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Saturday 22nd
September 2007
After lunch in the graveyard we set off north-easterly to
Langhurst. On the way we found a dead Pygmy shrew (Sorex
minutus). It was so tiny and apparently
they are Britain's smallest mammal. Just beyond Langhurst is an area of
access land in a small wood near Little Prestwood farm. We explored that on
the way before joining the footpath again and heading south. We left the path to
take a look at Ifield Court farm and the hotel there. We couldn't get in to the
hotel to see the moat, but the farm buildings are very old and there are some
old fuel pumps there which must date from at least the middle of the last
century.
The most commonly seen bird today was the Jay. We must
have seen at least 20 of them, we also saw several woodpeckers, Canada geese,
and a treecreeper. The biggest surprise came when we got to The Druids, shortly
before entering Crawley again. An albino squirrel came out of the hedge to our
left, ran across the path and up a tree.
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