Saturday 3rd Jan and my first walk of the new year. I headed off along Chapel Lane and via the footpath to Westland Green. At the back of Caley Wood are a few disused, small gravel pits that look good for certain spring species. Very overgrown so good for warblers as well as water fowl, perhaps. Certainly worth checking regularly. Kingfisher and coot may be added from here. Through Caley Wood gave the first good birds of the walk, where I observed Great spotted woodpecker, long tailed tit, nuthatch, treecreeper as well as great and blue tits. I spent time here 
hoping for a lesser spotted woodpecker, but to no avail. All of these birds were visible from next to the 2nd green on Ash Valley G.C. A bullfinch flew over head as I wandered over the course, spotting a distant, soaring common buzzard, making a species list of 23 for the short 2 hour wander.
Photos today show a confiding robin, several views as I walked through Caley Wood, flowering gorse on the golf course and a view of the back of the chapel at the end of the garden
hoping for a lesser spotted woodpecker, but to no avail. All of these birds were visible from next to the 2nd green on Ash Valley G.C. A bullfinch flew over head as I wandered over the course, spotting a distant, soaring common buzzard, making a species list of 23 for the short 2 hour wander.Photos today show a confiding robin, several views as I walked through Caley Wood, flowering gorse on the golf course and a view of the back of the chapel at the end of the garden
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