Here
is another shot of the trumpeter swan family in their lake, and a
close up of the cygnets as currently are in August 2016. I was only
at the reserve for one and a half hours on this excursion, but I did
taken a few more pictures.
This
duck was shovelling through the silty waters after sifting the slimy
wet mud close to the water. It would all be water normally, but some
excessive dry weather made mud patches where the water had receded. In fact, this very day, as I was on the boat trip in the reserve, was
when the rain broke out a little - and not long after this photo was
taken it began to rain properly rather than just a few spots.
Naturally,
I dipped into a hide for shelter so I did not have to leave directly.
The woodland hide always has exciting activity in it - from coal
tits and marsh tits, to a robin that sat on the windowsill. What
would I see on this trip? Well, a nuthatch for starters...
There
was also a duck on the ground, awaiting fallen crumbs from small
birds nibbling seed and peanuts in the hanging feeders...
Nice shot of the trumpeter swan family in the pond. In the picture of the duck in the muddy water, it looks like you can see ripples of drops hitting-- maybe it had already started to rain.
ReplyDeletewell the odd plop here and there, yes...but further along the track was when it really rained.
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