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I nearly didn’t bother to write a blog about our walk across to Stoke Park on Thursday as, after the eruption of dragonflies on our last visit, what we saw seemed fairly mundane. However, looking at my photos again (and following some encouraging comments from visitors to my blog) I thought that there was merit in sharing the photos, especially of the greenfinch and the chiffchaff.

Of course after the abundance of dragonflies on the previous visit I was disappointed not to see any today. It wasn’t really surprising though as it was dull, windy and cold. It wasn’t surprising either that we didn’t see many other birds because we didn’t hang about.

Moorhen

Coot (I was surprised how grey the coots have become)

Greenfinch

A different greenfinch

Canada geese goslings hunkered down

Chiffchaff

Chiffchaff

Chiffchaff

Chiffchaff

All the water lilies need now is a bit of sunshine