From Vanessa Mellor: Today I was introduced to Withybush Woods park (by Puffin Potatoes). (This is a well-managed ‘nature park’. Coppiced, lots of bird boxes, lots of small birds, lots of bits of interesting water, and a (man-assisted?) lake with a vegetation-covered island in the middle.) Pair of swans and mallards. There were two Cormorants happily sitting on the island in the middle of the little lake there – one posing, one diving. There must be fish in the lake? I have never been so close to one before – was surprised to see it (the poser) was brown not black. Seems it was a juvenile.
