A very mild but windy, wet morning at Ogden with a strong W>5 and horizontal drizzle throughout with full cloud at 6 degrees.
Woodland birding is not my favourite pastime but when the reservoirs are getting blown away and shrouded in drizzle its good to get in the shelter of the west bank among the several species of small passerines.
The water was void of wildfowl, other than the Mallards along with 10 Black Headed and 2 Common gull. A lady was putting piles of food out by the overflow which attracted 28 Carrion Crow, not much chance of any surviving ducklings this year.
The west bank was active with all 4 common Tit species as well as several Goldcrest, 1 pair of Bullfinch, 3 Nuthatch and 4 Treecreepers all actively feeding making it very hard to get them in the lens.
Just 1 Siskin and 2 Redpoll spotted but high up in the pine trees on the edge of the plantation.
BS