This afternoon I paid a visit to the Oak woodland at the SE of the Common. It was a fairly fruitless walk in terms of adding new species to the year list but a perched Common Buzzard, a ♂ Great Spotted Woodpecker and 5 Jays made for pleasant viewing.
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) ♂
Monday 4th February:
I re-visited the SE area of the Common again this afternoon. It was nice to see a nice groups of Snowdrops in bloom along the southern boundary of the site. Also of note were many leaves/shoots of Lords-and-ladies that were starting to appear in some areas of the woodland.
Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)
Lords-and-ladies (Arum maculatum)
As with my last visit to this area the Jays were noisily making there presence felt although not one wanted to perch nicely in the open for a photo today!
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Good spots and good photos mate, weather not been the best which doesn't help.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave. Your sure right about the weather!
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