One
last shot of the kingfisher...and I was strolling onwards once more.
My next encounter was with a cheeky robin who perched on the fence
and stared at me...
I
wandered along further, and came across some jackdaws on the fence,
pigeons on the path, and birds assembled about the feeder station
munching food.
At
the cafe-side lake, eiders were back in view after several weeks of
not seeing many. Maybe the ones here migrate too - though I am sure
on one year I saw females without males, so am not sure if they are resident or mobile.
An
info board and group of Emperor geese are next up. I pottered past
the Bewick swan lake again to see if I could find the missing parent
- but still there were five rather than six swans in the enclosure. One of
the youngsters seemed curious.
Whoa! Swanzilla! That last picture is huge. :D
ReplyDeleteIt's kind of disturbing that the other swan has never returned.
i dont think it flew away as its a resident and has a partner still in situ - swans mate for life - - i think it either got sick, died, or was transferred...hopefully, i will find out what happened soon.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't seem like the park would split up a pair that mate for life. Something must have happened to it. :(
ReplyDeletemaybe i will find out next week when i go back again...
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