Southwater Country Park - Chilly Walk

Cripplegate Lake at Sunset

A quick walk around the Park this afternoon in bitterly cold conditions came up with a few birds of note:

14 Blackbird, 11 Robin, 4 Song Thrush, 3 Redwing, 5 Blue Tit, 20+ Coot, 8 Moorhen, 4 Mute Swan, 25+ Mallard, 39 BH Gull, 8 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 6 Woodpigeon, 1 Goldfinch, 1 Wren and 18 Herring Gull (over SW).

Also of note whilst looking out for a couple of species I managed to find the larval signs of two flies. The leaf mine of Chromatomyia ramosa on Teasel and the gall caused by Myopites inulaedyssentericae on last years Common Fleabane seedheads.

Myopites inulaedyssentericae on Common Fleabane