BIRD NEWS:266

Awwww, aren't they cute? But that is not the whole picture - below is the picture as was taken, followed by yet another pigeon picture. As you can see the flock of city-cum-show pigeons is getting larger every few weeks - or maybe they were just hungrier so in view more this time, as it was much colder.

This time on the boat trip, whilst it looked close to rain it did not actually rain. The main item of interest on today's venture was a young grebe that noisily scurried out of the way skipping across the watertop rather than flying due to apparently being too young to have flight feathers. Here is an info board mentioning a grebe.

More colorful ducks, of which Arundel Wetlands Reserve has no shortage. One of the hides I tend to spend a lot of time in is the woodland hide - where regular readers may recall a family of moorhens grew up, some greedy geese entered the human doorway, and a cheeky robin whipped thru the window - along with the usual array of tits. On this particular visit I was greeted by a pheasant.

Alas, it was camera shy, lol!