Had another walk down to wollaton to check out the progress of the Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers. Not much had changed with them, but they were still busy getting food for their chicks. actually managed to digiscope a couple of pictures of the birds this time, both the male and female.
I've lost my field nots but will try to remember everything i saw.
Did my usual route, going down to the football pitch wood, but today it was quiet and now the trees are in full leaf it was very difficult to actually see anything, although the usual common tits and finches were there. It did look very nice in the morning sunshine though.
Walked across the deer park, where the Fallow Deer flock were chilling in the sun, managed to get a couple of shots. There were a lot of Jackdaw feeding in the grass too, and lots of Song Thrush heard singing. Swifts were noted flying over too,
The woodland looked nice in the sun but there was little action birdwise apart from the usual Carrion Crows and a feeding Mistle Thrush. The other woodland was busy with Great and Blue Tits, and a number of Stock Doves were seen too.
The lake was busy, but there were lots of birds, although nothing really of note. There were some canada Goslings, some young coots and moorhens, a family of Mute Swans with 7 Cygnets, and there were 6 juvenile Herons on the island. Also a partially-leucistic Crow
Finally i made my way to the gardens, where i hoped to see Nuthatches and Jays, and wasn't disappionted as a visit to this area almost guarantees seeing these species. There were lots of other passerines zipping about in the tops of the mature pines. Also saw a very tame squirrel which literally came to my feet!
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