We were forecast rain clearing before dawn and then a lovely sunny day. Well the rain cleared about 1000h, the cloud slowly breaking and the sun nearly out, then fog descended to slowly clear during the afternoon to give a reasonable sunset. Very light SW, 6C
Stanford Reservoir; fairly quite, the usual ducks, but seemingly down in number. A handful of Teal and a Shoveler Pair, about 6 Goldeneye, plus Wigeon, Gadwall and Mallard. A Long-tailed Tit flock with Blue Tits and a single Goldcrest. A couple of Bullfinch and ~15 Chaffinch in the leaf litter under the Beeches. A Barn Owl hunting about 1530h.
There are Catkins out now and new vegetation springing up from the bare ground. A long way before Spring proper but these signs are nice to see.
No comments:
Post a Comment