We have now started our Autumn/Winter walks program. These tours run on the first Saturday of the month from October through to March with the next walk taking place on Saturday 4th November meeting at Waterhay car park for a 09:00 start. Price £10 per person.
On our first outing we were greated with drizzle but the wildlife still put on a good display with several points of interest.
Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, Wren, Robin, Bullfnch, Goldfinch, with both Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers all seen within the first area we explored.
A great view of a Kestrel hovering over an area of rough ground as it searched for breakfast.
With the weather still very mild the number of ducks are still very low but we did find a few groups of Wigeon around along with several Tufted Duck and around 30 Great Crested Grebes fishing as a group. As winter moves on the number of Duck will increase to well over 4000.
There are some obvious signs that Otters have been using the lakes we found a couple of spraints (Otter Poo) left behind on some rocks on the waters edge.
A small group of six Snipe flew over along with six Curlew with plenty of Black headed Gulls around to.
Our two best sightings came a bit later with a juvenile female Marsh Harrier seen hunting over the edge of the reed bed and a close view of a juvenile Kingfisher that gave a good fly past as well.
There are still some butterflies around we saw Red Admiral, Speckled Wood, Comma, and Small Copper, also several hornets were observed from two nests along with a wasp nest that was also found.
All great stuff considering the weather conditions.
So dont forget to come along next time no need to book just turn up on the day who knows what you might see.DT/NA
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