5th March - light SE, a few sunny spells am, cloudy pm, light showers later, 8C

Willey; this morning 3 Lapwings were on the fields to the east, hopefully more survived the recent cold weather.  A Green Woodpecker was ‘yaffling’ in the nearby wood, often nests here. Four Greenfinch were atop the bushed at the 'pin-fold'.

Mid-morning the Buzzards we’re back in the sky circling and sorting out their territories.
A check on the feed station and area after lunch, the usual candidates, 10 Tree Sparrows, I had hoped the numbers would have increased further but I doubt it will now.  Long-tailed Tits, Nuthatch, Male Great-Spotted Woodpecker and the other usual species were in good numbers again.
A mixed flock, c50, of Fieldfare and Redwing flew over low northward, probably to local fields.

Rooks are back at their nests in the Long Spinney, lots of repair and building to do yet.  We’ll see if the numbers nesting has been affected by the cold weather and early year winds that damaged the small upper branches where nests are built when I do a nest count in April.