The Cygnet has been around until the last few days so has possibly gone now. The adult swan that came the same day left the day after so I assume was not related to the Cygnet.
Had really good sightings of the Kingfisher today, he let us walk past on the opposite bank which gave good views. Today is the shortest day so the Kingfisher doesn’t have much time to feed and I have always found them ‘braver’ at this time of year giving closer views because of this. I then saw ANOTHER Kingfisher which was definitely a different one, so there are t least two Kingfishers on this stretch.
The Dabchick has not been seen for a couple of days but I doubt that he has left, in fact I had a report that TWO were seen together up near the Mill, I do not know if this is two different Dabchicks or our normal one and another, but perhaps we may get Dabchicks mating on the Slea next year.
I have recently come back from Bosque Del Apache in New Mexico where there are 10 of thousands of Snow Geese and this is my attempt at an ‘arty’ shot…
Merry Christmas – Terry