Date: 25th November 2021
Time: from
8:15 a.m.
Weather: dry,
sunny, moderate wind, 3°C to 4°C
It was a very similar morning to my last visit 4 days ago .... sunny and very cold given the significant wind chill. It is getting close to
the point where the woolly hat and gloves come out of hibernation!
I had another good encounter with the Red Foxes this morning and I was able to take several photos.
Having accessed the site via the track from Larkins Tyres, I initially spent some time watching the field, scrub, hedges and trees at the north of the site. I didn’t have long to wait for a Red Fox to emerge from the hedge at the far side of the field and make its way slowly along the edge. It then disappeared in to the hedge again before re-emerging much further along and closer to me where it sat for several minutes.
On my way back home, I decided to take a look from the same location again. The same or possibly another Red Fox appeared suddenly over to the far right of the field. It continued to walk slowly in to the field before turning round and walking off out of sight.
I again recorded a low number of bird species (15) but there were some notable records.
As soon as I arrived on site by Larkins Tyres, I was alerted to calling Carrion Crows and looking up I saw 2 of these birds harassing and mobbing a Common Buzzard.
Whilst watching the Red Foxes, I saw a female Sparrowhawk slowly flying through in a north westerly direction. From the same location, I also heard a Goldcrest continually calling for around 10 minutes close by although unfortunately I failed to see it. This was my first Goldcrest record for the autumn/winter and large numbers of this tiny bird arrive in the UK from October. In addition from this location, I saw 3 small thrushes flying through very distantly which were probably Redwings.
As on my last visit, there was a group of very active and noisy Starlings in the scrub area and hedges behind Larkins Tyres and the number seems to have increased to around c.75.
Finally, I saw a Great Spotted Woodpecker flying through the eastern section of the cemetery, beyond the church and out of sight. However, a few minutes later, I did see a Great Spotted Woodpecker perched at the top of a dead tree in the western section of the cemetery which I assume was the same bird.
Species
recorded during this visit were as follows (heard only records in italics):
Stay safe, stay well, stay strong, stay connected with nature
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