First Post - view from the garden

A lovely Autumn day and having work to do at home no chance to go out birding.  Spent some time in the garden with good views of the normal birds that I get.  2 Greater Spotted Woodpeckers, House Sparrows, Wood Pigeons in abundance and the usual flock of noisy Jackdaws. The Autumn Starling flock is increasing with 30-40 birds at times.  It was nice to see 3 Goldfinches,which are becoming increasingly more scarce only showing up occasionally.

The highlight of the day was an unusual gathering of circling Herring Gulls high above the village, it made for  spectacular site.  This afternoon the 2 Kestrels that  have been around the fields at the back of my house returned and were constantly mobbed by the Jackdaws and Crows, eventually vanishing having had enough.

Not an exciting day bird wise but a pleasant days weather.  With some holiday due from the middle of next week I hope to have more posts of plenty more birding around the area.