A bright sunny morning with a moderate S>4 at a cool 3 degrees but nice in the sun.
The camera says it all for this area with over 200 photos taken ,as opposed to 7 yesterday at Ogden, and 2 of those being scenic.
On my last visit here, to Harold Park, the Gt White Egret was in resting mode and never moved from the island, but today it was luckily in feeding mode, constantly moving around the lake fishing throughout the watch making it easier work for the camera.
The whole lake area was alive with waterfowl including Tufted, Little Grebe, Goosander, Gt Crested Grebe and Cormorant, along with the usual Canada and Greylag plus Coot and Moorhen well into double figures. Plenty gulls to check through with Black Headed, Common, LBB and Herring and going by the numbers this site is sure to turn up a Med and Yellow Legged gull.
Across the road at Park Dam around 60 Canada and Greylag geese came into land on the water, which held 2m 1f Goosander, 2 Gt Crested Grebe, 1 drake Pochard plus umpteen Tufted, Mallard, Coot and Moorhen along with a few Black Headed gull.
An amazing morning with over 40 species counted on and around the two waters.
A bleak day threatened for tomorrow with rain and winds expected to blow at strong gale NNW>9 at 45 mph, gusting at storm force NNW>10 at 57 mph. and not much better for Sunday.
BS