Sunday 14 April 2013

Spring at last!

A Willow Warbler was singing at Fairlawn Road this afternoon and a party of Long-tailed Tits were calling nearby. A Jackdaw flew over and a Magpie was busy refurbishing its nest. A pair of Carrion Crows were copulating next to their nest in Old Ashley Hill and making a strange noise as they did it! At the top of St Andrews Road there was a large patch of Ivy-leaved Speedwell in flower.

Ivy-leaved Speedwell
In station Road there were prolonged views of a Goldcrest as it fed in the branches of the Silver Birch tree near the path to the station and a Coal Tit and Blue Tit were feeding with it.
Goldcrest


Coal Tit
St Andrews Park produced little of note apart from a singing Coal Tit and handsome male Greenfinch.
Greenfinch
 A Sparrowhawk flew over the flat this morning and the Blackbird pair in the garden were still carrying beakfuls of food.




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