Friday 23rd November

It was cold and sunny during my walk this morning. The water levels have risen very high, so several changes were made to my route.

Flooded Weir

A Coal Tit was singing from a Yew along Laurel Walk, 3 Treecreepers were noted, 2 Nuthatch were seen, a party of Long-tailed Tits were seen passing through some Willows, a Mistle Thrush sang from the top of a Lime tree, 2 Pied Wagtails flew over, some Siskin could be heard from the wet woodland along the Len, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers were seen, 1 Jay was heard, 12 Redwing and 11 Fieldfare were seen, a Green Woodpecker was heard, a Meadow Pipit called as it flew south of the fields, and 2 Goldcrest were seen.

Present on the Lake were at least 4 Mute Swans, 26 Canada Geese, 8 Shoveler, 3 Tufted Duck, 6 Pochard, 1 Little Grebe, and the countless Mallards, Coots and Moorhens. The gull flock on the Lake consisted of at least 23 Common Gulls, even more Black-headed Gulls, and 2 Herring Gulls. In addition to this, 2 Grey Herons were seen, a Grey Wagtail fed along the River Len, and a Cormorant sat on the island next to the Weir.

Black-headed Gull