Visit to Moore Nature Reserve 27th March 2012
We had recently been to Moore Nature Reserve with the birding group and we had seen a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in the woods near the Lapwing Lane end of Lapwing Lake (on the path that leads down to Canal Bed Hide. We wondered if we could get a second viewing of this bird but we also wanted to have a wander around the further reaches of the site that the birding group does not usually go to. Since it was a beautiful sunny day it seemed like a good day to do this. We parked up and immediately walked down to where we had seen the Woodpecker. There were some birders and photographers hanging around there but the bird had not been seen yet that day. We thought that we could drop back later to check again so we walked down to the the Canal Bed Hide. The numbers of water birds has dropped off a bit but there were lots of Tufted Ducks and Gulls, Swans and Mallards. We walked back up the path and turned left where we had seen the Woodpecker and walked round that little copse turning left again at Lapwing Lane and dropping in at the Feeding Station Hide. There were Tits, Reed Buntings and Chaffinches – few Mallard and lots of Squirrels ! Otherwise it was quite quiet.