12 Goosanders (5 male and 7 female) were on Lee Dam along with 6 Mallards, but no sign of the Moorhen yet this year. I hope the bad weather hasn't claimed another victim. The ice is almost all gone now and I hope it stays away for a long time.
Up at Longfield there was no ice at all and 59 Canada Geese, 11 Mallards, 26 Black-headed Gulls and 3 Lapwings were on and around the water.
Up to Gaddings next and the temperature was a little cooler up there and there was still a covering of ice over most of the waters surface. Mist was rolling over the water, and Tod beach looked less than inviting with broken ice on top of the ice sheet where people had either broken it for their dogs - or for themselves - to go for a swim!
And finally, a view over towards Stoodley Pike and down to Lee Dam, taken on my way back home:
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