Today I was a pincushion, with a Covid jab in my right arm which I didn't feel go in at all and then 50 minutes later I had a very painful Flu Jab. It was like having a bruise and then someone coming along and thumping it. Not pleasant all.
Between jabs though I managed to get a quick walk in with Ted as the weather forecast for post-jabs was for heavy rain later. And they were right!!
So the walk was around The Windmills and Easton Railway Cuttings, which proved quite rewarding with a small flock of 5 Long-tailed Tits, 2 Goldcrests, 2 Great Tits and 2 Blue Tits. At the opposite end of the railway cuttings to north there were two Chiffchaff in the Ivy.
Other things of interest were a Speckled Wood and Red Admiral, plus a Common Dronefly.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Blackbird
2 Chiffchaff
2 Goldcrest
5 Long-tailed Tit
2 Great Tit
2 Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
A Goldcrest sat on the brambles. And...........
..........a second bird in amongst the rose-hips.
One of the five Long-tailed Tits at the southern end of the railway cuttings.
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Speckled Wood
1 Red Admiral
And a Speckled Wood. I don't think I've ever seen one so late in October
Hoverflies Recorded:
1 Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
2 flies sp.
Two flies sp. sat on the leaves of a Buddleia.
General Shots:
Easton Railways Cuttings. At the far end were two Chiffchaffs in the Ivy.
Ted:
Fifteen Ted's. Has to be my best so far.