June 28, 2011 archive

New Forest Holiday Day 3 : Keyhaven: 28th June 2011

New Forest Holiday Day 3 : Keyhaven: 28th June  2011

On the afternoon of the third day of our New Forest Holiday we decided to head for the coast and go to Keyhaven near Lymington. We drove to the parking place at the end of Hurst Beach and then we walked the length of the causeway out to Hurst Castle.  As we walked past the mudflats at the start of the causeway there were several Mute Swans, Black-headed Gulls and Herring Gulls. As we walked along the causeway we also saw Great Black-backed Gulls, a Little Egret, Lapwing and Shelduck. As we neared the castle we started to see Skylarks rising from the scrub around the island.

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New Forest Holiday Day 3 : Beaulieu Road / Shatterford Bottom : 28th June 2011

New Forest Holiday Day 3 : Beaulieu Road / Shatterford Bottom  : 28th June  2011

On the third day of our New Forest break we decided to return to Beaulieu Road / Shatterford Bottom  that we had reccied on our first day. Again it was a very hot day and instead of walking into Denny Wood we decided to do the whole circuit and turned right at the woods and came back round the other side of the heath to return to our starting point. The most frequent bird by far was the Stonechat. After an hour we were becoming quite casual about them as they seemed to be everywhere but the Dartford Warbler was again elusive despite this allegedly being one of the best places to see them.

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