{"id":3781,"date":"2018-02-25T22:30:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T21:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/?p=3781"},"modified":"2018-02-25T22:30:23","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T21:30:23","slug":"blakehill-farm-nature-reserve-february-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/blakehill-farm-nature-reserve-february-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Blakehill Farm Nature Reserve – February 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

This afternoon I had a few hours spare so decided to visit Blakehill Farm Nature Reserve<\/a>.  I have been meaning to visit since last summer but I just haven’t got there! The idea of seeing a short eared owl tempted me.  As soon as I had set foot in the reserve I saw a redwing, my first for this year \ud83d\ude42  I wandered along the path keeping an eye out for anything that moved.  There was a collection of carrion crows and rooks feeding on the grass but little other activity.  I carried on walking as it was bitterly cold – I had dressed in all my warmest clothes but my fingers were suffering even with gloves on.  A kestrel flew over in the distance.  The sun was starting to set and the temperature was dropping further, I started to head back to the car.  I noticed a stonechat and then a robin in a nearby tree.  The stonechat’s accompanied me on part of my walk back, keeping a few fence posts in front of me.  I stopped to take a few images, on another post behind the stonechat’s a kestrel had perched.  I didn’t see a short eared owl on this occasion but there\u2019s always another day, hopefully a warmer one!    <\/p>\n

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