We went to Blashford this morning, straight to the woodland hide, hoping to see a Lesser Redpoll.
I must admit, I'm not the best birdwatcher in Hampshire. I have a habit of breaking out into song - which doesn't go down too well in the bird hides!! If anyone's interested, today's song was..........ain't no sunshine when she's gone.... One of the male birders must have enjoyed it, as he left his friends and came and sat next to me!!
There were lots of nice birds to see, including...
great spotted woodpecker
greenfinches
siskins
blackbird
chaffinches
brambling
great tits
blue tits
long tailed tits
great spotted woodpecker
and then a Lesser Redpoll appeared, our target bird for today, and a lifer for me......
lesser redpoll
The woodland hide at Blashford, is also a good place to see Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers. We saw two this morning, one male and one female. I was always led to believe that Lesser spotted are seen high up in the trees...... well don't believe everything you read in the books. The female we saw today, was on a tree trunk about six feet up from the ground.
you can just make out a female lesser spotted woodpecker
That was it......the morning was gone, and we were heading down to Hythe. On the way, we stopped at the Shatterford car park and noticed a pile of tyres which someone has decided to dump there....
a blot on the landscape....
Later this afternoon we saw two Red-legged Partridges in Hoe Lane......
114. lesser redpoll
115. red-legged partridge
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