So it has rained. Seriously. My friends at Chew Valley say the lake is full. And so is our little scratching in the orchard. We made this last year intending for it to be a pond, but it was hard baked almost all summer. Well now it is full, just as we intended!
I thought you might all appreciate this little piece of film of the Little Egret who has made the park his home, at least for now. It shows him fishing in the Langley pond and then preening himself in a nearby tree.
Here are some other visitors you might see around. They are Fieldfare and there is currently a flock of them in the hedging of the central stream below the swings. My guess is that there are thirty or more and they keep up a serious chatter.
I talked to Karen this lunchtime who also reports seeing a woodpecker recently.
By way of other news, I am thinking that it might be fun to do a small Festival of Nature event in the park one Saturday in May. I wonder what you would like to see happen at such an event? All ideas very welcome. Post it in a comment or stop me when I am in the park. I am keen to bring together a few interested people to help make this happen.
Be seeing you
Chris
Friends of Emersons Green Park 
I loved the Egret in the pond,What a great piece of filming! I would love to be able to recognise bird song in the park,maybe just we could have something like this if you do a festival of nature in May ?
I have a friend who has seen two green parakeets. In the park ( by the. Pond at the back of the Langley Arms pub ) within the last week or so,has any one else seen them .I understand they are in many British parks and coping well with British weather!