Friday 6th March a.m.
With the prospect of a dry morning we decided to go for a local walk on to Hewenden Reservoir,
although cloudy to start with a temperature of 6°C it brightened with some sunshine.A good number of common species were seen on our route with some good birds on the reservoir these being
BH &
Common Gulls,Cormorant,Goosander,Gt Crested Grebe,Canada,Moorhen & Mallard.It was also good to see the return of a pair of
Oystercatchers other notable were
Grey Heron,Pied Wagtail &
Meadow Pipit.
We saw fifteen Cormorants which is a good local number, spring was certainly in the air with Snowdrops flowering in the garden & some good returning birds seen on our walk.
Also on our walk we heard a Peacock calling, & later it made an appearance, no doubt belonging to one of the local residents, good to see though.
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| Peacock |
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| Blackbird |
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| House Sparrow |
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| Goldfinch |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| BH & Common Gulls |
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| Canada Flock |
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| Cormorants |
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| Gt Crested Grebe |
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| Oystercatcher |
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| Peacock an unusual surprise |
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| Snowdrops flowering |
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| Thirteen of the fifteen cormorant in this snap |
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| Hewenden Viaduct & Reservoir |
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