5th Feb - am rain, pm drizzle/light rain at time, cloudy, dull, mod-fresh at time E, 6C

Lilbourne Meadows; afternoon.

Two Pink-footed Geese with Greylags.

c400 Lapwing, c100 Golden Plovers, Wigeon, Shoveler and Gadwall.

A few redwings and Fieldfares. c25 Goldfinches.  Two Pheasants (cocks).

4th Feb - cloudy am, sunny intervals pm, light/mod breeze, SE-E, 8C

Willey;  I spotted the female Blackcap this morning in the Church lane area, hope it makes it to Spring.

Bittesby Country Park; afternoon.

A male Stonechat, sing Skylark and Song Thrush, A Buzzard, Kestrel and Sparrowhawk..

Three Mute Swans on the lake.   18 Goldfinches feeding/drinking nearby.

 

3rd Feb - cloudy, dull/grey/hazy, 3C with a mod E

Market Bosworth Country Park; afternoon.

On the adjacent sunflower patch was a mixed finch flock - Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Linnet, 6 Bramblings and Reed Bunting.

A flock of Rook and Jackdaw on the parkland grass.  Several Stock Doves and a Buzzard over.

2nd Feb - Cloudy, dull and damp, mod easterly, 7C, fine drizzle at times pm.

 Lilbourne Meadows; afternoon

Plenty of Wigeon still ant the flood pools, along with 12 Shoveler, 17 Gadwall, Mallard and Teal.  

A single Little Grebe is now back, several Black-headed and Common Gulls too.

357 Lapwing at the pools and two Golden Plovers.

A few Starlings, Redwings and Fieldfares feeding on the pastures.

1st Feb - Dull, misty, then occasional fine drizzle/light rain pm, very light SE, 9C

Shawell Sandpit/landfill; morning

My first spot was of two Green Sandpipers flying together low over the water and landing on the far bank.

It was too misty for the Red Kites to be doing much, eventually seven sat in the trees.

Two Green Woodpeckers were yaffling, against each other.

The Peregrine was again resting atop a works yard light.

Otherwise usual regulars were present.

Despite the dull-misty weather I digiscoped a Red Kite and the Peregrine.

Brandon marsh; afternoon.

A look here this afternoon for the Firecrest, but it seems to have moved on at the moment.  However, a Marsh Tit showed well.  With a Long-tailed Tit flock was a Chiffchaff.

On east marsh the expected Duck species (water level pretty high on the marsh).  A couple of Oystercatchers have made it back early for Spring.

A Great Egret flew in and started to search for food, before a Canada Goose took exception it it!

31 St Jan - sunny periods, light-mod SE, sharp shower 1530h, 11C

Shawell Sandpit/Landfill; morning

Pretty quiet, with lower duck numbers than recently, only 47 Teal, 18 Tufted, a few Mallard, eight Pochard, four Pochard,  and two Little Grebes, Gull numbers very low.

c20 Ravens, 1 Red Kite, Green Woodpecker and 55 Lapwings.

Swithland Res; afternoon.

Checked the south side for the adult female Lesser Scaup that has been here several weeks now.  Good mid-distance views of it busy dive feeding.

30th Jan - a little light rain early, then cloudy, and a few sunny intervals pm, light SE, 9C

Lilbourne Meadows,; afternoon.

A good flock of Lapwings and Wigeon at the flood pools, c200 and c300 respectively.

c100 Starlings feeding, and on the hedges Redwings and Fieldfares.

Single female Kestrel.

Stanford hall; later afternoon.

c150 Canada Geese, but the Greylag flock and White-fronted Geese appear to have moved away.

c100 Wigeon on the lake/grassland.

Three Tufted Duck on the lake and a Mistle Thrush near the lane bridge. Coot number shave come up to 6+.

A Green Woodpecker called.