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John's Morning Bike Ride
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Wednesday 21st February
I have never seen the tide as high as it was today - within a foot of the cycle path on the other side of the river. Mallard were swimming on the water amid huge quantities of debris, as I watched the tide started to go out. A very large black raven was circling above the trees of Leigh Woods opposite. No raptors. So here is a slightly different form of 'bird', the Dixie Chicks, and showing my own support for them, long may they go on singing! Well done! To see more visit and support
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Young female, 19th June 2007
'Photo by Chris Jones, thanks also, to Chris, for other pictures in this Blog!
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About this Blog
My morning cycle ride takes me up over Bristol Downs, and past Sea Walls and the Peregrine Watch where the Downs are cut off by the Gorge, and its' muddy tidal river, the Avon; opposite is Leigh Woods, between Sea Walls and the Peregrine Watch is a little valley - Walcombe Slade. Further up the river is Brunel's Suspension bridge; steep cliffs edge the Downs side of the Gorge; noisy traffic passes underneath the cliffs, to and from Avonmouth and Bristol; joggers and other cyclists trog busily around the Downs!
I usually stop for a few minutes to admire the views and to see if I can see a Peregrine. Sometimes I'm lucky! Many other birds inhabit the Avon Gorge; Cormorants and Mallards fly low over the river, Herons perch at the water edge when there is mud, as do Redshank and the occasional Oyster Catcher or Curlew; there are always Gulls - Herring, Lesser and Greater Black Backed, Common, Black Headed, etc.. Ravens nest on the cliffs, as do the Peregrines. A dead tree juts over the Gorge - what I refer to as the Jackdaw Tree - it provides a roost mostly for Jackdaws (almost invariably in pairs), but also for Crows, Rooks and Magpies. Occasionally I also see Jays, Green Woodpeckers, Wrens, Blue Tits, Hedge Sparrows, Swallows, Swifts, Martins, Buzzards, Sparrow Hawks, Kestrels, Goshawks! Red Kites, and Ospreys have been spotted by other watchers. I have seen Squirrels, a Weasel, and Field Mice, Foxes below the cliffs, and Roe Deer in the clearings of Leigh Woods. The deer sometimes walk down over the mud to the water edge. So a blog to keep a diary about these might be interesting to others - or at least for me as a memoir. The birds are mobile gems in Bristol's crown - the Avon Gorge.
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