<\/span> <\/p>\nThe pied wagtails were also very lively. This one was pecking fr seed down at the edge of the pond. So were the yellowhammers. It was a pleasure to finally get a shot of one down at ground level. They're fairly nervous and tend to hide away in the trees. Out over the water, a pair of little white ducks were proving that they are more than decorative. They can fly with the best of them. Here's a couple of formation shots. The gulls were in a feeding frenzy at lunchtime (oddly, none of them were anywhere to be seen earlier in the morning). The greylags were being all the more sedate. I suspect they are getting prepared for egg-laying. The star turn though was back at work, on one of the low roofs near the car park. This pair of gulls has commandeered this particular roof for a number of years (other gulls no doubt lay similar claim to other roofs). They are certainly getting ready for nest building.
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 400mm f\/5.6L USM lens.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[980,989],"tags":[183,542,256,1133,120,956,471],"class_list":["post-2573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-chiffchaff","tag-greylag-goose","tag-herring-gulls","tag-mating","tag-pied-wagtail","tag-white-ducks","tag-yellowhammer","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t