It was cold last night - down to 6C so nothing of note in the moth trap! The Yew tree by Keele Hall was full of
Greenfinches and a few
Mistle Thrushes that were feeding on the berries. Three
Siskins flew over the Hall.
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| Yew Tree by Keele Hall - food for Greenfinches and Mistle Thrushes |
Lunchtime was sunny so I walked down to 5th lake. Lake 4 is almost covered with
Fringed Water-lily and
Reed Sweet-grass.
Common Darter and
Southern Hawker were flying over the lake.
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| Lake 4 |
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| Common Darter by Lake 4 |
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| Water Mint by lake 4 |
There is a lot of
Japanese Knotweed around Lake 1. It is a pernicious weed, capable of pushing through tarmac but the flowers at this time of year are fantastic for insects.
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| Hoverfly on Japanese Knotweed |
The
Little Grebes were showing well on the lake.
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| Adult Little Grebe and chick on lake 1 |
Sadly I found more evidence of tree labels being removed from the trees. Goodness knows why people do this - they are only bits of plastic.
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