Date: 31st January 2021
Time: from 9:15 a.m.
Weather: dry, sunny, light wind, 1°C to 3°C
After some very dismal weather lately, it was a beautiful winter’s morning for my visit, albeit very cold with some lingering ground frost and iced up puddles.
On my last visit on 15th January 2021, the high water levels in all the ponds and the flooding in the wooded areas away from the main tracks was very evident. There has been even more rain since and I have never seen the ponds so full and most of them are close to over-topping.
What a change from the totally dried up “ponds” of last summer ....
Some small parts of the tracks were also flooded but easily negotiable with suitable footwear.
During my visit, I added one further species to my site list for the year: a singing Dunnock which I failed to see.
Otherwise it was a relatively quiet visit although Robins and Great Tits were singing all around the reserve plus there were plenty of calling Blue Tits, a small foraging group of Long-tailed Tits and an occasional singing Wren.
Finally, I saw 2 Grey Squirrels during my visit: 1 in the wooded area just beyond the Spanish Steps and 1 in the wooded area along the track from the storage shed and Puckles Pond.
Species recorded during this visit were as follows (heard only records in italics):
Great Tit
Grey Squirrel
Here are some photos from my visit:
Birds = 40 (18)
Mammals = 2 (1)
Butterflies = 18 (0)
Dragonflies and damselflies = 9 (0)
Reptiles = 1 (0)
Amphibians = 0 (0)
Stay safe, stay well, stay strong, stay connected with nature
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