Wed.Y.V.PARK..2.30pm.

[nora west]

BIG LODGE .6Canada geese. 5Mallard. 25 Blk.H.Gulls. 7Coot. 1Common Tern. 2Moorhen. &1chick. Pr.Gt.C.Grebe.displaying . Buzzard. Chaffinch. Blackcap. C.Crow.
WEIR. pr.Dipper. pr Grey Wagtail.
TOP LODGE. Watched a Grey Heron catch at least.20tiny fish.inbetween being harassed by the m Mute Swan..both M Swans. 4Mallard.&7yg. 1Coot.
Songthrush. Nuthatch. Robin. Wren. Magpie. Woodpigeon. Blackbird..
BUTTERFLIES. Min.of 11Orange tip. 1Peacock. 1sm.Tortoiseshell..1Gr.V.White..
1GREY SQUIRREL.

[Neville Root]

On a lunchtime visit today I saw a terrapin the size of a small horse on the wooden plank leading up to the smaller (unfenced) tern raft, on which was Canada goose egg (that had failed), cue two men in a boat with a net trying to catch what proved to be a evasive terrapin (apparently they have caught 3 others recently). Other sightings similar to Nora's yesterday, although no terns present, but there was a pair of Mandarins on the Yarrow and a couple of house martins over the main lodge.

House martin (surprised I've not seen them around the North Gillibrand eaves yet) takes Chorley species total for the year to 123.