This morning I gave a guided walk around the Mill Lakes for the Friends of Bestwood Country Park. At the Pit Tip Plantation a single Common Tern flew over heading NE at 6am, and a Brown Hare was by the Small Conservation Area. At the lake, a single Shelduck remained, and the Ruddy Duck pair were still present. Before the guided walk I did my usual route and stocked up the feeding station in hope of attracting some Willow Tit for the guided group to see. The clear blue skies and sunshine had plenty of warblers singing, including a couple of Reed Warbler on the Reedbed, and Garden Warbler in its usual Willow Island spot, plus one singing on the Peninsula. A pair of Grey Partridge were on the Golf Course with three more Brown Hare. Whilst waiting for the group to arrive a Pied Wagtail was feeding in the grass around the notice board.
Only two people turned up for the walk, so we didn't follow the whole of the intended route, missing out the Leen Pastures stretch. The Shelduck had departed, but the most of the other birds stuck around to be seen and heard by the group. At the Heron Viewpoint we were treated to a group of large fish swimming very close to the bank in the shallows and giving some great views. Other wildlife of note, was a migrant Painted Lady butterfly before the group arrived, and a Striped Millipede as we walked back home via the main site.
Only two people turned up for the walk, so we didn't follow the whole of the intended route, missing out the Leen Pastures stretch. The Shelduck had departed, but the most of the other birds stuck around to be seen and heard by the group. At the Heron Viewpoint we were treated to a group of large fish swimming very close to the bank in the shallows and giving some great views. Other wildlife of note, was a migrant Painted Lady butterfly before the group arrived, and a Striped Millipede as we walked back home via the main site.
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