Key Jinglers

Went on a search for Corn Buntings this morning on local Saxby Wold. Soaked up the lovely key-jingerly song. Not really somewhere that I watch very often, but was surprised to find attendant tree sparrow, yellow wagtail (nesting in rapeseed?), wheatear, linnet and buzzard.


corn bunting





tree sparrow tree - not many places where you will now find a dead tree that has not been chopped to satisy the health and safety mantra. About 3 years ago the local council and electricity distributors had a blitz on the trees around Barton. The once-abundant noctule bat totally disappeared at about the same time. The two events are probably not unrelated.

I really dislike driving down the wold single track roads, stopping the car, listening, starting the car, finding somewhere to pull off, etc, etc. I now however, have a cunning plan - throw bike in back of car, park somewhere near wold central and bike it around the area for a good few hours on a warm day among the jinglers. Bliss.