We next encountered the trumpeter swans - Mr, Mrs, and two of their five youngsters from 2020. We have yet to learn what became of the other three - death, sickness, moving home to a differing reserve, or being set free and wild.
It was nice to see two swan gangs in one day - especially after such a long break. The newbies and offspring all looked quite content.
They seemed relaxed and contented in their lake enclosure. Hopefully the parents will be here for many years and have more families in the future.
They still have info boards - as evidenced by this one near the sand martin hide.
We saw more gulls and geese - and the cormorant from this hide, which is further along from the first one we entered earlier on our trip. So if we looked left here or right from there, we would see these same birds.
Here is some pictorial information on one of the first ducks we saw in the first hide - and which we saw again here.
We also saw shelduck at this location. Before walking much further, we passed the Trumpeter pond again.
I love the birds congregating on the little islands.
ReplyDeletethats one thing you dont see much in other localities....only in the reserves.
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