What a miserable day, with low cloud/fog coming up over the island on a steady south-westerly breeze. At times visibility was pretty poor, but at least there were a few things around that I could see and photograph.
Birds Recorded:
1 Buzzard
Herring Gull
1 Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
2 Meadow Pipit
Dunnock
Robin
2 Stonechat
Blackbird
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
1 Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Blackbird
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
1 Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
One of the pair of Stock Doves in Bumpers Lane Quarry.
A male Stonechat spreading its tail out to keep balance in the wind.
The female was also doing the same.
A Carrion Crow looking a mischievous.
Plants Recorded:
Common Field Speedwell (Veronica persica)Common Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Common Field Speedwell. A very common plant which flowers throughout the year. More on this plant Here.
Common Daisy. And another plant which flowers throughout the year. More on this plant Here.
Common Dandelion. And a third plant which flowers all the year round. More on Dandelions Here.
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