What have you seen

lovely walk in glorious winter sunshine round our local estate, not the housing sort, this morning .  Kestrel almost overhead hovering but moved off without coming down.  Heard at least one woodpecker and the rooks were crawing looking like they were beginning to pair up.  Dog had a field day barking at the squirrels, I swear she'll climb a tree one day!  One tree had four squirrels that we could see why aren't they hibernating?

Perhaps the birds were Redwing which are often found in large flocks and alongside Fieldfare

Waxwings, again!

In Burnley town centre (honest!), in a tree just outside the library, about 15 of them. 😊

I saw a Robin just outside the front side window of the caravan this morning.

Just found this Youtube video which shows Redwings and Fieldfares. Lets see if it works.

brue, the video works well, thanks. As I said the birds were too far away to fully identify, but looking at the video I think that they might well have been Redwings rather than Fieldfares, but I could not spot their eyestripe.

Not easy! Fieldfares are very noisy and chatty that might help another time. 

Grey squirrels do not hibernate as they are unable to store food for long periods. Rather they build winter dreys which they sometimes share for extra warmth, using their tails as a blanket.

They were there again today. Bit easier to see and they had a couple of Fieldfares in among them. 

I listened to Tweet of the Day on BBC Radio 4 this morning and it was about Mistle Thrushes gathering in small flocks at this time of the year.

Tweet of the Day