Wednesday 31 October 2007

Granville Road

A glorious autumn morning, spoilt only by traffic jams on the way to work. Before that, however, a stroll along Granville Road beside the golf course had plenty of birds, flying south for a change as the wind has moved back to the west.

A party of half a dozen tiny Goldcrests flitted along a hedgerow, and amongst them were a couple of Firecrests, distinguished by their louder calls and bright eyestripes.


The colours of the hedgerow are mainly reds and yellows, but a single scabious provided some nice variety.

3 comments:

Simon said...

Welldone on seeing the Firecrests, and you must have quick reactions to get nice photo of one.

Your blog makes very interesting reading and is a joy to look through. I found your blog via Warren's Pittswood blog.

Simon (Mote Park blog)

Steve said...

Hi - I have also just found your blog via Warren's. Really enjoyed reading through it. I will link to yiurs from mine if you dont mind.

Steve (New Hythe blog)

Kingsdowner said...

Hi guys - I've linked your blogs (I already enjoy reading them)

The firecrest pic was a bit of luck (the many other photos of twigs were discarded!)

There seemed to be a few firecrests reported yesterday -St Margatets, Sandwich Bay, Beachy Head etc)