30 January 2022 - Hollingworth Lake & Garden

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2 Treecreepers, 10 Goosander, 1f/imm Goldeneye

1°C, Clear & Sunny, becoming cloudy later. Walked around anti-clockwise, and didn't see much until the Scout hut, where the f/imm Goldeneye was just off the jetty.  In Pavilion Wood, a couple of Redwings were moving around but elusive, then I found a Treecreeper at the far end.  As I watched it, I realised there were two together, creeping up separate trunks of the same tree. 

From the hide, a first-cycle Herring Gull was giving an old Tennis ball a hard time; I suspect it thought it had some nutritional value. It was pecking away at it for quite a while, taking chunks of the yellow fluffy outer away, and then looking disappointed!  A couple of drake Teal were at the back, and two drake Tufted Ducks on the far side.

It was quite good in the garden, with the two Tree Sparrows, a Reed Bunting, a pair of Bullfinch, lots of Goldfinch, and a pair of Greenfinch, among others.

Treecreeper, 1/500 sec. f/5.6, ISO 500, 220 mm

Treecreeper, 1/500 sec. f/5.6, ISO 1250, 220 mm

Herring Gull, 1/500 sec. f/5.6, ISO 1000, 220 mm

Teal, 1/500 sec. f/5.6, ISO 2000, 220 mm

Reed Bunting, 1/500 sec. f/5.6, ISO 1000, 220 mm

Goldfinches, 1/500 sec. f/5.6, ISO 1600, 220 mm