Window View

   The view from the window was wonderful today.
I watched a pair of Collared Doves exploring the grass beneath the bird feeders. A Coal Tit was flitting about in our Photinia shrub and a Blue Tit was flying to the feeders and carrying off a single seed.

  Our resident Wood Pigeon was enjoying a splash in the birdbath. A Robin was perched on the dividing fence between our garden and our next door neighbour’s garden.
Later, the pair of Collared Doves returned and were hopping around under the feeders.
Three Goldfinches were feeding until one took a drink from the birdbath and they flew away.

Wild Walk

The sky was cloudy and grey, threatening rain when I left the house to begin my daily walk. Indeed, almost as soon as I left the house, I could hear and feel the raindrops pattering on my waterproof jacket.     

 Fortunately, I had brought an umbrella, as light rain showers were forecast for this area.

  A wood pigeon, like a sentinel, was perched on a nearby rooftop as I walked towards the grassy area in Foxglove Lane.

  I made my way around the perimeter of the recreation ground to the entrance leading to the cemetery gates. Several wood pigeons and a blackbird flew up from the corner of the cemetery when I entered.

   The light shower of rain began to get heavier, and I raised the umbrella.

  I couldn’t resist taking a photograph of a magnificent crab apple tree covered with red, succulent fruit—fruit that’s almost inedible except for making crab apple jelly or jam.

As I walked towards the leisure centre I watched a large gull gliding high in the sky over the golf course.

 I passed a man walking a black labrador along the path by the five-a-side football pitch.

Today I walked for 1.64 miles in 33 minutes

Google Fit awarded me 22 heart points..