After a quick shopping trip to Weymouth I parked up in Goldcroft Avenue here, with the idea of having a walk to the North Hide. Having crossed the busy A354 Weymouth Way I set off along the track only to discover it was under 2 foot of water. So it was a change of plan and I headed off in the opposite direction towards the Buddleia Loop. And yep the path here was under water as well.
The only walk possible, unless you were wearing waders was between the red lines marked above.
So the walk ended up being between the two blocked paths; which actually turned out pretty well, with a flock of 11 Long-tailed Tits "dragging" along 2 Goldcrests, a Firecrest, 5 Great Tit and 3 Blue Tits.
Sometimes you don't have to walk far, as eventually the birds will to come to you. Well some of the time!
Birds Recorded:
1 Cormorant (flying)
1 Little Egret (flying)
2 Mallard (flying)
Black-headed Gull (flying)
Herring Gull (flying)
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Song Thrush
3 Cetti's Warbler (One seen and two heard)
3 Goldcrest
1 Firecrest
10 Long-tailed Tit
5 Great Tit
3 Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie (flying)
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
1 Reed Bunting (Heard)
A record shot of one of the three Cetti's Warblers alongside the path.
Two Goldcrests
And another Goldcrest. Unfortunately the Firecrest was camera shy.
The path to the North Hide is........
............now a tributary of the River Wey
And it was the same at the start of the Buddleia Loop.
Yep the River Wey is very high Ted.