WALKING FROM THE HOUSE ALONG LOCAL PATHWAYS
Since we arrived home from the US 9 days ago we have had some beautiful sunny days mixed in with some dull, wet, misty ones. Dawn and I have taken full advantage of the sunny days by taking morning walks along the rivers and streams near our flat.
A cold and frosty morning - the start of our walk
There are about 50 species of birds that you are likely to see in a short 1-2 hour walk, I see over 30 of them most days which is really pleasing and quite impressive for a small area, our usual walk is a circular one, a two mile stretch.
all pictures taken by Dawn
Winter Thrushes have arrived in numbers, I saw plenty of Redwings feeding on berries and flocks of Fieldfares have been flying over. On Monday we saw Fieldfare, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush and Blackbird - 5 thrushes. Also Green and Great-spotted Woodpeckers, but no Siskins or Lesser Redpolls yet!
nice to see a Red Admiral on the wing in November
Here is the Stoford Walk list that I shall keep updating throughout November.
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3 Grey Heron |
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4 Little Egret |
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5 Common Buzzard |
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6 Eurasian Sparrowhawk |
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7 Common Kestrel |
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9 Common Gull |
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10 Herring Gull |
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13 Common Kingfisher |
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14 Green Woodpecker |
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19 Wren |
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23 Redwing |
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31 European Nuthatch |
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38 Rook |
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41 European Goldfinch |
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45 Lesser Redpoll |
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