Black hole marsh was rather overcast and misty this morning but yesterdays pectoral sandpiper was still present and not quite so distant as yesterday
One of the 3 juvenile yellow legged gulls from yesterday on the river (thanks to Gavin)
and some of the 23 dunlin and 4 ring plovers that were a reasonable distance from the island hide this morning
A pair of goldfinches landed briefly in front of me
and on leaving the hide I met these on their way up the walkway
A little encouragement got them out only for Mum to rush back up the walkway again
Eventually with a bit more gentle persuasion she and her 10 ducklings managed to get behind the fence and over the bank onto Black hole marsh just before help (i.e. Doug) arrived to open the gate
One proud Mum
Now going back a bit here are a few pictures from the weekend. This snipe was showing well close to the island hide
and the kingfisher did a flypast on the river
The juvenile med gull has still been on Black hole marsh
One of our oyster catcher adults with 2 of the young
and these crows were just posing for a photo
and finally this pair of young rabbits rushed along the tram line to greet each other
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