Tuesday 18 December 2012

 

 

Weather :- Cloudy blue sky, light breeze and mild.

 

Stayed in the woods today, mainly following the sculpture trail, but did check out the reservior.

 

 

Reservior showed 28 coots, 63 black-headed gulls and 2 lesser black-backed gulls.

 

Woods:- The usually suspects around. Blue/great/long and coal tits, both nuthatches showing well, woodpigeons, magpies, crows, jay, blackbirds, robins being cheeky as usually and chaffimch heard.

 

The big surprise was when I was looking for a bullfinch I could hear, briefly saw as a male, but also found this lost fellow.

 

Yellow crowned amazon parrot - well think it is anyway. Anyone lost one??

 

Found 2 more of the new sculptures.

 

Dragonfly

 

Owl

 

And not forgetting this greater spotted woodpecker.

 

 

Most of the berries and fruits have now been stripped, but the ivy berries are growing well.