Penn Wood

Penn Woods 
24/04/12  5.30pm

Although it was fairly muddy underfoot due to heavy rain the previous few days, the weather was very kind to us and we enjoyed an extremely pleasant stroll through the woods bathed in warm evening sunshine. The intention had been to view the Brambling roost but unfortunately they had all decided it was time to depart during the previous weeks, after the last hot spell!  In past years in April there have always been good numbers of Brambling, Greenfinch and Chaffinch along the Rhododendron Walk, but despite this, the group managed to see a variety of woodland birds and visit parts of the wood that they hadn’t been to before. Green Woodpeckers remained elusive but several were heard and we had good views of Blue, Great, Coal and Long Tailed Tits, plus Jay, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldfinch, Nuthatch and Goldcrest. Hopefully we’ll have better luck next year.

Thanks to Kevin Holt for leading
and for all the additional interesting information en route.

Click here for a map. (SU923962)

Click here for information about Penn Wood.

Click here for a walking map for use in Penn Wood.

Click here for the list of birds seen.