Training Log Archive: Benjamin G

Cycled to Stanton St. John and expored further, ending up at SU602103, seeing red-kite on way. Saw some birds I haven't been able to identify positively, but maybe siskins or possibly unusally coloured chaffinches/bramblings . (Looked a bit like rusty red yellowhammers with colourful bars on wings.) [Edit: Three siskins reportedly seen near Stanton St. John on 19.10.06, just a few days later.] Explored Hell Coppice, and saw a hare in field on other side. On way back to bike, saw a large group of tits feeding on edge of coniferous woodland - great tits, long-tailed tits, the odd coaltit and bluetit, and at least one firecrest! Also the odd Red Admiral and one Peacock butterfly.

Cycled back through Stanton St. John to shepard's pools I'd been aiming to find. Nothing on northern pool; three swans and two little grebes on southern pool. Definitely somewhere to come back to later.

And back to Oxford.