Showing posts with label Westport Lake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Westport Lake. Show all posts

Monday, January 2, 2012

Westport Lake

I popped down to Westport Lake earlier today. In fact I walked down from home - I usually drive ! It's been a lovely, if a bit frosty morning, so armed with my camera and a bag of bird seed I headed off !


I headed in an anti-clockwise direction around the lake (which seemed a bit strange) but it seemed to flow better off the canal. I went into the Nature Reserve and someone had already been and put seed out and a couple of pears. The feeders were busy and I caught a couple of Willow Tits, Great Tit, Blue Tit and of course the Robin.

Robin

Willow Tit

Great Tit

Blue Tit

I then went for a wander around the lake and saw the Tufted Duck.


Tufted Duck

A seagull was pointed out to me by a couple down by the visitors centre that was a bit different from the rest. Not sure what type it is (I thought a seagull was a seagull!) and I can’t seem to find it in my book. It’s probably a young bird which makes it more difficult to identify.




There are some more photos here

I tracked my walk on Runkeeper and I did just over four miles. Will definitely be doing this walk again.