A walk in the Park

A trip to the bank then a walk in Ponteland Park to raise the depression. Not much around other than a pile of dog walkers. The river was running full and whilst watching a Dipper prospecting a still pool under the roots of a tree a young Blackcap gave me a wary eye from the trees above.

Nearly always guaranteed a Dipper in the park although you generally flush them before you get a good view and with the river rapid, murky and overhanging trees making it dark not the best conditions. 

Later on Prestwick Carr I managed to locate the Willow Tit family being fed by the parents at two locations abouit fifty yards apart. Probably at least five young although visuals were fleeting so I was relying on counting squeeks and churs.