Early Morning and Mr & Mrs Greylag get the kids safely across the road…

This one had me baffled. I've heard about (and struggled against) the school run, but I wasn't expecting our local greylags to be on hand to show how it should be done. Get all the kids gathered together. Form a crocodile. One adult at each end, and then – when the road is clear – walk quickly across the road to the safety of the other side.

Add in a light breakfast, strictly organic, and the kids are set up for the day.

In the nearby field, the young rabbits are out playing in the morning sunshine.

And a lone sandpiper stands watch by the water's edge.

Close to the bank, the young moorhens are feeling a little bolder.

They even venture out for a little swim.

The ducklings are their cheerful little selves, perhaps sharing a joke with the seagull overhead that chose to use me for target practice and scored a bullseye! Messy :yuck:

And lurking in a quiet corner, still as a rock and as inscrutable, the terrapin sits and waits.

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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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This Post Has 18 Comments

  1. RobinL

    27 Apr 2011

    Words, excellent shots! The rabbit shot is special!
    Glad the pond is proving so productive.

  2. Micky

    27 Apr 2011

    It's like in better world 🙂

  3. wellisteffi

    27 Apr 2011

    Great pictures.
    The little duck gets slow hair on his head.
    She needs no more wig. 😀

  4. gdare

    27 Apr 2011

    Rabbits looks so playful :awww:

    😆 @ geese

  5. anonymous

    28 Apr 2011

    Caitlin writes:

    Baby BUNNNIES!!!! So adorable!

  6. cakkleberrylane

    28 Apr 2011

    The pictures look as if they would make great illustrations for children's books!

  7. SittingFox

    30 Apr 2011

    You ought to submit that road crossing photo to any local road safety campaign 😆

    Gulls…oh dear :yuck: But the rabbits are incredibly cute :awww:

  8. Mickeyjoe-Irl

    2 May 2011

    Originally posted by Words:

    the young rabbits are out playing in the morning sunshine.

    Bright eyed and bushy tailed. 😉

  9. Words

    2 May 2011

    Caitlin, thanks!

  10. Words

    2 May 2011

    Steffi, yes their bald patch is slowly disappearing and soon they will have a sleek head of hair (feathers).

  11. Words

    2 May 2011

    Groovy, thanks!

  12. Words

    2 May 2011

    Erwin, thanks!

  13. Words

    2 May 2011

    Mick, the bunnies were the perfect early morning image. Just so playful!

  14. Words

    2 May 2011

    Lois, yes you really could put words to some of those pictures, but I'm lazy so I doubt it will ever happen. 🙂

  15. Words

    2 May 2011

    Darko, the young rabbits can be very cute when they are busy like that.

  16. Words

    2 May 2011

    Adele, the geese were too good a shot to miss. As for the seagulls, it's almost surprising that it doesn't happen more often. At least I wasn't looking up.

  17. Words

    2 May 2011

    Robin, thanks. Just catching up with comments here, but yes the pond has proved very fruitful.

  18. Wulpen

    19 Oct 2012

    Interesting Pict….

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