Wall Wood, Hatfield Forest

Took a walk round Wall Wood this morning. I regularly go here not because its particularly good, but its a convenient size so you can compare repeat visits, and regular has Fallow Deer. Today was more complicated because there is quite a lot of tree-felling going on so you need to keep an eye where you are putting your feet. I failed to do this and ended up going flat on my front. Fortunately I had my camera and telephoto lens round my neck to take the impact.

Mainly the usual Wall Wood stuff. From the entrance a distant Red Kite, once inside Treecreeper, Nuthatch, two Marsh Tits, Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Great-Spotted Woodpecker, about 20 young/female deer, and the usual glimpses of things that might have been. The most notable sighting was a couple of Redpoll sp. my first for the wood. I saw them and immediately though they looked a bit big and well-marked, possibly Mealies, but they were against the light, then in the tops of some trees. Anyway here's a photo, much expanded and lightened, of a might-have been.

Hatfield Forest Sunday AM walk

Bright sunny and mild 8.45am - 10.45am
Some of the birds seen  :-
 
Robin
Great tit 
Blue tit
Coal Tit  1
Bullfinch  1m
Chaffinch
Little Owl  1
Gadwall  2m 2fm
Cormorants  5
Moorhen  5
Tawny Owl  1  (sitting in tree)
Redwing  (large numbers flying from every berry bush)
Fieldfare  75+
Magpie  3
Jay  1
Green Woodpecker  1
Sparrowhawk  1

Hatfield Forest 7/12/16

A quick visit to Hatfield Forest

Jay  2
Magpie  3
Redwing  (to many to count but at least 200)
Jackdaws
Tawny Owl  (sitting in split ash tree) see photo