Jan 30th

Found my first ever MEALY REDPOLL at Vincent's View this morning. The bird stood out from the rest as notably paler and larger. Luckily it wasn't shy, and was the closest redpoll in the flock of lessers.

Mealy Redpoll [Male - Vincent's View]

Elsewhere...
Mill Lakes: 6+ Common Snipe [Mud Island], 150 Black-headed Gull, 12 Common Gull, 1 Treecreeper [Willow Pools]
Leen Pastures: 1 Willow Tit [Feeding Station]
Broad Valley: 5+ Fieldfare, 30 Redwing

Jan 10th

Warren Hill: 63 WAXWING [Initially seen at 12:20 between Gerard Close Entrance and Hatton Close Entrance. Flock were visiting trees on edge of park and TV aerials of adjacent houses before settling in the large oak on Finsbury Road. Birds were flushed by a Sparrowhawk soonafter and could not be relocated until 14:15, when they returned to the oak], 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Nuthatch [Garden feeder on Finsbury Road]

Jan 9th

Warren Hill: 4 WAXWING [Seen briefly from home at 12pm and again at 2pm in trees along the edge of the park between Gerard Close Entrance and Hatton Close Entrance], c.80 Redwing, 2 Lapwing 2 [flying high over Woodland] 1 Common Buzzard [S over Woodland being mobbed by Carrion Crows]

Jan 7th

Pit Tip: GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, Lesser Black-backed Gull
Mill Lakes: c.150 Siskin, c.40 Goldfinch, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Gadwall
Leen Pastures: 1 Willow Tit

Jan 6th

Mill Lakes: 4 Little Grebe [personal max site count], c.100 Siskin

49 species was a pretty good start to the new year.

Nov 28th

Warren Hill: A search of the area this morning failed to relocate the Waxwings, but the news services are reporting 21 still at Big Wood School this evening.

Woodland: 1 Pied Wagtail [Path by Three Ponds - unusual location, obviously provoked by the weather conditions], 1 Song Thrush [Khalsa Wood], 1+ Redwing [Khalsa Wood], 2 Nuthatch

Nov 27th

Warren Hill: From the house this afternoon at 14:40, 23 WAXWING circled Bewcastle Road (between junctions with Finsbury Road and Stockdale Close) for several minutes. Thereafter, I was unable to locate them in any of the usual haunts around Warren Hill.