FONTHILL LAKE
After a hot day at work, an evening walk alongside water was called for, unfortunately the water in question - Fonthill Lake - was suffering from some kind of algae infection, being a greenish blue in colour.
We parked at Fonthill Bishop Church and walked the length of the lake to the Dam and back. The feature of the walk were the number of singing Song Thrushes, we were never out of earshot of them for the whole walk. There were good numbers of Mandarins on the lake, but apart from Mallards, the only other ducks we saw were Gadwall and Tufted Duck.
Other birds of the walk included our first Spotted Flycatcher of the year, Mistle Thrushes on the cricket pitch, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Blue, Great, Long-tailed and Marsh Tit, Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk, Garden Warbler, and at the Dam end, a pair of Grey Wagtails.
Posted by Frampton25 at June 10, 2006 12:08 PM