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| early March visit to Reserve |
An interesting 90 minutes at the reserve on Tuesday morning - a bright and breezy day so not many insects about again, but the birds I noted more than made up for this. Here is the list:
Birds:
SC209693 Great tit x 2
SC209694 ( hide) Grey Heron flying up from the water; Blue Tit; 4 x Mallard ( 1 female, 3 male)
SC208694 ( flying from fir trees) Woodpigeon x 2
SC208694 ( damp meadow/ Boardwalk area) Grey Heron; Wren; Great Tit. Hooded Crow flying over.
SC208694 ( compost area /reed bed) Blue Tit x 2; Chaffinch x 2; Great Tit; 2 x Chiffchaff together;
SC208695 (old beehive loop) Snipe put up
SC209694 ( gorse boundary) Wren heard but not seen
SC209694 ( path junction) Long tailed Tit; Song Thrush; Great Tit;
SC208694 ( willows) pair of Chaffinch + additional female; 2 x Goldfinch on willow buds.
Other:
SC209694 fungi reappearing, looks like Scurfy Twiglet again.
SC208694 fungi on boardwalk - Coral Spot?
SC208694 solitary Gorse Shieldbug on gorse
SC210694 Grape Hyacinth ( Muscari) in flower by gate ( garden escape)
SC208694 ( willows) willow catkins open
SC208694 ( willows) unidentified moss on willow trunk
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| one of a pair of Chiffchaffs flying round together |
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| four Mallards on the pond |
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| uncropped photo of distant Great Tit |
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| garden escape, Muscari by the entrance |
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| willow leaves and catkins open together |
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| moss climbing the tree |
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| Scurfy Twiglet is back |
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| possibly Coral Spot fungus |
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| a closer look |
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| and closer still |
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| fresh willow leaves and last year's Oak leaves |
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| usual shot of the hide but the colours are never the same twice. |
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| a variety of colours near the compost heap |
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| a last look back at February |
