The walk – the sixtieth of these quarterly WCG Bird Walks – took place on the morning of 4 November, an initially rainy day, but with marked improvement during the walk. The bird numbers noted also increased markedly as the weather improved. There were six participants, and the following twenty-one species were recorded.
Red-legged Partridge (C)
Pheasant (B, C)
Buzzard (B, C)
Red Kite (C)
Herring Gull (C – two birds flying over)
Woodpigeon (A, B, C)
Skylark (C)
Wren (B)
Dunnock (A, C)
Robin (C)
Magpie (A, C)
Carrion Crow (C)
Long-tailed Tit (B – a group of up to a dozen birds passing through the trees)
Coal Tit (B)
Blue Tit (B, C)
Blackbird (C)
Redwing (C – mainly individual birds)
Chaffinch (C)
Goldfinch (A – two on the wires by the footpath across Hilltop Field)
Greenfinch (C)
Yellowhammer (C – c.3)