Forest farm visit Feb 2013

I had a day off work on my own so I decided to go for a spin around the local patch to see what was about. Spring seemed to be in the air, and there was plenty of activity from the local bird populations, with pairs of Bullfinch near the second hide, Water Rail from the first, along Treecreeper and Nuthatch in the trees along the side of the river outside, as well as all the usual suspects. There were plenty of kingfisher passes and I heard some distant yaffling several times. Most unusual was a female mallard up a tree which I spotted alongside the river by the hides.

This Heron was taking it's lunch as I peered into the marsh areas from the canal side -
















The Little Grebe was also still present, fishing for minnows whilst I watched -

And of course the resident Forest Farm Robins were posing as usual -