A Saltney Ferry, Thornleigh Park Farm and Deeside Lane Round.
House sparrows get into the picture.
A Great spotted woodpecker near Thornleigh Park Farm.
Following the plough.
"Who should I choose?"
I watched these two Grey squirrels for several minutes, but neither moved an inch!
A stand off between two Grey squirrels.
Bath time for gulls.
Lapwings take to the air, put up by a bird of prey.
Lapwings take to the air, put up by a bird of prey.
Distance: 10.0 miles. Climb: 140'.
Time: 4 hours 23 minutes.On the move walking average: 3.0 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.3 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn,
Time: 4 hours 23 minutes.On the move walking average: 3.0 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.3 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn,
I set off about 09-30 with the Sun shining brightly and almost wall to wall blue skies. The easterly wind was quite cool, but thankfully t only blew in fits and starts and even then it wasn't anything more than a gentle breeze.
I decided to include the path from Woodhouse Farm on Deeside Lane across the field back to the Wales Coast Path, taking advantage of the fact the ground across the usually muddy field would be frozen. It was - so no muddy boots to clean when I got home!
Three surprises today, the first was seeing a farmer starting to plough one of his fields with many guls in attendance, the second was seeing a Merlin and thirdly seeing fifteen Whooper swans on a field near Deeside House.
A slightly unexpected event was seeing a large group of gulls on the river, but very close togerher and looking like what I thought could be a feeding frenzy, but feeding on what. It turned out to be nothing more than a communial bath time!
Birds seen or heard today include: House sparrow, Common starling, Collared dove, Feral pigeon, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Pied wagtail, Great tit, Common blackbird, Long tailed tit, Moorhen, Mallard, Grey heron, Great spotted woodpecker, Mistle thrush, Fieldfare, Redwing, Carrion crow, Raven, Common chaffinch, Great cormorant, Common redshank, Common kestrel, Merlin, Common buzzard, Winter wren, European robin, Lapwing, Black headed gull, Lesser black back gull, Jackdaw and Whooper swan.
Birds seen or heard today include: House sparrow, Common starling, Collared dove, Feral pigeon, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Pied wagtail, Great tit, Common blackbird, Long tailed tit, Moorhen, Mallard, Grey heron, Great spotted woodpecker, Mistle thrush, Fieldfare, Redwing, Carrion crow, Raven, Common chaffinch, Great cormorant, Common redshank, Common kestrel, Merlin, Common buzzard, Winter wren, European robin, Lapwing, Black headed gull, Lesser black back gull, Jackdaw and Whooper swan.
Overall a very enjoyable walk.
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