January 14, 2007
Sunday 14th
THE NEW FOREST
Last weekend and yesterday were complete wash outs, so it was a relief to wake up to a bright and sunny morning at last.
We headed yet again down to the New Forest, calling in at Ibsley water meadows, where we caught up with the Bewicks Swans. We then drove down through the Forest to the Whitefield Moor car park just south of Rhinefield House. From the car park we walked a circuit of Holm Hill and Wilverley. we didn't see the Great Grey Shrike, but Dartford Warblers were showing well.
After lunch we walked on the opposite side of the road alongside Ober Water. We saw good numbers of woodland species, but the best was our third Red Admiral butterfly of the year. We ended the day just up the road at Blackwater, where as well as the Hawfinches coming in to roost we also saw Crossbill, Siskins and a Sparrowhawk.
Bewicks Swans
Digital slr scoped
Crow
The unmistakeable profile of a Hawfinch
Red Admiral
Posted by Frampton25 at January 14, 2007 09:07 PM