Tuesday 10 December 2013

Carlton Marsh


Another lovely sunny day with 100 + Redwings, 65 Fieldfares, 2 Bramblings (Rod Heeley) and c80 Yellow Buntings on a set aside stubble field. Once again this underlines how important this type of habitat is for wintering birds. On the marsh with the Mute Swans were 3 Shoveler and Kingfisher. A stoat was hunting the embankment.

2 comments:

Geoff Carr said...

This must be the largest flock of Yellowhammer in the Barnsley recording area at the present Cliff.

Cliff Gorman said...

Yes its fast declining species Geoff, I wish they could adapt to more readily visiting gardens for seeds