Saturday, January 21, 2006 - Stonechat Hunch pays off

Revisited Pheasant runs east of Mursley. Number of finches had dropped dramatically from last visit, and only saw ~50 Linnets. Large flock of Fieldfare and Starlings was still feeding on arable land.

The escaped Hooded Merganser is further degraded in that it is in a group of 4 birds, and probably a private collection!

Also had a walk round Swanbourne and my hunch about the habitat being ideal for Stonechat was proved correct with a nice male seen well.