What a difference a year makes, and as to why, after having created a really lovely glade through the woods, someone decided to cut the rest down who knows! I know which view I prefer. Oh well I'm sure there was a valid reason for cutting them all down.
Before - July 2014
Today Hmmmm
A Roe Deer looks up as I walk by
and then tries to hide.
There was a right racket going on in this hedge with at least 3 Blackcaps squabbling. Not the best of shots but then the light was fading fast.
Symphoricarpos, commonly known as the Snowberry, Waxberry or Ghostberry. A member of the honeysuckle family.
Sometimes the imperfect photo actually turns out to be, well perfect. Just kidding completely the wrong setting. I literally walked around a hedge and not more than 4 metres away this Buzzard was sat on the post. I never had a chance to set the camera, so a silhouette it was.
At least 5 Mistle Thrushes in a flock, I reckon this is a juvenile. Just a feeling.
What else was about, well a flock of about 20+ Swallows and House Martins heading south, whilst flying in a westerly direction I had 8 Pied Wagtails and a Meadow Pipit. By the River Cole a Yellow Wagtail flew overhead, and whilst I was walking around the woods and meadows I recorded at least 14 Chiffchaffs calling. As the light really began to fade a Fox barked and overhead there were dozens and dozens of gulls, mainly Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Black-headed Gulls, with a good 20 or so Herring Gull. A couple of highlights were 2 Spotted Flycatchers, the first as I drove into Nightingale Wood and the other close to the tall aerial.
Birds Recorded:
2 Buzzard, Pheasant, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 20+ Herring Gull, 200+ Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Wood Pigeon, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, House Martin, Swallow, 1 Meadow Pipit, 8 Pied Wagtail, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 5 Mistle Thrush, 3 Blackcap, 14+ Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Rook, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Bullfinch and Yellowhammer.
Also seen a Roe Deer, Fox and 50+ Rabbits
