Nice to pay Pype Hayes Park a visit this morning even if it was a bit grey and moody and I was there early enough to miss the mass of people who where arriving as I was leaving.
There's always a good mixture of birds here even though I was quite surprised not to see any Fieldfare, Redwing or Song Thrush for that matter, the latter must have been around though it's just that I didn't spot any.
A bird that was impossible to miss were the Parakeets, they were in lots of trees around the pool which is great to see, on the pool it was great to see a female Goosander, Domestic Duck as well as plenty of Mute Swan, Mallard, Moorhen and Coot, also in the trees were plenty of Jackdaw and Carrion Crow, they seem to have had a very good breeding year here.
Talking to the residents the Grey Heron has become a 'resident' and will even come down for food in the Autumn and Winter, something which I don't see a lot as they are always off like a shot at any sign of human activity at the other locations I visit.
Other than that the other highlights are those of any other Autumnal walk, i.e. the amazing colour of the leaves on the trees and even those on the ground, the spookiness of bare trees with no leaves on at all and of course all the wonderful fungi that there is to hunt out and photograph.
Birds seen today were, Parakeet, House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Robin, Wren, Nuthatch, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Blackbird, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mute Swan, Goosander, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Domestic Duck, Moorhen, Coot and Canada Goose.
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