6lb Tench
A personal best - 9lb Bream
The Robins have youngsters and this adult had a lot of freebies of me. They weren't the only youngsters around the lake. The Mute Swans are doing well with their six cygnets and the 4 ducklings have doubled in size since I was here last. Not only that, but the two black-backed hybrids now have white fronts.
Robin
Family outing
The 4 ducklings and mum
On the lakeside apart from the Robins, a juvenile Nuthatch was calling continuously from the trees behind me and two juvenile Green Woodpeckers were also active, flying back and forth across the lake.
Warblers noted were 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 Reed Warblers which were chasing each other (2 males?), a Garden Warbler and 3 Blackcaps.
As the sun started to set then masses of Caddisfly emerged. This in turn brought in the hirundines with up to a dozen or so Swallows and House Martins. As the sun disappeared behind the trees 3 Swifts joined in.
Hazy sunset
Caddisfly
A Caddisfly
All in all 34 birds were recorded from 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Mute Swan, 11 Mallard plus 4 juveniles, Moorhen, Coot, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Swallow, House Martin, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, 2 Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Marsh Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Wren, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Goldfinch and Greenfinch.