It was nice to see a redpole on site this month.
MCG Formal Bird Survey; Monthly: Follows regular route,  formal results keep in Taxonomic order. (switch tabs for other years' see "Downloads" web page for annual bird reports).
Alphabetical Order 2026	Totals	14-Jan	11-Feb	11-Mar	08-Apr	13-May	10-Jun	08-Jul	12-Aug	09-Sep	14-Oct	11-Nov	09-Dec
Barn Swallow	1						1
Black Headed Gull	45	40	4	1
Blackbird (Common)	64	5	11	8	10	17	13
Blackcap	14				6	4	4
Blue Tit	41	10	8	8	9	5	1
Bullfinch (Common)	1				1
Buzzard (Common)	1						1
Canada Goose (Greater)	3					3
Carrion Crow	26	8	5	2	5	5	1
Chaffinch	3	2	1
Chiff Chaff (Common)	21			5	7	4	5
Coal Tit	1					1
Collared Dove	0
Common Gull	2	2
Common Tern	0
Coot (Common)	29	5	5	7	6	3	3
Dunnock	15	2	1	3	5	1	3
Gadwall	131	38	83	10
Garden Warbler	0
Goldcrest	1					1
Goldfinch	21	2	3	9		5	2
Goosander	0
Great Cormorant	13		9	3	1
Great Crested Grebe	0
Great Tit	33	8	12	3	8	1	1
Great White Egret	0
Greater Spotted Woodpecker	1				1
Greenfinch	9			5	2	1	1
Grey Heron	6	1	2	3
Grey Wagtail	8		1	2	1	3	1
Greylag Goose	0
Herring Gull	0
House Martin	3						3
House sparrow	0
Jackdaw (Western)	5				2	3
Jay	4	4
Kestrel (Common)	0
Kingfisher (Common)	2	1	1
Lesser Black backed Gull	2	1					1
Linnet	0
Little Egret	0
Little Grebe	4	3		1
Long Tailed Tit	18	8	9	1
Magpie	37	9	3	7	8	6	4
Mallard	145	28	32	28	23	12	22
Mandarin Duck	0
Mistle Thrush	0
Moorhen (Common)	35	11	7	5	7	3	2
Mute Swan	20	4	4	4	4	2	2
Nuthatch (Eurasian)	0
Pied Wagtail	0
Pochard	0
Red Kite	0
Redpoll	1			1
Redstart
Redwing	1		1
Robin	43	8	15	5	6	7	2
Rook	0
Sand Martin	0
Shoveler	0
Siskin	42	3	20	17	2
Song Thrush	5		4				1
Sparrow Hawk (eurasian)	1				1
Spotted Flycatcher	0
Starling (Common)	0
Swift (Common)	5						5
Tree Creeper (Eurasian)	2				1		1
Tufted Duck	27		4	10		11	2
Whitethroat (Common)	0
Wigeon (Eurasian)	0
Willow Warbler	0
Whooper Swan	3		1	1	1
Wood Pigeon	101	11	30	15	20	14	11
Wren	47	1	8	9	10	12	7
	1043	215	284	173	147	124	100	0	0	0	0	0	0