Report from Stapleford Bird Club
 - 3rd December 2011
Threatening grey skies greeted the nine birders who gathered in the Magog Trust carpark on Dec 3rd. No birds were visible so we set off and immediately spotted a Kestrel hovering over Youth Wood. Walking up the slope, there were no birds to be seen or heard with the exception of an overflying Herring Gull. It appeared we were in for a quiet morning and so it proved. Our walk was punctuated by the occasional Blue Tit or Great Tit. A solitary Magpie was searching for food on the arable land by Villedomer Wood and at the southern end of our route, the usual Chaffinches were feeding on the Beech mast. Four starlings wheeled overhead. The presence of sheep on the grazing land ensured good numbers of Corvids with around twenty Jackdaws and 30 plus Rooks. We also recorded Song Thrush, Long Tailed Tit and Greenfinch.