Winter Walk
11/01/12 15:20 Filed in: Sightings
I had an amazingly sunny & warm walk up the Steyning Coombe this morning to meet up with Tom Parry from the South Downs National Park and Nigel who co-ordinates our Ranger Team. The Grammar School Task Force were up there continuing the good work clearing scrub to help restore some more chalk grassland.
The temperature was around 14˚C, unseasonably mild, and this might have explained the two pristine Red Admiral butterflies we spotted on the way back down.
Lots of birds were also about including a pair of Bullfinches, Gold & Greenfinches, Green Woodpecker, Collared Doves, & on the ponds, Mallard, Teal & Gadwall.
PV
The temperature was around 14˚C, unseasonably mild, and this might have explained the two pristine Red Admiral butterflies we spotted on the way back down.
Lots of birds were also about including a pair of Bullfinches, Gold & Greenfinches, Green Woodpecker, Collared Doves, & on the ponds, Mallard, Teal & Gadwall.
PV