A different day today. A long over due walk around the Iron Age Hill Fort at Credenhill just outside Hereford and managed by the Woodland Trust. Birdsong but scarce views of anything except four species of butterfly including a Red Admiral, a recently emerged Small Tortoiseshell, Ringlets and (probably) a Wood White.
I am researching and walking some of the old Hereford and Gloucester Canal and when photographing a bridge near Ashperton the farmer stopped and said with the humour of a countryman 'are you looking for a boat?' I think that this might be the first line of something later.
I went in search of Yellow Hammers and found a cock bird perched and singing in Watery Lane at Yarkhill. A fantastic view - clear as a bell! This was one of my two target birds for this trip, the other one being a Bullfinch which I achieved when a hen bird flew across Common Road at Tarrington last Saturday morning. An extra bonus was when a Raven flew overhead when at the Village Fete.
Now in the Horseshoe Inn having a few spare minutes with a pint of Wye Valley HPA before an hour of poetry translation. That should stretch the mind. A full report will follow.
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