Saturday 18 June 2011

St. Ives visit

Saturday 18th June a.m.
    This morning was dull and overcast with the temperature at 12°C and the
forecast rain did not come.We went to St.Ives where there were 60 canadas
on the Coppice pond, but no chicks.There were 40 Mallards with only a few
chicks,10 Coots one pair had 2 chicks,6 Moorhen again one pair with 2 chicks.
   We the went to the hide were we saw 6 Great Tits,4 Blue Tits,2 Jays,1 Magpie,
2 Robins,1 Nuthatch and 2 Great spotted Woodpecker which stayed around long
enough for some snaps.
Moorhen with chick

Magpie

Nuthatch

Jay

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Moorhen

Jay

Great Spotted Woodpecker

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