A Visit to Tophouse Farm

This evening I walked to the Friends of Bestwood Country Park meeting that was held at Tophouse Farm. On the way there I glimpsed a pair of Grey Partridge with at least one juvenile, as they ran into cover in the cereal field to the north-east of the junction on Lamin's Lane. Later that evening we saw - what I assume was - another pair in the middle of the field to the west of the junction. A Grey Heron was also flying over near the farm, probably from the lake at Lakeside (Papplewick Pumping Station), and there were good numbers of Barn Swallow and House Martin around the farm too. Walking back after dark, at least two Tawny Owl were calling from around the Dinosaur Dell area.