Today's sightings-Mealy Redpoll
Female Mealy Redpoll (Common Redpoll) in the grounds Copyright JSLees
The Grounds
MEALY REDPOLL or COMMON REDPOLL 1 Female showing well feeding in Alders between the Asian and Tundra Pens, And sitting up in the nearby willow. It is feeding with the finch flock.
Mealy Redpoll, or often called Common Redpolls, are larger and paler than our resident Lesser Redpolls. Mealy Redpolls have clear white wing bars and grey-toned plumage compared with the warm fawny colouring on a Lesser, which also have brown and white wing bars. Another good feature is the two well-marked white lines running down the bird's back. Mealy Redpolls are winter visitors from Scandinavia and a rare, but not unexpected, sight in Gloucestershire.
Lesser Redpoll 27
Goldfinch 3
The South Finger
Kingfisher 2 Seen digging a new nest hole
Water Rail 4
Reed Bunting 3
Chaffinch 45
Treecreeper 2
The Tack Piece
Wigeon 400
Shoveler 30
Redshank 4
Dunlin 100
Lapwing 300
Snipe 1
The Holden Tower
Peregrine 1
Buzzard 2
Barnacle Goose 140
White-fronted Goose 65
The Rushy
Bewick's Swan 150
Pochard 40
Pintail 110
The Reserve
Bittern 1
Little Egret 19
Grey Heron 3
Kingfisher 1
