After visiting the castle grounds, we wandered around a bit then ended up at the WWT. 3 of the 4 pelicans were having a swim on this occasion. We spotted an oyster catcher roaming the meadows beside the pelican enclosure.
Next, we came upon a greylag family strolling along the path.
I took a shot of a dozing Nene - along with some other birds, including barrows goldeneye, black backed radjah shelduck, pintail and American woodduck.
The next bunch of birds were enjoying the daisies.
Next, we came upon the trumpeter swans....
They were not getting up to much, just lazing about. However, whilst at their little lake, we spotted something else - not a swan.
Either a baby mallard or a baby mandarin duckling...swimming about totally unparented.
We saw a lot of mallards and mandarins on the bank dozing but none of them seemed to have any young with them or be watching this young duckling. It was swimming about on its own in the lake, actively biting at flies and getting some food....totally alone. We thought it a bit young to be solo, but it seemed to be OK. We did report it later on to a staff member who said it could fend for itself at that age food wise, and would just need to find shelter. Hopefully, it did.
That's a great shot of the pelicans. I wonder about that baby bird, though. I hope nothing happened to its mother. And shouldn't there be more than one?
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