Sunday, 2nd May 2021.
Andy M took an early morning walk around Granta Park. The field of Cowslip at the site entrance, and the Cherry blossom were a real spectacle in the spring sunshine, and the woods were turning a verdant green as the trees come into leaf. Chiffchaff, Blackcap and Wren were all singing.
Around the lake a pair of Mute Swan were feeding, as was a Grey Heron, and Reed Bunting were busy singing and pairing up in the reedbed. Unusually, a Sedge Warbler was also heard singing from deep in the reeds, not a species that Andy had heard there before, and likely a bird just passing through on the way to a larger reedbed.
Quite a display of Cowslips in the field by the site entrance
Cowslip and Cherry blossom
Cherry blossom along the avenue path
Common Storksbill
Low sun in Sluice Wood
Wych Elm seeds
Chiffchaff
Muntjac
Dappled sun in Sluice Wood
Garlic Mustard
Garlic Mustard
The river in Sluice Wood, near the footbridge
Seeing double! A pair of Mute Swan
Mute Swan
Grey Heron
Male Reed Bunting
Male Reed Bunting
Male Reed Bunting
A female Reed Bunting, watching the singing males
A male Pied Wagtail displaying to a female...
... who was apparently unimpressed!
Wren
A Greylag goose snoozing in the sun
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