Friday 26 March 2010

The same run today as Monday. Weather was fairly mild but rather windy - a head wind coming back. A bit muddier than recently due to heavy rain Thursday evening. A slight improvement on Monday's time at 1hr 14'15".

A few Partridges seen in various places. A Grey Heron along Quy Water and a Chiffchaff singing in the woods at Anglesey Abbey, my first of the year. Song Thrushes singing in the usual places at Lode Station and Station Road, Quy. Also 2 signing on either side of the road at the start of White Fen Drove, one in the hedgerow along the Drove and the other the other side of Bottisham Lode. A few Yellowhammers seen and a few singing Wrens. Great-Spotted Woodpecker again drumming at Lode Mill. A flock of about 10-12 Redwings at the end of the bridleway, presumably a pre-migration gathering. A Sparrowhawk flew over Quy Park. A Squirrel was in the bushes along Bottisham Lode.