No. 23 Spring catch up at Secret Valley
N.B. Remember to click on the photograph to enlarge the image During January the bird population at the Secret Valley ponds remained remarkably static. There was a flock of 23 Coots, a single Grey Heron, a Little Egret, some juvenile Moorhens, about four Little Grebes, and a pair of Teal, all of which I saw on each of my visits during the month Teal drake, present with the female though January and February Juvenile Moorhen, one of four regularly present Little Grebe, often seen in January and February Little Egret, a permanent resident at the ponds Grey Heron, another young resident at the pond s Adult Coot, one of the flock of 23 permanently resident By mid-February the Little Grebes had gone elsewhere, and the Moorhens were around less frequently, but the Coots, Teal, Heron and Egret were still present. In addition I saw a Great Egret on the beach by the 11th green, and a Snipe hiding in the shoreline stones close to the dam wall. In the shrubs and trees aro...