Nebsworth

As my friend, Richard was visiting his inlaws for the weekend, we decided to do some early morning birding in an area he had never explored before.  I opted for the Ilmington area at Nebsworth where we parked up by the main two masts and then walked past them and down the track.  The fields each side held quite a few Pheasant and Red Legged Partridge, probably for local shoots.  In one of the fields on the Warwickshire side we spotted 22 Golden Plover and the recently planted woods held a good number of birds including, Chaffinches, Great Tits, Blue Tits, Coal Tits, Bullfinches, Greenfinches, Goldfinches, Redwings and Fieldfares.  After strolling down the track for about a mile we decided to turn round and head back to the car and then onto the relay station above Hidcote.  As we passed the Golden Plovers again, they took off and flew high south.  At the relay station we bumped in Gus, another South Warwickshire birder, observed about 20 Skylark and then headed back across the fields to the car, as the weather was beginning to close in.  Back at the two masts there were a few finches on the floor turning over leaves, we opted to take a few minutes to check them out for Brambling and Rich soon found one, a few minutes later, the bird called and eventually I managed to get onto it.  As we got back to the car, it started to rain, we timed it just right!