With in the grounds of this National Trust House there are some great woods for birding in at this time of year. We took the opportunity to stroll at first light through the area on the left just as you enter the grounds.
Blue, Long-tailed, Great and Coal Tits were abundant along with Robin and Blackbird. Higher in the trees we found Greater-spotted Woodpecker and flying out across the sheep meadow was Green Woodpecker.
With a little more attention is was easy to find Nuthatch, but alas I only heard the Lesser-spotted Woodpecker, that will have to wait for another visit, but we’ll be sure not to leave it too late as the leaf cover will make it impossible to see them and we will also miss the impressive covering of Snowdrops which are about to appear.
Life bird count: 389 Year bird count: 102 Month bird count: 102
Photo: European Robin (erithacus rubecula)
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