More of the waterfowl fleeing the maintenance of West Park lake. This time, mallards.
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Fleeing fowls: Canada geese
Earlier this month, a visit to West Park. Parkies on the lake, spreading a chemical into the water – possibly to counteract the effects of the waterfowl using the pool as their toilet. As the boat went round and round the pool, the birds took off to avoid the disturbance. So lots of chances for photos of them taking off. Here a couple of pictures of Canada geese.
Young heron on West Park’s boating lake island, looking very unhappy at the cold and the passers-by watching it. So it stalked off furtther up the island, where the trees protected it more from onlookers and the wind.
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Fruit blossom, canal reflection
Fruit tree flowering at the start of the month. The tree was growing right up against the fence stopping people from slipping into Dunstall Park Racecourse for free. So to avoid that intrusive element, and get the distorting effect of ripples, the picture is of the tree’s reflection in the water of the canal.
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Tufted ducks, male and female
Two of the small resident flock of tufted ducks on the West Park lake. The male is the one with the tuft at the back of the head. He is also the one with the white patch of feathers advertising his presence.
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Vole hole, perhaps
The nearest I’ve got to picturing water voles locally is signs of their presence. These holes in the far bank of the canal are vole sized, and by a stretch of water where voles are present. The entrances to their burrows are sometimes harder to spot among the vegetation.
