Had to be in Coventry for 8-00am, got out the car in sight of the Cathedral to a flock of 30 Redwings flying over westward.
Back in Willey mid-morning and another flock of Redwing settled for a rest in the Ash trees before moving on. Both yesterday and today considerable migration has been taken place with many winter birds arriving in the country from the east and today thousands of Redwings and hundreds of Fieldfares were reported moving along the Severn valley. Soon these will be dispersed over the UK and into southern Europe.
A number of Jays were seen around today, no doubt collecting nuts and burying them for their winter larders. A single Chiffchaff is still around, while three Tree Sparrows put in an appearance at the feed station. Some 80 black-headed Gulls, two Common and four Lesser Black Backed Gulls flew over looking for fields being cultivated to feed on.
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