20th Oct - cloudy at first, then sunny spells, light shower afternoon, 12C, light NW

A Chiffchaff was calling from the church lane hedge first thing, with other passerines.

At last, a familiar 'chuckle' call over head told me the first Fieldfares are here, together with a few Redwings three headed westward.

A morning look round the local lake was interesting, two male Pochard were present with a single Tufted Duck, four Little Grebe, five+ Moorhen and the Mute Swan family, also about 20 Black-headed and two Common Gulls were on the lake.  A Chiffchaff was calling, Goldcrest, Blue Tit, Chaffinch and Bullfinch were present in the bushes, along with several Blackbirds and Song Thrushes.  A lone Treecreeper was search the hawthorn trunks in the borderng thick hedge.

A Rabbit was having a snack on the pathway.

In the village church yard at least 20 Shaggy Inkcaps are fruiting, together with another species as a dense clump, which I think is Clustered Brittlestem (third photo)

A butterfly flying by high was an  indication that the weather is generally still mild still.