Miles this year - 997
This misty morning I decided to walk a few of the footpaths I haven't been along yet. Checking the map I saw an opportunity to do those around Great Hatfield that have somehow been missed over the years.
Although the temperature was about 11 degrees it didn't feel that warm as I set off to cover new ground - I always look forward to going somewhere new.
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| Misty morning among the crop fields |
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| Rain on the ears looked very nice |
There were good numbers of Reed Bunting and Yellowhammer along most of the field edges, with a few Whitethroat singing too.
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| Yellowhammer |
My best find was a couple of Yellow Wagtails that flew in over the hedgerow to land on a muck heap.
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| Yellow Wagtail |
Just a few hundred yards further on there were 4 Pied Wagtails, one of which stayed for a while so I could get a photo.
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| Pied Wag fly by |
I thought that the population of rabbits had sufferred badly over the last couple of years but you wouldn't think so walking around Great Hatfield, there were dozens of them 😀
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| Rabbits had obviously been breeding like....er.. |
Brown Hares in the fields too, Hatfield was a revelation really and I will return to these paths to see how the wildlife fares over the next few months.
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| Brown Hare |
Along the field edges the scented mayweed and cut-leaved cranesbill was growing in abundance, in some places the mayweed was taller than the crop.
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| Cut-leaved cranesbill |
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| Scented Mayweed |
As I walked out of the fields back into Hatfield village I spotted a Victorian post box! It's another of my things - I always check the post boxes to see if they are a little different.
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| A Victorian post box 😃 |
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