Last weekend of lockdown, so had a long walk around all of the courses. A couple more flowers to add to the list. Field Mouse-ear is starting to flower on the edge of the 15th fairway on the Red.
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| Field Mouse-ear [15th Red] |
Thale cress is a rather inconspicuous weed, but it is notable for being the first plant species to have its genome sequenced.
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| Thale Cress [5th Red] |
I notice that the area to the right of the 10th tee on the Green is taped off. I would imagine that this is to protect the Maiden Pink which grows there and which is one of the rarest plants on the course. Look out for it from mid-June.
There were 4 species of birds of prey on a thermal above the 17th Blue - Red Kite, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk and Peregrine. The Peregrine was a long way up, but is just about identifiable from this heavily cropped image:
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| Peregrine [17th Blue] |
Lots of Crossbills about still. I think that they must be nesting somewhere nearby as they are usually very early breeders. This male was by the greenkeeper's hut on the Blue.
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| Crossbill [16th Blue] |
When feeding on pine cones they use their unusually shaped beak to prize apart to the cone and extract the seeds with their tongue.
4 Greylag Geese flew over the 4th on the Blue, including a white one at the back.
Otherwise I had distant views of the Kingfisher on the 1st/2nd/3rd of the Blue and the normal selection of common birds.
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| Woodpigeon [16th Blue] |
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| Hedge Sparrow [3rd Blue] |
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