Most of my walks in Lorton Valley Nature Park have been at Lodmoor RSPB Reserve, so today I thought I would try another section of this huge park. What I hadn't bargained on though, was the amount of mud that Ted and I had to squelch through. It was horrendous, but the visit was well worth it, with 11 new species to add to my 2022 bird species list.
Mammals Recorded:
Grey Squirrel
Birds Recorded:
Buzzard
Moorhen
Coot
Black-headed Gull
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
1 Green Woodpecker
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
1 Meadow Pipit
1 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
3 Stonechat
Blackbird
1 Fieldfare
4 Redwing
2 Song Thrush
2 Chiffchaff
2 Goldcrest
Long-tailed Tit
Coal Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
2 Jay
Magpie
Rook
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Siskin
Goldfinch
Bullfinch
Meadow Pipit
Robin
A male Stonechat
A female Stonechat
Redwing
Redwing
Song Thrush
Long-tailed Tit
A female Bullfinch
Plants:
Hazel catkins
Hazel catkins
Hazel catkins
Lorton Valley Information Board
The Reserve Centre
One of the many muddy tracks around the reserve
From the reserve you can just about make out the Isle of Portland
And a welcoming sign for Two Mile Coppice, one of the many woods in Lorton Valley
Ted:
Ted waiting patiently at the top of the steps in Two Mile Coppice
Really!! Even when I slackened off the lead, I had to go back and show him how to get around the post.
