I was already fifty fifty about going out birding this morning as it was raining when I got up but it was only spitting so I took a chance, literally as soon I got out of the car it started spitting and even then I thought I might as well carry on, all was fine until I got to the pool when there was a torrential downpour which terminated the visit and as you might guess by the time I got home it was sunshine and blue skies, still not too worry as I enjoyed my visit all the same even if it was very brief.
There was some birds to be seen in the trees approaching the pool which were mainly small Tit and Finch flocks but by far the main hub of activity was reserved for the pool where it was nice to see a pair of Shoveler (a male and female), a lone male Gadwall, a Domestic Duck, the resident Grey Heron, Mute Swan as well as plenty of Mallard, Canada Gosse, Moorhen and Coot, also in the trees that surround the pool are sizeable resident flocks of Parakeet, Carrion Crow and Jackdaw.
Because rain stopped play I didn't get to do any more birding but it was still great to see all the bare trees mixed in with those bearing leaves in their Autumnal splendour and last but not least there was some great fungi to be found around the car park with some splendid example.
Birds seen today were, Parakeet, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Robin, Starling, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Magpie, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Shoveler, Gadwall, Domestic Duck, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Moorhen, Coot and Canada Goose.
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