Friday 24 November 2017

Churwell Urban Woodlands

I had a couple of quick walks around the woods before work this week, heading towards the dipping pond one day and then the through the main woods the next. Both mornings there were squirrels everywhere.

Lots of birds on both days - Blackbirds, Wrens, Robins, Great, Blue, Long-tailed Tits, Dunnocks, Woodpigeons, Chaffinch, Nuthatch, 2 Jays, Magpies, Crows and a pair of Mistle Thrush flying overhead.


Some Woodpigeons seem to manage without their head.......


Dunnock


Blue Tit


Blackbird


Spotted a Woodpigeon with a head



Jay


Wren


Dunnock


Blackbird

I saw a couple of different fungi though I spent most of my time looking up into the trees.





With the leaves falling now it's easier to see the surrounding houses of course but I noticed this view through a gap in one of the trees - the view towards Leeds city centre.



4 comments:

  1. You have a wonderful commute to work! Tons of birds!! It will be easier to see them once all the trees get bare limbed. The headless woodpigeon, lol.

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    1. It's so much better than the two buses I used to have to get on my commute!

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  2. You always spot a good mix of birds on your walks :)

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