I'm starting to run out of square kilometres within the Circle which I haven't visited. But today I picked a new one, being the area towards the west end of Umberslade Park. The downside of this area is that it's a shooting estate with plenty of signs making it clear wanderers would not be welcome.
I was therefore restricted to a single track which runs bullet straight from the entrance to Umberslade House to Tanworth-in-Arden. The bit I was interested in fell about half way between the two ends.
I like to try target a species within my self-imposed boundary, and it occurred to me that the area might contain Linnets and that I wouldn't be a million miles away from Earlswood, where I had narrowly missed a pair of Twite last month.
Well I managed to find some Linnets, a flock of 43 in fact. However, they were in the middle of an enormous field with only Skylarks for company. I could count them when they flew, but even if I'd been brave and had strode into the middle of the completely off limits field, I couldn't see any other outcome than that they would just fly off to another distant field. Ideally you want Linnets to perch up in a tree so that you can look through them properly.
The only other noteworthy bird, and they are getting less worthy of comment every year, was a Red Kite.
I did like the fact that it was an adult with a fox red tail, and also that it was photo-bombed by a passing Woodpigeon as I pressed the shutter.
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