As I was getting the car cleaned at Spellbrook, I took the opportunity to have an early morning, frosty wander around Thorley Wash Reserve. All rather quiet but a chiffchaff was a good find. I was hoping for lesser spotted woodpecker at Wallbury, but none were evident. However, several great spotted and a pair of green woodpeckers. A jay flew over the river and a mixed flock of goldcrests and blue, great and long tailed tits flitted in trees on the opposite bank.
A chap paddled a windsurf board up river, must have been very cold for his feet! The mist was rising from the river as it warmed as the sun rose higher.
A water rail called but remained unseen, but on the whole, not too much about. I spent 15 minutes scanning over the reserve from the red brick bridge, but little was moving, so back to my sparkling car and off to town.
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| female great spotted woodpecker |
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| Coldest day of the winter: go paddling |
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| Stort Navigation looking North |
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| same female GSW |
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