A touch on the cool side, but the morning sun was welcome as I strolled around the reserve. Plenty of fieldfares, and they were happy to keep on feeding on the berries instead of flying off.
A few fieldfares, but they just flew off chattering when disturbed. A song thrush was a pleasant addition to my list.
Lots of siskins feeding in the alder trees, but they were too acrobatic for a photo. I was watching a marsh harriere hunting over Crosslands lagoon when Stu and Catherine sent a message. They had been to see the eagle, so had just recently arrived.
We were walking along the footpath near the Carp lake when Catherine spotted a treecreeper.
Long-tailed tits were calling as they travelled along the hedge looking for food.
At the Maize Field feeders we had greenfinch,
chaffinch, robin, goldfinch, blue and great tits. They did not spend long on the feeders and flew off at the first sign of any disturbance.
We had a short chat with Maurice the membership recruiter at the main entrance before we said goodbye and we all went our seperate ways home.
48 birds for the day is a good start and I hope that I am not chasing my 200th on the last day of December.