Wednesday Walk: Village Pond Walks

For my #wednesdaywalk initiated by @tattoodjay I had a walk around the various village ponds this morning. Down at the big Stubbing Pond people feed the birds on a regular basis so it's always a good spot to do a bit of bird watching.

The nuthatch is my favourite bird, and there's several down there. They don't seem to be too concerned that people are about.

Lots of little dunnocks there as well.

The robins weren't too aggressive today and allowed some birds to get a bit of food.

A moorhen flew up from the pond to hoover up the seed from the floor.

A wood pigeon also came to see what all the fuss was about.

Moving down to the village lido, a chap was feeding the birds. There is a young cygnet down here that is old enough to fend for itself. It can fly but only short distances at the moment. It's the only surviving one from last year's brood. Daddy Swan wants it gone, so it was chasing it off the lido. The chap was making sure it got enough food. I think he's visiting most days at the moment.

A couple of moorhens were having a fight. It was quite funny because a coot ended up splitting them up. I expect it was getting fed up with all the racket.

There's snow forecast tomorrow, so I have my fingers crossed for a bit of the white stuff!