April 15, 2007
Sunday 15th April
GARSTON WOOD
It was another glorious afternoon so we drove to the RSPB reserve at Garston Wood on the Wiltshire/Dorset border, and had a long walk in the woods and fields each side of the county boundary. There was a fantastic display of Bluebells, with the added bonus of Primroses, Stitchwort, Wood Anemones, and the first Ramsons, Yellow Archangel and Early Purple Orchids.
We didn’t see or hear many birds, but there was some good stuff among them, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Nuthatch, Goldcrest, Greater-spotted Woodpecker, Bullfinch, Jay, two Ravens, Yellowhammer, a Wheatear and although we heard a Tree Pipit singing in a tree above us, we couldn’t see it.
Butchers Broom
Early Purple Orchid
Bluebell Wood
Yellow Archangel
White Dead Nettle
Ramsons