On the water

Images mostly taken at Blashford Lakes, Hampshire, plus three from the Somerset Levels.

Pied Wagtail

Little Grebe

Moorhen

Cormorant

... and the three from from Somerset

Mute Swan

Back on my doorstep

This week's images were taken at my 'near to home' sites  –  Stourhead and Steeple Langford, Wiltshire.  It was a misty autumn morning with the fog slow to clear.

View to The Pantheon

The Pantheon

The stone bridge

A glimpse of the Temple of Flora

The Gothic cottage

Main lake

A dividing of the path

Near the Lily Lake

Acer leaf

On the slope

Mute Swan

Great Crested Grebe

Bonding behaviour

(there are two birds here)

It was the end of October and it was fascinating to see this pair reinforcing their bond.  I found a paper on-line by K. E. L. Simmons.  For better detail about this, please see the footnote to my posting at http://www.ispyabird.co.uk/blogs/4550

Coot