There have been a lot of really good bird sightings here today, topped by an osprey seen with a fish, flying over the hillfort. It was seen again over the gatehouse late afternoon. At least 20 crossbills have flown over with several lingering and the 6 woodlarks have again been around the new heath, near the hillfort. 3 bramblings flew over and one fed on the feeder at the hide and a good number of redpoll's (30/40) flew over as well.A grey wagtail has been around for most of the week and a few siskin flocks are scattered around the reserve.
Not a bad day!
it's our Feed The Birds event this weekend, we'll have bird ringing demo's, Homes for Wildlife info, children's activities and hopefully some of the birds above! It runs from 11-4 on both Saturday and Sunday...you can top up on bird food as well, large bags of 12.75 kg seed have £5 off.
Great to see all these different birds are migrating over and into the reserve