14th January 2010

A brief visit to the lakes with my mom to check out the Coot during the late afternoon didn't produce much, apart from 5 Mute Swans and 7 Tufted Ducks still. There was no sign of any stuck Coot at Windmill Pool, but fewer waterbirds there and newly broken twigs nearby on the path suggested that someone had somehow managed to free it (yesterday I'd told a local who feeds the ducks regularly about it).
M.P. Griffiths

P.S. Thanks to John Sheppard for sending me this photo taken at the lakes:

Robin, 10/01/2010 (© John Sheppard)