Friday, 7 February 2025

Biking Birder I February 6th 2010 Barfold Copse RSPB Reserve - small, inconspicuous and secret

 

6th February   2010   

We're Busy Doing Nothing   Bing Crosby et al

 

In the morning, I was out extremely late because of more chat with my 'cuz', Honor and her brilliant husband Ian. After all I do not get to see any of my many cousins very often and the opportunity to catch up with one of them was wonderful.


Late in the morning I cycled to and eventually found Barfold Copse RSPB Reserve; a ridiculously small and exceedingly difficult to find woodland reserve tucked down in a valley. Very few birds there but it brought back memories of my childhood when we used to explore a similar area with Rhododendrons and Bamboo in Stourbridge, Worcestershire. Maybe there were only a few birds but at last I came across a small flock of Lesser Redpolls [127].







The rest of the afternoon was spent mostly going uphill to the Devil's Punchbowl Hotel on the A3, after having looked over the Punchbowl itself, and rest.

 

25.73 miles 

1366 feet elevation up   760 feet down       

 

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