Haven't posted for a little while as I didn't really have enough to write about, although I've been watching some good wildlife along an ancient green footpath just a couple of minutes walk from my house. I saw (and heard drumming) a Greater Spotted Woodpecker in one of the big old oaks one morning this week, then on my walk home I saw my first ever Coal Tit (yes, I really haven't seen one before!), in a tall tree in a garden next to the path where I also have been seeing a large flock of Greenfinches. With all the song thrushes, blackbirds, great tits, blue tits, long-tailed tits, dunnocks, wrens, goldcrests and assorted pigeons this really is a great little path and having it just around the corner from my house is superb!
Last week I took a walk out to the Chelmer Valley nature reserve but I saw very little there, probably most of the wildlife was taking shelter in preparation for the tumultuous downpour that struck while I was there - I had to scurry back to the local shops for shelter, where I also bought an umbrella, but was already soaked to the bone. Note to self... check weather forecasts in future.
Last week I took a walk out to the Chelmer Valley nature reserve but I saw very little there, probably most of the wildlife was taking shelter in preparation for the tumultuous downpour that struck while I was there - I had to scurry back to the local shops for shelter, where I also bought an umbrella, but was already soaked to the bone. Note to self... check weather forecasts in future.
A distant Long-tailed Tit at the reserve
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