It's not what it looks like..!

Went for a walk today with the camera to see if I could spot some wildlife. I always enjoy a walk around Whisby Nature Reserve and today was no exception and with it only being January, there were no annoying mozzies to contend with. It was a bit quiet on the wildlife front however, but I spotted a few Chaffinches, Blue and Yellow Tits, a Robin and another species that I didn't recognise. I was photographing the birds then a cheeky squirrel ran across the grass and up onto the feeder, the look on his face as if he has just been caught out was screaming for a photo and to be today's 365.

Whisby Nature Park is a 150 hectare Local Nature Reserve located c. 7 miles south-west of Lincoln. Whisby Nature Park was opened in 1989. There are two full-time Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust wardens who organize volunteers to help them undertake habitat management and amenity maintenance, and development on behalf of visitors.

The Nature Park comprises a complex of small, medium and large flooded gravel pits, which have now become 'greened' by up to 40 years of natural colonization and most now show superficially little sign of their industrial heritage. There are seven hides placed to overlook various lakes, with four of them at Grebe Lake. The water bodies are mesotrophic in nature. There is only one significant flowing stream, the Pike Drain, a small agricultural channel of some local importance.

http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/reserves/whisby/index.php