ED Nature Watch

[vladi]

8 minutes ago, Penguin68 said:

Do you have a pond? Did you have fish in it? 

No pond, so I guess it was after slugs or worms. It was certainly pecking at something in the grass

[Sue]

The Peckham Rye Park heron was eyeing up two quite large cootlets on Sunday.

Their parents were swimming around them and presumably trying to protect them.

We couldn't understand why the coots  didn't swim off, but as they were under a large tree branch, maybe the heron would have been better able to catch one of the chicks in open water.

It eventually gave up and flew off. Crikey they have vicious pointy beaks, herons! Is it for spearing fish?

[first mate]

That heron is a fearsome predator. Are there any babies left?

[Sue]

1 hour ago, first mate said:

That heron is a fearsome predator. Are there any babies left?

Well unless the heron got them later, there were the  two cootlets.

I think some others of this year's babies must have escaped the heron.

Many years ago (and possibly still, though I never see them any more) there was a whole heron family on the island  - mum, dad and youngster.

I don't know how long herons live. Maybe this one is the grown up youngster.

[Earl Aelfheah]

Not in Ed, but I was in NE England over the weekend and saw an otter in the wild! Never seen one before, it was quite lovely.

[first mate]

Around ten days ago there were around 6 Mallard ducklings and the same number of Canada Goose goslings. Today, not one to be seen 😥

[malumbu]

Hopefully the Canada Geese were being culled - I'm being serious.  It's permitted

[Sue]

9 hours ago, first mate said:

Around ten days ago there were around 6 Mallard ducklings and the same number of Canada Goose goslings. Today, not one to be seen 😥

😢😢😢

7 hours ago, malumbu said:

Hopefully the Canada Geese were being culled - I'm being serious.  It's permitted

😮

[cookie]

I nearly stood on this beauty in my garden today

 

[Brian up the hill]

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