Allestree Park

A warm bright start to our visit to Allestree Park. We set off from the car park to walk around the park in a clockwise direction, starting off through the nearby wooded area.

The woods were very quiet, most of the seasons hectic bird nesting activity and song was now largely over for the year, although there were still many young birds about. 

As we walked through the woods towards the park lake we saw wood pigeon, crow and a song thrush. On reaching the lake we could see coot, mallard, Canada geese, great crested grebe and a moorhen. One grebe was seen still attending to a nest.

A nesting grebe

We walked on around the lake along the path with nearby gardens backing onto the lake. Along the path we saw blue tits, wren, blackbird, dunnock and nuthatch. Before we left the lake to stroll across the fairway we saw magpie and tufted duck.

We crossed the fairway to reach the top of the park. We strolled along the top path before heading back across the fairways to the club house for refreshment.

Tufted duck

Moorhen

The tally: 17 species

Crow, wood pigeon, song thrush, coot, mallard, Canada goose, great crested grebe, moorhen, nuthatch, blackbird, dunnock, blue tit, wren, tufted duck, magpie, jay and pied wagtail.