After a superb sunset, which I was unable to photograph as I was travelling home from work, I spent a little time listening in the garden. A reward was a calling Little Owl from somewhere around the war memorial green to the south of the village. This was at 9.00pm A tawny owl also called from towards Muggin's Wood. Too far to respond to my mimickery.
This morning I was awaiting the 6.54hrs bus and more birds are joining the throng of dawn singers. A pheasant called from the nearby woods as a greenfinch sang from opposite Ford cottages. 3 robins, 2 blackbirds and the regular song thrush were also in good voice. Great and blue tits were giving themselves away and a lone goldfinch sang from the treees behind Ashford House. The resident jackdaws were having their normal wake up calls and 2 carrion crows headed off north, through the mist, in a most purposeful manner.
What a great blog, Jonathan! I wish I could recognise birds from their calls - I'm so useless.
ReplyDeleteHi Sai,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind comments. Having spent over 40 years birding their calls are now very familiar to me. Great when I come across one that I don't recognise, just as long as I get to see it, as I know it will be something special and unusual.