No birds were involved but I was in Chesham this morning and decided to take a stroll round by the Town Bridge. Considering the drought I was expecting the usual dry bed. Instead the stream was running strongly and, unlike most local gardens, there was a strong plant growth as well. It wasn't just the spring at Watermeadow, there was a good flow coming down the old mill leat from Pednormead. I haven't seen anything in the press about Affinity Water cutting back on extraction and could find nothing on Google but with such a flow in these conditions it has to be the case.
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.
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