Another day in this beautiful part of the world saw us firstly visiting a lovely area i had only visited once before, Mill Lawn Brook.
This is a typical New Forest habitat of grazed grassland near the car park, with bog and heath further west and some lovely ancient Oak woodland.
We did a circular walk where we lost our bearings on a few occasions, but thanks to the GPS on the phone and OS Maps app we were soon back on track, technology eh!.
We saw some nice birds and wildlife here which included at least 2 Dartford Warblers, with that distinct 'Chaihhrr' contact call being heard on several occasions.
We also saw 2 Raven, a couple of Firecrest, 3 Roe Deer and there were quite a lot of New Forest Ponies here as well, which were nice to see.
After enjoying our walk, it was into Burley for some well earned brekkie.
We then discussed were to visit next and decided on Christchurch, as we had both never been before.
Thirty minutes later and we were enjoying this lovely little historic town with it's lovely views of the River Avon and it's Norman castle ruins and impressive Priory.
It was a lovely place and one which we would certainly visit again.
Another visit to Burbush after dropping Tracey at home, saw not many insects at all being seen, but i managed to find a fairly confiding juvenile Dartford Warbler which showed nicely and a family of Stonechats.
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| Female Silver-studded Blue, Burbush |
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| Juvenile Stonechat, Burbush |
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| Juvenile Dartford Warbler,Burbush |
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| Male Short-winged Conehead, Burbush |
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| Castle Ruins, Christchurch |
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| The River Avon, Christchurch |
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| Christchurch Priory |
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| Mill Lawn Brook |
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| Buck Roe Deer, Mill Lawn Brook |
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| New Forest Pony Foal, Mill Lawn Brook |
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