Pit Tip Plantation

This morning I worked the boundary of the main Pit Tip Plantation, and added a few birds to the year list. Three Mallard flew over the Pit Tip Top towards Bestwood Quarry, and two Meadow Pipit and a Pied Wagtail also flew over, calling. In the Plantation, I found a single Lesser Redpoll, some Siskin, a male Sparrowhawk, and a Green Woodpecker. Highlight of the morning was a single Fieldfare that flew over calling, and settled at the top of a birch tree at the Plantation's eastern edge.