Sunny periods, 10 degC
Chiffchaffs frequent everywhere. Single goose flew over. Buzzard to East.
Main Lake: 4 Mute Swans, including threat displays; Mallards; 4 or more Canada Geese on island; 4 of more Greylags; 4 or more Coots; 10 pairs of Tufted Ducks; only one Great Crested Grebe – is the mate sitting somewhere?; Coot near nest south of pier.
Mallards on East woods floods; Nuthatch call; Milkmaid in flower; couldn’t find any orchid rosettes down by stream island; occasional Wood Anemones.
Wild Lake: 1 Moorhen; 3 Coots; 1 Greylag; 6 or more male Mallards together; Great Spotted Woodpecker(?) tapping loudly in tree; male Brimstone near stream; 4″ Common Frog jumped into stream and swam off.
‘White’ butterfly seen near pier slope; male Brimstone at car park; no Lizards; Nuthatch heard to West. 2 Herons standing together away from edge of Oblong Pond, the flying over; also Buzzard above. Spawn submerged, not yet hatching. Two adult and one young mice(?) under tree plate. Small barred, brown raptor perched in tree near N scrape – Sparrowhawk? Maybe too ‘chunky’. Owl?? 3 or more Common Frogs (1.5″ body) at N scrape. Blackthorn into blossom – but only one small bush so far.
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