Lesser Redpolls at the Brickworks

It was another seriously mild (14 to 15°C) December day with only a slight breeze. The mud at the Brickworks is marginally less squelchy. I think we’ll need a week of dry weather before that’ll harden over. Anyway, a brief post just to note the presence of a couple of Lesser Redpolls on site today. I don’t know how frequently this species is seen across Trust land but this was my first record of them in the 2.5 years I’ve been exploring the wildlife around the Box Moor Trust. Close by was a Long-tailed Tit flock mixed with other Tits and Goldcrests and I do wonder if the two Redpolls had been drawn along with them. Anyway, birds of note this afternoon:

2 Lesser Redpoll
12 Long-tailed Tit
6+ Goldcrest
7+ Wren (2 singing, others swapping alarm calls “teck, teck, teck”)
17 Fieldfare flying over, heading west
8 Bullfinches
25+ Goldfinch
Mix of Chaffinches, Great Tits and Blue Tits
A couple of singing Robins plus others around site, along with Dunnocks
2 Jay
2 Green Woodpeckers
1 Kestrel
Plenty of Blackbirds & Magpies & Woodpigeons around the site