Leaving Darts at 4pm on Friday I decided there wasn't time to walk through Goosemoor so legged it back to Topsham Train Station. Amazingly, on the walkthrough that avoids the level crossing I had brief views of a
Firecrest which hopped over the wall into a private garden. It's always worth having your bins round your neck and not in your bag!
On Saturday, a walk around Colyton saw a good variety of birds including a 'hotspot' where a feeder had four species of tit visiting ; Blue, Great, Coal &
Marsh Tit ! Alright, we know that Marsh Tits are about in Jobblehayes, Holyford Woods and Axmouth (I've seen them before along the road up to Axe Cliff Golf Club) but I can't recall seeing them in a Colyton garden prior to this.
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| Brambling, Library Picture, Copyright T D Wright | |
On Sunday, I finally slogged uphill to Stafford Cross area with the bike (at least it's
downhill coming back !) and saw at least 6
Brambling , including 2 males, among the Chaffinches and House Sparrows there. I couldn't get any bloggable pics so here's some old shots just to add a little colour to my dour old blog...
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| Brambling, Library Picture, Copyright T D Wright |
Hmmm, that's enough. Otherwise, there are still plenty of
Redwing, Fieldfare & Mistle Thrush around Colyton and
Hawfinches at Shute Barton, Shute Churchyard and along the lane to the car park (is it Haddon's Lane?). I checked the Little Egrets at Colcombe farm but so far no Cattles. Lots of Sparrowhawks though...
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| Sparrowhawk, Library Picture, Copyright T D Wright |
OK, my photos are all coming up lopsided! Please view whilst reclining like the Romans used to. End of post!
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