Pair of GOOSANDER at Christchurch Park - 4/1/2017

Just a quick note to say that a pair of GOOSANDER are wintering on Christchurch Park's Wilderness Pond. Despite the first record for this location being as recent as January 2014, this species has now been recorded in every year since then.
Nothing much else apart from the usual gang of MALLARDS and CANADA GEESE hustling for some duck feed and there weren't any mandarins about.
Further into the park Mable the owl was absent from her perch, while a GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER was drumming near the playground.

This tree has been literally sliced in two