Mayfield is a haven for spotting birdlife, and we have a number of readers who submit pictures to the magazine. Here we feature the work of Bob Berrisford and Martin Balderson.
Magazine editor Joyce Beeson writes…
We still have an amazing amount of Goldfinches flocking to bird feeders the minute I have filled them up in the morning and they visit them all day long, the most we counted this month at one time was 29, that’s more than last month.
A few Greenfinches still come with them. We have a pair of robins, some
Blackbirds, lots of dunnocks and sparrows, a few bird tits, but not many, not many great tits either. A wren suddenly appeared stayed for a few days and then disappeared, hope it hasn’t met a sad end, we have lots of cats who visit our garden.
A chiffchaff was seen in a garden in Moorlands Drive, they usually leave here for warmer winter places, but some stay. Fieldfares and Redwings will appear any day now, they start their journey in September after spending summer much further north in Scandinavia and Iceland.
The Kestrel still hides in the Ash Tree ready to catch an unsuspecting vole, shrew or a mouse, if they don’t catch one of those they’ll settle for a worm or two. A Crow has spent some time chasing the Kestrel off but it keeps coming back. Barn Owls have been seen again at Calwich and Harlow, they’ll be looking for mice too.
Read the full story in the magazine.