Another Trip to Badbury Rings

This afternoon I had a couple of hours walking round Badbury Rings and Oak Wood before picking my son up from school on the way home. Oak Wood is a ancient woodland planted  around about the 14th century and was pollarded to produce timber, and on the eastern side of the wood is a Roman road. Unfortunately at the moment you are only allowed to walk round the edge of the wood as there are some type of old cattle grazing in the wood.

Cattle that graze the Oaks

Since the last visit to Badury Rings I have been few times  to look for birds and to see what I could find.  I am hoping one day that I will find a Little Owl around the farm.

There are some very nice views across the Dorset country side .

View from the Oaks

So what of the bird I have seen on my walks round this area, As I have been several time this month what I plan to do is after this first  list I will just add the new birds and date when seen.

The birds 

Yellowhammer #

Bullfinch #

Skylark

Treecreeper

Chiffchaff

Blue Tit

Great Tit

Green Woodpecker

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Kestrel

Buzzard

Blackcap

Chaffinch

Robin

Blackbird

Woodpigeon

Pheasant

Dunnock

Jackdaw

Rook

Magpie

Look across part of the Point to Point race course

5th April

Coal Tit

11th April

Goldfinch

Wren

House Sparrow

Marsh Tit

13th April

Willow Warbler #

Cuckoo #

Long-tailed Tit

Nuthatch

9th May

Whitethroat # lifer

Record shot of a Common Whitethroat

25th May

Jay

Garden Warbler #

Sparrowhawk

22nd June

Had a very nice walk with my son on this very sunny and warm afternoon

we had a great time watching Kestrels adults and Juveniles fly from tree to telegraph Pole and make a lot of noise when food arrived. it was a great moment for me as my son said it was brilliant just like watching Spring Watch but live and we are here watching the drama unfold magic!

Corn Bunting # lifer

Spotted Flycatcher a first for me from this site

Linnet

Barn Swallow