Having not got out this month so far, I decided to visit a few sites
close to home and headed for Great Glen first.
After parking I walked the short distance to the small lake on the
southern edge of the village. It was
almost totally frozen over except for a few areas mainly close to the edges
where bushes and trees hung over the water.
There were six Canada Geese, a Mute Swan and six Eurasian Teal on the
water and a Grey Heron stood on a branch overhanging the water.
With little else I walked to the sewage farm but when I reached the farm
there was nothing obvious on the filter beds and I was rather surprised as
David had seen quite a bit yesterday. I
did spend quite some time looking around and eventually found two Pied Wagtails
and a Common Blackbird on the beds and a Grey Wagtail flew onto a wall briefly
before dropping on the other side, but I didn’t see it again. As I walked around the edge of the farm I saw
a few Common Chaffinches, a Yellowhammer and a Common Reed Bunting in nearby
bushes and heard a Meadow Pipit but with nothing else I made my way back. When I reached the lake, a Common Buzzard
flew over and I heard a Eurasian Nuthatch calling but was unable to locate it
and a Coal Tit was also heard but not seen.
From Great Glen I drove the short distance to Wistow Park, where the lake
again was almost frozen over but there were a pair of Mute Swan and several
Mallard, Coot and Black-headed Gulls. A
walk into the church yard produced just three Common Blackbird and I heard a
distant Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming.
Finally, I went to Newton Harcourt church, where I parked and walked
along the lane seeing two Goldcrests and Eurasian Nuthatch. There was another Great Spotted Woodpecker
drumming just inside the wood, but I was unable to locate it and a Green
Woodpecker was heard on a couple of occasions but not seen.
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