Yesterday I heard for the first time this year, the territorial drumming of the greater spotted woodpecker.
The partridges had been missing from their usual location for the last few days, and with a lot of shooting happening on the estate, I feared the worst. However, this morning a flock of about thirty exploded from a local cottage garden.
I walked all the way around the field to try and see the flock of yellow hammers, only to return home and find them in front of the house such that I could see them from the front window. What did surprise me on another frosty day was that beside them in the field was a similarly sized flock of skylarks, the first I had seen here for a few weeks.
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