Shorncote

13 Feb - My first visit to Shorncote for a while, on a warm and sunny February morning with a hint of spring in the air, Skylarks, Song Thrushes and Reed Buntings all in song together with the explosive Cetti’s Warblers. A fairly productive visit - 2 Shelduck, 3 Green Sandpipers, a Snipe perched in the reeds, 170 or so Lapwings, a flyover Peregrine, and a surprising influx of 10 or so Greenfinches. 3 Yellowhammers, also unusual here, feeding in the fields with Redwings. Drumming Great Spotted Woodpeckers added to the impression that it was March, not February and supposed winter!