Tuesday 7th May 2014
This blog contains a few odds and ends, things I have been meaning to include in a blog and haven't got round to. Firstly, on holiday last week I listed all of the birds we saw and I'm quite impressed by the number, this is the list.
wren buzzard magpie
great tit stonechat herring gull
black backed gull fulmar kittiwake (maybe)
dunnock sand martins raven
jackdaw crow mallard
wood pigeon chiffchaff blackbird
chaffinch swallow sparrow
skylark greenfinch robin
blue tit blackcap cormorant
goldfinch pied wagtail kestrel
house martin starling feral pigeon
willow warbler rook gannets
An odd thing happened a couple of weeks before we went away, a greater spotted woodpecker started drilling on the telegraph pole opposite our house. This bird spent about four or five days on and off really trying to get into the top of the pole - it was really loud and certainly got the neighbours scratching their heads, if only they had looked up! After a very good attempt the bird must have found itself another more desirable residence as it hasn't been around for a few weeks.
We got home on Saturday to the sight of a sparrowhawk tearing into a sparrow in the back garden - not the best home coming!
Finally last night my daughter and I had a late evening walk in the dark around our neighbourhood and a short distance from home the eagle eyed one of us - her not me - spotted a deer on the edge of some woodland alongside the main road, opposite where we were walking. I was very concerned that we might spook it so we cautiously moved along and into the cut way through to some houses, all the time being watched by the deer who didn't move. It seemed to be on it's own and I have seen a deer in this spot before but in the daylight and I am fairly sure it was a roe deer as it had small pointy antlers and the big black nose.
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