Habitat

The water is not flowing, there are large connected ponds downstream of the bridge with a scummy appearence close to the bridge which changes to a stained brown appearence as you look further away. Looking upstream mostly hidden by the instream rushes there appears to be some small puddles drying out to damp ground as they emerge from the rushes. In a nearby upstream tree I can see a Magpie feeding its baby while a Wattle bird watches on. There are a lot of Butterflies around and I can hear other birds singing in the distance, there are no farm animals to be seen today. There is a Gorse and a Blackberry bush just starting to take off near the monitoring station. Bank errosion does not appear to be any worse than usual. Photos in Diary