Christine's walking & birds blog

We walked on this sunny day from Bury Down. Not all skylarks moved south evidently; and at least one corn bunting was singing.

Good numbers of woodland birds were seen, including bullfinches and marsh tits. But the best bird came just before dusk - a ringtail hen harrier powering up the slope close to the ground, skimming the Ridgeway and disappearing into the dark and wintry scrub.