Well with the easing of restrictions I decided to venture out for the first time, but where to go? I didn't want to go far in case it was too busy for social distancing so settled for a trip to Fishers Green, but avoiding the main lakes with their narrow footpaths and bridges.
The more out-of-the-way places were indeed quiet, but so were the birds and butterflies with only a single Speckled Wood posing for a photograph.
The fast-flowing River Lea attracted a limited number of species of dragonflies, one of the most common being the Red-eyed Damselfly with their liking for settling on lily pads.
But the main lover of fast-flowing water is the Banded Demoiselle which prefers the marginal vegetation.
The river was also home to a pair of Great Crested Grebes which had two very stripey young normally referred to as humbugs.
The young were continually being brought fish................
...........................and this one should grow quickly as this fish was a young Pike!!
But the star of the show today was this male Whitethroat which was singing his heart out in the car park. Whitethroats are extremely common at Fishers Green obviously attracted by the scrubby habitat. We also heard two Nightingales but, unlike Fingringhoe Wick, these were deeply buried in thickets with virtually no chance of being seen.
Nice to be out again.
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