Tuesday, October 23, 2007

18th October 2007

Walthamstow Marshes 1100-1245 MJP
sunny, little cloud. light NW.

Bullfinch - 1 male (brit-type, northern scrub)
Skylark - 9 (5 down, 4 N)
Rook - 1W, with
Jackdaw - 3
Stonechat - 2
Fieldfare - 52
Redwing - 4
Meadow Pipit - 16
Brambling - 1 (with finch flock n horse field)
Alba Wagtails - 46 (horse field)
Linnet - 17
Goldfinch - 12
Chaffinch - 15

A good day on the marshes, although due to illness, I probably missed most of the birds present..... the male Bullfinch was particularly good, as was the first Rook in the area this autumn, and good numbers of Fieldfares, finches, pipits and wagtails.