Expecting the splish-splash of tiny feet

[drplokta]

No, not those kind of tiny feet...

The swans have clearly not read the bird guides that say they should use the same nesting site every year, because when the nice Trust for Urban Ecology people dumped a load of reeds at our end of the dock for use as nesting material, they decided to come and sit on the pile and call it a nest, instead of lugging reeds back to the corner where they have nested previously. So we can keep a closer eye on them this year.

Comments

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Eggs must have a lot of inherent strength - being trod on is obviously not a problem.

[the-gardener.livejournal.com]

The swans have clearly not read the bird guides that say they should use the same nesting site every year

That's wildlife all over. A book we have insists that frogs only ever visit ponds to spawn, but they can frequently be seen in our garden pond, hanging out in the water on warm summer days, keeping cool.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I won't inflict my froggy pics on you again - must be coming up to the time to take another batch - but they hang around for ages, so the book is wrong.