So where is this nice weather that the forecast keeps going on about? Outside it is a strong south easterly wind with yet more rain - we are starting to run out of places to put the stuff!
As it is easterly decided to combine our weekly wildfowl checks with a visit to the plantation! Well when I was able to use my bins managed to find just a single chiffchaff, handful of goldrest and a few blackbirds and got soaked in the process! Although I was not as wet as one of our field teachers who had a group on site today - they were hoping to go pond dipping but due to excess flooding were not able to! I hope we have now solved that issue as the inlet for the pond dipping area was jammed open and the outlet was blocked! Having got slightly damp closing the inlet and opening the outlet was pleased to see the water level starting to drop until it started to rain yet again and the levels in the feeder ditch are getting close to being higher than the inlet yet again!
Lets hope tomorrow is a drier day!
Dom