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I already have my own blog (accessible from my web site) which describes the walks that I go on - I generally walk 12-15 miles, two or three times a week, all over Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and the southern part of Oxfordshire. Here on my WAB blog I will just comment on the wildlife that I see on my walks. I love being out in the countryside and enjoy seeing all types of wildlife, but I am especially interested in birds and wildflowers.
South from Watlington Hill
Posted 12-12-2007 at 11:06 AM by Pete Collins
Yesterday I walked about 12 miles in the Chiltern Hills in South Oxfordshire, following a circular route going south from the car park on Watlington Hill (between Watlington and the delightfully named Christmas Common). The route took me through Cookley Green, Park Corner, the Warburg Nature Reserve, Maidensgrove, Pishill and then back to Christmas Common.
I saw a Bullfinch fly off as I drove into the car park. I saw two or three Red Kites during the day, including one as I descended Watlington Hill right at the start of the walk. I saw a stoat on a farm track as I approached Cookley Green. I managed to photograph some Fallow Deer that I saw in a wood on the edge of Park Corner. I also saw a Jay and a Green Woodpecker, both common sights on my walks.
I saw a Bullfinch fly off as I drove into the car park. I saw two or three Red Kites during the day, including one as I descended Watlington Hill right at the start of the walk. I saw a stoat on a farm track as I approached Cookley Green. I managed to photograph some Fallow Deer that I saw in a wood on the edge of Park Corner. I also saw a Jay and a Green Woodpecker, both common sights on my walks.
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 |  Seeing Kites can't be bad. |
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| |  It's always a delight to see Red Kites, I absolutely love them! I'm waiting very impatiently for them to spread out to my part of the Chilterns. They are seen around here occasionally (the nearest to my home I've seen one is a mile away at Whipsnade), but I have to go about 10 miles west to more or less gaurantee a sight of them. In the south-western part of the Chilterns you can hardly not see them, you frequently see them low overhead as you drive around, in the towns and villages as well as out in the country. |
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