Brookie's Diary

• Friday, November 24, 2006 - Walk Home

Friday the 24th, afternoon off work I decided to walk home. Okay the weather wasn't good but it was time out birding not to be missed. I started off from work and walked along the Beldon Brook here I saw Dipper. Fieldfare, Redwing, Crow and Jackdaw with half a dozen male Mallards on the pond. I walked then thru Lepton Great Wood getting dirty as I went. Here  I came across Jay, Woodpigeon, Blackbirds, Mistle Thrush, Great and Blue Tit and not forgetting the Grey Squirrels running around in the trees. Coming out of the wood into farmland I saw Long Tailed Tits in the hedgerows with Goldfinchs and Blackbirds. Dunnock, Wrens, Robins and Blackirds were jumping out of the hedges and bathing in the road side pools. See if you can find the mobile mast in the above picture. I walked on coming to one of my favourite areas. I slowly made my way along Thurgory Lane. Flying overhead Woodpigeon and Stock Dove. I came across an open patch and scared a group of Partridge into flight, I hid behind a holly bush and waited for them to settle back down again. In doing so in the next bush along was a flock of Yellowhammers about 12 strong and there were some fine marked males in the group beatiful to see such a bird close up, with 2 Chaffinch in amoungst. I stuck my head passed the bush and re found the Common Partridge, counting 13 birds in all. Then there heads went down I thought I'd scared them again but no a male Kestrel flew over and came to within inches of were I was stood. Then I saw a large flight of birds behind the Partridge Skylarks in a large winter flock must have been 40+ birds. I made my way home on the final leg seeing more of what I'd already seen. It was good to be out and about in the local area doing what I call 'bread and butter birding' seeing familiar birds and seeing scare farmland birds like the Partridge and not a car was used or phone it was good and did my legs know.

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