Had a couple of walks around the estate over the weekend. Things are feeling a lot more springlike - the flowers are starting to come out and the birds are singing. Always one of the earliest flowers are Coltsfoot - looking rather like dandelions but on short scaly stalks with the leaves appearing much later than the flowers. These are growing on the left of the 3rd Blue.
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| Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara [3rd Blue] |
Chiffchaffs are always amongst the first of the migrants and are easy to locate with their two-note song. This bird was one of two or three in the hedge alongside the 2nd Blue.
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| Chiffchaff [2nd Blue] |
There are quite a few Stock Doves around the greenkeepers'shed on the Blue course. I think that they usually nest inside. This one was up in the rafters.
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| Stock Dove [Greenkeepers' hut] |
Lots of Mistle Thrushes on the fairways - more noticeable now the winter thrushes have flown north. This one was on the 5th Green.
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| Mistle Thrush [5th Green] |
