This proved to be a quiet day despite the lure of some beautiful early morning sunshine. The best of the early shots for the sense of colour was this grab of a mallard flying in front of the willow tree that dominates the small central island
Back on the bank the most picturesque of the trees is actually little more than a stump. Today it was adorned by a crow…
And then, on a lower limb, a collared dove.
There was little around at lunchtime, by which point the clouds had come in and it was altogether less enticing. I did, however, manage a few shots of this little fellow scampering among the tree roots which overhang the water.
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.