Finding my feet

After getting back from work, I grabbed my Binos and headed out. As far as I can tell at the moment the patch will consist of two walks ,both have similar habitats with one offering more mature woods ,however I opted for what I will call patch 1 .
The thawing pasture had the usual good numbers of Fieldfares and Redwing feeding with 80 plus of the latter and 130 plus of the former .Fieldfares are attractive birds at the best of times but an individual with a pure white head gave a momentarily heart failure ,but it turned out to be just an extra special Fieldfare, a real stunner .
One of the best features of my new abode is the presence of a wonderful game crop field right next to the cottage, it usually holds good numbers of birds and 60 plus Linnet and 25 plus Yellowhammer proved the norm. There were no Corn Buntings today, but they appear to be present in small numbers.
The gull that is around these parts is the Common Gull and 65 floated around the pastures. Birds of the day for me was a small flock of 9 Golden Plover which flew low to my right , really wonderful birds and one of my favourites .
A feature of one of the fields is the presence of some wintering Snipe , they hide in the rough damp ground and although I only saw 2 today I am sure there are more present , my high count so far in my brief time here is 19  ,   heres hoping for a Jack Snipe!!. One of the birds that has been lacking in relevant terms has been the Skylark , I have only seen the odd 1 or 2 so it was fantastic to see a  flock of 130 plus over pasture. It was the largest flock I think I have ever seen .A small flock of 6 Meadow Pipits were seen again another bird that seems not to be so plentiful as my last patch.
 The wooded copses held Green Woodpecker, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Nutatch , a nice small flock of 20 Chaffinch were feeding on the beech mast, alas no Brambling so far. The best of the rest were 2 Red Legged Partridge  (patch tick ), 3 Bullfinch and a nice flock of 80 or so Starling .
There is plenty more to see here and over the next few weeks and months I hope to be able to share it with you. Now just waiting for those Waxwings ....................this report is for Saturday