With rain forecast after lunchtime, I managed a walk around the "block", before it arrived.
There were a few highlights:
Chiffchaff: Yet again five Chiffchaffs singing.
Goldcrest: Two along Wakeham Railway Cuttings.
Linnet: A few pairs setting up territories in Wakeham Meadow and Bumpers Lane
Siskin: Two over Wakeham Railway Cuttings
Mammals Recorded:
1 Grey Squirrel
A Grey Squirrel along Wakeham Railway Cuttings
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
5 Chiffchaff
2 Goldcrest
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
2 Siskin
Goldfinch
Just five Chiffchaff today.
A Long-tailed Tit along Wakeham Railway Cuttings
And a Linnet in Wakeham Meadows.
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
A Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) on a Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
3 Bloody-nosed Beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa)
My first Bloody-nosed Beetles this year and.....
..........a third one.
It seems the local Building Company have employed these guys to clear the.............
.............mess left by the off-gridders in Silklake Quarry. A thankless task.
One of the two off-gridders by their tent in October. 2023
Ted:
Ted with a spring in his step.
Ships Today:
This is the British PO9 Fishing Boat "Freya May" dropping nets just south of Church Ope Cove
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Wakeham
A Woodpigeon found its way into the kitchen this morning.......
Having released the Wood Pigeon, which had found its way into the kitchen, I hadn't realised that Theo had jumped the stone wall to follow it down the back garden.
Unaware that Theo had jumped the wall, it was 20 minutes later before I saw his head peering over the wall.