Today I fitted a new feeder tray to stop all the spillages, and refilled all of the feeders too. I had good views of Starling, Goldfinch and Greenfinch on the feeder, and managed to digi-bin a few half-decent photos of the Goldfinch too - probably the best I've taken so far.

Today I've added Robin to the garden list. It was actually on the feeder for a few seconds, and then on the fence.

Two Greenfinch were on the feeder at 9:30am, and then a single Blue Tit, shortly followed by two Goldfinch. The finches were on the feeder throughout the day, with three Greenfinch together at one point in the afternoon, allowing for some reasonable digi-bin shots.

At 9:30am, a Kestrel was heading west in the direction of the Pit Top. Two Greenfinch were on the feeder together in the morning, and shortly afterwards another was on the feeder.

In the afternoon, a female Sparrowhawk was hunting, and landed on a tree in the adjacent garden.

A good start to the year with a reasonable garden list of 12 species, including a single Coal Tit on the feeder first thing in the morning and several House Sparrow, one of which came to our feeder (garden first).

Two Goldfinch were playing see-saw on the feeder in the morning. A Collared Dove was sat in the cherry tree for a while in the afternoon and a Pied Wagtail flew over later.

Collared Dove

A pair of Coal Tit were seen flying into a nearby garden at the back, then one ventured across to our feeder. It disappeared and came back a few times. In the afternoon, a single Green Woodpecker flew over at the front, heading west towards the Pit Top.

A single Collared Dove was sat on the fence by the cherry tree and feeder, not sure if it had tried feeding on anything, but it's a first in the garden since the start of recording.

At 9:05am, a Kestrel was flying east to west through the trees at the edge of the woods. Later, two Goldfinch were on the feeder.

A single Green Woodpecker flew north west towards the Pit Top first thing. Goldfinch were on the feeder at 12:30.

Goldfinch

The first Chaffinch was seen from the garden, on the roof of a nearby house (excluding one picked up in some old footage). Only Blue Tit and Starling were seen in the garden today.

In the morning a Kestrel was flying through trees east to west at 10:55. A Common Buzzard was soaring above the Pit Top and woods, slowly moving east at around 11:45. A pair of Coal Tit were on our feeder just after 12:00, which was an all-round garden first. They were flying back and forth between our cherry tree and the neighbour's large conifers. One even tried out some acrobatics, flying up through the feeder rings.

Coal Tit and Blue Tit

In the afternoon, there were two Lesser Black-backed Gull in a flock of 15+ Black-headed Gull around the school field and playing field. Two Pied Wagtail were on the ridge of the house opposite later.

A Kestrel flew over front to back at 2pm and headed off to the wood at the south, with a few unsuccessful dives into gardens along the way. Large numbers of birds were flying east to west at sunset (3:30pm) with around 300 Carrion Crows going to roost. A number of birds (probably Goldfinch) were seen struggling with the winds too. The fat feeders were emptied yesterday and not filled again until lunchtime today. Only one Starling was seen in the garden all day.

A single Greenfinch was on the feeder in the morning. At lunch, three Blue Tit were in the tree at one time with one on the feeder. Whilst there, a Goldfinch visited the feeder too, and was shortly joined by a second in the tree. The usual group of Starling and Magpie were around also, with a single female House Sparrow visiting the tree being notable.