Ogden – Bradshaw : Tame Robin Day

My anniversary today – 1 year since my first blog.

Happy blogday to me…. 

So I had a walk around Ogden and back via Peat Pits Farms and Bradshaw Lane.

Ogden 12:30

Quiet and eerie with the snow dampening down the sound. The snow layering the pine trees created a strong pleasant smell of pine.

It was very picturesque here today, if very gloomy, with mist above the trees.

A thaw had caused the snow lying on the pine trees to melt creating quite heavy snowfalls, out-of-the blue(green), at times.

I had a stroll around the perimeter and a lovely surprise.

I noticed a Robin had been following me for 20 or 30 yards. I stopped for some time trying to get a decent photo of Goldcrest that were flitting about,when the Robin landed on my hat!

I had a root around in my rucksack and found some biscuit which the Robin took from my hand – one hungry robin I guess.

You could say that takes the biscuit!

Small birds were about but not in great number with Blue, Great & Coal Tit feeding under the beech trees where a small stream had thawed some of the snow.

A Kestrel landed in the trees nearby and later, another landed in the tree top near the duck feeding area allowing me to get a half decent photo.Probably the same bird.

The water was it’s usual, quiet, self with just BHG, Common Gull and Mallard as far as I could tell.

Birds seen throughout the walk:

2 Wren, 5 Robin, 1 or 2 Kestrel, BHG, Common Gull, 5 Collard Dove,3 Carrion Crow, 20 Starling, 6 Magpie, 2 Goldcrest, 5 Jackdaw, 6 Blackbird, 2 Goldfinch, 1F Chaffinch, 10 Woodpigeon, 2 Jay, 3 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, Greenfinch, Mistle Thrush.

From a small boggy section of the field across the road from the Boggart Brig track, a bird left the scene pretty quickly and flew towards the Soil Hill area. It had its back to me as it flew away, so I could not say for certain, but I am pretty sure it was a Snipe.

One day I’ll get a photo of a snipe!

Most probably the same bird pictured earlier

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Greenfinch & Blue Tit