Herring gulls
Feeding time at Hatchetts Pond

Blackheaded gulls
4hawfinches high up in a tree
hawfinch

Fallowbuck
White buck
Bucks grazing at Bolderwood as the sun goes down

More Birdwatching

Well the sun is still shining, so we went back to Eyeworth . We took some food but there was already lots in the car park..seed and fat balls.. We saw two male Mandarins and a female. Nuthatches, bluetits ,marshtits, great tits, robins and chaffinches. It was really warm sitting in the sun.
But the big thrill of the afternoon was to finally see some Hawfinches high up in the trees.
Hawfinches are our biggest finches, but they are very shy. Apparently there big bills can exert a pressure equivalent to 150pounds/per square inch and they use them to crack open the stones of fruit such as cherries, damsons and sloes.