A walk around the whole patch between 9.00 - 2.15 today, with a picnic being taken at the golf course in sunny weather.However, still drizzling when I set off, accompanied by the local calling tawny owl. Long tailed tits everywhere, mixing with a flock of blue tits, great tits, goldcrests and 2 marsh tits was good to watch although vegetation too dense for worthwhile photographs.
In all 39 species were recorded. A large female sparrow hawk flew in front of the golf club clubhouse and a smaller male was observed at Caley Wood. A song thrush was photographed, as shown here, along with goldfinches and a greenwoodpecker.
Gulls, both lesser and greater black backed headed north in the early morning light and skylarks called above the fields along the Ridge Footpath. Here also 11 grey (English) partridges were seen and heard. Redwings and fieldfares were ubiquitous, as were chaffinches and yellowhammers. Wood pigeon numbers must have been in excess of 3000, whilst crows, rooks and jackdaws also added another 500+. A bullfinch was seen, briefly, in Alder Wood whilst a nuthatch was heard in Caley Wood.
In all 39 species were recorded. A large female sparrow hawk flew in front of the golf club clubhouse and a smaller male was observed at Caley Wood. A song thrush was photographed, as shown here, along with goldfinches and a greenwoodpecker.
Gulls, both lesser and greater black backed headed north in the early morning light and skylarks called above the fields along the Ridge Footpath. Here also 11 grey (English) partridges were seen and heard. Redwings and fieldfares were ubiquitous, as were chaffinches and yellowhammers. Wood pigeon numbers must have been in excess of 3000, whilst crows, rooks and jackdaws also added another 500+. A bullfinch was seen, briefly, in Alder Wood whilst a nuthatch was heard in Caley Wood.
A late comma butterfly was observed near the golf course.Today's snaps show a green woodpecker, several autumn colour shots, a skulking song thrush, and a late flowering red campion.
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