Following a good forecast today saw Tracey and myself heading out for the day,to a couple of favourite destinations just over the county border in Nottinghamshire.
We arrived fairly early at Clumber and decided to start the day in proper fashion with a full english,a great start to any day!.
After enjoying our brekkie,we set off on the circular walk around the Great Lake.
A search for Hawfinches around the Chapel drew a blank unfortunately.
The main focus of birds today was the Great Lake,with a couple of thousand or so Black-headed Gulls,a few hundred Common,Gulls,16 Herring,17 Lesser black-backed Gulls and an adult Yellow-legged Gull.
From Clumber Bridge the lovely sight of 2 Great-white Egret,were a new species for me here and also from this vantage point were 20 Goosander.
After visiting this lovely place we headed over the short distance to Thoresby Hall/Park to again look for Hawfinches,but again drew a blank unfortunately.
One sighting that was of note was the large amount of Mistletoe growing in the trees,the most i have seen anywhere for a long time.
The following are a few photos from our day.
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| The Chapel Of St.Mary The Virgin,Clumber Park. |
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| The Courtyard,Clumber Park. |
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| Lovely Views Of The Great Lake. |
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| Clumber Bridge From Where We Watched The Great-white Egrets And Goosanders. |
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| The Interior Of St.Mary The Virgin Chapel. |
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| Thoresby Hall. |
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| Mistletoe,Thoresby Park. |
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| Winter Reflections,Thoresby Park. |
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