Houghton Bay Wednesday 30 Sept - a few birds

Mary (scribe), Kate and I spent a couple of hours at the Houghton Bay stream this afternoon.Birds were surprisingly hard to catch managing only 12, all new. However there was at least a bit of variety with 7 species. Birds were 1 each of Blackbird, House Sparrow, Greenfinch and Grey Warbler, 2 each of Chaffinch and Tui (including the first juvenile of the spring) and 4 Silvereye.