Saturday 15th March

Quiet, cold and sunny.  A pair of swans are building a nest near the bottom of the long boardwalk. This large log is on the pond viewing platform - not sure of its status so I left it. Too heavy for me anyway!

Friday 14th March

No problems. Only a few runners and couple of walkers today. Ducks and Moorhens quite prevalent by the rugby grounds. 

Thursday 13th

All good, someone had set up a very small orienteering course is along the southern end paths and about 20 students were participating. Nothing else of note. 

Wednesday 12th March

 Very few people but lots of bird song from the usual small birds -  good to catch a glimpse of a Cetti's warbler in the reeds at the pond after it's call gave itself away. A couple of moorhens near the entrance bridge from the rugby ground and a couple of mallards near southern end of the boardwalk. No signs of any potential nesting. 

Fair amount of litter at the Durngate bench - all very small and took a while to collect including bottle tops pushed into the ground.

Anne and Tim 

warmer and dryer

 Fairly quiet. 3 walkers. No sign of nesting. No nests where there were none, no birds with construction material in their beaks. Bit more song though. Still a bit of water on the path by dipping stream. Surprisingly no litter. Last rain was 1mm on Friday but February's rain is still percolating through the substrate, so levels aren't yet dropping much

Sunday 9th March

Lots of walkers and a couple of female runners.

Had a long chat with Su (the legendary Pom Pom Su to parkrunners) who many of you will know.  She is often in the reserve and volunteers at both parkruns.  Su is disabled and uses crutches and has asked for a seat halfway up the pond path so that she can watch the birds.  If anyone deserves a bench, it's her!

There is a rugby tournament on in the park and they have taped off the whole area, including the space between the two pitches that people use to cross the field to the NW entrance.  

Saturday 8th March

Lovely sunny morning. Litter not bad. No toads visible yet in pond. Birdsong ramping up. Low level graffiti on Durngate board in chalk,

so I got most of it off.