Visited Tingewick Wood briefly, en route to a meeting. This site is totally off the birdwatching track, being tucked away in a north West corner of Buckinghamshire.
Probably not worth visiting again as it was predominantly Coniferous Woodland, but a small flock of Siskin made the stop worthwhile. Also some Golden Plover overhead.
Quite a wierd wood.. very dense with quite a few shells of old buildings, presumably from the airfield nearby. Also a "Wigwam" which gave me the creeps in case someone was living there.
Incidentally, in the middle of Howe Park wood last week, I saw a tent.. Is there a population of wood dwelling people secretly living in our forests?!
Rest of the journey to Evesham was pleasant with a lot of roadside Kestrels and a few Buzzards.
Checked out the Woodland Trust website http://www.wt-woods.org.uk/home.asp in the evening and found a couple more places to add to my "West of Milton Keynes Sites"! Windmill Piece near Padbury, and College Wood which is very local to me, but I'd forgotten about! |