Combrook

After doing a drive through Combrook yesterday, myself and my birders wife decided to go for a walk in the area today.  We parked up at the end of the main lane in the village and made our way up the footpath through the village field owned by the locals and through the Ridings (the local wood).  The footpath took us through the wood and then across a field to the main road outside Compton Verney.  We then turned back and retraced our footsteps and before we hit the village again we took another pathway which took us along side a set aside field (presumably for the local shot).  The field was providing lots of food for a variety of birds including Yellowhammers, Chaffinches, a Corn Bunting, Bramblings and even a Great Spotted Woodpecker.  We then made our way back to the village and took a further footpath out of the village to Compton Verney (a different route).  This took us along the edge of the lake which provided a bit of variety in the habitat but not that many birds except for a Kingfisher and a party of Goldfinch.  On the drive back home we took in the edge of the wood which has a few firs where Crossbills have been seen but alas not by us.