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Park Hill farmland (January 20 2009)

This is the area of farmland beyond the Northway estate and the Blind Institute in Sedgley. A cold day and muddy in places but wrap up well and dress properly and those things aren't an issue.
Magpie - largest group of birds c25 in trees and on field.
Common buzzard - 1 bird in flight to tree.
Kestrel - in flight.
Nuthatch - calling bird in Park Coppice.
Great spotted woodpecker - male in Park Coppice.
Goldfinch - several feeding birds in Park Coppice.
Siskin - female bird in with the goldfinches. It pays to look properly. 3 birds in Greenleighs Wood.
Mistle thrush - 1 in flght.
Herring gull - 1 in flight overhead.
Fieldfare - 1 in flight/tree.
Song thrush - on field.
Sparrowhawk - female bird hunting low over field.