A clear, morning, the ground hard with frost, I head to the Sculcoates patch. The walk there takes me fifteen minutes and I do the usual route: Abbey Way via the drain, then the cemeteries, then the river Hull and back through the drain again.
I briefly spot 3 Little Grebes near each other at the drain. They are quite shy and disappear in the reeds or dive when I look over the bridge. One of them has an adult plumage, other a more juvenile looking one.
1st winter juv?
The individual on the left looks like an adult, the one on the right more juvenile or winter plumage.
Two Golcrests chase around a large ivy. A Great Spotted woodpecker flies to one of the tall poplars, a new addition to the patch bird list (number 37). At the cemetery, a Song Thrush is in full song (top shot).
Nice to see a group of 8 Greenfinches in the north cemetery.
Hazel catkins in flower.
Bullfinch eating hawthorn seeds.
Bullfinch warbling.
A male Bullfinch singing quietly, and feeding on Hawthorn berries.
At the River Hull the tide is low. A group of Black-headed gulls, Herring Gulls and common gulls sit on the mud. A Redshank flies off.
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