1430-1600hrs Icy cold W>5 but water up there remaining unfrozen.
A poor start with no passerines around Ploughcroft and no sign of the Little Owls.
Plenty big gulls moving over Halifax but this soon stopped apart from a late 2 Herring Gulls at nearly 1600hrs.
As I got onto the top feeding field the action started. Firstly I flushed a flock of around 78 Linnets followed by smaller birds which flew into the solitary tree by the track. These turned out to be 5 Twite and 2 pair of Reed Bunting. Also present were Skylarks and Meadow Pipits. The flock of Linnet dropped down into the private field on the other side of the track and due to the late hour these were not re located. Hundreds of Jackdaws came over heading to roost.
11 LBB gull
9 Herring gull
1 GBB gull
c78 Linnet
5 Twite
2 Meadow Pipit
6 Skylark
2pr Reed Bunting
8 Grey Partridge
1Kestrel
BS and DJS.
