Thursday 25 April 2013

Due to overnight rain I avoided the potentially muddy areas and ran the 9km route through Bottisham to Lode Mill and back along the old railway line.

A Collared Dove was seen sitting on a nest on the side of a house in Lode at the same spot as last year.  Several firsts for the year today:
- Several Whitethroats heard (1 seen);
- Blackcap heard, where the track from Lodestar joins the old railway line;
- A male Bullfinch seen along the old railway line;
- 2 House Martins in Vicarage Meadow.

I also saw or heard, a Kestrel, 2 Swallows, several Yellowhammers, Chaffinches, Long-Tailed Tit, Geat Tits, Robins, Dunnocks, Blackbirds, House Sparrows, Chiffchaffs and Skylarks.

Saturday 5 February 2011

A 9 mile run at Brandon Country Park. Weather was fairly warm, but with a strong wind. The wind was fortunately behind us for the final stretch up the hill.

Only Great Tits seen on the feeders. A Jay, and a few Crows and Black-Headed Gulls over were the only other sightings. At Mayday Farm a Grey Squirrel was eating the seeds from a pine cone.

Thursday 3 February 2011

Not too cold this morning, with just a little touch of frost in places. A head wind coming back though. Much lighter this morning, even before 7. Same run as Tuesday except I came back via Lode Mill rather than the Lodestar fields.

Plenty of birds around today. A pair of Partridges flew across Albert Road. There seem to be more Blue Tits, Great Tits and Chaffinches preparing for Spring. A lovely male Sparrowhawk was sitting on a post by the bridge near Lode station. He flew off along the lode towards the mill as I went past.

2 Herons in this lode this morning. A few Starlings on the telegraph wires in Mill Road also Collared Doves and Jackdaws. More Doves and Jackdaws in Station Road, Quy.

A couple of Song Thrushes heard today.

Sunday 30 January 2011

9 miles today through Bottisham, Lode to the end of White Fen Drove. Not too cold and dry with no wind. Time was 1 hour 23'00".

A few Great Tits heard singing. About 5 Moorhens along Bottisham Lode, also a Grey Heron in a field to the North of Bottisham Lode. A male Kestrel seen by the farm at the start of White Fen Drove. Song Thrush in the dry moat round Quy Hall.

As I ran along Bottisham Lode a rabbit hopped across the road and down to the water's edge. It was clearly unwell. On my return I found that it had been run over on the road.