Flowers down the Drift
A walk today round the back of Hilton Green past the meadow provided a wealth of wildflowers and in the fields,wheat could be seen coming into ear.
Clover, buttercups and cow parsley
Wheat in ear
Eldernell, Welney and Lynford birding
When my sister comes up to stay we usually spend a day out birding together looking for birds she doesnt see in her area and adding to my list as I dont get out birding much on my own. Yesterday was no exception and we decided to do a round trip of three reserves with different habitats starting with Eldernell by the Nene Washes where our aim was to see some owls. There were a few other birders there also looking and once we had identified the area for the tawny sighting, my sister managed to spot it sitting in it usual hole deep in the woods. We heard that the long eared owl normally seen there, was not in its usual place in the hedge so I wondered along looking to see if it was anywhere else. Suddenly my sister called out, "there's an owl" as something shot out from near me and flew across a field to a distant bramble bush. We trained our binoculars on the brambles and could just make out the head of a short eared owl. Another tick. Sadly we d...
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