Happy Days, well it was today, though I shall have to see how tomorrow pans out, before I venture out again.
Happy Days!!! What's that about? Well today was my first "decent" walk since returning home from hospital on 28 Nov. Not the longest of walks, but a walk that saw me walk further than the usual trip up and down the back garden.
There were a couple of good highlights with a Great Spotted Woodpecker calling from the top of Pennsylvania Castle Wood and a Chiffchaff tagging along with 8 Long-tailed Tits in Wakeham Meadow.
Mammals Recorded:
1 Grey Squirrel
A Grey Squirrel.............
................in the grounds of Pennsylvania Castle over the wall to the right.
Ah I think I've been sussed!
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Chiffchaff
8 Long-tailed Tit
2 Great Tit
2 Blue Tit
1 Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
2 Chaffinch
13 Goldfinch
One of the eight Long-tailed Tits in Wakeham Meadow.
A Goldcrest feeding not the Teasel (two on the left) but Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus)
Insects Recorded:
A leaf miner has been busy on this Alexanders leaf.
Gorse (Ulex europaeus)
General shots:
There is something missing from this photograph. Betterment Properties Limited have removed the two Concrete Silos which have blotted the skyline for a number of years now.
Gorse (Ulex europaeus)
And it looks like after 5 years...........
...........the electrics, gas and water have made their.........
............into the grounds of the future eco-bungalow.