The recent Firecrest in Hinton became Firecrests late this afternoon, with 3 birds (2 males plus 1 female type bird) feeding and interacting together in hollies along the side of the road which comes out of the village at ST416126, north west of the church.
Any recent sightings? You're not far from me (Barrington) and I've been fruitlessly looking around the village for two months trying to catch up with a firecrest that visited my garden briefly in December.
Yep three again this afternoon, between 16:50 and 17:25 and again in the Hollies along the road out of the village, NW of the church. The area of hollies just beyond the field gate seems to be a good area for them. Although they do range further into the adjacent woodland
Firecrest tend to get quite vocal before going to roost and the two males were calling and interacting together late this afternoon. Seems to be a good time of the day to catch up with them.
Plus a Barn owl over just after dark as I walked back through the Village.
