There were a huge number of birds at Hilfield today, a rough estimate of the number of each species I saw today either in, or flying over my garden is here:
1000+ Woodpigeon
c.800 rook
c.400 jackdaw
c.200 lapwing
150 starling
120 golden plover, redwing
100 chaffinch
80 carrion crow
50 fieldfare
26 skylark, stock dove
22 goldfinch
12 blackbirds, long-tailed tit
10 blue tit
8 robins, great tit, coal tit
6 herring gull
5 song thrush, mallard
4 pheasant, nuuthatch, dunnock
2 buzzard, magpie, bullfinch, marsh tit, goldcrest, wren
1 brambling, greenfinch, black-headed gull, great spotted woodpecker
There were quite remarkable numbers of birds around, presumably as a result of the cold weather. The golden plovers were the highlight as the species was a long overdue new species for me at Hilfield, and the second occurrence of a brambling this winter was another great bird. Sadly no sign of the waxwing or peregrine though!
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