Garden Brambling and first Spring Migrants

 Garden Brambling last few days, couple of early Ring Ouzels and Wheatears on my local hills. Local Dippers active and displaying Common Buzzards also present locally

Wild Goose Chase

Managed to see 5 species of Geese today. Tundra Bean at Blackmoorfoot, 2 Eurasian White fronted geese at Ingbirchworth  plus Pink foot at both sites and Greylag and Canada at the latter. Also a large flock of Brambling at Ingbirchworth and plenty of Fieldfare in the field with a few Tree Sparrow and Yellowhammer

                                                   

                                                  

Brambling

You can't beat a garden Brambling in the Autumn

Greenfield Ring Ouzel

Several passage Ring Ouzels near Pots and Pans today. Also had some decent garden birds with daily Pheasants male and female with one male roosting in the the Oak tree in the front garden last few nights. Also had Lesser Redpoll, Brambling and a male Blackcap

Garden Birds

Some good species being recorded in the garden over the last few days. Lesser Redpoll seen only twice this year. Also an interesting partial leucistic Goldfinch. Daily Goldcrest is a real joy. Nice to see a Robin frequenting a nest box for the first time. I hope she makes it her home this spring

Brambling

Nice to see 2 Brambling male and female in the garden. Managed to get a few shots of the female.

Grasshopper Warbler and Garden Brambling

Excellent birding day started with dawn trip to Red Rocks Hoylake where we had good views of a reeling Grasshopper Warbler and managed to get some video. Back at home I was treated to a new garden species this year in the form of a male Brambling. still getting daily male Blackcap, Goldcrest and Bullfinch.