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Wild Walk Following the Path, Following the Birds Monday 24th November 2025


   Although the sun was shining powerfully, there was quite a stiff breeze blowing when I left the house to commence my daily walk.

The rooks were loudly calling in the trees above the rookery as I walked along Foxy Lane. I began to walk around the outskirts of the recreation ground where a small group of about 10 rooks were feeding on the grass. As I approached, five of them flew over the hedgerow into the cemetery; the rest continued feeding slightly further away.
A few dunnocks were flying back and forth into the shrubs that made up the hedgerow. It felt quiet without my friendly Pit Bull Terrier, who was sadly missing today, but the smaller dogs in a house not far away soon began yapping loudly.
  I entered the cemetery and began to make my way along the pathways. The powerful rays of the sun lit up the branches of a tree growing over the rookery. I took a couple of photographs of some rooks perched in the branches of a leafless tree growing above the rookery. A couple of small sparrow-like birds and a male and female blackbird flew off as I approached the entrance.
I walked along Wey Road towards the leisure centre where I could see a small flock of feral pigeons sheltering from the wind on a factory rooftop in the industrial estate. I noticed a young lady walking with a Yorkshire Terrier by the cricket pavilion.
My total distance for today was 2.66 miles in 58 minutes. Google Fit awarded me 25 heart points.

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