A rabbit.

Yesterday there was a flock of curlew in a farmers field between Annitsford and Seghill the numbers seem to be steadily growing a couple of months ago I spotted one in the field then sometime later there was about half a dozen, yesterday there must have been fifteen to twenty in the field.

I had a walk there today but no sign of curlew.  In general there was not much bird action in the area I walked around. I saw pheasant, magpie, Woodpigeon, Greenfinch, blackbirds and redwing blackbirds seem to be the most common bird in the area at the moment.

On my way home I decided to go through Fordley plantation a wooded area by the burn where the wildlife trust has just laid a wood walkway through next to the burn. A word of caution if you go the central part of the walkway is permanently wet and I discovered very slippery in cold weather and I went down like a ton of bricks.

Ater I pick myself up and got to the end of the walkway I saw a moorhen on the other side of the burn I did not manage any pictures but I will keep an eye out for it in future.  Best wildlife photo today was of a rabbit. My stalking skills must be improving as I found myself quite close and was able to take several photos before it moved away and I don't think it knew I was there at all.