Not much of note to mention at the moment. A female Green Woodpecker that took a bath in the pond on 3rd February was a garden year tick. This species is usually more obvious in the late summer when youngsters often appear to feed on ants in the lawn. I remember returning home after the birth of my daughter to find one clinging to a curtain rail in the lounge and pecking the wall! The cats had obviously brought it in through the cat flap and then found it too scary and let it go.
A male Blackcap has appeared a couple of times and small numbers of Siskins are now visiting the feeders as well as feeding with the local Goldfinches in the silver birch. One of these Goldfinches has possibly contracted the dreaded trichomonosis, as it was rather lethargic, puffed up and hopping around the patio in very un Goldfinch-like way.
Flyover Starling and Skylark also made it onto the garden year list, which slowly climbs.
The moth species are equally low so far this year, comprising 3 macro and 2 micro species to date. I don't tend to start light trapping until at least March and rely on the kitchen and porch lights. Winter, Early and Pale Brindled Beauty have been attracted to date along with Agonopterix heracliana and Acleris ferrugana/notana.
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