As I have been on annual leave this week I have been checking a few sites in the city boundaries for the Leicester year list. With Western Park on my door step it was quite logical to check this site first! So over a couple of hours walking round the park I found at least four year tick in the form of Lesser Redpoll , Siskin , Jay and Nuthatch. The other usual suspects included at least 4 Great Spotted Woodpeckers,Green Woodpecker, and good numbers of finches. The next site I checked was just in the city boundaries at Birstall Lodge Farm, next to Birstall golf course. At this site I had been informed that Yellowhammer and Grey Partridge had been seen in the last few days, so parking on the old Thurcaston road, I scanned the fields and straight away I picked up a group of 7 Red-legged Partridges , a singing Yellowhammer and then totally out of the blue a Woodcock flying over the new Thurcaston road! GET IN!! Another 3 year ticks on the list! Buoyed with these new ticks the fina...