Despite the bright sunshine and little wind, the lake area was quiet today. There was a sharp frost and parts of the lake were frozen:

 

There were a couple of pintail dabbling around with the resident mallards and the kingfishers were busy racing across the lake. Canada geese dominated the area today with a few Egyptian geese both on the lake and at its edges. 

Three red kites were carrying out their acrobatic displays at the far end of the lake. Only a few Siskin were feeding on the alders and a noisy group of Long-Tailed tits were on their way through.

On the river, the cormorants were seeing out the afternoon on their usual tree. Moles had been busy on the towpath with one digging as I passed:

A quiet day at the lake