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	0
Black Headed Gull	45	40	4	1
Blackbird (Common)	24	5	11	8
Blackcap	0
Blue Tit	26	10	8	8
Bullfinch (Common)	0
Buzzard (Common)	0
Canada Goose (Greater)	0
Carrion Crow	14	8	5	1
Chaffinch	3	2	1
Chiff Chaff (Common)	5			5
Coal Tit	0
Collared Dove	0
Common Gull	2	2
Common Tern	0
Coot (Common)	17	5	5	7
Dunnock	6	2	1	3
Gadwall	131	38	83	10
Garden Warbler	0
Goldcrest	0
Goldfinch	14	2	3	9
Goosander	0
Great Cormorant	12		9	3
Great Crested Grebe	0
Great Tit	23	8	12	3
Great White Egret	0
Greater Spotted Woodpecker	0
Greenfinch	5			5
Grey Heron	6	1	2	3
Grey Wagtail	3		1	2
Greylag Goose	0
Herring Gull	0
House Martin	0
House sparrow	0
Jackdaw (Western)	0
Jay	4	4
Kestrel (Common)	0
Kingfisher (Common)	2	1	1
Lesser Black backed Gull	1	1
Linnet	0
Little Egret	0
Little Grebe	4	3		1
Long Tailed Tit	18	8	9	1
Magpie	19	9	3	7
Mallard	88	28	32	28
Mandarin Duck	0
Mistle Thrush	0
Moorhen (Common)	23	11	7	5
Mute Swan	12	4	4	4
Nuthatch (Eurasian)	0
Pied Wagtail	0
Pochard	0
Red Kite	0
Redpoll	1			1
Redstart
Redwing	1		1
Robin	28	8	15	5
Rook	0
Sand Martin	0
Shoveler	0
Siskin	40	3	20	17
Song Thrush	4		4
Sparrow Hawk (eurasian)	0
Spotted Flycatcher	0
Starling (Common)	0
Swift (Common)	0
Tree Creeper (Eurasian)	0
Tufted Duck	14		4	10
Whitethroat (Common)	0
Wigeon (Eurasian)	0
Willow Warbler	0
Whooper Swan	2		1	1
Wood Pigeon	56	11	30	15
Wren	18	1	8	9
	671	215	284	172	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0