Mistle Thrush

Not much birding done today , but I did have an afternoon stroll around the cemetery grounds in Topsham to look for any winter thrushes but all I saw was a single Mistle Thrush but I don't think it will be long before the others start turning up , there was also a 30+ flock of Western Jackdaw , 8 Goldcrest , also seen was a Grey Squirrel and this Garden Cross Spider .

Garden Cross Spider ( Araneus diadematus ) . The Topsham Cemetery Grounds . Devon

Long-Billed Dowitcher

A trip up to Hampshire today with our first stop being at Blashford Lakes to look for a Ferruginous Duck but there was no sign of it today ( The 3rd one that I have dipped this year ) , the only birds seen were 6 Gadwall and 2 Common Kingfisher .
On then to the Pennington Marshes to look for an American wader a Long-Billed Dowitcher and this time we had better luck seeing the bird but it never came too close to us , also seen were 2 female Northern Pintail , 9 Common Snipe , a Grey Plover and a Cetti`s Warbler .

Also seen today 3 Sika Deer and some European Hornet

Long-Billed Dowitcher ( Limnodromus scolopaceus ) . The Pennington Marshes . Hampshire

Nothing New

An afternoon look around Bowling Green Marsh only turned up the usual birds with quite a bit of a tit flock consisting of mainly of Long-Tailed Tit and Blue Tit with a few Great Tit and a single Coal Tit in with them , there was also a large flock of Goldcrest , besides that there were half a dozen European Robin , 2 Winter Wren , 2 Redwing , a Song Thrush , a Eurasian Nuthatch and a Eurasian Jay .
A look from the viewing platform at the Clyst Estuary then got me 2 Little Egret and 6 Common Gull and on the Exe Estuary there was 30+ Pied Avocet .

Long-Tailed Tit ( Aegithalos caudatus ) . Bowling Green Marsh . Topsham . Devon