Heron on an island on West Park lake, by the edge of the water, obscured by the vegetation.
After a couple of minutes, the bird disappeared, hidden completely by the vegetation … (continued below)
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Heron striding
the bird reappeared, striding purposefully across an open space … (continued below)
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Heron hunting
it stopped below a weeping willow, and began watching the water for prey.
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Little egret preening, Doxey
Little egret on a stretch of dry land in the middle of the big lake at Doxey Marshes, some distance from the hide as it took care of its feathers.
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Mass of frogspawn, Penn Common
Large quantities of frogspawn in the small pond towards the Penn end of Penn Common. The black blobs in the middle of the eggs had already began elongating as they developed into tadpoles in the first week of April.
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Parakeet drinking at a bird bath
One of a pair of ring-necked parakeets nesting in Crowther Road wood, seen earlier today drinking at the bird bath in the boatyard opposite.
More pictures of the birds to come some time in the next couple of weeks.