A shabby looking hide - soon to be given a fresh coat of preservative |
Birds:
SC209694 ( near the path junction) female Reed Bunting; Great Tit.
SC209694 ( from Hide) 2 x Great Tit; 2 x Blue Tit; Wren; 4 x Goldfinch; Grey Heron which nearly landed in the water but aborted landing - think it spotted me through the shutter of the hide; Jackdaws flying over.
SC208694 ( compost area / willows) 2 x Robin together; female Chaffinch;
SC208695 ( old beehive loop) Magpie; Blue Tit; 2 x Great Tit; male Blackbird; Wren.
SC209694 ( gorse boundary) Snipe.
Other:
SC209695 2 x Water Cricket
SC209695 unidentified Liverworts on stream bank NEW RECORD
SC209694 Scurfy Twiglet fungi reappearing after short absence
SC208695 Lawn daisies
SC210694 Snowflake in bloom ( garden escape)
SC209694 Cultivated daffodils in bloom ( pre-date reserve status)
SC209694 and throughout reserve Blackthorn in bloom
Blackthorn near the hide |
opening blackthorn buds |
fully open in many places |
female Reed Bunting |
just record shots |
rather distant and not quite in focus |
likewise a distant Goldfinch taken from the hide |
Magpie in a Sycamore |
The Wren has a favourite perch |
one of two Robins together near the compost heap |
the boardwalk, also down for repair at the next work party |
lawn daisies seem to flower all year round these days |
daffs fighting through the brambles and bracken |
Snowflake near the gate |
Alder catkins are lengthening |
must go back and take a better photo for ID- haven't noticed these liverworts before - new record. |
fungi are back |
some of the Alders are getting really tall now, catkins in silhouette. |
My next post, when time permits, will be of last Saturday's Work Party.
(Remember to click the photos to enlarge them, then click them again to move through as a slide show)