Great visit to Sutton Park this morning which coincided with the first slight frost of this Autumn, which made for some great views of the vast scenery with the blue skies and sunshine.
It's always good to see any birds and wildlife that places have to offer but four spots were especially great to see today, first up was the sight of a flock of Redwing, along with many Woodpigeon, feasting on the berries from a Holly tree, it was especially nice as they are the first Redwing I've seen this Autumn, then almost straight after that I got a lovely view of a Yellow Wagtail which first landed on a bridge and then went for a forage in a brook and if those spots weren't good enough I had the pleasure of seeing a pair of Stonechat, male and female going from bush to bush looking for insects, I don't see many Stonechat so that really was a rare old treat, last was not least was seeing a small flock of Meadow Pipit looking for insects in among the moorland and ferns who flew up to a tree every time a dog appeared but soon came back down once the 'danger' had gone.
Longmoor Pool was as busy as you'd expect with three of this years Mute Swan Cygnets still hanging around, the Mallards were as cheeky as usual and the Coots were fighting as usual, I don't think they ever give it a rest, the only real surprise to see on the water was a good number of Little Grebe, they are lovely bird that you don't see nearly often enough.
Birds seen today were, Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Robin, Nuthatch, Redwing, Jay, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Pied Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Little Grebe, Coot, Moorhen, Tufted Duck, Mallard and Canada Goose.
