Brambling at Clahane

They come with the cold, and a cold morning it was.

A Brambling was a surprise to see around the seaweed washup over in the river corner at Clahane.

Quite elusive it would hide in the small reeds appearing perched on a washed up branch not socialising with the Linnet flock that contained Greenfinch and Goldfinch.

 

Brambling

Grab a coffee,

St Flannans collage,  pull up in carpark, 

Look into the leaf litter under the Beech trees,

 Find Brambling

Tidy.

Back into the Forest for Hawfinch

I arrived at Curragh Chase forest park before light.

-1` it was a fresh walk in, the light breaking through the trees, the morning forest noises, a Buzzard,the occasional down pour 

8:30 am 9 Hawfinch arrived high in trees near the park, flighty, they`ll come and go all morning not settling, staying high in the branches ,warming in the sunlight

A few Brambling were among the Chaffinch flock around the bottom playground

The usual Jays were squarking in the leaf litter

Hawfinch

brambling

Jay

Back at the Loop

On arrival in Kilbaha village a bunch of Chiffchaffs and a Willow warbler were feeding and singing in the gardens.

I made my way to the headland where  6 Barnacle Geese past over, and a Brambling has seen  and chased off by the Pipits

The usual gathering of Robins and Pipits scattered the headland , There were plenty of Choughs about and the Raven as usual harassed the peregrine.

Back down to the harbour a Brambling was with Chaffinchs in the trees above The Pandas Cottage

Willow warbler

Brambling

Chiffchaff

Barnacle Geese

Bramblings in town

Bramblings rumaging the leave litter under trees in gardens and parks around Ennis, gathering fallen seed with Chaffinches