Yesterday I did My first walk along the river this year.
Highlight was a Barn Owl hunting in the field next to Morton Bridge. A couple
of friends at work had mentioned seeing one in this field over the last week so
great that it’s still there. This used to be a regular haunt for them before
the mysterious disappearance of most of the local birds. Unfortunately the light
was appalling so no picture.
Other birds seen included two Little Egrets, up to 28 Cormorants,
eight Goosander, half a dozen Teal, 40 Curlew, two Green Sandpipers and a
single Oystercatcher.
On Friday night as I got home from work the local Greylags were
flying over the village in four great skeins, probably around 500 birds. A
magnificent sound and, partly lit by the floodlights on the church, a magnificent
sight too. I stood hoping to film them going over last night but they were too
high and lost in the darkness.
Today I added Kingfisher and Jay in the Magic Garden and
also watched a group of five Roe Deer feeding down Greenhills Lane…
And talking of the Magic Garden these are a couple of recent
images from the trail camera we put in there…
