The last day of February and according to radio five this morning also the last day of winter. It is bright and clear and so good day to check some of the local sites.
First stop is Sutcliffe Park LNR.
Sutcliffe Park LNR has been created from playing fields as part of the local flood prevention measures. The river Quaggy ran underneath the Park through a drain, but in recent years the river has been restored to the surface and an area of the park allowed to act as a flood-plain
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/uk/sutcliffe-park.html#cr
http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/directory_record/3791/sutcliffe_park
Excellent views of a Wren, but little else to be found in the marsh area. The reed bed is a little more active, but mostly with Blue Tits feeding on the reed heads.
Unfortunately too far away to get a good photo of them. I move onto the lake which has its usual occupants.
Rounding the lake I decide to walk back through the marsh area instead of taking my usual route out. I was musing on the day in December 2011,when I found a Little Egret on the Marsh. My attention is snapped back to the present when I see a large white bird standing on the ground at the edge of the Marsh. It’s a little egret.
I shall have to try that technique again. O that you could just think the bird and suddenly it would appear!
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