A trip out to a very mild Plantsbrook today, it was more like an early Spring day. Birds spotted were, Siskin, Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Reed Bunting, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Robin, Blackbird, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon. Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Tufted Duck, Mallard and Canada Goose. The Siskin were part of a flock, hard to tell how many being as it in a very dense part of the woodland, the ones I could see were mainly females and they were busy feeding on seeds of the Common Alder and chirping away. There was also quite a few male and female Bullfinch and Reed Bunting about as well, which is always a pleasure to see, especially as the HS2 high-speed railway link is going to rip straight through one of the Reed Bunting's main breeding grounds in this part of the country. A pair of Mute Swan have relocated from the nearby Pype Hayes fishing pool back to the small pool at Plantsbrook, where they always successfully breed, so let's hope there are plenty more Cygnets again this year. Here's a link about the Mute Swans and Cygnets bringing a dual carriageway to a standstill from last year if you missed it from one of my earlier posts.
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