Nature Notes columnist Jono Forgham covers your fortnightly look at nature around Bishop’s Stortford New Year’s Day dawned bright and unseasonably warm, so out early for a wander north of the town, beginning at Bat Willow Hurst Country Park. Once parked in the car park, I picked up the footpath that heads north along the River Stort, but not before I had enjoyed watching a charm of goldfinches feeding on the teasel heads that abound on this site. Always a lovely bird to watch and listen to. I fired off several shots in the early morning light. The path goes under the A120 bridge. On the right,…
