New Forest.....

Tuesday 22nd April 2008

To get to my local shops I have to walk through a park, which always looks so nice this time of year. There are lots of pink and white tulips, the trees are out in blossom and the shrubs are just bursting into life again. I find myself going shopping for things I don't need, just to see the flowers and of course the birds are singing in the trees.


apple blossom

Love is definitely in the air... as far as the birds are concerned.......They've been busy finding mates and building nests. I saw the Blackcap on the apple tree this morning, I hadn't seen him for a week or two..



On Sunday we went to the New Forest and parked in the Barrow Moor car park. We spent a couple of hours walking through the woods and saw most of the usual woodland birds. The best finds were two Firecrests on the Barrow Moor side and a pair of Tree Pipits in the pine area on the opposite side of the road.............

121. tree pipit
122. firecrest

Happy Birthday to my sister for today and to my friend Jean, tomorrow......

Redstart

Sunday 6th May 2007



We had our first trip to Emer Bog this afternoon but didn't see many birds, a Great Spotted Woodpecker was one of the only birds we did see.

On the non-birding front we saw two Slow Worms, a novelty for me as I tend to run a mile from anything like that!

Unfortunately our walk along the boardwalk was spoilt by a dog barking at our heels every five minutes. It just makes me realise how much I dislike the dog walkers who couldn't care less about the bad behaviour of their dogs!!



All was not lost as a trip to the New Forest produced a new bird for the list, a very handsome male Redstart seen at the Barrow Moor car park.

110. redstart