Being totally fed up last Friday, (22nd), I wanted to relieve the boredom by getting out. The Friday before the last bank holiday weekend of the year is always a problem - go to the coast and it is too busy, the same story for most places so in the end, I decided to travel north to Welney WWT - not too far and if very busy, an easy drive home.

Cambridgeshire is plagued by road closures at present and the drive to Welney was no excception so I had to take the long way there, through the fen villages and there was my first subject in a harvested field near Coveney - a mother and juvenile Roe Deer.

Welney was not too busy so I stayed longer that I had expected with a few rather distant Ruff from the observatory

but the action started from the south hide of the observatory with a few Yellow Wagtails on the observatory roof

and then some Juvenile Barn Swallows patiently waiting to be fed.

Finally, the opportunity came to catch the adult feeding one juvenile.

I was happy with that so decided to go home. On the way, I always check the feeders from the cafeteria for Tree Sparrows but, for the second time, there were none there, just House Sparrows - disappointing.