A midday trip to Amwell today gave some good views, particularly of yellow legged gull, red kites, sparrowhawk and buzzard. A goldeneye was on the far side of Great Hardmead Lake along with the usual cormorants, herons and wildfowl. 90+ lapwings were unnerved by the sparrowhawk, high overhead.
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| flyby cormorant |
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| red kite under attack...... |
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| ........but the crow gets more than it bargained for |
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| either very late or very early head plumage |
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| female sparrowhawk |
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| same bird, very high but still putting up the lapwings and black headed gulls |
After Amwell, I headed for the Lea Valley Park complex. Firstly to Hook's Green where greylag and canada geese were along with usual waterfowl and very poor views of a drake goosander deep in a wooded island, before a trip around to Fisher's Green. A water rail was heard but no sign of the bitterns, which had been showing well a few minutes before I arrived. A distant flypast was the only sighting I got. From here I headed over to the west side of the park, to Turnford Brook where I got a surprise of 9 goosanders on Ashley Lake. A few bullfinches, cettis warbler, male sparrowhawk and plenty of long tailed tits, too. Must pay more attention to this area, a place I seldom visit.
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| pair of goosanders: duck left and drake right. |
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| Shot taken through a reedbed! |
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| muntjac at Turnford Brook |
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| drake goosander |
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| female goosander in rapidly fading light. |
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