My eldest was on holiday from work, whatever holiday is meant to mean during this pandemic. She hadn't been out for ages and so I convinced her to come for a walk with me, to Bucknell Woods.
As we entered the wood, we could see that the Forestry Commission had been busy felling trees all up the main track from the car park. To be honest it changed the feel and as we walked awe had fewer encounters than usual, until we reached the first turn. Here we came across some blue and great tits and chaffinch. As we continued we came across a couple of goldcrest and then a few siskin, the siskin very high in the tree-tops.
We tried to follow one of our usual routes but the path turned into a swamp and I almost lost a walking boot. We double-backed and took a shorter and critically passable route. We heard calls but I couldn't distinguish anything unusual. We came across more goldcrest on more than one occasion, and with a mixed tit flock had views that allowed reasonable photos.
Despite the curtailed route we enjoyed our time out in fresh air - a great contrast to life of late.
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