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Tuesday was the first class of 2017, and it took place in the City of Culture. Amazingly despite the urban traffic everyone was ready 10 minutes before the start time. The park was fairly quiet at first, but a Mistle Thrush sang and a Great Spotted Woodpecker called not too far from the entrance. A few minutes later as we differentiated the 3 species of Gull present (Black-headed, Common & Herring) a Sparrowhawk landed in a tree quite close to where we were standing. It was a male but despite the fact that there were no leaves on the Sycamore, it was tricky to point out to those who didn't see it land. It moved a couple of time before it flew off for good, and that was when everyone saw it. Later, it was seen above the splash-boat.

Drake Goosander

Male Sparrowhawk

We walked along the long straight, and were assaulted by the raucous calls of a pair of Jays. They were hard to see in a thicket of twigs, but they remained still long enough for everyone to view them. When we reached the first water there were more gulls to see, and then someone spotted movement on a bit of mud right in front of us. It was a brilliantly coloured, but scruffily-tailed Grey Wagtail.

Grey Wagtail

Drake Goosander

Ditto

Then we reached the the first lake. There were only unmentionables, some farmyard mongrels, and some more attractive Tufted Ducks. We carried on for a while, and then Steve glimpsed a distant female Goosander. When we reached the third island we found around 8 Goosanders, and again Steve spotted a single partially-concealed drake Pochard. There were a pair of Gadwall displaying in this area, before the drake seemed to attempt to drown the female!

Female Goosander - mad eye

Ditto

Normal Female

Mad Eye

Bad Hair Day

Normal Female

Ditto

Tufted Duck (females)

Drake Tufted Duck

Ditto

A Mistle Thrush rattled in this area near a camera, before eventually starting to sing. A few minutes later there was a tremendous racket from some over excited Great Spotted Woodpeckers before one flew over our shoulders. We were passing the aviary when Peter spotted the Kingfisher on some distant vegetation on the other side of the lake. We were walking past the next island when there was an amazing clatter and suddenly a long tailed green bird flew low over the water before landing in a tree on the island - it was a Ring-necked Parakeet. On the other side of the island some Goosanders had hauled themselves out of the water, but there was no sign of the Great Crested Grebes.

Drake Gadwall

Ditto

Pink Footed-Goose

Gadwall

The next island was missing its Heron, but the Kingfisher was relocated and even flew across and landed on the boardwalk fence. This was probably the highlight of the morning. The photos show clearly it was a male. When we turned the corner the wind was blowing into our faces, so the return journey was less pleasant. There was a Pied Wagtail near the bridge, but that was the only new species for a while.

We reached a sunken garden and found a pair of Goldcrests. The male was even singing and opened his crest, and was briefly mistaken for a Firecrest by one excited observer. As we neared the car parking area we had our longest view of a Great Spotted Woodpecker perched at the very apex of a Lombardy Poplar - a nice ending to the first session of 2017. We probably recorded 35 species today.

Goldcrest

The Whitby couple planned to sample the City of Culture drawings at the University. I hope they found it OK.

Herring Gull

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