The first thing I noticed on getting out of the car was a heron sitting down on the jetty. I thought it was injured but seemed quite content and then as I got closer stood up and flew off:

The Canada Geese were also sitting enjoying the sunshine:

And a crow was enjoying an apple left behind by someone:

The Egyptian Goose couple were down by the water having a snooze but got up as I approached. There were no sign of any goslings at all so I am presuming that the family are in the Park and this was a different couple.

As I moved on, I was joined by the kingfisher who was just about to settle on a perch, saw me and did a swift right turn. The coot took no notice:

Ground-ivy was in a solitary patch in the copse and quite a large patch of summer snowflakes are just coming out:

It still looks very wintery in this area with only the snowflakes giving out any real colour. There were a lot of white-tailed bumblebees around though and honey bees feeding on the willow blossom. The cormorants were in their usual tree on the other side of the river. These were the only two I saw on the whole visit:

There were a few more wood pigeon around today, plus the chiffchaff and blackcap singing. I also heard the first grey wagtail in quite a few weeks.