To my surprise, both sets of greylag geese in the posts above led their goslings to a place where there was vegetation growing right at the edge of the lake.
Both sets of chicks scrambled out of the water: the more recently hatched with some difficulty. They all then started to look for something to eat.
It’s been over a month since I took these pictures. All the birds still seem to be thriving.
Barley turning from green to yellow as it heads for being ripe enough to reap.
Whitethroat singing from the tallest twig of a hawthorn bush, telling any rivals to keep well away.
Pair of venerable beech trees, either side of one of the paths through the woods on the long avenue to Chillington Hall, on the outskirts of Brewood.
Holly blue butterfly resting on one of the yellow rattle flowers on the edge of the wildflower meadow section of Springvale Park.
Different species of vetch in bloom. The white flowers ones were really tiny.