Eighteen of us were up, if not with the lark, at least before the paper shop opened to accompany Steve Joul on a really interesting walk around the woods listening to and trying to spot birds.
Species heard or seen included:
Nightcap; Blackbird; Mistle thrushes; Starling; Stock doves; Chiff chaff; Song thrush; Coat tit; Great tit; Blue tit; Swift; Swallow; Carrion crow; White throat; Bullfinch; Robin; Dunnock; Kestrel.
The kestrel was the last one we saw, after most people had left. We were standing in the car park when it flew out of the woods between the cricket field and King Lane and flew over the cricket ground before hovering in characteristic fashion over the open field. It was the first time that your reporter has seen a kestrel in the woods.
Thanks again to Steve Joul for a really interesting and informative morning!
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