A long time ago or so it seems I worked in St Albans. Since this wasn't exactly where I wanted to be at the time I think of them as my wilderness years, but maybe that is being a little unfair to the place.
Aside from the Roman ruins there are some nice pubs and this rather splendid park where I made some new friends
There were lots of wildfowl, mostly mallards with a good dose of domestic duck in them, plus some farm geese
who were chilling with some well relaxed pink footed geese
In the middle of the pond is an island which we called Heron Island as there were loads of heron on it
I think most of these were young birds as they did not have the distinctive white head and shirtfront of the older birds
We also saw some tufted ducks
More great crested grebes who like at Kew the other week were showing an unhealthy interest in the nesting coots
and this fellow
We think he is a Muscovy duck, but he is not in my book of British birds, he is a about midway between of Canada goose and a mallard in size.
Anyhow we had an interesting day out and a jolly nice luch at the Fighting Cocks who also keep a fine Landlord bitter, Madonna's favourite tipple so I'm told.
Most of the photos are ny Mab except for Heron Island and the geese.
Wildlife spotted today include
Mallard
Aylesbury
Tufted Duck
Muscovy Duck
Canada Goose
Pink Footed Goose
Domestic Goose
Mute Swan
Coot
Moorhen
Great Crested Grebe
Blackbird
Robin
Feral Pigeon
Wood Pigeon
Magpie
Jackdaw
Partridge
Rabbit
