Weather: bright & sunny, freezing cold. From 910am.
Another trip to Norfolk & Lynford to try to spot the hawfinches, with much better conditions this visit.
In the woods before the lake:
Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Coal Tit, Jackdaw, Chaffinch, Great Tit, Blackbird, Pheasant boldly feeding under the trees.
A lot of 'pit-choo' calls from Marsh Tits but none seen.
On the lakeside, Moorhen, Mistle Thrush, good views of Siskin, & on the lake, Mallard, pair of Egyptian Goose & a vocal Little Grebe.
Past the lake & onto the path next to the paddock with several other birders scanning the large trees. Luckily once a position had been taken the reknowned Hawfinches were seen almost immediately, a new species for me. The best sighting was of a male on top of a large Hornbeam tree, but there were up to a dozen which flitted about between other trees in the paddock, occasionally dropping to the ground. After about 30 minutes & hearing their calls/song, the apparent feeding of the sheep in the paddock caused them to fly off into the arboretum.
On the way back to the car:
Wren, Mute Swan, Canada Goose & finally just before getting back to the car, Long-tailed Tit.
20 species, 1 new species.
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