With an addition of some extra weight since coming out of hospital (losing 21/2 stone was a lot to lose in 2 months), I actually felt like a decent walk around the block.
And an excellent walk it proved to be with an additional 9 birds to add to my year list. Also noted was a Great Spotted Woodpecker in the Butterfly Reserve and a Chiffchaff along Broadcroft Quarry Lane.
Birds Recorded:
2 Kestrel
Herring Gull
1 Stock Dove
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
1 Dunnock
Robin
2 Stonechat
3 Blackbird
2 Song Thrush
1 Chiffchaff
4 Long-tailed Tit
3 Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
4 Jackdaw
20+ Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
A Kestrel watching the House Sparrows in Wakeham Meadow.
A record shot of my first Stock Dove of the year, which took off from the Lower Horse Paddock.
And another first for the year was this male and...........
...............female Stonechat in the Butterfly Reserve.
Two male Blackbirds together in the Butterfly Reserve, where there........
........were also two Song Thrushes.
In the Lower Horse Paddock there was a flock of around 20 Starlings, all in Winter Plumage.
Plants:
Tall Cape Honey-flower (Melianthus major)
Along the footpath next to the Lower Horse Paddock, someone has planted this Tall Cape Honey-flower (Melianthus major). More on this plant here.
General Shots:
General Shots:
A very fiery sky as the sun begins to set
Ships Today:
This is the Liberian Container Ship "Kestrel" anchored just southwest of Portland. More on this vessel here.