Langfield and Gaddings Dam

Walked to Gaddings Dam via Lee Dam and Langfield Edge this morning, my first walk onto the hills for a couple of months. It was a fine but blustery morning and a shower threatened to spoil the day but it didn't last long and the sun came out shortly after.

A Grey Heron watched a family of Canada Geese go by at Lee Dam -

and the same Canada Geese were eyed up by a passing Little Grebe -

A pair of Twite at Langfield were a good find, as was a juvenile Stonechat. At Gaddings Dam Swallows and Swifts were feeding over the water and a Ringed plover and a Dunlin were at the water's edge -

While walking back I almost stepped on this beetle. Turns out it is quite an uncommon beetle called Carabus nitens  It's a beauty!