A rather misty morning following a quick partial thaw. All the snow has gone, but some ice remains as I nearly found out to my cost at Morgrove Coppice where my first act on setting foot out of the car was to slip alarmingly. Fortunately, the rest of me was still half in the driver's seat and no harm ensued.
An hour's wander was rewarded with a calling Marsh Tit, seven Redpolls and three Coal Tits. Distinctly tame.
I then drove to Haydon Way Wood where I was greeted by the sight of an adult Peregrine sitting on a pylon. That's more like it.
Also visible in the mist was a Little Egret which flew downstream, and a recently deceased Grey Heron which I guess will have struck the power lines stretching in a line high overhead.
For the next hour and a half, walking upriver to the sewage works, I saw plenty of birds without really spotting anything out of the ordinary. Only a couple of Meadow Pipits joined the Peregrine on my year-list. Other birds included several Teal, a Grey Wagtail, and lots of Redwings and Starlings.
It'll probably be worth another visit later in the winter.
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