Winter? What winter??

It was a very mild and beautifully sunny day today. Not much new around and, in fact, a real lack of winter thrushes, not a sniff of a waxwing and no sign of any Smew. We haven't had a cold snap to speak of yet, in fact we have hardly had a frost. So it's no wonder that many of the northern birds that would normally be in Denmark by now have not yet arrived. A total of 8 Fieldfare at Vestamager today was a pitiful total for this time of year. I did see 4 Hen Harriers, though, including a sub-adult male, an adult female and two first winters, plus a few Goldcrests (still scarce) and a Short-toed Treecreeper. The forecast is for more of the same over the next week or so, so maybe it will be December before we see any real influx of winter visitors..

Photo: a rather lonely Goldcrest (I only counted 6 today)