Tuesday 13th December
A sunny but cold afternoon.
The water levels have gone back down after the last couple of weeks rain and the beck has slowed down a lot after last weeks rapids !
Had a look at the results of the logging. All the work along the beck seems to be done with the result that there is a lot more light getting in and the access on the west side of the beck is much improved.
The work on the trees has stopped now until after Christmas.
Wildlife seen today
On the top lake 14 mallards, 7 male and 7 females and the usual 2 Moorhens. Walking across the bridge there were 4 Goldcrests in the ivy covered trees on the lake edge.
Walking down to the bottom lake, there were another 9 mallards,giving a total of 23 ducks today and another 4 Moorhens. Whilst walking along the lake side path a Kingfisher called and flew low along the bankside then perched on branch on the lake's island. It gave great views of blue and orange in the bright sun. I hadn't seen it for a while which was probably down to the amount of disturbed silt in the beck and lake after all the rain.
Plenty of Blue tits, Great tits and Long tailed tits in groups flitting across the paths around the lake. One group had what looked like a Willow Tit (I never can quite say for definate whether it's Willow or Marsh).
A group of Magpies started getting alarmed, making a lot of noise, looking up I caught sight of a male Sparrowhawk flapping and gliding across the lake and over to the park.
At the top of the steps into the park, something caught my eye moving in the field. What I thought was a rat turned out to be a small Hedgehog !
The water levels have gone back down after the last couple of weeks rain and the beck has slowed down a lot after last weeks rapids !
Had a look at the results of the logging. All the work along the beck seems to be done with the result that there is a lot more light getting in and the access on the west side of the beck is much improved.
The work on the trees has stopped now until after Christmas.
Wildlife seen today
On the top lake 14 mallards, 7 male and 7 females and the usual 2 Moorhens. Walking across the bridge there were 4 Goldcrests in the ivy covered trees on the lake edge.
Walking down to the bottom lake, there were another 9 mallards,giving a total of 23 ducks today and another 4 Moorhens. Whilst walking along the lake side path a Kingfisher called and flew low along the bankside then perched on branch on the lake's island. It gave great views of blue and orange in the bright sun. I hadn't seen it for a while which was probably down to the amount of disturbed silt in the beck and lake after all the rain.
Plenty of Blue tits, Great tits and Long tailed tits in groups flitting across the paths around the lake. One group had what looked like a Willow Tit (I never can quite say for definate whether it's Willow or Marsh).
A group of Magpies started getting alarmed, making a lot of noise, looking up I caught sight of a male Sparrowhawk flapping and gliding across the lake and over to the park.
At the top of the steps into the park, something caught my eye moving in the field. What I thought was a rat turned out to be a small Hedgehog !
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