The Ock Valley Walk is muddy at the moment. It looks like a cross-country course with the ground churned and the path spreading as people try to avoid the mud.
Birds are easier to see now that the leaf cover has gone.
This may be a dunnock (Hedge Sparrow).
Long Tailed Tit.
There is a tunnel through some very thick bushes and a hide facing the river. It was out of sight until now.
There are also places where litter is now revealed including a dump from some travellers that was not evident before. I saw two town council staff looking at it and they said they’d have to take a lorry down.
There are lots of squirrels along the Ock Valley Walk.
Also more ducks than at other times during the year.
The river is high and sandy looking from all the sediment. It is raining again heavily this evening.
Thanks for the lovely series of photos of the Ock Walk in 2023 – always cheers me up 🙂
This reminds me that tomorrow is the annual New Years Day Boundary Walk – always a good way to clear the cobwebs. Wellies might be a good idea! https://www.abingdon.gov.uk/news/join-in-the-traditional-beating-of-the-bounds-on-new-years-day
Thank you Alastair for the wonderful Abingdon blog. It’s the first thing I look at every morning, and I always learn something new and find something cheering . A Happy New Year to you and your family and all other readers.