A quick check on the bird feeders when I got home from Weymouth and there was a female Blackcap on the peanuts. Also 3 Chaffinches, 2 Great Tits, 1 Blue Tit, 3 House Sparrows, 1 Robin and 18 Goldfinches. Where were all these birds when I did the RSPB Garden Birdwatch!!
From left to right Great Tit, Blue Tit and 2 Goldfinches.
From left to right a female Blackcap and 2 Goldfinches
From left to right the female Blackcap in flight and 4 Goldfinches.
One of the 18 Goldfinches in the back garden.
Goldfinches and a Robin. In the background there is another Robin singing. They all took off when a Wood Pigeon landed beneath them.
Goldfinches and a Great Tit. In the background a Robin and Wood Pigeon singing.
Hamm Beach
Whilst waiting for the Roadwork traffic lights to change to green I counted 80+ Red-breasted Mergansers in the bay here.