Driving to Cambridge and back tomorrow, so did not want to either drive or walk far today, so went to Staveley.
Some blue sky and sunshine when I arrived. Not much to see from the first hide.
A family of mute swans preening. Goldeneye, tufted duck and shoveler at one end of the lagoon, nothing closer, possibly because a birder was standing at the gate rather than using the hide.
Nothing at all to be seen from the next hide.
This is a view of the feeders from the third hide. There was a lot of activity as the birds flew into feed and then returned to trees etc on a very regular basis.
Moorhen, mallard, pheasant, dunnock and blackbirds were picking up the seed that had come out of the feeders.
when 2 jackdaws arrived a lot of the birds flew into the nearest bushes.
They had just returned when this sparrowhawk flew in and landed in a tree,
The last time that I visited the reserve I saw lots of geese, greylag, canada and pink feet, but there were none today.
Cormorants and lapwings standing on a small mudbank
a male goldeneye was busy feeding, but he did not get too close to the hide.
On my way back to the car park I saw this grey wagtail in a small stream.
A pleasant couple of hours on a warm December day.
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