Monday 3rd December 2012 - Captains Pool

There was no intention of undertaking any birding today as it was a bit of a messy one with various appointments throughout the day.  That said late morning I received a text off TS informing me that he had got a mixed flock of finches feeding in one of the Alders at the edge of Captains Pool.  In total he had recorded 5 Lesser Redpolls, 10 Siskin and 15 Goldfinch.  These were the first Lesser Redpolls on the patch this winter so I headed over.

Unfortunately, when I arrive only 2 Siskin (1♂, 1♀) and 8 Goldfinch remained.  Still they were nice to see and I managed to get a bit of Siskin video footage so it wasn't a wasted journey.  A cracking looking Nuthatch was also showing in the adjacent trees.

The pool itself was now partially frozen and stood on the ice were 41 Black-headed Gulls and a single Lesser Black-backed Gull.

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6 comments:

  1. Great video Jase, not seen a Siskin in our garden yet and Goldfinch numbers seem to be down.LBB looked a bit miserable when I was down by Captains on Saturday.Saw what I thought was a mixed flock of Finches towards Stanklyn a little later, but I don't have your identification skills.

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  2. Nice piece on the Siskin,brilliant.

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  3. Bob - Many thanks mate

    Mike - Cheers! There has been a build up in finch numbers along stanklyn with c.40 Chaffinch, 20 Goldfinch, 10+ Greenfinch, c.60 Linnet, 8 Yellowhammer and between 30 to 60 Corn Buntings present most days

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  4. Excellent video as usual! Never manage to get the birds to stop for long enough when I've tried it but you seem to have knack!

    Regards

    Keith

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  5. Cheers Keith. To be honest mate for every decent bit of footage there are a hell of a lot of crap ones that I take!

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  6. Nice bit of video Jason. I had a couple of Siskins in my garden for a couple of days in the Winter a few years back, lovely little birds.

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