Had a walk around the range and the Blue course in the early evening sunshine. A couple more flowers to add to the 2021 list from behind the driving range bays. Grape Hyacinth is a garden escapee, Common Field Speedwell is a common native plant.
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| Garden Grape Hyacinth Muscari armeniacum [Driving Range] |
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| Common Field Speedwell Veronica persica [Driving Range] |
Also on the driving range was a flock of around 10-12 Greenfinches. I don't see them on the course very often and they have declined nationally by over 60% in the last 15 years due to a disease called Trichomonosis which is caused by parasites and affects the birds' ability to feed.
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| Greenfinches [Driving range] |
Goldfinches on the other hand have significantly increased in the same period. Today there was a noisy flock of 30+ birds in the bushes on the left of the driving range.
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| Goldfinches [Driving Range] |
On the Blue there was a flock of Linnets in the trees on the left of the 2nd fairway, 200+ Redwings on the 1st and 2nd fairways and a couple of Roe Deer.
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| Linnet [2nd Blue] |
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| Redwing [2nd Blue] |
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| Roe Deer [1st Blue] |
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