0915 - 1215 bright, mostly clear sky, cool to warm SE f1-3
A wonderfully clear night last night meant it had to be a good night for migration....so I was fully expecting birds to have arrived....
2 Chiffchaff....obviously hard to say if one of them is the over wintering bird....maybe that's moved on anyway. So certainly one is a migrant that probably came over last night. Either way they are 5 days later than last year. I suppose the next question is if the cold and snow return in the next few days as predicted if migration will stop again for a while....
Apart from this it was a good visit with plenty to see....first...remember this from yesterday...
....and today....
So, the light was quite different, apologies, I was looking in to the sun somewhat today....the Feral Pigeon are now officially homeless....
....mind you....they have a decent amount of machinery in doing the job...
So a much more full walk today, just to make sure I wasn't missing any arrivals....just the 2 along the south side though.
There were very few Teal on show, 2 seen, several heard. 64 Shoveler, 1 Little Egret, 3 Goldeneye, 3 Gadwall, 2 Common Gull, 2 Pochard, 2 Mandarin Duck....
There were still a few Fieldfares around and I found one Redwing. 6 Linnets have turned up as well having been missing for a while. I found 2 Nuthatches to the east of the site.
A total of 7 Buzzards were on the wing, seemingly enjoying the sunshine. More so the Grey Herons, 12 of them floating in the sky near the Heronry.
I also found 2 Brimstone butterflies and one Small Tortoiseshell.....
For a finish I found this gate over on the north side....three....3...padlocks...reminded me of Arkwright opening the door in the mornings...(see Open All Hours if you don't know)
...count em....1...2....3....
Dogs Mercury, Mercurialis perennis
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