Pittswood Birds

A Frosty Sunrise At The Golf Course.

Another frosty morning, slightly more so than yesterday, the lake area was mostly frozen over, but a little piece of open water had a GREY HERON, a few MALLARD, a pair of TEAL (unusual for the lake), and best of all a COOT! The second one this month , I am being spoilt. A CORMORANT flew over as did a selection of Gulls, BLACK HEADED, HERRING and COMMON, A good number of FIELDFARE and REDWING were scattered over a wide area at migrant alley, where a couple of SKYLARK sang, and a YELLOWHAMMER alighted in an ash tree. A few more species were noted than yesterday, 47 in all. no new species for the month or year though.

Yellowhammer

The scrub that was cut down last week was being burned today, so I went over and asked theworkers why. They turned out to be the owners of the land, and were clearing the scrub at the request of their tennants - Cobland nurseries - to help get rid of the rabbits. I explained about habitat for birds and wildlife, and we passed a few minutes chatting, they told me that coblands would soon be moving on, and the land would go back to pasture, the owners even said they may put some hedgerows back, maybe some good news there then.