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Winter Thrushes

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Berries must be harder to come by now as the Thrushes have started to come to the garden to feed on apples.
A single Mistle Thrush stole the show on Christmas eve with his stand and fight attitude of saving the precious apples from anything that dared get too near



although he did eat a little every now and again


the poor Redwings usually took the brunt of the aggression, but with a little percaverence did get to share


and voice their opinions


Fieldfare have now started to arrive in the garden, add the large numbers of Blackbirds the recipe for the remainder of the winter looks to be boiling up.

Garden highest count of 21 Redpoll on Boxing day and a brief showing for a day of a female Blackcap that flirted with the now resident male Blackcap




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Temperatures fall but no snow yet....

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Brrrr..... wrap up warm and stay local was the best I could do this weekend. Both Poynton Pool and Higher Poynton canal were both frozen (and look like being so for a while now as the nightly lows reach around -8c). Plenty of Gulls on the pool with a nice couple of Common Gulls in with the Black Headed.



However the gulls didnt take all the limelight, as a couple of Kingfishers flew from one side of the pool to the other, fishing in the sheltered parts under the tree branches that shade parts of the waters edge


The Grey Heron didnt fancy being on camera! so it retreated to a quieter corner


Plenty of woodland birds along the pathways including a small flock of Long Tail Tits


and an inquisitive Wren


whilst this mother and Juvenile Morehen forage for morsals on a less slippery surface


up at the Canal the usual Mallards made use of the very little water that wasnt frozen


 and along the towpath berries are still in abundance, as are the Thrushes. Good numbers of Mistle Thrush guarding the food laden trees


from the dozen or so nervous Redwings that were easily chased off


Other local birds were very visible while foraging for food in the sub zero conditions



now for the new Garden visitors when the snow eventually arrives!!














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