As I sit in my car putting my walking boots on, I hear many a bird chirping away, straight off I hear a Wren with it’s marvellous unique sound, a Robin is heard, I hear and see what I believe is a Garden Bumblebee – nice to see a pollinator out and about at 8 in the morning! I also hear a Chiffchaff, Pheasant in the distance, Long-Tailed Tit and Chiffchaff. Magpies are heard in the background as well as Crows.
I walk to field 34 and towards Boys Brigade field, I see 2x Magpies, another Garden Bumblebee, leaves growing from Hawthorn. I spot a Wood Pigeon, as well as a Chiffchaff and Great Tit heard as I observed a Male Blackbird. I walk into Boys Brigade field, a Great Tit is on a Hawthorn bush and a male Pheasant is mixed with 2x Magpies nearby. As I walk towards the copse I notice Nettles, Lords and Ladies, Stinking Iris, Cleavers to the bottom of Dry-stone wall, and Ivy growing on it. Within the Copse I cross paths with a Grey Squirrel, Jay in Holm Oak, Wood Pigeon, and Winter Heliotrope.
Into the next field I decide to walk along the hedgerow – this mixed with Hawthorn, Blackthorn, Brambles and Field Maple, I hear a Song Thrush, Chiffchaff, Chaffinch, Dunnock, and Robins singing away. 2x Herring Gulls fly above me, and Primroses are seen.
I get into Saxon Field, I spot the white flowers on Blackthorn, from here I can view the young Heifers grazing away in Jack Baiss field with my binoculars. Skylarks and Chiffchaffs are heard singing away, as well as a Wren. As I walk, Goldfinches are heard and seen as well as some crows, I spot a Wren fly into an area of Blackthorn – possibly building a nest in there? A Song Thrush, Great Tit and Blue Tit are heard in the nearby copse.
I go into lighthouse field, here I glimpse a Dunnock, while Jackdaws are seen down on the cliffs by the lighthouse, hear the Guillemots from the top of lighthouse field, as well as hearing and seeing Meadow Pipits, another Garden Bumblebee around Stinking Iris. Daffodils and a Black-backed Gull is spotted down towards the cliffs.
Have a great Wednesday!