TFI Friday

It seems like it's been a long week and I am knackered again - but then so is everyone else at work. The effects of what seems to have been a long winter?
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Yesterday the male Brambling was in the garden again. The Grey Partridges stayed in the garden from around 7am to 3-30pm. Seven Greenfinches and 3 Goldfinches on the feeders and for the second day a male Song Thrush came in to sing for the last 30 mins or so of daylight.
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Today the Grey Partridges were present again in the garden for most of the day. At 7-30am they were on the right hand lawn - when I went out to move the swing seat they simply hopped over the small privet hedge and onto the left lawn. They finally left at 3pm but were still present in the field right behind the garden this evening.
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At HGF this morning 5 Black-necked Grebes were still present, however 20 Wigeon have now left. 6 Linnets and 6 Meadow Pipits were in the south field. At lunch I had a quick trip round Rixton moss - there were eight Wheatears present. Two were in the field next to the landfill site and six in a field off Woodend Lane with 2 Yellowhammers. A pair of Grey Partridges were in a field next to the railway lines off Damhead Lane, Glazebrook.
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This evening I had a quick trip round Cadishead Moss. A Wheatear was in field 33 off Woolden Rd with 8 Linnets. Two Oystercatchers were by the stream to the east with 4 Tufted Ducks on the stream. A Buzzard, 2 Grey Partridges and 2 Yellowhammers were in fields off New Moss Road.