Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Greger chose to walk the "Hedsor Seven" today - and so missed out again on the lesser-spot.
Meanwhile, patience in the woods paid off for me. A goldcrest foraging near a blue tit made me think that perhaps the winter flocks haven't quite broken up yet; and then, just beyond them, I saw her - a lesser-spot looking incredibly tiny in a silver birch right next to the path.
This pic is at full zoom but uncropped.
Just to prove it's a female.....
A pair of Mandarin ducks was on a small pool; and there were at least two drakes in the flooded woods at the junction of Wooburn Common Road and Heathfield Road.
// posted by Christine @ 10:18 AM 
