Waves of Fieldfares and Redwings swept across the fields this morning |
The roadside hedge, laden with hawthorn berries |
I searched and searched for a ring ouzel. Surely there must be one in amongst all these thrushes. But again I drew a blank.
I know what will happen. One day, when I'm least expecting it, there will be a Ring Ouzel hopping about on the ground. Maybe I'm looking too hard.
At one point, all the thrushes took to the air en masse. Next thing I knew a Peregrine falcon whooshed past me, just feet away, making two passes low through the garden right in front of me. Wow!
At times the hawthorn bushes were dripping with redwings |
Don's field was full of Fieldfares and Starlings |
And, over the long grass just beyond the chickens, a barn owl gave prolonged close views as it hunted for voles.
Yes, today's avifauna had a distinctly wintery feel about it, as did the air.
Believe you me, it was not easy taking pictures through a telescope with numb fingers encased in woolly gloves!
When I could no longer feel my toes I retreated to the farmhouse to warm myself up with a giant bowl of porridge.
Golden Plovers and Lapwings Birds of the winter |
Friday 26th October 2012 A nip in the air |
Saturday 27th October 2012 Distinctly clear...and cold. |
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