WEDNESDAY 31st DECEMBER 2014

Liplje - Circuit 1

Peregrine came out of nowhere stooping on a feral pigeon and the strike was audible!, there was a small flurry of feathers as the chase continued over the tree tops, wow! Was not hugely bigger than the pigeon so definitely a male and showing uniform brownish creamy underside on both wings and body. Upper body grey with brownish hint unlike the the blue/grey of an adult.
Peregrine is a another first for me in Serbia and Liplje,
Fieldfare also in red, is of note as I see so few here as is Bullfinch which is a real rarity and a treat here in Liplje.
Finches in green were in a single flock feeding near the lookout in stubble and weeds.
Possibly another female Cirl Bunting in the garden and an additional Yellowhammer.


Peregrine Falcon Juv male (probable)
Sparrowhawk
2 Buzzard
Fieldfare over N
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Nuthatch
4 Blackbird 2 male & 2 female
2 Bullfinch male & female
16 Goldfinch
Hawfinch
15+ Tree Sparrow
20+ Chaffinch
3 Brambling
2 Yellowhammer 
3 Robin
Wren
6 Collard Dove 
7 Feral Pigeon
6 Pheasant
2 Raven
2 Jay

Front garden feeding station -

5 or 6 Cirl Bunting
2 Yellowhammer
4 Tree Sparrow
3 Chaffinch males
12 Great tit
5 Blue tit
2 Marsh tit
Great Spotted Woodpecker female
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Nuthatch
Robin
3 Eurasian Jay

TUESDAY 30th DECEMBER 2014

-5 to -8°C, wind light W/NW, mostly cloudy with bright intervals,pressure 1029hPa and rising

Liplje - garden feeding station at home
New arrivals today included another male Cirl Bunting, 2 Tree Sparrow and the return of the female Brambling which came very close but was to nervous to feed.

Saw a flock of finches in the village today which included Brambling(1), Chaffinch, Greenfinch and Yellowhammer. Must get back there tomorrow to get some counts. 
All I need now is a Sibe.

Black Redstart
Brambling female
5 Cirl Bunting 3 male 2 female
2 Tree Sparrow
Yellowhammer
3 Chaffinch males
G. S. Woodpecker
M. S. Woodpecker
10+ Grey tit
4 Blue tit
2 Marsh tit
Robin
3 Jay

Black Redstart around the woodshed

TUESDAY 29th DECEMBER 2014

-6°C and falling, wind 20mph and falling, overcast and bright from 6 in snow, pressure rising 1009 - 1026 hPa

Liplje - in garden feeding station at home feeding on pig fat, budgie food (millet), wheat, corn, sunflower seed and apples. 
No sign of the Great Grey Shrike yesterday.
Bird counts are 1 unless otherwise stated.

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker females
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Nuthatch
3 Jay
21 Great tit
3 Blue tit
Marsh tit
Robin
4 Cirl Bunting 2 male & 2 female
3 Chaffinch males
Yellowhammer

SATURDAY 27th DECEMBER 2014

Zero to -3°C, wind 8mph W/NW, clear sunny, pressure 1017hPa


Liplje 08:00 - 09:30

FRIDAY 26th DECEMBER 2014

5°C, Wind 11mph N/NW, mostly cloudy and dull, pressure 1019 hPa

Fantastic Great Grey Shrike ! A first for me in Liplje and Serbia. Sitting on power cables and dropping down to hover displaying contrasting black, white and grey plumage. A perfect delight against the drab backdrop of a Balkan December day.
Will return early tomorrow to hopefully get at least a record shot with my Canon. 

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Great Spotted Woodpecker
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
7 Jay
8 Hooded Crow
Raven
2 Marsh tit
12 Great tit
5 Long tailed tit 1 caudatus
3 Nuthatch
Robin
2 Blackbird
3 Greenfinch
4 Goldfinch

THURSDAY 25th DECEMBER 2014

All birds in green seen at our garden feeding station with the Brambling nearby.

Pheasant

2 Buzzard

2 middle Spotted Woodpecker
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker females
Nuthatch

2 Magpie

2 Raven

2 Marsh tit
8 Great tit
2 Blue tit

2 Wren

Robin

2 Blackbird male & female

11 Yellowhammer

2 Cirl Bunting male and female

Brambling female

2 Greenfinch

2 Hawfinch

41 Tree Sparrow single flock

House Sparrow