Stopped off briefly this afternoon at Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve on the way home from a meeting. I wasn’t really planning to, but I was just passing and thought it was a good opportunity to have a quick look around. It was an overcast and cold afternoon but on reaching the marsh quickly located a Fieldfare sitting in a tree (My first winter Thrush of 2015). Unfortunately there were too many branches in the way for a photograph. Scanned through the other thushes in the area but only found Song Thrush and Blackbird.
Otherwise the usual residents were present but did get some excellent views of Green Woodpecker feeding on the ground.
Green Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker
Blackbird
By the time I reached the Lake the cold was beginning to get through to my bones (Naturally I wasnt really dressed for being out birdwatching) so quickly began to make my way back to the road. A Pied Wagtail was strutting along the path in front of me and seemed most reluctant to fly away as I approached.
Pied Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Canada Goose [sp] (Branta canadensis)
Mallard [sp] (Anas platyrhynchos)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Common Moorhen [sp] (Gallinula chloropus)
Eurasian Coot [sp] (Fulica atra)
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Common Gull (Larus canus canus)
Common Pigeon [sp] (Columba livia)
Common Wood Pigeon [sp] (Columba palumbus)
Rose-ringed Parakeet [sp] (Psittacula krameri)
Eurasian Magpie [sp] (Pica pica)
Carrion Crow [sp] (Corvus corone)
Common Starling [sp] (Sturnus vulgaris)
Common Blackbird [sp] (Turdus merula)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Song Thrush [sp] (Turdus philomelos)
European Robin [sp] (Erithacus rubecula)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba yarrellii)
European Goldfinch [sp] (Carduelis carduelis)
