Paraqueets near Willowbridge Marina

Moored Close Willowbridge Marina, Paddington Arm, Grand Union Canal

Brrrrr it has been dreadfully cold here today.  Some snow showers but nothing laying as yet.  The forecast is for more snow over night and tomorrow.  As I write I notice the moon has disappeared.  Is that weather about to give us a white start to the morning I wonder.

The paraqueets in this area are very noisy!  There are a few trees here, like a small copse, and there are about 12 or so paraqueets screeching around.  They have made holes in the trees, and it is funny to see them fairly close up, poking their heads out of these holes.  Apparently they can take over woodpecker holes…. interesting then that I saw a woodpecker also in the same copse while watching the noisy paraqueets. 

What else I saw amazing was the fact that there is also a large flock of ravens here too.  They seem to cope with the smaller green birds, ignoring them really.  Not so for Lucy… she is getting swooped on all along the towpaths here in London!

There is a very interesting article about these ring necked paraqueets here with quite a few pics as well.

As long as it isn’t snowing tomorrow we shall be leaving the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal for this year.  I have thoroughly enjoyed it.  I have enjoyed the ‘London scene’ very much.  Little Venice and the short part of the Regent’s Canal was delightful, and Paddington Basin was awesome with those tall buildings surrounding such a quiet area.  I hope we will return again next year, when I hope to persuade Vic to venture up the River Lee and Stort, maybe returning via Limehouse Lock out to the Thames and under Tower Bridge, another on my list of  ‘want to do’.