Lid Lane/ The Birches: six Waxwings present this afternoon. MP

Lid Lane/ The Birches junction: four Waxwings still present this afternoon. MP

JCB Landpower, Leek Rd: Little Owl still present near the test track. AB

The Birches/ Lid Lane area: still four Waxwings present this afternoon. MP

Peakstones: two Bramblings coming to a garden feeding station. TE

JCB Landpower, Leek Rd: Little Owl on fence posts near the test track this afternoon. A scarce bird locally nowadays. AB

Waxwings.

Basset Close: 8 Waxwings feeding on pink Cotoneaster berries in the back garden of a bungalow in Basset Close. Two birds were first seen at the junction of The Birches and Lid Lane at 1410 before the flock of eight was found perched in a large blue spruce tree nearby. They were typically mobile and were also seen at the junction of Glebe Rd and Town End. Although they are feeding in Basset Close they can be viewed easily from Lid Lane. These are the first birds I've seen locally since 2005 which were also at one point feeding along Glebe Rd. AB, MP

Hales Hall: Still 2 Mandarins among the Mallards and a Kingfisher in willows near the inlet. AB

Cherry Lane area: c100 Canadas feeding in fields below the Hammersley Hayes estate look ideally placed to pull in a Pinkie or even better a Bean Goose. DP

Winnothdale: male Blackcap and four Bramblings visiting a feeding station. RS

It was even colder than Sunday this morning with the temp' down to minus 16 at 0640!

Rakeway estate: adult Common Gull among Black-headed Gulls. AB

Hales Hall: Woodcock 1 flew through @ 1330 and headed off towards the Cecilly Brook area, Kingfisher 1 went to roost in willows @ c1600, Mandarin 2. No sign of the recent Brambling. AB

Peakstones: Brambling 1, Blackbird 40, Song Thrush 2, Fieldfare 4 and around 10 Robins coming to a garden feeding station. TE

Hales Hall: late news for yesterday afternoon Mandarin 2, Redwing 7, LTT 6. DP

Dimmings Dale area: late news for yesterday 2 Woodcock flushed from beneath gorse bush's. TE

Cherry Lane: Woodcock 2. DP

Hales Hall: Brambling 1 still with Chaffinchs under the Yew trees . MP

JCB Landpower, Leek Rd: 11 Lesser Redpolls feeding in Alders by the test track. AB