Heapey Lodges

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Heapey Lodges

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Super walk round 2 and 3.

Heapey 2
5 swallow, heron and black headed gull on weir from #3, willow warbler and chiffchaff still singing. Highlight family comprising 2 parent grebe, one of which had two young on its back, the other parent went off and nicked a fish from under the herons beak and swam half the length of the lodge back to feed to the young :)

Heapey 3
Four tufted ducks, moorhen, kingfisher, family of 2 coot + 3 young being fed by parents. 8 or 10 large basking carp on the surface. Grey wags on black brook, and linnet over.

12 lapwing in nearby fields.
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