After several years where other committments have inhibited any sort of serious birding it was nice to be able to take a leasurely stroll around Fishers Green today. The weather was warm and clear again, unseasonably so for October. There were plants in flower, particularly comfrey which was keeping the bumble bee population supplied with late pollen. On the water there was nothing of particular note, canada geese seemed to be in larger numbers than in the past. Most noticable was the absense of sawbills and pochard. Suprising numbers of wigeon present and on the water rather than grazing. The drakes were in eclipse plumage and I am so out of practice at identification that it took a visit to the RSPB web site to confirm the sighting.
Once upon a time you could find me birding on the Thames marshes almost every weekend through the winter. For various reasons I am now seldom able to travel to good birding sites. I am lucky, however, to live in the beautiful Chiltern Hills and this blog is to document the birds that I see on my own patch.