February 2025

7th. Welford Park in Berkshire with Mona and Kiara to see the snowdrops (and winter aconite) on a grey, sometimes sleety winter's day with a old northerly wind. The weather created nice uniform lighting for photography in the beech woods, and there is a lovely chalk stream flowing through the site. Several red kites in the area too.

Winter aconite

Snowdrops

Snowdrops

Snowdrops

 

2nd. I stopped at Tamar Lakes on my return to Bristol, seeing 3 fieldfare near Bude, 1 willow tit, 2 marsh tit, a reed bunting, water rail, tree creeper and a nuthatch around the Tamar lake feeders.

Reed bunting

Reed bunting

Water rail

1st: I missed the booted eagle leaving its roosting area when I arrived around 09.00h, and then walked across Marazion Marsh towards Little London beach. I saw a sanderling, ringed plovers and a purple sandpiper in from of the Godolphin Hotel. There were 2 chiffchaffs and a female-type black redstart at Little London., and about 120 teal on Marazion Marsh. Some goose barnacles were washed ashore on a float at Little London.

Goose barnacles

Goose barnacles

I returned to the railway bridge on the A394 to see the booted eagle during the afternoon.

January 2025