Monday 3 February 2014

Mealy Redpoll and a Great Spotted Woodpecker

Lesser Redpoll, Carduelis cabaret
On Saturday I visited Warnham Nature Reserve, Horsham to see the famous Mealy Redpoll which everyone has been photographing recently. It only used the feeder nearest the hide, and visited for a short time every 20 minutes or so. There were plenty of Lesser Redpolls, Greenfinches and Goldfinches. A Great Spotted Woodpecker showed several times. The water level was very high.
sheep grazing meadow
Blackbird, Turdus merula
female Blackbird, Turdus merula
female Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs
Goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis
Goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis
Great Spotted Woodpecker, Dendrocopos major
Great Tit, Parus major
Greenfinch, Carduelis chloris
Greenfinch, Carduelis chloris
Grey Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis
Grey Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis
Lesser Redpoll, Carduelis cabaret
Lesser Redpolls, Carduelis cabaret
Lesser Redpoll, Carduelis cabaret
Lesser Redpoll, Carduelis cabaret
Long-tailed Tit, Aegithalos caudatus
Long-tailed Tit, Aegithalos caudatus
Mealy Redpoll, Carduelis flammea
Mealy Redpoll, Carduelis flammea
Mealy Redpoll, Carduelis flammea
Nuthatch, Sitta europaea
female Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus
Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus
Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus
Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus
Reed Bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus
Robin, Erithacus rubecula

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