Thursday, May 07, 2020
The long walk brought the first skylark for lockdown - spotted by Greger.
Unfortunately I didn't notice that the camera was set on ISO1600 instead of Auto - but it's quite a nice effect in some ways. A couple of days ago this walk provided an unexpected great spotted woodpecker.
Yesterday, we worked in the garden and took a walk round the village in the evening. A common sandpiper was on the far bank of the river - which was pretty wide at almost high spring tide.
The sad thing about today's walk was that the puddles along the hill-path have all dried up, and the tadpoles are dead. My efforts to replenish the water supply were not enough - but I think it was always going to be a losing battle in this unusually long period of dry weather.
A female stonechat was seen carrying food; but there was still no sign of any tree pipits.
// posted by Christine @ 11:58 AM 
