At least 3
Blackcaps on the patch today - a female in the garden (along with a
Blackbird,
Dunnock and a party of
Great and
Blue Tits) and a pair at the station, the male giving brief bursts of song. Also at the station a
Bullfinch heard singing but not seen, a
Coal Tit, 4
Goldfinches, 5
Greenfinches, several
Chaffinches, half a dozen
Starlings and a
Robin. A gaggle of
House Sparrows showed well in St Andrews Road.
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| Female Blackcap |
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| House Sparrow |
A
Black-headed Gull was in St Andrews Park - a bit of a rarity on the patch - along with a
Herring Gull, a
Coal Tit, a single
Fieldfare, 15 or so
Starlings, several
Goldfinches,
Chaffinches and
Greenfinches and a
Pied Wagtail.
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| Black-headed Gull |
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| Fieldfare (and Greenfinch) |
At Fairlawn Road, the Holly tree showed evidence of the
Holly Leaf Gall Fly Phytomyza ilicis.
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| Phytomyza ilicis |
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