A lovely crisp day where I live on a hill, translated into a misty and foggy lake area this morning. It was just starting to clear as I got to the carpark:

 One of the local robins made a beeline for me as soon as I got there but soon lost interest when it realised I had forgotten the mealworms again:

There was a lot of noisy splashing in the smaller lake area which I first thought was either one of the big fish or a mallard. A little grebe was dabbling around the edge of the lake making a lot of noise and didn't seem too wary of me - they usually take fright at the slightest movement:

Three cormorant were in the large oak tree drying their feathers:

 They favour this tree in the winter, as do the crows:

The lake was otherwise quiet today - the Canada Geese were grazing in the next field and there were only a scattering of coot, mallard, great crested grebe and tufted duck. There have been quite a few scaup around the area recently but I couldn't make one out here today.