Another trip over to a slightly frosty Castle Bromwich. There was lovely blue skies everywhere but with large parts of Lady Bradford's being open grassland the sun wasn't helping any efforts on the birding front, it was still nice to see the sun thawing the frost of the bramble leaves creating an almost eerie mist.
Highlight of the day was seeing a large and very resplendent Mistle Thrush, it was sitting in the tree like it was king of the castle. There was also plenty of Goldfinch in attendance taking advantage of the thousands of Teasels that adorn this area. Every time I visit Castle Bromwich lately I always see at least one Nuthatch, which I hope continues right through the Winter. There was also many Blackbirds about today, so they hopefully had a good breeding season here. I also saw a Grey Heron fly overhead.
Birds seen today were Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Nuthatch, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Wren, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Robin, Starling, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon and Grey Heron.
I also had a walk around St. Mary and St. Margaret church grounds and the kirk yard, in said grave yard there are quite a few graves from pilots from both World Wars including that of Edwin Tufnell Hayne who was a genuine war hero who was awarded the DSC (Distinguished Service Cross) and the DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross). He actually survived the war but died a few months after the First World War ended aged 25, ironically crashing a plane he was attempting to land.
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Edwin Tufnell Hayne.
Edwin Tufnell Hayne.
DSC (Distinguished Service Cross).
DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross).
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