Today I visited my main patch, Ruislip Lido, where the entire reservoir was frozen: It was very interesting to see how the birds coped with the ice! I was also very proud, as a few months ago, I complained to Hillingdon Council about some incorrect signs ('they had a picture of a White-faced Whistling Duck above the caption 'Egyptian Goose'!), and I was told by my MP that the Council were going to create new signs. Today was the first time I saw them at the Lido, and I felt so happy!
One of the new signs!
The reservoir has frozen! (mostly)
Mallards
Moorhen
Canada Geese sitting on the ice
Black Headed Gulls
Feeding the birds- they must have been so hungry!
A hybrid duck- anyone know what it is?
A Mute Swan enjoys some seeds
A Dunnock- I hadn't seen one for ages!
A very angry-looking Tufted Duck!
Mixed flock of Gulls
A Great Crested Grebe swims past Black Headed Gulls
Swimming past a huge sheet of ice
I was not happy when one man threw huge chunks of bread into the water, creating this feeding frenzy
Juvenile Mute Swan
First (female) Pochard I have seen on this patch!
I visited a local graveyard afterwards, the place where I had seen my first and only Hawfinch. Unfortunately, I didn't see any, but I heard calls of Blackbirds, Blue Tits and Goldfinches.
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