Popped out to Bucket Corner for dusk. Quite an enjoyable hour, started with two Roe Deer nervously venturing into the marshy field. Although 200 yards distant, one was clocking me straight away! They soon got distracted as night fell by two foxes in the area. One of the foxes trotted towards me, and stopped about 20 metres away, before moving downwind of me, sensing danger, and bolting.
Two Woodcocks passed overhead "roding", and at least three landed in the field to feed.. One passed low right over my head, and landed quite close. By now the bins were struggling in the dark, but I did hear a Tawny Owl hoot in the distance. Owls seem to be at a premium in the area, but I suspect Tawnys are well represented.
Finished the evening picking up a Common Pipistrelle on the Bat Detector. Spent a few minutes watching him circle overhead.. another sign of spring!
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