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| Mallard chicks | Moorhen | |
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| Fritillaries | We went for a walk around Winchester with Tim and Lorna | |
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| Some wonderful properties by the river | ||
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| A heron | They look cute! | |
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| Tim and Lorna brought a curry and naan bread with them and we heated it up along the way! | ||
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| Yellow wag tail | A wren | |
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| Rob and Lynn with their granddaughter - we bumped into them around the pond | Liz was trying to get some litter out of the pond - Patrice is holding on to her and Tricia was holding on to Patrice. John took the photograph! |
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| Bobs was still coming to us for Sunday lunch | Tooth wort | |
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| Tooth wort | ||
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| A blackcap | Coots fighting - they lie on the backs and fight with their feet | |
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| Squirrel | Pigeon | |
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| And the Egyptian geese have goslings now! | ||
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| Female blackbird | A robin singing its little heart out! | |
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| A jay | A diving duck | |
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| John tries out his new lens with Liz | A crow with lots of duck food in its bill - we have counted as many as ten at once! | |
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| An Egyptian gosling - they grow fast! | Mum - or dad? | |
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| Caught in flight - mute swan | ||
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| A ruddy shell duck - the only one on the pond! | Alice came with us to pick litter, then did what dad does - climb a tree! | |
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| An abandoned soft toy - I managed to stop Liz from keeping it and we passed it on to a family walking past! | ||
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| One evening, we took a walk around the pond instead of a morning walk and enjoyed a wonderful sunset | ||
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| A wren | The moon - by Liz | |
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| Landing! | ||
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| Tricia - another early morning walker | Liz and her doggy friends! | |
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| Patrice and Tricia | Robins have taken food from Liz's hand, but they don't stay long | |
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| It's quite something to see two robins together - they are normally solitary birds | ||
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| Gold Finch | Another walk with Tim and Lorna - Deer Farm north | |
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| Another curry! | A pub lunch with Terry and Joan | |
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| Tim and Lorna with Bobs | ||
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| Even rarer - two robins and a chick! | Feeding time! | |
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| A robin chick - they don't get their red breast until later in the year | ||
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| A moorhen chick, looking at its reflection | The mallard chicks are getting bigger! | |
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| Another cute looking rat! | ||
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| Notice how the baby bird turns its head to one side to get the food. Coots (and moorhens) and wonderful parents! | ||
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