Thursday 30th October - all good

 Nothing to report. Swan fast asleep at the top end …

cold and quiet

 Well, it is half term. 1 family 5 walkers, 1 runner. 1 lady said she'd seen a kingfisher but I missed it! Sign at NML is back up but could do with refreshing as it's faded. When laminating paper for outdoor use it's best to have the paper smaller than the lamina as any breach allows water to penetrate paper and ink, shortening its life.

Sunday 26th October

A few walkers and birdwatchers.  A few bargy runners.

Found the No Entry sign in NML and wedged it back on the gate.  Will need some staples or one of Adrian's secure frames (but I assume he's busy with orders from the Louvre) .

Saturday 25th October

Lovely sunny morning. Quite a lot of low-level litter including drug paraphernalia at the glade and the wavy seat. Nice to be back after being ill in bed last weekend.

Friday 24th October

 Very nippy this morning, but the sun made its way through the fog

5 deer were very bold grazing along the path towards north walls 

Saw a couple of buzzards

A mix of walkers and runners this morning 

All good

Thursday 23rd October - all good, nobody around

 Just the usual detritus outside the gate and around the bench 🙁

Wednesday 22nd October

 Beautiful morning very peaceful on the reserve apart from sudden explosive calls of a Cetti 's warbler!

Sunday 19th October

 A few soggy walkers, one runner barging past on the boardwalk (recognised as previously abusive).

Friday 17th October

Lovely morning on the reserve. I saw two kingfishers and was stood watching one by the bench at the top of the board walk and two people, one on a phone and one with headphones in walked past completely oblivious. lots of long tailed tits about to :)

Thursday 16th

All quiet, just a couple of visitors. Some litter at the top end of the reserve which I cleared away. Nothing else to report. 

damp & dismal

 Fairly low on litter. I'm blessed with the excellent weekend team!
1 runner (no regulars) 3 walkers. Quiet on wildlife front.
Sadly a fire at Colebrand's bench. I did what I could, but needs a return visit with dustpan and brush. I won't have time today.

Nice fungi

Sunday 12th October

Very busy today with lots of walkers, families and birdwatchers enjoying the balmy Autumn day. Michaelmas daisies abound.

Much excitement among the birders as four firecrests  had been seen in the tree by NW bridge.  I saw a kingfisher beside Red Hole Stream.

A few issues:

A couple with two dogs off lead who, like so many others, hadn't seen any of the three signs at the Durngate entrance.  Winchester does have a Specsavers. 

They told me that there was someone taking drugs in the glade.  There was a man sitting in the glade who was a bit out of it but very pleasant.  He wasn't taking drugs and assured me he was ok.

Another man was smoking drugs at the top of the boardwalk. He's a regular and no trouble.

A couple far off the path looking for mushrooms.

A couple running laps but they did slow to walk past me

As I was leaving, a man was about to enter via NW bridge with a dog. I showed him the sign on the gate.  He hadn't seen it, of course, and I pointed out the other sign at the end of the bridge.  He hung around in the park waiting for me to go.

Lots of litter in the glade and around the path from  the Durngate entrance.

Saturday 11th October

Oh dear, a bumper litter morning. Mostly around the entrance, Durngate bench and Durngate sign. Four dogs to pick up after, 2 bagged up and chucked, one person had defecated and another thrown up, plus food and drink litter, in which I found this wallet thrown away. Trinity was open, and when I told the staff member that I found it among the bottles and cans he offered to take it. When we found the driving licence he offered to take it to the address. I was short of time and accepted his kind offer.

Friday 10th October

 Hi all,

Early morning rush but only a couple walkers and runners today. Nothing really to report.

Thursday 9th October - nothing to report

Wednesday 8th October

 Very quiet this morning- just a solitary jogger and a couple of people strolling round. Saw a Little Egret by the old outdoor swimming pool area. Good to see and hear a variety of calls from little birds - Very few in the garden at home.

Very little litter mostly at the Durngate bench.

 

fresh, not frosty

 lovely light across reed bed. Lots of birdsong. 5 runners and a couple of walkers.

1 curry paste jar in Glade and a ripped up book at pond. Nice backlit web and midges dancing in the sun

Interesting fungus on the uprooted tree at reedbed walk

Sunday 5th October

One runner, a few walkers.  No trees down.

Beer cans under the willow.  A man with a dog in the glade, hadn't seen the signs.

Saturday 4th October

No trees down. Hope that didn't change later in the day. Litter around the Durngate bench and board. Quiet. Swan pair on the path.

Friday 3rd October

No problems this morning on the south, met 3 pairs of runners and a couple of Robins singing

Thursday 2nd October

All quiet, one runner, two visitors, one kingfisher.