Today was spent between Liss and Standford (where the parenticals live), Standford being where lunch was provided... :-)
Bright sun and blue skies all day and free food to boot - a good day methinks.
Between the two locations I notched up a fairly good list of avian species, including a few exciting (for me) ones...see the coloured entries...
Final count for the day:
Blackbirds (male and female)
House Sparrows (male and female)
Robins
1 Chaffinch
1 Wren
Collared Doves
Wood Pigeons
1 Blue Tit
1 Great Tit
Magpies
Jackdaws
1 Green Woodpecker
1 House Martin, and.........
1 Buzzard
:-) not bad for one country garden, walks down local roads and a brief riverside stroll eh?
I also heard but didn't see a Pheasant.
And on the way back in the car from the parents we almost (but thankfully didn't) ran over a very cute baby rabbit - it was just sitting on the edge of an A road, apparently unaware of the danger! - can't think it will last long if it continues doing that...! It was really tiny though, bless it.
Nothing does autumn like a beech
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