Another Venue and lots more Brambling

11:00 - 13:00(ish).

The weather here in Bradshaw was half decent this morning, milder and dryer than yesterday and not toooo gloomy.
So... I thought it would be even brighter in Coley … wrong - It was very misty and dull.

I walked down past Coley Church to Priestley Green and along to Lightcliffe.
After a butty stop at the café in Lightcliffe I continued on down Coach Road Bridleway to the bottom and turned left along Catherine Slack to Sefton Avenue, before retracing my steps.

Birds:-

It was very dark again making the normally dark tree tops here a tad worse.

Coley / Priestley Green Area:

Goldfinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit.
Redwings flying about in twos and threes, possibly 40 or so seen, although there were probably a lot more.
Not many Fieldfare picked out though, maybe 20 or so.

c90 Small Gulls in the fields 50/50 split between Common and Black Headed.

Pr Jay, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Coach Road Area:

4 Mistle Thrush.
3 Bullfinch seen near the top of the Bridleway on the right.
Then 4 more Bullfinch seen a tad further down the track.
Coal Tit.

The trees opposite Sefton Avenue held c50 Brambling.
They were all flitting about madly, hardly stopping for photos!
Again, they were high in dark trees, awful for photos.

Strange this birding job. 
Last year I dipped on Brambling , this year I've had 2 good flocks in 24 hours.
Might bode well for Waxwing.

On the way back up Coach Road, 3 Nuthatch called then the air was filled with small birds calling.
A large group of small birds were passing through, feeding high up.
6 Nuthatch in all.
3 Treecreeper, Blue, Great, Long Tailed and Coal Tit.


Then … silence.. as they moved away.

Also about, Wren, Kestrel, Pied Wagtail and a Goldcrest seen near the Church.

Not a bad day out and about.

Looks like it will be early next week before this murk goes away.

Mega distant Great Spotted Woodpecker

Brambling flitting about in the tree tops