Friday March 27th a.m.
A great morning for getting some exercise with sunshine and blue sky, an overnight frost and a start temperature of 1°C but feeling pleasant with a light wind. I headed for the reservoir seeing
House Sparrows, Blackbirds, Blue Tits, Dunnock, Chaffinch and
Starlings on the way. Then a familiar sound that I've not heard for some time and soon after along the Great Northern Trail there it was high in a tree my first
Chiffchaff of the year which was quickly followed by my second and I heard two more during my walk. A
Song Thrush was having a wash in a puddle and a
Goldfinch was carrying nesting material, then high in a tree a
Greenfinch was singing.
On the Reservoir there were
Canadas, Cormorants, Herring and
LBB Gulls, at the other side of the viaduct a pair of
Grey Wagtails were seen and a
Green Woodpecker was yaffling. Walking round the top end of the reservoir I saw a
Grey Heron and a
Coal Tit was in a Willow Tree.
Coming back there were a number of
Jackdaws and a couple of Cock
Pheasants were squaring up, my presence walking past prevented the feathers flying. A good walk getting my daily exercise and having the bonus of seeing plenty birds along the way.
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| Chiffchaff |
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| Coal Tit |
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| Chaffinch |
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| Dunnock |
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| Goldfinch with nesting material |
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| Grey Wagtail |
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| House Sparrow |
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| Jackdaw |
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| Song Thrush |
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| Herring & LBB Gulls |
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| Cock Pheasants squaring up for a fight |
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| Hewenden Reservoir and Viaduct |
