I took time between snow showers (yes snow showers in April...mad I know) to visit Lea Valley intent on getting a couple of pictures of Great Crested Grebes. I quickly located a bird on arrival and soon it was joined by it's partner. I sat on the bank and was lucky then to experience the pair building a nest and I even witnessed them mating which I've never seen before. The birds collected enormous sticks and then dived for weed on the bottom of the river to stick the fabrication together.
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| Great Crested Grebe |
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| Nest Building |
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| Courtship |
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| Making Little Grebes |
On returning home I set up again to get another picture or two of the make Blackcap that's become a daily visitor to my garden.
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| Blackcap |
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| Blackcap |
Oh..and I found dozens of deer in Epping Forest on the way home too.....a site that's becoming much more regular.
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| Deers in Epping Forest |
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