After the excesses of yesterday I thought it might be best to have a little walk and so got a lift to Deene with a view to walking home. My plan might actually have helped me get rid of a few calories too if I hadn't been tempted to stop in the George for a couple of pints - oh well there's always tomorrow! It's unseasonably mild at the moment but today was also rather dank and grey with plenty of mist to limit visibility.
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| Teal, Snipe and Egyptian Goose |
I began in the churchyard where I failed to see any Hawfinches despite hanging around for plenty of time. There was a lot of bird activity but nothing too interesting though I could hear Black Swans calling from the lake. On the main lake there was plenty of wildfowl with seven Shelducks being the best. At the inflow the large expanse of exposed mud had attracted two Green Sandpipers and a similar number of Snipes while other birds included a pair of Egyptian Geese and a few Lapwings. The nearby Deenethorpe Airfield was very misty and I didn't manage to see any Stonechats, the best bird was a Golden Plover that called six or seven times as it circled somewhere in the murk above. After that refreshment stop in Weldon I set off for home, a stop at the A43 pond on the way did not produce anything.
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