Although it was not our official bird watching day, I had
been invited by my friend Vi to visit her other farm and home to see what
birds were around there and also visit her brother in laws Fish Farm nearby. This is one of the lakes below.
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| Lake at Fish Farm |
We were greeted warmly by Viv who gave us
coffee and goodies and from the comfort of her conservatory we were able to see
all the Tits, Chaffinch and Tree Sparrows coming down to numerous feeders she
had hanging from a tree.
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| Tree Sparrow |
Viv and Michael run Barnwell Cottages not far
away where you can hire a number of cottages in wonderful surrounding
countryside with bird hide, lovely walks and a badger set. She explained that their home farm had 96
acres. Well I did not think we would be
walking over all that today!
Firstly we went over some rough ground and it was lovely to at last see the Gorse in full bloom before arriving at
the Fish Farm.
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| Yellow Gorse |
We saw Willow Warblers and
heard a Chiffchaff, along with Goldfinch, Robin as well as all the Tits
again. There were no birds on the 2
lakes today, only a young man fly fishing and this is a photo of Ronnie and Jimmy
watching him.
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| Ronnie and Jimmy watching a young man fly fishing |
We walked up a muddy land and saw a Buzzard, Blackbird, Rook
and Wood Pigeon before we arrived back at the car just in time to miss a very
heavy shower. These 2 photos below were taken from a great distance and so are not great quality.
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| Buzzard |
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| Buzzard in flight |
Its good to have friends with a Farm that you can walk around Margaret.{:))
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