As we have had a fair bit of rain recently I had a look at the river while I was in Chesham today.
Water was rising from the spring by the Water Meadow car park but nothing coming down from Pednor. With a small but distinct flow under the Town Bridge I walked downstream. At Meades Water Garden (a landscaped former mill pond) the water soaked away with nothing flowing out.
Its going to be a long time before we see fish at Water Lane.
The garden has been disturbingly quiet this month when traditionally the feeders will be continously active. I am seeing a handful of blue and great tits on the feeders but no finches and only the occasional long tailed tit. Normally I woukld expect goldfinches and a few bullfinches on the feeders and chaffinches and redpolls on the ground at this time of year. It has been a strange winter, very mild apart from one cold snap so I hope that they are simply don't need to come into the gardens. On a better note I saw a pair of sparrows in the front hedge this morning so, hopefully, they might be spreading from their stronghold in privet hedges at the other end of the village. Away from home a family trip to Yorkshire netted three pairs of goosander on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal between Shipley and Saltaire. I think this is the first time that I have been close enough to get a good naked eye view. I have been neglecting this blog, probably because most web browsing is now done on t
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