At the next hide we saw Canada geese and seagulls mostly.....and a bee or wasp!
There was also an oyster catcher, but it ducked as I took the shot. there were also plenty of returning sand martens, but I didn't catch any of them on the camera.
There were a pair of Greylag geese with a single child in the wildlife garden.
The Bewick swans, Mr and Mrs Silvertag were lazing in their enclosure.
They do not look like they are nesting - again. The first year they had young whilst not being expected to have any for a few years, but there have been no more since.
If you are wondering what became of the Trumpeter duo, as I have posted so many of the Bewicks but no Trumpeters, so were we!
As we left the Bewicks, not having spotted the AWOL duo in their usual site, their old site, or any other enclosure as yet, a member of staff informed us that one had died. The remaining Trumpeter was getting lonely and had been put into the former diving duck aviary enclosure now housing black backed radjah shelducks. That brings us to the end of that excursion.
Love the bug. 😀 I also love that sandy island.
ReplyDeleteI'm sad to hear that one of the Trumpeters died. It seems like that is the second time something like that has happened recently.