Feb 6th

I was surprised to find the female Long-tailed Duck was still present after the weekend's boating activities , but there she was diving for food as usual . Only one female Goldeneye could be found but there was no Pochard on the mere at all for the first time since early November. Two adult L B B Gulls were loafing in the middle along with a second winter and two juvenile Herring Gulls . I counted 114 Coot which is down on last month's total and 60 Tufted Duck which is the same. The three Little Grebe are still present along with six Great Crested Grebe's , but new for this month and bringing the months total so far to 42 species were two Canada Geese and a single Grey Heron. The female Mute Swan seems to have gone missing overnight very strange leaving the male on its own. Images below of the 2nd winter Lesser Black Backed Gull.