15th February
Stop the Pigeon Theme
Paul Winchell
After leaving the confines of the Blue Bed
& Breakfast and after cycling to Homesley Paddock, it took me four hours to
find the reported Great Grey Shrike [135]. Now this was a bird I was
determined to see and by constantly going up and down a disused railway track
affording views of the surrounding heath, I eventually found the bird perched
on a small hawthorn, far away from the area it had been seen in for a few days
previously. Whilst searching for the shrike I also had Dartford Warbler
[136], initially giving a buzzing call then seen briefly in the tall gorse.
Exploring the New Forest whilst moving ever closer to Ringwood, I enjoyed various titmice and finches, as well as the commoner woodpeckers and Jay.
18.73 miles
655 feet elevation up 668 feet down
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