Thursday, 30 December 2010

Battle Fm, Preston Crowmarsh

Thursday 30 December 2010

Carried out my final count, for the year, of the fields around Battle Farm.  A grand total of 309 birds of 35 species were identified.  Two new species were seen which, as I am now in the 6th year of the monthly survey, is not bad going.  They were both "flyover" jobs and not normally associated with farmland being a small party of 6 Tufted Duck and a single Egyption Goose.  Very few Redwings and no Fieldfares presumably because all of the berries have been eaten and the ground is still too hard for worms.  Good to see 4 Yellowhammers, a couple of Goldcrests and a Blackcap.

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