Friday 27 April 2012

A run to Horningsea this morning.  Weather was dry and fine.  The ground was muddy in places after the heavy rain of the last few days, but fortunately the puddles were all avoidable.  A fairly slow run at 1 hour 09'49" for the 8 mile course.

3 Buzzards were seen, along the track to Allicky Farm along the byway before and after the pink house.  A Jay was also seen along the track to Allicky Farm and a Great-Spotted Woodpecker after the farm.  A Chiffchaff was heard in Station Road, Quy and a few Skylarks heard too.  2 Swallows were seen in Station Road and another 2 in Horningsea.

A Hare was on the track just before the bridge over the A14.

Sunday 22 April 2012

I ran the Lode 10k route in a good time of 48'37".  I set a new PB to Lode Mill of 15'19".  Weather was dry and cool.

A Swan was on the riverbank at the start of Quy Water.  A Blackcap was heard at the start of Anglesey Abbey woods. 2 Bullfinches were seen in the bushes along Bottisham Lode.

A Green Woodpecker flew out from the trees along the track to the Lodestar fields and another was feeding on the grass towards Quy Fen.  2 Reed Buntings, 2 Skylarks and 2 Lapwings were seen in the field after Lodestar.  The Lapwing were seeing off a couple of Crows.

A Jay was seen along the old railway line.  A Swallow was seen over Bush Farm in Station Road.

A few Chiffchaffs heard. 

Saturday 21 April 2012

A good run at Cambridge parkrun this morning.  Weather was cool and dry.  Despite having to stop to retie my shoelace I finished in my best time this year of 21'57".

A few Chiffchaffs heard.

Tuesday 17 April 2012

A short run to Lode and back along the old railway line this morning.  It was raining quite hard at the start and with a strong cold wind it was quite unpleasant.  Fortunately the rain stopped by the time I got to the Lode Mill but wind was just as cold.

A Grey Wagtail was seen at Lode Mill and a pair of Grey Partridges along the old railway line.  A couple of Chiffchaffs heard.

Sunday 15 April 2012

Cambourne 10k.  Weather was dry and cool and quite windy.  A good run in a time of 45'09" finishing 130th out of 1001 runners (age graded position 103rd).

Quite crowded at the start, however I got off surprisingly quickly at 4'15" for the first km.  Reached 5k in 22'10. A second 5k in around 23 minutes was good going considering the head wind made the 7th km uphill rather hard work.

Friday 13 April 2012

An after work run today into Lode and back through Quy Fen.  Weather was dry.  A reasonable time of 47'29" for a distance of 5.7 miles.

Wednesay 11 April 2012

Lode 10k route again this morning.  Weather was dry but rather cold.  Heavy rain in recent days has left the course quite wet in places.  The grass was wet and dewy.

2 Green Woodpeckers at Angelsey Abbey and 2 Chiffchaffs heard here too.  A flock of about 20-25 Fieldfares were on the Lodestar field.  2 Reed Buntings and 2 Skylarks in the next field.  Another Green Woodpecker was seen just before the old railway line.  2 Stock Doves were in the field along the old railway line.

On returning to Station Road, one of the Swans was seen swimming along Quy Water.

Saturday 7 April 2012

Cambridge parkrun this morning.  Weather was dry and mild.  A large turnout made the start a bit congested.  Quite tiring run in a time of 22'18".

8 or 9 Chiffchaffs heard around the park today.

Friday 6 April 2012

A gentle run late morning along the Lode 10k route.  Weather was dry and mild.

2 Muntjacs seen.

Tuesday 3 April 2012

Lode 10k this morning.  Weather was dry and cool.  My fastest time this year at 53'00".

Chiffchaffs were heard at Anglesey Abbey at the start of the woods and near Lode Mill.  1 Green Woodpecker seen.  A male Kestrel was seen at the Jack of Clubs.  2 Roe Deer were in the fields along Fen Road.

A few Yellowhammers seen too.

Sunday 1 April 2012

A visit to Brandon Country Park today.  Weather was cool and dry.  I ran the Blue Cycle Route with the additional 2 mile loop at Mayday Farm.

2 Woodlarks heard and then seen over a newly felled area close to the Country Park.  A few Chiffchaffs heard around the route.  At Mayday Farm several finches were taking advantage of a small pond, the flock included some siskins.  A possible Goshawk was seen drifting high over the woods.

2 Muntjacs seen as well.

Saturday 31 March 2012

Cambridge parkrun.  Good conditions today, being dry and cool.  I achieved my best time at Milton this year of 22'06".

7 Chiffchaffs heard (1 seen) around the course.