......Ring out the old...
...Ring in the new....
....Ring out the false....
.....Ring in the true....
Ding dong, ding dong, George Harrison
Last visit of 2014 I should think. Looking forward to what the New Year will bring, plenty of cold weather probably! And I cant wait!!
This visit was no more than an amble across to the pits from Five Oak Green, which I mostly do these days when my son is around - and so it was this time.
NE F2 gusting 4, Sunny, occasional cloud, cold
Taking a football along to do a bit of birding....well....I suppose it wasnt an official attempt at a visit, being the usual wander through the orchard, across the fields to the pits and there I get the chance to look at the first three pits as they are easily accessible.
All I can say is that I hope this isnt the start of my son becoming interested in playing football, I for one dont want to be standing on the touch line in the cold when I can be out birding in the cold.
On the way to and from the pits:
Woodpigeon, Starling, House Sparrow, Robin, Fieldfare, Jackdaw, Blackbird, Goldcrest, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Crow, Long Tail Tit, Green Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail.
On the pits:
128 Black Headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Mute Swan, 5 Mallard, 1 Goldeneye, 42 Coot, 19 Tufted Duck, 22 Gadwall, 5 Wigeon, 8 Teal, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Pochard, 1 Water Rail, 1 Grey Heron, 21 Cormorant, 1 Common Sandpiper....and bird of the day....1 Lapwing
Better he takes up football than stuck in front of a PC all day, much healthier.
ReplyDeleteI had 18 of your ''Birds of the day'' here Graham, and they would have been my birds of the day too, had it not been for a Wigeon that turned up!
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