Hannahfield etc...

The birds aren't so good at the moment. Went to Hanningfield with the boy on Saturday, and found very little bird-wise to entertain us, and not even many dragon/damselflies to keep us distracted. I was hoping at least for some cute and fluffy ducklings even if not anything too exciting, but even those were pretty thin on the ground. Despite that though, it wasn't a bad way to kill the afternoon after all the excitement of lakeside in the morning.

My favourites were probably the little grebe family in the lake next to the causeway. Please find enclosed some high quality photographic evidence herewith.

Aawww. Little grebe family and one chick being fed by parent.

Red crested pochard was the most interesting thing on the reservoir, and even he looked a bit scraggy with fading head feathers.

While searching in vain for dragonflies and the like, I did find some ever-awesome pondskaters. How do they stay up?! Aaahh physics...

For those of us who aren't arachnid experts (me) this is a cucumber green spider. Thanks Natural History Museum website.

I will try to remember to take my camera in to work this week to get some baby photos and stuff before it gets hideously busy for the summer holidays, so watch this space.
In other news, I received some exciting post today, so you might not be hearing from me for a while. After 24 DVDs I am hoping to be very wise in the fields of both Wildlife and Attenborough.