Sunday, January 31, 2010

At Greenway Bank

Yesterday we took a walk at Greenway Bank Country Park. The weather was cold and crisp and - what a treat - the sun was shining on us!

We saw the first snow drops peeping through the ground welcoming the sun's rays to help them unfurl their leaves and petals.

The lake was still frozen over but the wildlife were ecstatic in the warming sunshine. Robins and blue tits twittered and sang to us and jays were calling as they flew amongst the trees around us - normally they are such secretive birds.

Ducks were cackling and gulls were screeching as we walked by their territory. Curious squirrels scampered around and peered at us from behind tree trunks.

It seemed like we had all come out to enjoy the glorious sunshine.

I was thinking that this weekend was the RSPB's Big Garden Bird Watch and how many species I'd seen whilst walking around the park. I think the one below is a Dunnock.

This morning we woke up to a world of white again. On our bird feeding station Mr Robin was waiting for his breakfast. So I went out to dust the snow off the feeders and fill them up before I had my own breakfast. It was worth the effort as we were treated to a visit from a Bullfinch - we've never seen one in our garden before.


Paul managed to get a photo of it - not a great one I'm afraid as it was taken through the landing window - but you can see what it is and that we have snow again.

Whilst you are on-line why not pop over to Lyn's blog - Everyday Life - she has a wonderful give-away at the moment for her first year of blogging anniversary!

14 comments:

  1. Hi Rosie! i wonder why your Robins are so different from ours..
    Hope you had a lovely Sunday despite the white stuff! xxx

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  2. I feel so much happier when the birds are singing! I have seen a lot of thrushes in the garden recently on the fat ball feeder. I have never seen a bullfinch though! x

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  3. I'd love to be able to identify more birds than I can at the moment - especially finches. I love Jays, and Rockin Robins of course. It has been a great weekend for getting out walking. xxx

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  4. One morning this week we heard birds singing - lots of birds singing - in the garden, and we realised that the mornings are getting lighter.It makes everything seem so much better when realise that winter's days are numbered now. Spring must be on its way at last! xxx

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  5. Cannot believe how much snow Europe is getting this winter! I love your new header -I assume these are your crocuses now blooming? A real joy in winter!

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  6. I keep finding all these blogs that had gorgeous weather at the weekend. We had about 4 inches of snow yesterday in Shropshire. I struggled into work today on ungritted roads! I love your photos and your new header.
    Susie X

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  7. ThankYou for taking us on such a Beautiful walk xxx
    How Lovely to see a Bullfinch, they are such pretty birds.

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  8. Such a wonderful walk - thank you for sharing! Loved the sunshine filtering through.

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  9. Hi Rosie,

    Always such a pleasure to take a walk with you. So glad you blog about your beautiful environs... and with such great descriptions and photos!

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  10. I've noticed that the birds have started singing again, it's lovely to hear them isn't it? We've been visited a couple of times by bullfinches in the last coiple of weeks, hunger must be making them bolder poor things. It's snowing hard again here now - winter hasn't quite finished with us yet!

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