Lots of birds around and the variety in the fields never ceases to amaze me - even in a small area the biodiversity of Piddle Brook Meadows is excellent. It partly depends on the time of day. Early morning is always good for Yellowhammers, Skylarks, Willow Warblers and various finches and tits.
Here are a few pictures from the last two days...
I spotted a couple of birds hanging onto the barbed wire by the side of Piddle Brook and managed to get quite close. They were eating seeds and moving along the wire. One settled on a Cow Parsley. They looked like juvenilles of some species I'm not familiar with. One neighbour suggested Siskin but the tail markings are a little different. So, an unidentified bird..more detective work required.
Posting a few days later: These are Juvenile Goldfinches. There are quite a few around Naunton Beauchamp - they seem to have bred very well this year and can be seen around the gardens as well as in Piddle Brook Meadows - up to 5 at a time.
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| Two - another one is just to the left of the post. |
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| Juvenile Goldfinch |
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| Juvenile Goldfinch |
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| Chaffinch |
A family of six long-tailed tits were flitting around in one of the willow trees.
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| Long Tailed Tit and One Coming Into Land! |
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| Long Tailed Tit |
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| Long Tailed Tit |
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| Long Tailed Tit - Sunset |
A good sized beetle - pretty important things that we don't often take much notice of...
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