#shatterford

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Photos from a lovely long weekend I’ve had, Great Crested Grebe and periwinkle at Lakeside Country Park and Egyptian Goose and Muscovy Duck at Petersfield Heath Pond on Friday, two views at Shatterford in the New Forest yesterday, daffodil in the front garden and Woodlark at Acres Down in the New Forest today and Coot and view at Petersfield Heath Pond on Friday.

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New Forest issues plea for ground-nesting birds

New Post has been published on https://petn.ws/lbbcv

New Forest issues plea for ground-nesting birds

Visitors to the New Forest are being urged to take caution to avoid disturbing ground-nesting birds this spring. Special quiet zones will be set up at the most sensitive breeding locations, with nearby car parks closed, including Clayhill, Crockford, Crockford Clump, Hincheslea, Hincheslea Moor, Ocknell Pond, Ogdens, Shatterford and Yew Tree Heath. Furthermore, there will […]

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Shatterford Female Pheasant. by EncroVision http://ift.tt/2zjIKiy

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Shatterford farm and sky. by EncroVision

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Rain Drops on Green. by EncroVision http://ift.tt/2gXFgs6 #macro

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Gosling. by EncroVision

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Shatterford farm and sky. by EncroVision

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Round up of my wild week 11th-18th March 2023: Ravishing raptors, steps into spring and more

I’ve had a brilliant week of watching birds of prey, particularly Peregrines with amazingly one seen flying out the front at the end of Monday’s working from home lunch time walk my first local sighting of one and precious and thrilling time spent with Winnie one of the Winchester Peregrines in my in office working day lunch breaks and briefly on an evening as they really get nicely into their nesting season. Buzzard played a big part this week too including one of the greatest bird of prey moments I’ve ever watched and listened to when I believe Winnie the Peregrine saw one off after it got a bit close to the Winchester Cathedral nest site on Wednesday. A captivating aerial display. And in the city centre on Thursday and at Magdalen Hill as part of another day off on Friday alike I got some astonishing views of Red Kites, with Kestrel seen well at Magdalen Hill and Lakeside that day too.

Peregrine at Winchester Cathedral on Wednesday evening

Red Kite in flight at Magdalen Hill on Friday 

Weekend days this week saw us take some top New Forest walks, with my first Firecrest seen for years an exhilarating sighting of a phenomenal bird, as hoped wonderful views of elegant and gripping Woodlarks two year ticks at Acres Down and my first Jack Snipe of the year at Pig Bush in the New Forest three of the birds of my week. A Treecreeper seen near the Firecrest, Lapwing in the boggy areas evocative of spring for me and a winter bird to make the most of Redwing seen both at Shatterford last Saturday and nearby Pig Bush yesterday and Meadow Pipit at all three of these were other highlights. Buzzard, Stonechat and Chiffchaff were other highlights at Pig Bush on a great walk. 

One of the Acres Down Woodlarks last Sunday, it has been a good lark week for me in an amazing year I’ve had for larks already seeing the key bird of Magdalen Hill Skylark there so well on Friday. 

Greater time spent at Lakeside again on my day off on Friday produced a thrilling display of Chiffchaffs in good numbers as well as a great Jay view. It was a familiar tale for birds at Lakeside this week with my bird highlights at the country park across the week including; the bewitching Great Crested Grebes the two pairs and one lonesome bird across the lakes a joy to see again, Canada Geese and Greylag Geese starring getting quite fierce flying energetically and on each other as the breeding season steps up a bit and species I’ve seen/heard here a lot/notably lately seen again Cormorant, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Tufted Duck, Green Woodpecker, Wren, Song Thrush and Siskin.

A Chiffchaff at Lakeside on Friday

In the world of mammals I’ve had a good week of seeing Grey Squirrels and getting excellent intimate views of the Roe Deers at Lakeside on Friday was a captivating and consuming natural moment.

One of my favourite photos to take this week of one of the Lakeside Roe Deers. 

It’s been a good week of plants with blossom intensifying in the landscape nicely. Key wildflowers I’ve seen this week have been stunning speedwell and extremely satisfying snowflake seen at Lakeside the latter one I really enjoy seeing. Primroses were one I was hoping for and saw well in the Winchester parts of the week and chickweed out the front and at Lakeside was a nice discovery. Lots of lesser celandine, hyacinth, mercury, periwinkle, violet, daffodils, red deadnettle and crocus were other key species across the week. An exciting point about this week was a couple of welcome sightings to get my butterfly year properly underway a little with the Brimstone dancing beside vegetation at the Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum on Thursday and a Red Admiral at Magdalen Hill seen briefly on Friday. Bees, flies and even a moth were nice to see this week too. This was a week that I savoured precious moments outside in changeable weather.

Some of Lakeside’s blossom on Tuesday’s lunch time walk

A great group of crocuses in the grounds of Winchester Cathedral on Wednesday. 

A precious bonus walk at Lakeside on Tuesday evening

A week with so much time spent in the New Forest means so many beautiful views were enjoyed and I liked photographing this wet woodland scene at Pig Bush yesterday.

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Shatterford Panorama. by EncroVision http://ift.tt/2lLsMbI

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Male Pheasant Shatterford, Worcestershire II. by EncroVision

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Gorse at Shatterford in the New Forest on Sunday.