It's November and the weather is very good today, down the Dell the air is full of insects and spiders floating on their threads, seems very warm for the time of year.
Coming down the steps towards the top lake I caught a glimpse of a blue flash as a Kingfisher flew behind and around the island, I lost sight of it and no matter how much I scanned the branches on the water's edge, I couldn't relocate it again.

I met a man who was on the way out of the Dell and he stopped to chat and talked about his younger days playing and exploring around the Dell. He told me a little bit of history but he had plenty more he could tell me. If you read this you can contact me from this site.

Down at the big lake there were around 25 Mallards including the very light brown one, also the Grey Wagtail was there at the edge near the "Frog Spawn" bridge.