Thursday, January 15, 2009

Tuesday 13th January

My first cycle ride in a month! I started the cycle rides a couple of years before these blogs, at first it was a short ride, and not always around the Downs, keeping fit being the main aim. The distance went up to about 16kM by the time I started the blog - and was around the Downs all the time. Then I was attracted to the Gorge, and bought myself binoculars. But the purpose was always the exercise. A month out of the saddle brought this home to me.
Today. Redshank on the mud with a high, but ebbing tide, one landed just opposite the Peregrine Watch whilst I was there. A Jay flew from a tree below, and there was a Peregrine over in the oak tree. The stripping of the woodland beside Circular Road continues.

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