My usual Monday morning check around the parish. Today, from town to home via Bury Green and Clinton's Farm. Cold wind and light snow underfoot with poor light conditions. Very little about and what there was present reminded me of December, not late March. Fieldfare and redwing were still visible, albeit in small numbers. Dunnock, house sparrow, wood pigeon, blue and great tit were fairly ubiquitous whilst at the River Ash at Hadham Ford long tailed tit, robin, chaffinch and more house sparrows were sheltering in the hedge. A common buzzard around Bury Green, and both great spotted and green woodpecker. However, no chiffchaff or hoped for wheatear. 2 kestrels were seen, one near Cradle End, Plantings Wood whilst the other on Hoecroft Lane at the top of Ford Hill. In the lane here, evidence of a new badger sett being dug, with the sandy soil tipped all over the lane.
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| blue tit |
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| moorhen |
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| ice breaking mallard |
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| great spotted woodpecker |
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| View of Little Hadham at The Ford |
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| robin |
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| house sparrow |
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