#indoorstoomuch

A quick hour and half over the valley saw Snipe, Shoveller, Teal, Woodpigeon, Mallard and pretty much everything else go up as the farmer, a couple of buddies and the dogs go about their business on the scrape, far side of the river to the lower paddock. Checking the area to see what impact the cows had had last time they grazed there, possibly coming back to that section.... I moved on to Tit Lake and he's back....4ANA....and he brought with him the wife and kids. This year it seems as if a lot more of them have survived with 7 still in tow. Meadow Pipit in large numbers on return journey via the back of the houses.

I haven't played golf properly for years now, about 8. I've played once since I've started this blog. A four ball at Great Haddam Golf Club Friday afternoon was going to be interesting. An afternoon tee, probably 4 plus hours round, would we even finish? The golf went as well as could be expected really, i still won the round but the golf was not any where near the standard of years gone by. Meadow Pipit lined most fairways in the wispy rough through 9, getting flushed time after time as to be honest we all spent far to long in there. 10 through 18 saw the rough change slightly to become more tree lined and wooded, here the Tit flocks were roaming, taking with them Chiff Chaff. Skylark called as they flew around over head moving from one part of the course to the other whilst  Jackdaw & Crow  were making a racket in the surrounding farmland. Linnet started to make themselves known as the course moved from open rough to woodland. The small ponds ...

A couple of visits to the Valley today to catch the first Ruff in over 12 years - 4 birds. Plus one of the Black Tailed Godwit