Christine's walking & birds blog

This smallish bug was on the washing; I think it's a birch shield bug which is new for the garden.


Firecrest song was heard several times from across the road, but I didn't see the bird. Reports from Dorney on the local bird sites mention no little ringed plovers; but two were recorded at Little Marlow gravel pits.

Yesterday, someone got a bit tetchy about locations on the Berks website, commenting that Cow Down is nowhere near West Ilsley. It's well-known that there is a Cow Down near West Ilsley - but following the grid reference this observer gives, it turns out there's another Cow Down south of Compton. It's a peculiarity of the downs, this duplication of place-names - there being, for instance, more than one Warren Farm and at least a couple of Starveall Farms.