Over the Christmas period I enjoyed 3 more walks around the cemetery and woodland burial ground on the 19th, 21st and 27th. The 27th was especially exciting as I got to try out my new binoculars. My old one are nearly 40 years old and showing their age. I had a mixture of weather from 4C and clear skies to gusty winds and finally to cold and misty and only 3C. Things were quiet on the birding front with only 20 species in total. I had nice views of a charm of goldfinches feeding acrobatically on the alder cones. Buzzard and curlew are always most welcome. Tree surveyors were busy a couple of months ago checking trees for disease. Work has now begun on them, either remedial or complete removal. A pity as old standing dead wood provides any number of nesting sites but, sadly tidyness is god. One of my favourites, a big old maple, lost a limb in Storm Darragh and it has been removed completely.
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