The gorgeous sound of a Song Thrush was filling the air as I walked across the meadows, this bird was perched on the top of lichen covered Blackthorn, its pale lemon coloured chest showing up against the backdrop. Speckles on the chest fluffy up as it burst into song.
Further out across the very wet, boggy and muddy fields a Skylark took flight and proceeded to spurt forth its gorgeous song. A Greenfinch seeped from the wafting spikes of Willows.
From amongst the rambling Brambles, a Wren was adding to the bird song for the morning. Erupting from the Hawthorn scrub a Magpie, the black and white body, easily spotted, the long tail making this one of the most easily identified birds we have!
More ‘corvid’ species noted today include the completely black Carrion Crow, and the pinky-buff Jay which was floating through the woods, white and blue wing flashes catching my eye as it moved.
A superb view of a Roe Deer as it bounded from a sheltered point out in the quarry, its large white rump flashing as it jumped over the electric fence and off into the patch of yellow flowered Gorse.
Sadly, the electric fence had been turned off by an unhelpful member of the public, this fence is primarily to stop the Hereford Cattle walking on the footpath and churning it up!
A few flowers now in bloom including on the short turf some Daisies, and in the sheltered area of Caravan Terrace some delicate yellow Primroses.
Down in the woods the large green leaves of Winter Heliotrope are interspersed by the slightly pink spikes, providing a slight almond smell to the air as I walked past.
Swooping across the sky just by the car park was a Kestrel, the chestnut orange back flashing towards me as it disappeared over the horizon.