Migrating Bearded Tits!!..... comical! They look like they are flying into a gale force head wind but it was dead calm! All the other migrants were over taking them. Anyway like all hearty efforts- good to see them having a go and only the 10th record for Beddington.
Also today a Short-eared Owl flying around, 1 Redpoll over, 4 Siskin, 2 Skylark, 30+ Meadow Pipit, 20+ Linnet, 20+ Chaffinch, 10+ Goldfinch and a small influx of thrushes on the old gravel pit- including 10+ Blackbird, 10+ Song Thrush and the odd Fieldfare and Redwing. About 4 Goldcrests about, 1 Chiffchaff and 15+ Long-tailed Tit. Good numbers of wildfowl with 500+ Teal, 50+ Shoveler, 1 Wigeon, 1 Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck, 4 Gadwall, 40+ Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Snipe and the 'wintering' Common Sandpiper is still around. 1 Kes and 1 Sprawk.
PS The light was awful today- low cloud and mist.
Btw: for some proper photos of short-eareds check out these pics: http://pewit.blogspot.com/2010/11/another-short-eared-owl-fest.html
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