Tuesday, 13 December 2022

Low Moor Dams

Harold Park Lake was 70% frozen over and all the resident dullards, Coots & Moorhens, of which there were many, crowded into a corner along with 3 Mute Swan. A fair few small gulls were further out to the middle as were a handful of larger.


I thought at first that this large corpse was a Mute Swan cygnet that had died on the ice overnight and then been predated. However I'm not happy with that now as the photos seem to show black primary tips on the wings.



Park Dam had a much greater area of ice free water with more birds to boot.



1 Collared Dove, couple Woodpigeon. c80 Canada, 5 Goosander, 14 Tufted Duck.
2 Grey Heron ditto Mute Swan. 1 GC Grebe





Passerines were almost non existent.