Afternoon Stroll

          Had a nice stroll around the reserve today on a nice but windy
          afternoon, plenty of bird song about which was nice to hear.
          First birds seen were Blue Tits, Great Tits, Nuthatch & Robin
          on the car park feeders, then over the weir bridge was an unknown
          bedraggled and soaked bird and then a Long Tailed Tit by the
          kissing gate, on to the viewing area and a Jay was just flying off,
          it was seen twice again later in the day, 4 Bullfinch, 2 Coal Tit,
          3 Blue Tits, 3 Great Tits, 1 Dunnock, 2 Wood Pigeon, 2 Robin.
          Over the bridge on the river were 2 Goosanders and 2 Grey Wagtail
          one was a young un, then down by the river 2 Blackcap, 1 Wren,
          2 Chiff Chaff, and a couple of Damsel fly's, down at the reed bed
          Sedge & Reed Warblers were singing like mad but stayed hidden,
          Mistle Thrush was seen down there and a Reed Warbler showed
          itself over the canal and then a Whitethroat and a Willow Warbler',
          on the way back to the car on the canal path seen a Heron flyover
          and then a Kingfisher flew along the river.
                   
          Bumped into a lady with a basket full of Mallard ducklings and there
          mother that had been hit by a car nr Brighouse she let them out on the
          canal and crossed her fingers for their future, then was talking to a
          Gentleman who was disgusted at Cormorants being shot and Otter
          traps been set down at the fishing lake.