Good to see lots of new planting at Bowhalls (‘The Allotments’). Typically for the time of year and day, it was quiet during a brief walk on Saturday afternoon – but a couple of Linnets, one singing its heart out, were great to hear. Twenty years ago, the allotments were particularly good for Linnets, as [...]
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Linnets
Posted in historical observations, local sightings, tagged allotments, bowhalls, bullfinch, fieldfare, lesser spotted woodpecker, linnet, sutton valence, tree sparrow on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fieldfares etc
Posted in historical observations, local sightings, tagged brambling, chaffinch, fieldfare, great spotted woodpecker, lamb's garden, nuthatch, orchard, south lane, starling, sutton valence castle, tree sparrow, yellowhammer on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A brief circular walk, from The Swan to the riding school and back up under the castle, on a very cold late November morning. In Lamb’s Garden, a Great Spotted Woodpecker called, and just down into South Lane, a Nuthatch nipped between the hedgerows. Further down the lane, the first of several Goldcrests could be [...]