A warm mild day bringing signs of spring....

A male Reed Bunting singing from the top of the bullrushes....

and buds unfolding....

Some quiet fishing was going on at one end of the pool today....

and some mud trawling at the other end.....

while a pair of mallards were exploring a ditch...

Well, it was a bit of a surprise seeing this flying low over the pool today...

but we didn't let it spoil our lunch!!...

These stonechats keep popping up everywhere!!  This one has bolder colours....

Round the edge a Reed Bunting is very interested in the reed heads... eating seeds or collecting nest lining maybe?

And on the pool, one of the juvenile swans came home for a bath...

while Mr Heron watches from the mudflats....

Well there is plenty of activity down on the pool today, despite it being so cold....

There seem to be two stonechat territories,  - one at the back of the pool and the south meadow....

and one between the pool and the river and across onto the north meadow ....

blue tits are inspecting a nesting box ...

a song thrush is looking for grubs...

and a goldfinch pauses a moment on his endless search for food...

but it is oh so cold on the pool for the little blackheads gulls and moorhen ...