Brockweir Nr Chepstow Gwent UK
All thing must pass. After 55 years the family home has been sold. It's a bittersweet feeling as I bid farewell to the lanes and meadows I played in as a child, the brooks and rivers I fished and in later years, the gardens and orchards I birded. Will I ever return to my old haunts, I will never know. but the memories will be indelibly etched in my memory for the reminder of my days.
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| Mistle Thrush or Stormcock |
Stormcock is an old English name for the Thrush because it sings in the heaviest storms .
The name was traditionally used in the south of England especially in Hampshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire.
The name derives from the fact that the Mistle Thrush, unlike most other birds, who seek shelter from stormy weather, actually seems to be stimulated by approaching storms and will sing or call lustily before and through bad weather.
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| Mistloe |
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| Mistle Thrush |
My last days were spent packing boxes and talking runs to the tip. Close-by was Cannop Ponds where a feeder attracts many of the forest birds. I had thirty minutes to spare between errands so headed for the ponds. These pictures from the comfort of my car which also acted as a blind.
These last images were taken with the Nikon P900
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| Blue Tit |
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| Male Chaffinch |
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| Male Chaffinch colour variation. |
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| Chaffinch female. |
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| Willow Tit..I think? There are Marsh Tits nearby but quite rare. |
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| Wren |
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| Goldcrest. |
"It's never to late to start birding"
John Gordon
Langley/Cloverdale
BC Canada
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