16 Feb 25

Lower Horse Paddock, Higher Horse Paddock, Broadcroft Butterfly Reserve, Broadcroft Quarry Lane, Bumpers Lane, Silklake Quarry, The Cuttings Quarry, Wakeham Railway Cuttings (east), Wakeham Railway Cuttings, Wakeham Meadows and Old Quarry Lane

A slightly longer walk than I have done of late, but sadly nothing much to write about under the grey skies and that very cold easterly wind.

Birds Recorded:
1 Kestrel
Herring Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Song Thrush
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch

Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon


Plants:

Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum)

Common Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)

Gorse (Ulex europaeus)

Primrose (Primula vulgaris)
Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)

Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum). Also known as Ramsons, Buckrams, Broad-leaved Garlic, Wood Garlic, Bear Leek or Bear's Garlic.

Common Daisy (Bellis perennis)

Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)

Gorse (Ulex europaeus)

Primrose (Primula vulgaris)

Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)

Ted:

Ted letting the local Foxes know he's back!!