Frosty Toft Golf Course Walk

A few images from the very frosty dawn on January 11th - I was surprised to find so many golfers out on the course - frost must make it difficult to find the ball! Back in the early 70s, when this area was rough pasture, we once ringed 10 different Kingfishers in one day on this stretch of the stream during a similar cold period (thought to be on the move towards the coast following streams etc). I intended to walk further up over the fields towards Wimpole Estate you can see in the distance in the panorama but decided on breakfast instead!!

 

Sunrise in Toft

Beautiful sunrise this morning for my walk across Home Meadow and the Bourn Brook Meadow  onto the Meridian Golf course. Very pleased to see Reed Buntings still present (plus Dunnocks) - when I first came to Toft, before the golf course was built, there was a big roost of Reed Buntings in the rough land alongside the Brook and then functional Oxford-Cambridge railways. But then every field also had its Corn Bunting and the woodland along the railway had a good population of Turtle Doves - 2 species unfortunately now very rare in the UK.

Trees in the Mist

A few images of trees in the mist from Friday's walk on the golf course in Toft. Depending on the direction of taking, the sky had various colours.

Foggy Walk in Toft

After a clear sunrise, the fog rolled in and, by 8am, was very thick for the school run. Here a few images from my walk around the village and golf course.

Infrared Views on a Hot Sunny Day

 I was taken with the silhouettes of the golfers while walking beside the Bourn golf course. A few infrared images during a walk from the Kingston Nature Reserve across to Caldecote on a bright sunny day.