Bit of a sunny day, so I decided on a walk out around Cromwell Bottom, mainly to get out of the house and into nature,
My first stop was at the cafe for coffee and cake, after this short break, I set off on to the reserve and headed towards the weir, nothing happening down here, so on to the reserve. I was finding it very quiet today, this was turning more into a walk.
I started looking at bramble patches, I eventually found one, a Spiked Shieldbug, a nice find. On then down to the riverside walk, once again very quiet, it wasn’t till l I got near the canal area that I picked up on Black headed Gulls, Common Gulls, Herring Gulls, and a Common Buzzard, which eventually came over the viewing point. Moving on, I didn’t take my usual route, but decided to go over the grass hump area, here I found a Common Darter, this probably being my last of the year.
The feeding station was to be my last call of the day, it was here that I picked up most of the species for the day Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Magpie and Dunnock.
My last call was the cafe again, for more coffee and cake, but I did see a Nuthatch here to finish the day
Bird List : Blackbird, Black headed Gull, Buzzard, Coal Tit, Common Gull, Dunnock, great Tit, Grey Heron, Herring Gull, Jackdaw, Long tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Nuthatch, Robin, Woodpigen
Dragonfly List : Common Darter
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