Leybourne Lakes

Nice to see the Black-headed Gulls starting to build up numbers in their winter plumage on the lakes.

There were a couple of Lesser Black-backed Gulls on The Ocean as well, with some Black-headed Gulls out in the middle. Sizes are very difficult to estimate with the naked eye.

I had another go at trying to age the small group of Canada Geese on the lake, and I think these were all in adult plumage by now.

It was nice to see the variety of berries around the lakes, including these Dogwood, Cornus sanguinea berries, first unripe on one bush, and then much riper on the next bush.

There were a few plants of Hawksbeard Oxtongue by the path alongside The Ocean, nice to this probable native instead of the introduced Bristly Oxtongue.