30 Nov 20

Old Quarry Lane, Wakeham Meadow, Wakeham Railway Cuttings, Penns Wood, St Andrew's Church Grounds, Church Ope Cove, Penn's Weare, Penn's Copse, Rufus Castle, Bumpers Lane, Broadcroft Quarry Lane, Broadcroft Butterfly Reserve, Higher Horse Paddock and Lower Horse Paddock.

Back to normal with another dreary day. The only highlights today were 2 Redwings along the Railway Cuttings and the pair of Stonechats in the Lower Horse paddock.

The cove was very quiet with just 1 Wren seen and 3 Herring Gull sat on the rocks.

At the top of Penns Wood I came across a flock of 15 Long-tailed Tits, several Great Tits & Blue Tits, plus 6 Chaffinch, well there were 6 until a female Sparrowhawk came steaming in and plucked one out of a tree.

Here are a few images and videos from today:

It looks like November is going to finish on a quiet note, with the only real highlight being this male Stonechat and a.................

..........female in the Lower Horse paddocks.

Here she is feeding in a neighbouring paddock.

The local Carrion Crows are very bold, especially when you realise I had Ted on his lead. This individual was just a few metres from us and just carried on walking alongside us.

Not so the Grey Squirrels, soon as they see you they are gone. I got lucky with this one, but only for a split second.

And on one of the Alexanders in the church grounds I came across this green caterpillar. Not one I think I will be able to ID.

A very quiet Church Ope Cove, where.......

..........Ted had the run of the beach as there were no Rock Pipits, wagtails to upset.

Mammals Recorded: Grey Squirrel and Bunny

Birds Recorded: 1 Sparrowhawk, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Pied Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, 2 Stonechat, Blackbird, 2 Redwing, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Raven, House Sparrow, Chaffinch and Goldfinch

Caterpillar Recorded: caterpillar sp.

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