Red crested Pochard on Wollaton lake. They hung about the far end of the lake near the edge and werent at all wary of me sitting feet away on a bench. There was some squabbling between pairs and the aggressors were mainly the females warding off the attentions of un-paired males. A pair of Mallard dabbled and preened quietly. As I painted a Siskin hung upside-down from Alder sprays above my head, dropping cones below and a Lesser spotted Woodpecker called in the distance.

Stock dove pair sitting in the sun. As I watched a Great spotted Woodpecker alighted on the dead branch below them and began drumming. The Stock doves werent having this intrusion and encouraged the Woodpecker to find another branch!