Today I saw a surprising total of 5 Green Woodpeckers, 4 on the ground together in E paddock and another in W paddock. There were 6 Fieldfare resting in trees by the gate into W paddock, and on the high ground on the S side of W paddock central hedge there were around 50 Redwing feeding on the ground, and several Mistle Thrushes. A Heron was sitting on one of the posts in W lake bay and the fem Ring-necked Duck was in amongst the Tufties on W lake. Below, a Buzzard sitting up in an Alder near the car park yesterday, and also from yesterday, an obliging festive Robin by the path near the golf course, by E lake.


