR more...
Honeysuckle Close, Bishops Stortford:
0700-0710
Blue Tit 4
Rook 6 (1sw, 2n, 3n)
Robin 6
Wren 2
Jackdaw 1 - over North
Common Gull 9 - all North, including 2 Imm birds
Goldfinch 2 - local
Black-headed Gull 2 - over North
Blackbird 3
Redwing 16 - West
Starling 3 - Local
Hayter, Spellbrook (west):
0720-0730
Goldcrest 2 - in carpark on arrival
Rook 6 (2w, 1nw, 3w)
House Sparrow 2
Goldfinch 18 - 'out' from bikeshed-roost
Greenfinch 32 - 'out' from canteen-roost
Dunnock 1 - singing
Common Gull 9 - over North
Woodpigeon c.61 (c.45sw, 16n)
Robin 2 - locals
Chaffinch 3 - locals
Collared Dove 5 loc
Magpie 3
1000 hrs
Fieldfare 13
Redwing 3
Bullfinch 2
1315 hrs
Mistle Thrush 1
Fieldfare c.100 grounded just north from Hayter's main carpark
Redwing 20+
1615hrs
Greenfinch 80+ birds gathering from 1600 hrs. Finally settling into the canteen roost just before dark
Wednesday, 12th November 08:
Only 9 of the 93 Golden Plover that were over SPF
Honeysuckle Close, Bishops Stortford:
0700-0705
Black-headed gull 3 - north
Greenfinch 7 - west
Goldfinch 2 - locals
Starling 8 (7w, 1 local)
Blue Tit 1
Rook 2 - south-west
Robin 4 - locals
Wren 1 - alarming
Hayter, Spellbrook (west):
1020 Hrs
PEREGRINE FALCON 1 - Immature female giving great views approaching and then had the decency to fly right over our heads! Bird was flying South-East, directly over Hayter's canteen! This is not only a Spellbrook tick for me, but a first on my Hertfordshire list too!
Spellbrook Park Farm (east):
Green Woodpecker 2 - These birds are usually visible to some degree
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 - male
Greenfinch 11
Goldfinch 27
Blackbird 13
Redwing 13
Jay 2
Bullfinch 2
Stortford Park Farm (west):
Yellowhammer 6
Meadow Pipit 5
Skylark 13
Fieldfare 31 - South-West with redwing
Redwing 1 - with fieldfare
Golden Plover 93 - restless, circling birds... although they all left west from their position, i don't know if they landed or continued west?
no Chaffinch or Linnet!!!
here's a few more of todays pics from SPF:
Greenfinch, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Common Gull
