Category: David

One of the West Park nesting herons at the edge of an island. It caught and ate something, probably a series of small fish. Then it flew off to join its mate on the nest.

Close-ups of red flowers on the same horse chestnut tree as in the previous post.

Red horse chestnut flowers almost seemed to glow in the bright sunlight of a spring morning.

Cute and fluffy as ever, four cygnets on West Park lake with the pen close by (the cob was on watch a little further away).

The chicks were still very young – eightteen hours earlier, one of the parents was still brooding the eggs on the rudimentary nest on the island.

Fly with bright red compound eyes resting on a thistle leaf in the spring sunshine.

Swan brooding eggs on what looks like a very rudimentary nest on one of the islands on West Park lake. Four cygnets later emerged (lots of pictures to come).