Not much chance of early butterflies this morning as the normal winter weather service had resumed and it was pretty cold as I left the house. Having neglected Harringworth Lodge lake for a while I decided to take a stroll over there and see what was around.
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| Dunnocks seem to be very visible at the moment. |
A bickering blizzard of Black-headed Gulls in ASDA car park along with their Common cohorts had attracted several Herrings and a Lesser Black-backed Gull down to feed, it's nice to see these larger species up close. From here it was on to Brookfield Plantation where there was a decent selection of the commoner species but little else. Wandering through Gretton did not produce sightings of the reported Waxwings though the Red Kites showed as well as ever.
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| A few scenes from Harringworth Lodge Lake. |
Harringworth Lodge lake had by its standards a good number of birds present with the highlight a drake Wigeon. a rare species here. Other species were Grey Heron, Cormorant, Greylag and Canada Goose, Mallard, eight Pochards, over twenty Tufted Ducks, a Great Crested Grebe and plenty of Coots. The latter appeared to be particularly bad tempered with many individual squabbles taking place all over the lake, despite the cold the Coots appear to think that Spring is coming.
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| Harringworth Views. |
There was not a great deal going on in the Welland Valley, a small flock of Lapwings and many Fieldfares were among the few things of note. Leaving the valley several Ravens were seen on the way back up to Brookfield Plantation. At the flooded quarry a Dabchick gave its trilling whinny call while the Coots here seemed somewhat irritable too. In the wood itself two small herds of Fallow Deer were seen and a Fox was a first for the year. Things ended on a very agreeable footing with the sighting of an adult Peregrine at Willowbrook Industrial Estate.
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| Peregrine. |
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