I was lucky enough to have a day off today so I joined up with Shozzer and took a trip over to Pitsford Reservoir. With plenty of sunshine on offer we spent a pleasant couple of hours looking for the juvenile Great Northern Diver which had arrived earlier this week. In truth the diver proved to be quite easy to find and most of the time was spent walking from Brixworth Country Park around to the Cliffs where we'd viewed it catching crayfish.
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| Great Northern Diver |
Once we had finally trudged around to where we had last seen the diver it did not take too long to pick it up again. At first it was taking a post prandial snooze but soon woke up to offer us some half decent photo opportunities. Having had what were probably my best ever views of GND in the county we opted to head back towards the car noting at least one Siskin on the way.
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| Pink-footed Goose |
Our next stop was the causeway where a Pink-footed Goose had been reported hanging around with the Greylags. No wild goose chasing was required today however as the bird showed very easily at the small picnic area near to the car park. We watched it snoozing and preening for quite some time before we left it to its leisure and walked back to the car. A pint in the Royal Oak at Walgrave was a good way to end my day off.
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| Starling |
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