The Redpolls have returned at last. The last sighting of a Redpoll in the garden was on 11 September and 2 months later they have returned.
I don't know where they go to for a couple of months but the same thing happened last year and the year before. Maybe the birds that were here through summer to breed have migrated and have been replaced by incoming migrants from Scandinavia/Europe.
The Great Spotted Woodpecker turned up again today, it landed on the peanuts at first then moved onto the sunflower seeds:
The Goldfinch flock that visits each day was up to 23 birds today, and as they can't all fit onto the feeders there is a commotion as they contest the available perches.
Just 2 Greenfinches and 3 Chaffinches today, together with a Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tits and 2 Great Tits.
The River Calder is still swollen and I saw 3 Grey Herons this afternoon as I walked down the Rochdale Canal alongside the river. No Dippers though.
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