Two Creepy

Dog walk One today and West Hartford was very quiet.  Bring on the Summer!  The smaller flash had about 40 Teal, two Mallard and two Shelduck (59) that heard me before I them and they of and over to the larger watercourse.  And a Fox was certainly quick and brown as it did a sharp U-turn and back east through the copse north of the sub-station.

Dog-less tour of local beauty spots had a single Canada Goose (60) over the access road to Plessey Mill Farm, and several good views of the local Stoat up and own the verges there.  The wood was quiet, one Common Buzzard in its usual tree.

Arcot had 8 Goosanders, numerous Teal, H/BH/C Gulls, three Wigeon and a pair of Gadwall (61).

Beacon Lane (southbound) was pretty uneventful too other than at one point I happened upon two Roe hinds (or did they happen upon me?).  We stood motionless for about a minute, only about 30 feet apart, before I lost the out-staring competition and walked away to give them a chance to vacate the area.

A Song Thrush and Dunnock shared a bath via a pothole puddle, and the Golden Plover did their usually excellent impression of clods of earth in the field south of the access road to the stables.

Loads of Bullies seen today, and plenty of Long-tailed Tits too, Mrs Bully was up and down the road side at the entrance to the Beaconhill Lea estate.

The year's first Treecreeper (62) was spotted in the NE corner of the wooded area at the NE corner of Arcot.

And the small wood - Guvnor's Wood -  between High Pit Road and the A189, opposite Anne Welfare, had more LTTs, Blue and Great Tits, Goldcrest (63) and another Treecreeper.

Nice day for the birdies, but a better one for the mammals.