Birding at Grafham Water, UK
When: April 2017 Weather : Cool 10-12C
Leica Q, Nikon P900
Grafham Water near Huntingtdon in Cambridgeshire has a reputation for being a renowned site for many water birds so we spent a few hours there recenlty. As another blogger had recommended the Mander Road Car Park just past Perry, that’s where we headed.
It was a quiet and peaceful morning at Grafham Water
A cormorant welcomed us
As we looked for the Mander Hide, a Greylag goose posed for us
Arriving at Mander Hide which is just 5 min from the car park
Three bird feeders had been placed just in front of the hide…
The first bird to appear was a male chaffinch
resplendent in his different shades of brown
the rather duller female chaffinch
female chaffinch
Great tit
great tit
blue tit
pied wagtail
pied wagtail
Dunnock
dunnock
the ubiquitous red breasted robin …seen all over the UK
robin
We walked a lot further in to some of the other hides overlooking the lake but really didn’t see much more than at the Mander Hide…so if time is tight you could do worse than just birding at this one site….lunch afterwards at the Wheatsheaf Pub nearby was the perfect way to end the morning.
The Natural Traveller 
Wow! Great shots!