...or should that be "not so good". Very blustery conditions but thankfully dry and the flood water has receded somewhat. The water is draining back through the pipe, from Fingers to the navigation channel.
Made an early start but sadly forgot to pick up my bins before I left the house (DOH!). At Kramer hide a pair of Teal, pair of Mallard and a few Moorhens. Also a lovely Green Woodpecker, probably our drumming friend, and a singing Reed Bunting opposite the hide.
On Kingsmead still some standing water and plenty of Corvids rooting about, along with the usual Canada Geese, Pheasants and Moorhens.
I checked out the nest box where the GW has been doing his thing and while there a Water Rail flew from the spit across towards the reed beds in front of Kramer hide. The nest box is still intact with it's black ring around the hole. One of the boxes along the new woodland walk has a similar black ring.
A Chiffchaff was singing strongly up by the Sedgewick seat and came to within 3m. Another Chiffy was singing along by the Rough and also came quite close before moving off along the path in front of me.
At the spit a third Chiffy singing in the fenced off section at the end. On west Fingers a single Little Grebe and a couple Canadas. On east Fingers 3 Little Grebe, pair of Mute Swans, the "gang of six" Canada Geese and a single male Tufted Duck. Also up to a dozen Sand Martins zipping about over east and west Fingers.
Heading back to the car had a possible female Blackcap in the hedges behind the VC but without bins cannot be certain.
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