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Almost Spring

The birdsong is becoming more and more noticeable. Skylarks are present over the fields while the usual hedgerow selection is very obvious. Walking today I was lucky to see a partridge, I assume a red leg, running across a field. It then took flight with very rapid wing beats, making me think of a very large bumble bee.
Badgers seem to be active judging by fresh digging and bedding scattered around but I have only seen road kill lately, and far too much of that.
The garden feeders are not getting much trade. A couple of starlings and a handful of long tailed tits play very occasional visits but apart from that its the usual blackbirds, robins and blue and great tits.

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