16 Feb 23

Bumpers Lane, The Cuttings, Broadcroft Quarry Lane, Broadcroft Butterfly Reserve, Higher Horse Paddock, Lower Horse Paddock, Wakeham Meadows and Old Quarry Lane

With still lots of gardening to do, it was a quick walk around the block with Ted while the sun was out briefly.

Birds Recorded:
1 Grey Heron
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
1 Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
3 Stonechat
Blackbird
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
10+ Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
20+ Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch

A Grey Heron over Old Quarry Lane

Buzzard over Bumpers Lane

A male Kestrel sat on a rock in Penn's Weare

An adult Herring Gull sat on the Cuttings cliff face.

Stock Dove in Bumpers Lane Quarry

A male Stonechat in the butterfly reserve

And here is his mate

Another female keeping her distance


Plants Recorded:
Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum).

Wild Garlic. Also known as Ramsons, Buckrams, Broad-leaved Garlic, Wood Garlic, Bear Leek or Bear's Garlic.


Ted:

A few Teds

And Ted taking a look over Penn's Weare