I made visits to Fishers Green lakes in Essex, part of the Lee Valley complex of nature reserves, on the 11th and the 15th. The first visit was to do a reconnaissance visit for the trip that I was leading for the RSPB Local Group on the 15th, and was carried out in the ultimate of dull, gloomy weather. Highlights were sightings of a Water Rail and three Goosander, the latter having likely strayed over the Hertfordshire border from their usual site on Ashley Lake. Thankfully, the weather was better for the Local Group visit on the 15th and we saw Kingfisher, Peregrine and the 'Fishers Green Black Swan', as well as the ubiquitous Water Rail, which was seen from the rather splendid new hide that has been tagged on to the Bittern Hide (where I saw my first ever Bittern, but that's another story).
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