Not much bird news in these cold and gloomy conditions, but did see my Stonechat again in the fields between Reffley Wood and the QEH and a Sedge Warbler and Reed Warbler were singing. Cycled to Bawsey church ruins – it was obvious I wasn't going to hear yesterday's Quail in these winds and I didn't. I was going to turn back at the ruins, but decided to cycle further on, to see where the track came out – I ended up on Sandy Lane, but instead of cycling along the crazy bypass, I took a track over fields alongside the bypass and came out at the Knight's Hill Roundabout – crossed the road carefully and then sailed at great speed down the hill to the North Lynn bypass and then cycled all the way to Lynn Point.
I could see one Peregrine on the tower and lots of gulls were battling against the wind by the fishing boats. I also saw my first Common Terns – two of them flying along the Great River Ouse towards the The Wash. By the horse meadows at the end of Lynn Point, I saw Goldfinches, Greenfinches, Whitethroats and Blackbirds. Cycled back to the town centre in King's Lynn, past the Custom House, along the Quay and back home through the Walks, where I saw a Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Blackbirds and lots of Wood Pigeons. Arrived home at 2pm and had a well deserved rest all afternoon. Made another loaf of bread, a Granary Loaf this time.
Whilst I was resting I was suddenly aware of a cheeky cat sitting right next to my patio door, eyeing up all my birds – I have never moved so fast!!! Now, I'm a huge cat lover, but do not want cats sitting yards from my feeding station! So with lots of very loud noise from me, the cat shot out of the garden through my hedgehog hole in the trellis – I couldn't believe it got through there! I am very worried, as since then I have not seen my baby Robin!!!
STAGE ONE OF LOCKDOWN – 7pm
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment