With more overnight snow and temperatures down to -6 it was no supprise that the water was partially frozen and had around a thousand Black-headed Gulls sitting on the ice. A quick count of the ducks this morning produced 47 Tufted and 83 Coot , along with 10 Great Crested Grebe's and two Little Grebe's. On the Hawfinch front I managed to find three in quick succession but only noted one Brambling a female which showed reasonably well. Iam putting seed down daily in a certain area and we now have Brambling , Bullfinch , Greenfinch , Chaffinch , Goldfinch and all the other regulars feeding on it . The snow started to come down heavy again so it was time to retreat. Mark and Tracey had male Blackcap in conservation area this afternoon also one male Hawfinch still and a female Brambling in usual area. Also four Bullfinch , twelve Redwing ,Fieldfare , Mistle Thrush , two Jay and a single Lapwing . On the Mere were two drake Shoveler , two Little Grebe and four Pochard. We have finished the month with 64 species that's five more than same period last year , and six more than February 2016.
Brambling (female).
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