I counted six singing song thrushes on my morning walk today. They were still singing when I went for my late afternoon walk. This tells me two things: firstly, there is a healthy population of song thrushes in the area; and, secondly, that the birds have begun to establish their territories in preparation for the breeding season.
A flock of around fifty redwings were quartering the ground on a horse pasture. They maintain the same distance between each bird and then move metronomically across the field. Two pied wagtails and a few chaffiches shared the field with them.
The winds have dislodged a good few dormouse nest boxes. I have tried to repair and replace some, and some I shall relocate to Wedge Wood. It has been interesting to find bedding in the bottom of some of these boxes, though I hope the mice have hibernated elsewhere.
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