Effects of ‘the beast’

 
Richard Eagles
 
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Richard Eagles
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06 March 2018 15:05
 

Whilst my garden list is very short did add Redwing and Meadow Pipit on the Friday.

 
Carl Bovis
 
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Carl Bovis
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05 March 2018 19:10
 

It seems everyone had visiting Fieldfares and Redwings to their gardens during the snow, and my garden was no exception!
Counted 24 different species in my little 8metre x 6metre back garden on the Friday, a record in the 25 years I’ve lived there!
  Along with the Winter Thrushes (Both a first!) I had Blackcaps, Reed Buntings, a Goldcrest, a Chiffchaff and a fly through Snipe!

Pics of my snowy garden visitors on my blog;
http://carlbovisnaturephotography.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/the-beast-from-east-brings-fieldfares.html

 
Jim Crutchley
 
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Jim Crutchley
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01 March 2018 22:44
 

Hmmm. I’ll post up a pic tomorrow. It is terrible and may not help much. It was very much like the images shown on the web. Definitely had a sandy colour about it. I thought it was a Robin until I looked closer.

 
Mike Moxon
 
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01 March 2018 16:42
 

Not a Black Redstart..?

Mike

 
Paddy O'Sullivan
 
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Paddy O'Sullivan
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01 March 2018 16:38
 

As with Simons post, I have also had a record 14 goldfinches in the garden and a fly by woodcock at 0830. A garden(well seen from)first for me, closely followed by a second first, if you see what I mean, when 8 fieldfare dropped in and started eating the ivy berries

 
Jim Crutchley
 
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Jim Crutchley
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01 March 2018 13:30
 

Female Redstart flitting about outside my house in Wells. Got an awful picture to prove it. New garden tick for me!

 
Simon Cost
 
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01 March 2018 09:29
 

14 goldfinches on my feeders in Wellington this morning, double the previous biggest charm. More surprising, and presumably driven by the weather, was a low-flying woodcock over suburban gardens in broad daylight.