Life On The Slea (LOTS)

The bad weather has meant that I have not been down the Slea as often as normal, but today Alan told me that he and Mell saw 5 Dabchicks between the Hub and Mill and 2 way down past the Railway bridge, so 7 Dabs are still around

Someone (I assume the Navigation Trust) has chopped a small bush down that grew out into the river near the Hub, this is in the area where the winding (turning) hole will be for boats This bush is actually one place where our Dabchicks actually nested last year, what these people NEVER seem to realise is that there is hardly any places for Dabchicks/Coots/Moorhens to nest between the Hub and the Leisure Centre bridge, and now one of the few that we had has gone I believe it is also because there are now no nesting sites on our stretch of the Slea suitable for Swans that we have not had any resident swans for 2-3 years

Here is Mrs Blackie…

Terry