Present are Myself, Alanjns, Clydebirder, Maggie28 and Simon624.

Arrived at 10am prompt.

List...
Chaffinch
Crow
Moorhen
Wood Pigeon
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Great Tit
Magpie
Greylag
Pink Footed Goose

continued...

Getting ready to go to the 2010 trip up in Lincolnshire.

As per last year I will post up to the website if possible.

This year's location is Far Ings National Nature Reserve.

'Ings' is an old English word for the wet pastures to the west of Barton which, before embankment, were part of the Humber flood plain. Since Roman times the underlying clay has been used to make bricks and tiles.

In the late 19th century there were 15 brick and tile yards,...

Had an enjoyable Garden Birdwatch today with conditions being much better than last year.

11am
LOCATION: West Kent
CONDITIONS: The ground is frosty.
Temperature of 3.6 degrees C.
Wind speed 1.1 km/h.

12noon
Temperature 4.5 degrees C.
Wind speed 7.2 km/h

Here's the tally and numbers seen at once...

1. Carrion Crow 1
2. Blackbird 2
3. Great Tit 2
4. Blue Tit 3
5. Starling 3
6. Chaffinch...

Had a wander around Tudeley Woods which is part of my local patch.

It's a great place just to walk round, and any bird sightings simply a bonus.

Tudeley Woods is a remnant of the huge forest of Andreaswald which at one time covered much of the Weals of Kent.

The reserve is traditionally managed with charcoal buring, coppicing and grazing.

Habitats include coppice, coniferous plantation, high forest, heath, grass heath pasture, meadow and some water...

Moved to the Western part of the reserve to look for waders.
Spotted...
Pheasant
Black-tailed Godwit
Snipe
Greenshank
Green Sandpiper
Ringed Plover
Shelduck
Barnacle Goose
Linnet
Kestrel

That's over 60 and counting. Light is diminishing a bit now.