A pleasant wander in increasingly improved weather between 10.00 - 1.15. In all 35 species of birds recorded with woodpeckers being prominent. A sparrow hawk circled over Bush Wood whilst 2 kestrels were observed. Firstly near Caley Wood a female flew overhead and the second (a male) was seen hunting along the Ash valley. 
A treecreeper was photographed on the byway heading south from Chapel Lane. A party of 35+ migrating siskins were heard and then seen over the golf course and a canada goose was sitting on a nest in Caley Wood. Chiffchaffs were ubiquitous, at least 8 were heard calling and a pair of bullfinches were observed on the byway. A solitary stock dove headed east near The Ford and long tailed tits were seen to be gathering feathers from the hedgerow that borders the 1st fairway. These are used to line their dome shaped nest, not much larger than a tennis ball. The nest is made of moss and feathers with a tiny entrance hole. A very complex structure.
A treecreeper was photographed on the byway heading south from Chapel Lane. A party of 35+ migrating siskins were heard and then seen over the golf course and a canada goose was sitting on a nest in Caley Wood. Chiffchaffs were ubiquitous, at least 8 were heard calling and a pair of bullfinches were observed on the byway. A solitary stock dove headed east near The Ford and long tailed tits were seen to be gathering feathers from the hedgerow that borders the 1st fairway. These are used to line their dome shaped nest, not much larger than a tennis ball. The nest is made of moss and feathers with a tiny entrance hole. A very complex structure.
5 hares crossed a ploughed field whilst rabbit and muntajc were also recorded. Photographs today depict the treecreeper, a pair of mallards, canada goose and the first leaves on a Caley Wood sycamore.
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