Happy New Year Everyone! My first visit to the farm in 2025.
The water meadows had good numbers of wildfowl. Lapwing and Wigeon arrived once the sun had taken the edge off the frost.
Shoveler 4 (2m, 2f), Wigeon 198, Teal 30, Geese: Egyptian 2 (Athelhampton) Canada 174, Greylag 2,
A Coot was on Causeway Pond which maybe a bird that has taken up residence with scattered sightings at the end of the year. Moorhen 2 and Little Grebe 5 were the other counts on the pond.
A Green Sandpiper was noted opposite the Causeway Pond.
A Peregrine scattered the wildfowl as it flew over the meadows.
The mixed seed crop at Big and Little Straps is attracting the most finches. Chalk Pit held 147 Chaffinch.
A high count of Reed Bunting 57 of various ages and plumages.
Yellowhammer 81, Chaffinch 212, Linnet 40, Goldfinch 5, Greenfinch 3, Bullfinch, House Sparrow 40,
Siskin 10 were feeding in the Alders at Burleston with Goldfinch.
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