I have to say that it was difficult, with the current weather conditions, to drag my lazy ass up in the morning in time for a quick visit to The Scrubs before work. The football pitches and the grassland area are both sodden with the surface layer very muddy and little firm ground. The dog walkers, new year joggers and the cyclists are all helping to turn the ground to mush. The council groundsmen have been taking steps to make the ground more walkable around the grasslands, but they are fighting a losing battle. Wellies are definately the most suitable form of footwear at the moment and it may be the time for me to invest in a pair of Hunters.
The wet football pitches do bring out the Gulls and there were significant numbers across the pitches but with much smaller than usual numbers of Carrion Crows in attendance. Scrubs Lane Woods was busy with lots of active small passerines, the best of which was this Goldcrest.
Meanwhile, over at the western end of the Scrubs, Blackbirds and Song Thrushes dominated the newly trimmed Embankment area. The remaining vegetation and the large pools of water however still made it difficult to walk and presumably Hammersmith Council will complete the tidying up operation when conditions are somewhat dryer.
Not much around in terms of birds other than small numbers of finches and tits plus lots of singing robins. No sign of Stonechat nor Reed Bunting which are hopefully still around somewhere.
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